Approved by President’s Cabinet  1/24/11

Summer 2011
        ~ Summer session add/drop dates*
June 6   ~ Summer 2011 courses begin
July 1    ~ End of first summer 2011 four-week (June) session
July 4    ~ Fourth of July observed ~ Campus closed
July 5    ~ Second summer 2011 four-week (July) session begins
July 29  ~ Summer 2011 last day of instruction
July 29  ~ Summer enrollment census date
August 5  ~ Grades due ~ End of summer 2011 semester

Fall 2011

August 17  ~ 2011-2012 Academic Year begins
August 17-19  ~ Faculty planning days
August 19-21  ~ Fall 2011 Otter Days and Student Move-in
August 22  ~ Fall 2011 courses begin
September 2  ~ Last day to add/drop courses without petition and a "W" grade
September 5  ~ Labor Day observed ~ Campus closed
September 19   ~ Fall enrollment census date
October 17  ~ Spring 2012 advising begins
October 31  ~ Winter 2012 registration begins
November 7  ~ Spring 2012 registration begins
November 11  ~ Veteran’s Day observed ~ Campus closed
November 21-23   ~ Fall break ~ Faculty planning days
November 24-25   ~ Thanksgiving holiday ~ Campus closed
December 9  ~ Fall 2011 last day of instruction
December 12-18  ~ Assessment/ final exam period
December 26-29  ~ Holidays observed ~ Campus closed
January 2  ~ New Year’s Day observed ~ Campus closed
January 3  ~ Grades due ~ End of fall 2011 semester

Winter 2012

January 3  ~ Winter 2012 courses begin
January 4  ~ Last day to add/drop winter 2012 courses
January 16  ~ Martin Luther King Day observed ~ Campus closed
January 20  ~ Winter 2012 last day of instruction
January 27  ~ Grades due ~ End of winter 2012 semester

Spring 2012

January 17-20  ~ Spring 2012 faculty planning days
January 20  ~ Spring 2012 New Student Move-in
January 23  ~ Spring 2012 courses begin
February 3  ~ Last day to add/drop courses without petition and a "W" grade
February 17  ~ Spring enrollment census date
March 19-23  ~ Spring break
March 26  ~ Fall 2012 advising begins
March 30  ~ César Chávez Day observed ~ Campus closed
April 16  ~ Fall 2012 registration begins
April 30  ~ Summer 2012 registration begins
May 11  ~ Spring 2012 last day of instruction
May 14-20  ~ Assessment/ final exam period
May 17-18  ~ Capstone Festival
May 19  ~ Commencement
May 21-24  ~ Spring 2012 faculty planning days
May 25  ~ Grades due ~ End of spring 2012 semester
             ~ End of 2011-2012 Academic Year
May 28  ~ Memorial Day observed ~ Campus closed

Summer Session add/drop period:
 * Classes less than four weeks must be added/dropped prior to the start of the course
*  Classes four/five weeks long must be added/dropped within the first two days of the course
*  Classes eight weeks long must be added/dropped within the first week of the course