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Note: dates subject to change for compliance with University policy

  • OPEN REGISTRATION: Up to 1 week prior to the first class meeting
  • LATE REGISTRATION: ($100 fee assessed): Final week prior to first class meeting
  • ADD: 0 – 20% of instructional period
  • DROP: (no transcript notation, 100% tuition refund): 0-20% of instructional period
  • WITHDRAW: (transcript notation of W, 0 tuition refund, counts as attempted credit in the calculation of SAP): 21% – 60% of the instructional period
  • DEADLINE TO COMPLETE PRIOR TERM INCOMPLETES: 2 weeks prior to the end of the subsequent term

Actual dates by section appear in section detail on AUView.
Courses that last the “full campus term” share the same add and drop dates. Campus-specific dates follow

Academic Calendar 2023-24 (PhD)

Annual Term 2023-2407/01/2306/30/24
Activity / EventStartEnd
Continuing Student Intent to Enroll Forms Due06/01/2306/30/23
Summer Trimester (First Term)07/01/2310/31/23
Summer Term Drop Period – 100% Refund07/01/2307/24/23
PhDLC First Year Orientation Day07/23/23
PhDLC Summer Residency07/24/2307/28/23
Official Graduation/Degree Conferral Date for this term10/31/23
Fall Trimester (Second Term )11/01/232/29/24
PhDLC Fall Residency – Online10/31/2311/04/23
Fall Term Drop Period – 100% Refund11/01/2311/25/23
Break WeekTBD
Official Graduation/Degree Conferral Date for this term02/29/24
Spring Trimester (Third Term)03/01/2406/30/24
PhDLC First and Second Years
Spring Residency – Seattle
03/19/2403/23/24
Spring Term Drop Period – 100% Refund03/01/2403/25/24
Break WeekTBD
PhDLC Third Year Final Residency – Location TBD05/08/2405/11/24
Official Graduation/Degree Conferral Date for this term06/30/24
Faculty Break01/01/2401/31/24
PhDLC Commencement Ceremony07/29/23
UNIVERSITY HOLIDAYSStartEnd
Independence Day07/04/23
Labor Day Holiday09/04/23
Veterans Day11/10/23
Thanksgiving Holiday11/23/2311/24/23
Winter Break12/25/2312/29/23
New Year’s Day (observed)01/01/24
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday01/15/24
President’s Day (staff holiday)02/19/24
Memorial Day05/27/24
Juneteenth Holiday06/19/24

Academic Calendar 2024-25 (PhD)

Annual Term07/01/2406/30/25
Actual start/end dates of classes will vary
Activity / EventStartEnd
Continuing Student Intent to Enroll Forms Due06/01/2406/30/24
Summer Trimester (First Term)07/01/2410/31/24
Summer Term Drop Period – 100% Refund07/01/2407/24/24
PhDLC First Year Orientation Day07/21/24
PhDLC Summer Residency07/22/2407/26/24
Official Graduation/Degree Conferral Date for this term10/31/24
Fall Trimester (Second Term )11/01/242/29/25
PhDLC Fall Residency – Online11/14/2411/18/24
Fall Term Drop Period – 100% Refund11/01/2411/25/24
Break WeekTBD
Official Graduation/Degree Conferral Date for this term02/28/25
Spring Trimester (Third Term)03/01/2506/30/25
PhDLC First and Second Years
Spring Residency – Location TBD
TBDTBD
Spring Term Drop Period – 100% Refund03/01/2503/25/25
Break WeekTBD
PhDLC Third Year Final Residency – Location TBDTBDTBD
Official Graduation/Degree Conferral Date for this term06/30/25
Faculty BreakTBDTBD
PhDLC Commencement Ceremony07/27/24
UNIVERSITY HOLIDAYSStartEnd
Independence Day07/04/24
Labor Day Holiday09/02/24
Veterans Day11/11/24
Thanksgiving Holiday11/28/2411/29/24
Winter Break12/24/2412/31/24
New Year’s Day (observed)01/01/25
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday01/20/25
President’s Day02/17/25
Memorial Day05/26/25
Juneteenth Holiday06/19/25