Fall 2023 Academic Calendar

Aug. 24, Thursday
Orientation begins. Opening Convocation.

Aug. 26, Saturday
Residence Halls open for all students. 8 a.m.

Aug. 28, Monday
Classes begin, 8 a.m. Welcome Week begins.

Aug. 28-29, Monday–Tuesday
Check-in and registration confirmation.

Sept. 1, Friday
Drop/Add deadline for first 7-week and 14-week courses.

Sept. 5, Tuesday
Last day to declare S/U # option (see details below # ) in a first 7-week course. Last day to declare a course audit.

Sept. 6, Wednesday
Regular withdrawal deadline for first 7-week courses; last day to cancel S/U option for a first 7-week course.

Sept. 8, Friday
Last day to declare an S/U # option in a 14-week course.

Sept. 15, Friday
Regular withdrawal deadline for 14-week courses; last day to cancel S/U option for a 14-week course; extended withdrawal deadline for first 7-week courses (new first-year students only**).

Sept. 29, Friday
Late withdrawal deadline for first 7-week courses (see details below*).

Oct. 6, Friday
Extended withdrawal deadline for 14-week courses (new first-year students only**).

Oct. 13, Friday
Mid-term break begins, 10 p.m.; end of first 7-week courses.

Oct. 14, Saturday–Oct. 17, Tuesday
Fall mid-term break.

Oct. 18, Wednesday
Mid-term break ends, 8 a.m.; start of second 7-week courses.

Oct. 24, Tuesday
Drop/Add deadline for second 7-week courses. Mid-term grades due.

Oct. 26, Thursday
Last day to declare S/U # option for a second 7-week course; last day to declare course audit for second 7-week course.

Oct. 27, Friday
Regular withdrawal deadline for second 7-week courses; last day to cancel S/U # option for a second 7-week course.

Oct. 30-Nov. 9, Monday–Thursday
2024 Spring semester registration by class begins.

Nov. 3, Friday
Late withdrawal deadline for 14-week courses (see details below*).

Nov. 8, Wednesday
Extended withdrawal deadline for second 7-week courses (new first-year students only**).

Nov. 10-12, Friday–Sunday
Open registration.

Nov. 21, Tuesday
Late withdrawal deadline for second 7-week courses (see details below*). Thanksgiving recess begins, 10:00 p.m.

Nov. 22, Wednesday–Nov. 26, Sunday
Thanksgiving break.

Nov. 27, Monday
Classes resume, 8 a.m.; drop/add begins

Dec. 8, Friday
Classes end, 10 p.m. Celebration of Mid-Year Graduates, 4:30 p.m.

Dec. 9-10, Saturday–Sunday
Reading Days.

Dec. 11-14, Monday–Thursday
Final examinations.

Dec. 15, Friday
Residence hall close, 3 p.m.

Dec. 19, Tuesday
Final grades due, 10 a.m.

# Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option.

* Late withdrawal policy: students are allowed to take a late withdrawal from a total of 12 semester hours of coursework during their Susquehanna career. To take advantage of this late withdrawal option, students must submit a Late Withdrawal Approval form which is available in myNest.

** Extended withdrawal for new first-semester first-year students only. Students must submit a form which is available in myNest.


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