Please go to our graduation page for important graduation dates: https://www.gocolumbia.edu/graduation/
Summer 2024
October 1, 2023 |
Admissions application opens |
November 20, 2023 - July 12, 2024 |
Degree/Certificate application period |
March 4, 2024 |
Online class schedule available |
March 18, 2024 |
Core step deadline |
March 25, 2024 |
Priority registration date & time available on connectColumbia for continuing and new students |
April 1 - April 26, 2024 |
Priority Registration Begins |
April 5, 2024 |
Deadline to submit Summer 2024 degree/certificate applications for students who would like their name published in the Commencement Program. |
April 29 - August 10, 2024 |
Open Registration Begins |
May 6, 2024 |
Semester Begins |
*See Class Schedule |
Last day to drop without a "W" / Last day to drop and receive a refund |
*See Class Schedule |
Census Date |
*See Class Schedule |
Last day to request or revoke a Pass/No Pass grading option |
*See Class Schedule |
Last day to drop with a "W" |
May 27, 2024 |
Memorial Day |
June 18, 2024 |
Juneteenth |
July 4, 2024 |
Independence Day |
August 17, 2024 |
Last day of the semester |
Fall 2024
March 1, 2024 |
Admissions Application Opens |
March 4, 2024 |
Online Class Schedule Available |
March 18, 2024 |
Core Step Deadline |
March 25, 2024 |
Priority registration date & time available on connectColumbia for continuing and new students |
April 1-26, 2024 |
Priority Registration Begins |
April 29-August 28, 2024 |
Open Registration Period Begins |
July 29-November 8, 2024 |
Degree/Certificate Application Period |
August 20, 2024 |
Drop for Non-Payment- balance must be paid by 8/19/24 |
August 22, 2024 |
College Inservice Day-campus closed 8 AM- 1PM |
August 26, 2024 |
Semester Begins |
September 2, 2024 |
Labor Day |
September 8, 2024 |
Last day to drop without a “W”/ Last day to drop and receive a refund |
September 9, 2024 |
Census Date |
September 27, 2024 |
Indigenous Peoples Day |
November 11, 2024 |
Veterans Day observed |
November 14, 2024 |
Last day to drop with a "W" |
November 28, 2024 |
Thanksgiving |
November 29-30, 2024 |
Non-Instructional Days |
December 7, 2024 |
Last day to request or revoke a Pass / No Pass Grading option for full term courses. For short term courses please see your class schedule. |
December 9-14, 2024 |
Finals Week |
December 14, 2024 |
Semester Ends |
December 24, 2024 - January 1, 2025 |
Winter Break |
Spring 2025
April 1, 2024 |
Admissions Application Opens |
September 16, 2024 |
Online Class Schedule Available |
September 30, 2024 |
Core Step Deadline |
October 7, 2024 |
Priority registration date & time available on connectColumbia for continuing and new students |
October 14- November 8, 2024 |
Priority Registration Begins |
November 8, 2024 - April 4, 2025 |
Degree/Certificate Application Period |
November 11, 2024 - January 15, 2025 |
Open Registration |
December 24, 2024 - January 1, 2025 |
Winter Break (Campus Closed) |
January 7, 2025 |
Drop for Non-Payment *Balance must be paid by 1/6/25* |
January 10, 2025 |
College Inservice Day - Campus Closed 8AM-1PM |
January 13, 2025 |
Semester Begins |
January 20, 2025 |
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Campus Closed |
January 26, 2025 |
Last day to drop without a “W”/ Last day to drop and receive a refund |
January 27, 2025 |
Census Date |
February 14, 2025 |
Lincoln Day - Campus Closed |
February 15 - 16, 2025 |
Non-Instructional Days - Campus Closed |
February 17, 2025 |
Washington Day - Campus Closed |
March 31, 2025 |
Cesar Chavez Day - Campus Closed |
April 7, 2025 |
Last day to drop with a "W" |
April 26, 2025 |
Last day to request or revoke a Pass / No Pass Grading option for full term courses. For short term courses please see your class schedule. |
April 28 - May 3, 2025 |
Finals Week |
May 3, 2025 |
Spring Semester Ends |