Academic Calendar

Campus Graduate Programs

Physician Assistant Program
(2023-24)

Didactic Year I – Class of 2025*

Fall I Semester 2023 August 21 – December 8, 2023
August 17-18 Student Orientation
August 21 Fall I Classes begin
TBD Opening Convocation
September 4 Labor Day Holiday – No Classes
November 10 Veterans Day Holiday – No Classes
November 22-26 Thanksgiving Holiday – No Classes
December 1 Last Day of Classes
December 4-8 Final Exams Week
Spring Semester 2024 January 8 – April 26, 2024
January 2-5 Remediation*
January 8 Spring Classes begin
January 15 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday – No Classes
TBD Spring Convocation
March 27-28 Spring Break – No Classes
March 29 Good Friday Holiday – No Classes
April 19 Last Day of Classes
April 22-April 25 Final Exams Week
May 11 Undergraduate & Graduate Commencement Ceremony
Summer Semester 2024 April 29 – August 16, 2024
April 29 Summer Classes begin
May 19-25 AAPA Conference – No Classes
May 27 Memorial Day Holiday – No Classes
June 19 Juneteenth Holiday – No Classes
July 4 Independence Day Holiday – No Classes
August 9 Last Day of Classes
August 12-15 Final Exams Week

* Subject to change for curricular purposes

Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program (2023-24)

Semester Class of 2026 Class of 2025 Class of 2024
Fall 2023 Term Dates: Aug 21 – Dec 8
Student Dates: Aug 21 – Dec 8		 FW IIB (12 weeks)
Term Dates: Aug 21 – Dec 8
Student Dates: Aug 21 – Nov 10
Spring 2024  Term Dates: Jan 8 – Apr 26
Student Dates: Jan 8 – Apr 26
Summer 2024
 Term Dates: April 29 – June 21
Student Dates: May 13 – July 5		 FW IIA (12 weeks)
Term Dates: April 29 – June 21 Student Dates: May 13 – Aug 2		 DEC (14 weeks)
Term Dates: April 29 – June 21 Student Dates: May 13 – Aug 16

Important Dates

  • OTD New Student Orientation: August 16-18, 2023
  • OTD Fall Rest Days (YR 1 & YR 2): October 16-17, 2023
  • OTD Spring Rest Days: March 20-22, 2024
  • AOTA Conference: March 21-24, 2024
  • Undergraduate & Graduate Commencement Ceremony: May 11, 2024

Doctor of Physical Therapy Program (2023-24)

Semester Class of 2026 Class of 2025 Class of 2024
Fall 2023 Term Dates: Aug 21 – Dec 8
Student Dates: Aug 21 – Dec 8		 Term Dates: Aug 21 – Dec 8

Subsession I
Student Dates: Aug 21 – Oct 13
Subsession II*
Student Dates: Oct 30 – Jan 19
Spring 2024  Term Dates: Jan 8 – Apr 26
Student Dates: Jan 8 – Apr 26
Undergraduate & Graduate Commencement Ceremony: May 11
Summer 2024
 Subsession I (10 weeks)

Term Dates: April 29 – Aug 16
Student Dates: May 6 – July 12

 Subsession II (10 weeks)

Term Dates: April 29 – Aug 16
Student Dates: May 13 – July 19

 N/A

* Spans two semesters. Students receive an Incomplete for clinical rotation in the Fall term and receive the final grade once they finish in the Spring term.