Fall Semester 2024

Date Event
April 1 - 3 Priority registration for fall 2024 semester
April 4 Open registration for fall 2024 semester
August 12 Faculty return for fall 2024 semester
August 19 Fall 2024 semester classes begin
August 26 Last day to submit proof of residency, business service agreements and joint agreements
September 2 Labor Day holiday, College closed
September 16 Last day to drop from 16-week courses and have course removed from record 1
Last day to change to Audit for 16-week courses 1
September 20 Last day for filing Graduation Petitions
Incomplete (I) grades from summer 2024 semester due 2
September 23 Any remaining incomplete (I) grade from summer 2024 semester becomes an “F” 2
October 21 Last day to withdraw with a “W” from 16-week courses 1
Students will receive a grade in all courses in which they are enrolled after October 21
October 23 All College Learning Day (No classes scheduled, College closed for students and public)
November 11 Veterans Day holiday, College closed
November 18 - 20 Priority registration for spring 2025 semester
November 21 Open registration for spring 2025 semester
November 28, 29 Thanksgiving recess, College closed
November 30 - December 1 Thanksgiving recess, no classes, College open (most offices closed)
December 10, 11 Evaluation days 3
December 11 Last day of student attendance
December 16 Spring 2025 three-week and four-week Winterim classes begin 1
Grading Day
Grades due
December 24 - January 1 College closed
1

Consult Enrollment Services for deadlines on classes meeting less than 16 weeks.

2

Students must make arrangements with individual faculty members regarding deadlines to submit required work for Incomplete (I) grades.

3

Two days to be used for instruction or final student evaluations or culminating course activities. Classes not scheduled to meet on these days and classes which do not meet for the duration of a semester will ordinarily use the last class session(s) for instruction or final student evaluations or culminating course activities.

Spring Semester 2025

Date Event
November 18 - 20 Priority registration for spring 2025 semester
November 21 Open registration for spring 2025 semester
January 3 Winterim classes end
January 6 Faculty return for spring 2025 semester
January 13 Spring 2025 semester classes begin
January 14 Winterim grades due
January 20 Martin Luther King holiday, College closed
January 21 Last day to submit proof of residency, business service agreements and joint agreements
February 10 Last day to drop from 16-week courses and have course removed from record 1
Last day to change to Audit for 16-week courses 1
Frbruary 14 Last day for filing Graduation Petitions
February 17 Presidents' Day holiday, College closed
February 24 Incomplete (I) grades from fall 2024 semester due
February 27 Any remaining incomplete (I) grade from fall 2024 semester becomes an “F” 2
March 3 - 5 Priority registration for summer 2025 sessions
March 6 Open registration for summer 2025 sessions
March 10 - 16 Spring break
March 17 Classes resume after spring break
March 24 Last day to withdraw with a “W” from 16-week courses 1
Students will receive a grade in all courses in which they are enrolled after March 24
March 24 - 26 Priority registration for fall 2025 semester
March 27 Open registration for fall 2025 semester
May 8, 9 Evaluation days 3
May 9 Last day of student attendance
May 12 Summer 2025 three-week and four-week Interim classes begin 1
Grading Day
Commencement
Grades due
May 26 Memorial Day holiday, College closed
May 29 Three-week interim classes end
1

Consult Enrollment Services for deadlines on classes meeting less than 16 weeks.

2

Students must make arrangements with individual faculty members regarding deadlines to submit required work for Incomplete (I) grades.

3

Two days to be used for instruction or final student evaluations or culminating course activities. Classes not scheduled to meet on these days and classes which do not meet for the duration of a semester will ordinarily use the last class session(s) for instruction or final student evaluations or culminating course activities.

Seven- and Eight-Week Summer Sessions 2025

Date Event
March 3 - 5 Priority registration for summer 2025 sessions
March 6 Open registration for summer 2025 sessions
May 12 Summer 2025 three-week and four-week interim classes begin
May 29 Three-week interim classes end
June 2 Summer 2025 eight-week session classes begin
Three-week interim grades due
June 5 Four-week interim classes end
June 9 Summer 2025 seven-week session classes begin
Four-week interim grades due
June 16 Last day to drop and have course removed from record
Last day to change to Audit
June 19 Juneteenth holiday, College closed
June 23 Last day for filing Graduation Petitions
July 7 Independence Day holiday observed, College closed
July 8 Last day to withdraw with a “W” (no withdrawals after mid-term)
Students will receive a grade in all courses in which they are enrolled after July 8
Incomplete (I) grades from spring 2025 semester due
July 10 Any remaining incomplete (I) grade from spring 2025 semester becomes an “F” 1
July 24 Classes end
July 28 August interim classes begin
Grades due
August 15 August interim classes end
August 19 August Interim grades due
1

Students must make arrangements with individual faculty members regarding deadlines to submit required work for Incomplete (I) grades.

Oakton College recognizes the broad diversity of religious beliefs of its constituencies. The College has embraced a practice of shared responsibility in the event a religious observance interferes with class work or assignments. Students who inform instructors in advance of an intended absence for a major religious observance will not be penalized. The instructor will make reasonable accommodations for students, which may include providing a make-up test, altering assignment dates, permitting a student to attend another section of the same course for a class period or similar remedies. Instructors are not responsible for teaching material again. Instructors should inform students of this practice at the beginning of the semester so that arrangements can be made accordingly. Similar consideration is accorded to faculty, staff and administrators and is provided for in the respective contracts.