Summer Session 2020

The Academic Calendar for Summer 2020 has been updated as of April 22, 2020, in response to COVID-19. Changes are reflected with strikethroughs and *asterisks*.

May 25
Monday Memorial Day holiday.
May 26-28
Tuesday-Thursday Registration for continuing and readmitted students for the summer session for those who have not yet registered.
Add/drop for the summer session for students who have registered and paid their tuition.
May 30
Saturday Summer residence halls open at 9:00 a.m.
University Health Services benefits become available to registered students.
June 1
Monday University required Orientation and testing begin for new undergraduate students. 
June 2-3
Tuesday–Wednesday Registration for the summer sessions; students who register on these dates can register for any summer session: first term, whole session, nine-week, and second term. To complete registration, undergraduate students must pay tuition by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3; graduate and law students must pay tuition by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 5.
June 3
Wednesday Tuition payment deadline is 5:00 p.m. for undergraduates.
June 4
Thursday Classes begin for first-term, nine-week, and whole-session classes. 
June 5
Friday Last day of the official add period for first-term, nine-week, and whole-session classes; after this date, changes in registration may require the approval of the department chair and usually the student’s dean. (See General Information, Academic Policies and Procedures, for details.)
Tuition payment deadline is 5:00 p.m. for graduate and law students.
June 9
Tuesday Fourth class day for first-term, nine-week, and whole-session classes; this is the date the official enrollment count is taken.
Last day an undergraduate student may add a first-term, nine-week, or whole-session class except for rare and extenuating circumstances.
Payment for added classes (add bill) due by 5:00 pm.
Last day to drop a first-term, nine-week, or whole-session class for a possible refund. (See General Information, Academic Policies and Procedures and Registration, Tuition, and Fees for details.)
Last day a graduate student may, with the required approvals, add a first-term, nine-week, or whole-session class. 
Last day a law student may add a first-term, nine-week, or whole-session class. Last day a law student may drop a class without the approval of the dean.
June 10
Wednesday Registration for the fall semester begins for new summer session students who have paid their tuition for summer, and for continuing and readmitted students, and for new graduate students who have not yet registered for fall.
June 24
Wednesday Last day a student may change registration in a first-term, nine-week, or whole-session class to or from the pass/fail or credit/no credit basis.
June 30
Tuesday Last class day for first-term two-hour law classes.
Last day to drop a first-term two-hour law class, with required approvals.
July 1
Wednesday Reading day for first-term two-hour law classes.
July 2
Thursday Final examinations for first-term two-hour law classes.
July 8
Wednesday Last class day for first-term three-hour law classes.
Last day to drop a first-term three-hour law class, with required approvals.
July 9
Thursday Last class day for first-term classes.
Last day to drop a first-term class,with required approvals.
Reading day for first-term three-hour law class.
July 10
Friday Registration for students enrolling for the second term only. To complete registration, undergraduate students must pay tuition by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, July 10; graduate and law students must pay tuition by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 14. 
July 10-11
Friday-Saturday Final examinations for first-term classes, including first-term three-hour law classes. Nine-week and whole-session classes do not meet.
July 11
Saturday First session housing must check out of University residence halls by 2:00 p.m.
July 12
Sunday Second session housing may check in to University residence halls starting at 9:00 a.m. 
July 13
Monday Classes begin for second-term classes.
July 14
Tuesday Last day of the official add period for the second term; after this date, changes in registration may require the approval of the department chair and usually the student's dean. (See General Information, Academic Policies and Procedures, for details.)
Tuition payment deadline is 5:00 p.m. for undergraduate, graduate and law students.
*NEW* July 13-14
Monday-Tuesday Final examinations for first-term law classes.
July 16
Thursday Fourth class day for second-term classes; this is the date the official enrollment count is taken.
Last day an undergraduate student may add a second-term class except for rare and extenuating circumstances.
Payment for added classes (add bill) due by 5:00 p.m.
Last day to drop a second-term class for a possible refund. (See General Information, Academic, Policies and Procedures and Registration, Tuition, and Fees for details.)
Last day a graduate student may, with the required approvals, add a second-term class.
Last day a law student may add a second-term course. Last day a law student may drop a second-term course without the approval of the dean.
July 17
Friday Last day to apply for an undergraduate or a law degree.
Last day a law student may register in absentia.
July 22
Wednesday Last day during the summer session for new summer session students and for continuing, readmitted, and new graduate students to register for the fall semester.
*NEW* July 23-31
Thursday Extended registration period during summer session available for all students registered prior to July 23 to make changes to their fall class schedule.
July 28
Tuesday Tuition bills for the fall semester distributed to students electronically. Notice is sent to the e-mail address on the student's record. 
Last class day for nine-week classes.
Last day to drop a nine-week class. (See General Information, Academic Policies and Procedures, for details.)
July 29
Wednesday Reading day for nine-week law classes.
July 29-30
Wednesday–Thursday Final examinations for nine-week classes except in the School of Law.
July 30-31
Thursday-Friday Final examinations for nine-week law classes.
July 31
Friday Last day a student may change registration in a second-term class to or from the pass/fail or credit/no credit basis.
Last day to apply for a graduate degree.
August 1
Saturday Nine-week session housing must check out of University Residence Halls by 9:00 a.m.
August 7
Friday Last class day for second-term two-hour law classes.
Last day to drop a second-term two-hour law class, with required approvals.
August 8
Saturday Reading day for second-term two-hour law classes.
August 10-11
Monday-Tuesday Final examinations for second-term two-hour law classes.
August 14
Friday Tuition payment deadline is 5:00 p.m. CST for undergraduate students who registered for the fall semester by Friday, July 31, 2020. *NEW* The university has implemented a tuition payment deadline grace period until August 25, 2020 for undergraduate students registered for the fall 2020 semester. The payment deadline for graduate and law students is the fourth class day of the fall semester.
Last class day for second-term and whole-session classes, including three- and four-hour law classes.
Last day to submit master's report, recital, thesis, doctoral dissertation, or treatise to the graduate dean.
Last day to drop a second-term or whole-session class. (See General Information, Academic Policies and Procedures, for details.)
Last day an undergraduate student may register in absentia.
August 15
Saturday Final examinations for second-term and whole-session classes, except in the School of Law.
Reading day in the School of Law.
August 17
Monday Final examinations for second-term and whole-session classes.
Final examinations for second-term and whole-session law classes.
Official graduation date (no public exercises).
August 18
Tuesday Summer residence halls close at 9:00 a.m.