Academic Administrative Calendar 2023-24
*Subject to change on not less than 30 days’ notice unless an actual emergency arises,
in which event the administration may exercise its option to make any change without
notice.
July 2023
4 Independence Day holiday- offices closed and classes excused
August 2023
11 Last day of summer 2023 session
17 Summer 2023 final grades must be submitted online by noon (UW-Reg 2-106)
18 Residence halls open at 8:00am for Saddle up
21 College of Law classes begin
24 Residence halls open at 8:00am for new or returning students not participating
in Saddle up
28 Fall 2023 semester begins; late registration; add/drop period begins
30 DEADLINE - Last day to add courses, change sections, or change grading option for first 8-week courses
September 2023
1 Tuition/Fees due in full, or first payment installment due if in payment
plan (see Tuition and Fees)
1 DEADLINE - Last day to add, change sections, or change grading options for 16-week (full semester)
courses
1 DEADLINE - Last day to drop first 8-week courses only
4 Labor Day-offices closed; classes excused
6 DEADLINE - Last day to drop courses from the 16-week semester without penalty (academic & financial)
7 DEADLINE - Last day to make changes to health insurance selection
29 DEADLINE - Last day to withdraw from a first 8-week course
29 First half semester course withdrawal deadline
October 2023
02 Advising period for Spring 2024 registration begins
16 College of Law Spring registration begins
20 Midsemester (Midterms)
23 Spring registration begins for continuing students
23 Start of second half of the Fall 2023 semester; second 8-week courses also begin.
25 DEADLINE - Last day to add courses, change sections, or change grading option for second 8-week courses
26 Midsemester (Midterm) grades must be loaded online by noon (UW-Reg 2-106)
27 DEADLINE - Last day to drop second 8-week courses only.
November 2023
10 DEADLINE - Last day to partially withdraw (from all but one course) from the Fall 2023 semester
(UW-Reg 2-204)
10 DEADLINE - Indvidual Course Withdraw
22-24 Semester Break
20-21 College of Law classes in session (do not get full week for Thanksgiving)
23-24 Thanksgiving Break-Holiday Break
28 Last day of classes for College of Law
29 DEADLINE - Last day to request the Dean of Students office to leave all UW classes in Fall
2023 and receive a grade of “W” for each class (All School Withdrawal)
29 Second 8-week courses only- last day to withdraw
December 2023
4 Spring 2024 registration for new or re-enrolling students begin
5 Last day to defend thesis or dissertation
4-13 College of Law final exam period
8 Last day of Fall 2023 classes
11-15 Finals Week
16 Fall 2023 Winter Commencement
16 Residence halls close – 12:00p.m.
21 Final Grades for Fall 2023 must be loaded online by noon
December 18, 2023 - J-Term I (12/18/23-1/12/24) Begins
23-26 Christmas holiday- offices closed
27-29 Winter break- offices closed
January 2024
Dec. 30-Jan. 2 New Year’s holiday- offices closed
January 3, 2024 – J-Term II (1/3/24-2/2/24) Begins
January 12, 2024 – J-Term I (12/18/23-1/12/24) ends
13 Residence halls open – 7:00a.m.
15 Martin Luther King Jr./Wyoming Equality Day (offices closed)
16 Spring 2024 classes begin; late registration and drop/add begins
16 Summer 2024 class schedule final changes due in the Office of the Registrar
16 College of Law classes begin
17 Deadline to add, change section, and/or change grading option for first 8-week courses
19 Deadline to add, late registration, change section, and/or change grading
option for 16-week semester Courses
19 Deadline to drop first 8-week courses
25 Deadline to drop semester length (16-week) courses and receive a full refund
25 Last day to make changes to health insurance selection
February 2024
February 2, 2024 – J-Term II (1/3/23-2/3/24) Ends
1 Tuition/Fees due in full, or first payment installment due if in payment
plan (see Tuition and Fees)
16 Deadline to withdraw from first 8-week courses
19 Semester break
March 2024
1 Registration for Summer 2024 courses begin
8 Midsemester (Midterms)
11 Advising period for Fall 2024 registration
11-15 Spring break
18 First day of class for second 8-week courses
19 Deadline to add, change section, and/or change grading option for second
half (Second 8-week classes)
21 Midsemester (Midterm) grades must be submitted online by noon
21 Deadline to drop second 8-week classes
24 Registration for Fall 2024 for new or re-enrolling students
April 2024
05 Deadline to partially withdraw from the Spring 2024 16-week courses
19 Deadline to complete Spring 2024 all-school withdrawal
19 Last day to withdraw from second 8-week courses
19 Semester break
May 2024
1 Last day to defend thesis/dissertation
1-10 College of Law-final exam period
3 Last day to submit graduate paperwork to the Office of the Registrar
3 Last day of classes
6-10 Finals Week
10 UW Casper commencement
11 Commencement
11 Residence Halls Close- 12:00p.m.
11 College of Law commencement
10 UW Casper commencement
13 Summer 2024 office hours begin---7:30a-4:30p
16 Spring 2024 semester grades must be submitted online by noon
20 Summer Session 2024 begins
27 Memorial Day- Offices Closed
Notes:
1st eight-week courses are eight weeks in length and offered during the first half of a fall and spring
semester (add, drop, and withdrawal dates differ from full 16-week semester courses.
Please adhere to the key dates and deadlines listed on the UW Academic Calendar).
2nd eight-week courses are eight weeks in length and offered during the second half of a fall and spring
semester (add, drop, and withdrawal dates differ from full 16-week semester courses.
Please adhere to the key dates and deadlines listed on the UW Academic Calendar).
Semester courses are 16 weeks in length. Please adhere to the key dates and deadlines listed on the
UW Academic Calendar.
Refer to the Class Schedule for information on registration.