Fall 2024 Academic Calendar
| Date | Detail |
|---|---|
| Wednesday, July 17, 10:00am - Wednesday, Sept. 11, 11:59pm | Registration period for graduate and undergraduate students. |
| Wednesday, Aug. 21 | Grades for summer 2024 courses for August degree recipients due. |
| Wednesday, Aug. 28 | First day of instruction. |
| Monday, Sept. 2 | Labor Day: No university exercises, staff holiday. |
| Wednesday, Sept. 11 | Last day to add classes. All work for summer term 2024 undergraduate and graduate incompletes due to instructors. Last day for seniors graduating in December to declare or drop a major or minor. |
| Wednesday, Sept. 18 | First day for undergraduates to elect a pass/fail option for a class taken in the current term. |
| Thursday, Sept. 19 | Grades replacing summer 2024 undergraduate and graduate incompletes due in the university registrar's office. |
| Wednesday, Sept. 25 | Last day to drop Module I courses. |
| Wednesday, Sept. 25 | Last day for graduate students to change grading option of Module I courses to audit (instructor’s permission required). |
| Thursday, Oct. 3 - Friday, Oct. 4 | *Rosh Hashanah: No university exercises. Staff holiday Thursday. |
| Tuesday, Oct. 8 | Last day for undergraduates to apply for midyear graduation. Last day for undergraduates to submit a Reduced Rate Senior application for Spring 2025. |
| Thursday, Oct. 10 | Last day for undergraduates to elect a pass/fail option for the current term and to request a P grade for the preceding term (at 5 p.m.) |
| Friday, Oct. 11 | Erev Yom Kippur: No university exercises. |
| Monday, Oct. 14 | Indigenous Peoples Day: No university exercises, staff holiday. |
| Wednesday, Oct. 16 | Brandeis Thursday: Thursday class schedule in effect. |
| Thursday, Oct. 17 | **Sukkot: No university exercises. |
| Tuesday, Oct. 22 | Brandeis Thursday: Thursday class schedule in effect. |
| Tuesday, Oct. 22 | Module II: first day of instruction. |
| Thursday, Oct. 24 | **Shmini Atzeret: No university exercises. |
| Friday, Nov. 1 | Fall Module I grades due. |
| Friday, Nov. 8 | Last day to add Module II classes. |
| Monday, Nov. 11 | Veterans Day: Classes in session. |
| Thursday, Nov. 14 | Last day to drop semester courses. |
| Thursday, Nov. 14 | Last day for graduate students to change grading option of semester courses to audit (instructor's permission required). |
| Thursday, Nov. 14 | Last day to request a medical underload. |
| Monday, Nov. 18 | Priority registration for Spring 2025 classes. |
| Tuesday, Nov. 19 - Thursday, Nov. 21 | Early registration for Spring 2025 classes. |
| Friday, Nov. 22 | Last day to drop Module II courses. |
| Friday, Nov. 22 | Last day for graduate students to change grading option of Module II courses to audit (instructor's permission required). |
| Wednesday, Nov. 27 - Friday, Nov. 29 | Thanksgiving holiday: No university exercises, staff holiday Thursday and Friday. |
| Tuesday, Dec. 10 | Last day of instruction. Last day to voluntarily withdraw from the term (written notification required). |
| Tuesday, Dec. 10 | Brandeis Friday: Friday class schedule in effect. |
| Wednesday, Dec. 11 | Study day. |
| Thursday, Dec. 12 - Friday, Dec. 20 | Final examination period. |
| Tuesday, Dec. 24 | Fall term grades due. |
| Monday, Jan. 6, 2025 | Last day for graduating seniors to convert current term pass/fail enrollments to a "P." |
| Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025 | All work for fall term 2024 incompletes due to instructors. |
*This Jewish holiday begins at sundown of the previous evening listed, and ends at nightfall of the last day listed on the academic calendar.
**This Jewish holiday begins at sundown of the previous evening listed, and ends at nightfall the day after the day listed on the academic calendar.