2021-2022 Academic Calendar

The dates included below are accurate as of the publication of the Catalog in August 2021. The official academic calendar for the 2021-2022 school year can be found online at https://www.carroll.edu/academics/academic-calendar.

Fall 2021

AUGUST	22	Sunday	Campus housing opens
	22	Sunday	New Student Orientation begins
	25	Wednesday	Full Semester and 8W-1* Session courses begin

SEPTEMBER	1	Wednesday	Last day to add or drop a course without a "W" on transcript, or select audit status; last day of 100% tuition refund period
	6	Monday	Labor Day, no classes
	8	Wednesday	Census day snapshot, 5:00 p.m.
	9	Thursday	Last day of 75% tuition refund period
	16	Thursday	Last day of 50% tuition refund period; 0% refund period begins Sept 17th
	17	Friday	Last day to designate a course as pass/fail grading
	26	Sunday	Mass of the Holy Spirit, Cathedral of St. Helena

OCTOBER	1	Friday	Senior Thesis Applications for 2021-2022 due
	1	Friday	New Fall 2021 Graduation Applications due (for students walking May 2022)
	8-10	Fri-Sun	Homecoming and Family Weekend
	14	Thursday	8W-1 Session courses end
	15-19	Fri-Tue	Fall Break, no classes
	20	Wednesday	Full Semester courses resume, with Monday classes held on Friday this week (meaning classes will run on a WThM schedule); 8W-2* Session courses begin
	21	Thursday	Mid-semester grades due from faculty, 12:00 noon
	22	Friday	Advising for spring semester begins

NOVEMBER	1-5	Mon-Fri	Selection of spring classes begins
	18	Thursday	Last day to withdraw from a class with a “W" (For partial-semester courses of shorter duration, the mid-point is the last day to withdraw)
	24-26	Wed-Fri	Thanksgiving break, no classes
	29	Monday	Classes resume

DECEMBER	1	Wednesday	Graduation Applications due for Spring 2022, Summer 2022, or Fall 2022 graduates participating in May 2021 Commencement ceremony
	10	Friday	Last day of classes (This is also the last date a student may totally withdraw from all of their classes)
	13-16	Mon-Thu	Final examinations
	16	Thursday	8W-2 Session courses end
	17	Friday	Campus housing closes, 12:00 noon
	21	Tuesday	Final fall grades due from faculty, 12:00 noon
	27	Monday	Winter Intersession courses begin

JANUARY	14	Friday	Winter Intersession courses end

Fall 2021
official term dates: 8/25/21 - 12/16/21
# Days		# Class Days & Instructional Weeks
Monday	14 (borrow 1 from Fri)	71 instructional days total
Tuesday	14	MWF: 42 class days; MW: 29 class days; TTh: 29 class days
Wednesday	15	15 instructional weeks
Thursday	15	1 finals week with 4 days
Friday	13 (give 1 to Mon)	17 calendar weeks

Spring 2022

JANUARY	14	Friday	Winter Intersession courses end
	16	Sunday	Campus housing opens
	16	Sunday	New Spring Student Orientation
	17	Monday	Martin Luther King Day, no classes
	18	Tuesday	Full Semester and 8W-3 Session courses begin
	25	Tuesday	Last day to add or drop a course without a "W" on transcript, or select audit; last day of 100% tuition refund period
	31	Monday	Census day snapshot, 5:00 p.m.

FEBRUARY	1	Tuesday	Last day of 75% tuition refund period
	4	Friday	Last day to designate a course as pass/fail grading
	8	Tuesday	Last day of 50% tuition refund period; 0% refund period begins Feb 5th

MARCH	4	Friday	8W-3 Sessions courses end
	7-11	Mon-Fri	Spring Break
	14	Monday	Full Semester courses resume; 8W-4 Session courses begin
	15	Tuesday	Mid-semester grades due from faculty, 12:00 noon
	16	Wednesday	Advising for fall semester begins

APRIL	4-8	Mon-Fri	Selection of fall classes begins
	12	Tuesday	Last day to withdraw from a class with a “W” (For partial-semester courses of shorter duration, the mid-point isthe last day to withdraw)
	15	Friday	Good Friday, no classes
	17	Sunday	Easter Sunday
	18	Monday	Easter Monday, no classes
	19	Tuesday	Classes resume, with Monday classes held on Tuesday this week (meaning classes will run on a MWThF schedule)
	28	Thursday	Honors Convocation, 12:30 p.m.
	29	Friday	Student Undergraduate Research Festival – SURF sessions in lieu of classes

MAY	2	Monday	Final senior theses due to Corette Library
	6	Friday	Last day of classes (This is also the last date a student may totally withdraw from all of their classes.)
	9-12	Mon-Thu	Final examinations
	12	Thursday	8W-4 Session courses end
	13	Friday	Campus housing closes for non-graduates, 12:00 noon
	14	Saturday	Baccalaureate & Commencement
	15	Sunday	Campus housing closes for graduates, 12:00 noon
	19	Thursday	Final spring grades due from faculty, 12:00 noon

Spring 2022
Official term dates: 1/18/22 – 5/12/22
# Days		# Class Days & Instructional Weeks
Monday	14 (borrow 1 from Tue)	71 instructional days total
Tuesday	14 (give 1 to Mon)	MWF: 42 class days; MW: 29 class days; TTh: 29 class days
Wednesday	15	15 instructional weeks (not including spring break week)
Thursday	15	1 finals week with 4 days
Friday	13 (not counting SURF)	17 calendar weeks

Summer 2022

MAY	18	Wednesday	Final day to drop Undergrad Session 3W-1, 6W-1, and 12W courses for 100% refund
	23	Monday	Undergrad Session 3W-1, 6W-1, and 12W courses begin – 50% refund thru first day; Graduate Session 6W-1 and 12W courses begin (refund policies vary by program)
	30	Monday	Memorial Day, no classes

JUNE	8	Wednesday	Final day to drop Undergrad Session 3W-2 courses for 100% refund
	10	Friday	Undergrad Session 3W-1 courses end
	13	Monday	Undergrad Session 3W-2 courses begin – 50% refund thru first day
	29	Wednesday	Final day to drop Undergrad Session 3W-3 and 6W-2 courses for 100% refund
	30	Thursday	Undergrad Session 3W-2 and 6W-1 courses end; Graduate Session 6W-1 courses end

JULY	4	Monday	Fourth of July holiday, no classes
	5	Tuesday	Undergrad Session 3W-3 and 6W-2 courses begin – 50% refund thru first day
	20	Wednesday	Final day to drop Undergrad Session 3W-4 courses for 100% refund
	22	Friday	Undergrad Session 3W-3 courses end
	25	Monday	Undergrad Session 3W-4 courses begin – 50% refund thru first day

AUGUST	12	Friday	Undergrad Session 3W-4, 6W-2, and 12W courses end; Graduate Session 6W-2 and 12W courses end
	17	Wednesday	Final summer grades due from faculty, 12:00 noon
	24	Wednesday	Fall 2022 classes begin

Summer 2022
Official term dates: 5/23/22 – 8/12/22
# Weeks
Undergrad Sessions 3W	3 weeks
Undergrad Sessions 6W	6 weeks
Undergrad Session 12W	12 weeks
Graduate Session 6W	6 weeks
Graduate Session 12W	12 weeks