Fall Semester 2023
Academic & Planning Calendar
New Student Orientation begins | Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023 |
First-year schedule changes deadline | Friday, Aug. 18, 2023 |
Convocation | Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023 |
Classes begin | Monday, Aug. 21, 2023 |
Last day to clear holds/enroll without dean's permission | Friday, Aug. 25, 2023 |
Last day to drop/add (two-week period) | Friday, Sept. 1, 2023 |
Labor Day (classes in session) | Monday, Sept. 4, 2023 |
Applications for January master's graduates due | Monday, Sept. 11, 2023 |
Last day for four-week withdrawal (due to academic dean's office by 4 p.m.) | Friday, Sept.15, 2023 |
Homecoming & Family Weekend | Friday, Sept.22 – Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023 |
Fall Break | Monday, Oct. 9, 2023 and Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023 |
Mid-semester grades due | Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023 |
Registration for Spring 2024 begins | Monday, Oct. 30, 2023 |
Last day for 10-week withdrawal (due to academic dean's office by 4 p.m.) | Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023 |
Thanksgiving recess begins at 5 p.m. | Friday, Nov. 17, 2023 |
Thanksgiving recess ends at 8 a.m. | Monday, Nov. 27, 2023 |
Classes end | Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 |
Last day to request leave of absence to be approved by academic dean | Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 |
Last day to submit master's thesis to graduate studies for format approval | Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 |
Reading period begins | Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 |
Final examinations begin | Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023 |
Final examinations/reading period end | Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023 |
Last day to submit Incomplete Grade Petition; due to academic dean’s office by 4 p.m. | Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023 |
Completed master's thesis submitted via myBucknell | Thursday, Dec.14, 2023 |
Grades due | Monday, Dec. 18, 2023 |
January graduation (no ceremony) | Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024 |