Important Dates and Deadlines
Please refer to our Academic Calendar in the Catalog for the full list of this semester’s dates. Please note that the academic calendar may change and the most recent updates will be reflected here.
2023-2024 Academic Calendar (PDF)
Fall 2023 Academic Events Calendar (PDF)
Fall 2023 Exam Schedule
If you have questions, call 865.694.6400.
Fall Semester 2023
| Registration | Begins April 3, 2023 |
| Priority Financial Aid Application Deadline (missing the deadline will delay financial aid award and may prevent charging at Bookstore) | July 5 |
| State Employee Waiver Registration Begins | August 1 |
| Bookstore Textbook Charge Period | August 3-23 |
| Faculty Report – All | August 7 |
| Application Deadline | August 9 |
| Schedule Confirmation and Fee Deadline 1 for Registration that Occurred on or before August 9 | August 9 |
| Accuplacer Test Deadline | August 14 |
| 100% Refund Deadline | August 15 |
| Classes Begin | Wednesday, August 16 |
| Add Classes/Change to or from Audit – Last Day | August 18 |
| Schedule Confirmation and Fee Deadline 2 | August 23 |
| 75% Refund Deadline | August 29 |
| Waiver Discount Forms Deadline | August 29 |
| Drop a Class Without a Grade of “W” Deadline | August 29 |
| Saturday Classes Meet (before Labor Day) | September 2 |
| Holiday, Labor Day, College Closed | September 4 |
| Financial Aid Refunds, Begin Releasing | September 6 |
| 25% Refund Deadline | September 13 |
| “I” grades change to “F” for Spring and Summer | October 6 |
| Saturday Classes will meet | October 7 |
| Fall Break (Subject to change) | October 9-15 |
| Registration Begins for Spring and Summer 2024 | October 18 |
| Drop/Withdraw with “W” Deadline | October 27 |
| Graduation Application Deadline (Failure to meet this deadline means your name will not appear in the Commencement Ceremony program) | November 18 |
| Classes do not meet | November 22 |
| Holiday, Thanksgiving, College Closed | November 23-26 |
| Last Day of Classes | December 2 |
| Final Exam Period | December 4-7 |
| Grades Due in Enrollment Services | 4:30 p.m., December 8 |
| Fall Commencement Ceremony | Friday, December 8 |
2023-2024 Loan Disbursement Refund Schedule
Federal regulations require all student loans be disbursed in two equal disbursements. For most students, this means half of the loan will be disbursed in fall and the other half in spring. For single-semester loans, half of the loan is disbursed approximately two weeks after classes begin and the other half in the middle of the semester. Dates differ depending on whether or not a student has had a loan before.
| Loan Is for Fall & Spring Semesters | Loan Is for Fall Semester Only | Loan Is for Spring Semester Only | Loan Is for Summer Semester Only |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 6 February 5 | September 6 October 16 | February 5 March 13 | June 14 & 28 |
| Loan Is for Fall & Spring Semesters | Loan Is for Fall Semester Only | Loan Is for Spring Semester Only | Loan Is for Summer Semester Only |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 18 February 16 | September 18 October 16 | February 16 March 13 | June 28 |