Please note that the calendar below is subject to change. For the most up-to-date information, please see the official Academic Calendar, found on the Office of the Registrar's website .
Other important dates and deadlines can also be found on the Student Calendar .
Please also review Campus Guidelines and Policies Concerning the Academic Calendar .
For further information regarding Reading/Review/Recitation week, please click here .
For Summer Sessions registration dates and deadlines, please see the Summer Sessions website .
Fall Semester 2015
| Tele-BEARS Begins | Monday, April 6, 2015 |
| Fee Payment Due | Saturday, August 15, 2015 |
| Fall Semester Begins | Wednesday, August 19, 2015 |
| Welcome Activities (Getting Your Bearings) | Saturday, August 22, 2015-Saturday, September 12, 2015 |
| Instruction Begins | Wednesday, August 26, 2015 |
| Academic & Administrative Holiday (Labor Day) | Monday, September 7, 2015 |
| Homecoming | Friday, October 2, 2015-Sunday, October 4, 2015 |
| Academic & Administrative Holiday (Veterans Day) | Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
| Non-instructional Day | Wednesday, November 25, 2015 |
| Academic & Administrative Holiday (Thanksgiving) | Thursday, November 26, 2015-Friday, November 27, 2015 |
| Classes End | Friday, December 4, 2015 |
| Reading/Review/Recitation Week | Monday, December 7, 2015-Friday, December 11, 2015 |
| Last Day of Instruction | Friday, December 11, 2015 |
| Final Examinations | Monday, December 14, 2015-Friday, December 18, 2015 |
| Fall Semester Ends | Friday, December 18, 2015 |
| Academic & Administrative Holiday (Winter Holiday) | Thursday, December 24, 2015-Friday, December 25, 2015 |
| Academic & Administrative Holiday (New Year's) | Thursday, December 31, 2015-Thursday, January 1, 2016 |
Spring Semester 2016
| Tele-BEARS Begins | Monday, October 19, 2015 |
| Charter Gala | TBD |
| Spring Semester Begins | Tuesday, January 12, 2016 |
| Fee Payment Due | Friday, January 15, 2016 |
| Academic & Administrative Holiday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) | Monday, January 18, 2016 |
| Instruction Begins | Tuesday, January 19, 2016 |
| Academic & Administrative Holiday (Presidents' Day) | Monday, February 15, 2016 |
| Spring Recess | Monday, March 21, 2016-Friday, March 25, 2016 |
| Academic & Administrative Holiday (Cesar Chavez Day) | Friday, March 25, 2016 |
| Cal Day | Saturday, April 16, 2016 |
| Classes End | Friday, April 29, 2016 |
| Reading/Review/Recitation Week | Monday, May 2, 2016-Friday, May 6, 2016 |
| Last Day of Instruction | Friday, May 6, 2016 |
| Final Examinations | Monday, May 9, 2016-Friday, May 13, 2016 |
| Spring Semester Ends | Friday, May 13, 2016 |
| Commencement | Saturday, May 14, 2016 |
| Academic & Administrative Holiday (Memorial Day) | Monday, May 30, 2016 |
Summer Sessions 2016
| First 6-week Session Begins | Monday, May 23, 2016 |
| Academic & Administrative Holiday (Memorial Day) | Monday, May 30, 2016 |
| 10-week Session Begins | Monday, June 6, 2016 |
| 8-week Session Begins | Monday, June 20, 2016 |
| First 6-week Session Ends | Friday, July 1, 2016 |
| Academic & Administrative Holiday (Independence Day) | Monday, July 4, 2016 |
| Second 6-week Session Begins | Monday, July 5, 2016 |
| 3-week Session Begins | Monday, July 25, 2016 |
| Second 6-week Session Ends | Friday, August 12, 2016 |
| 10-week Session Ends | Friday, August 12, 2016 |
| 8-week Session Ends | Friday, August 12, 2016 |
| 3-week Session Ends | Friday, August 12, 2016 |