Academic Calendar

2019-2020 Academic Calendar

	Fall Semester 2019 8/26/2019 - 12/8/2019	Intersession 12/9/2019 - 1/20/2020	Spring Semester 2020 1/21/2020 - 5/11/2020	Summer Session 2020 5/18/2020 - 8/16/2020
Registration	M 4/15/2019 - M 09/09/2019*	M 10/21/2019 - M 12/9/2019*	M 10/21/2019 - M 2/3/2020*	M 3/16/2020 - M 5/26/2020*
Payment Deadline Date (if not enrolled in payment plan)	M 10/14/2019	M 3/2/2020	M 3/2/2020	F 6/19/2020
Smart Start Residence Hall Move-In	Su 8/11/2019	-	-	-
Early Arrival/Break Housing	Su 8/11/2019 - Sa 8/23/2019	M 12/9/2019 - Sa 1/19/2020	M 12/9/2019 - Sa 1/19/2020	M 5/12/2020 - 5/17/2020
Smart Start Classes Begin	M 8/12/2019	-	-	-
Residence Hall Move-In	New non-Smart Start students F 8/23/2019 Returning Prairie Place residents Su 8/25/2019	-	Su 1/19/2020	Su 5/17/2020
Smart Start Classes End	F 8/23/2019	-	-	-
Term Begins	M 8/26/2019	M 12/9/2019	T 1/21/2020	M 5/18/2020
GSU Closed Labor Day/Memorial Day	M 9/2/2019	-	-	M 5/25/2020
Graduation Applications Due	F 9/13/2019	-	F 2/7/2020 for both Spring and Summer term graduations*
Refund Deadline	Published on student class schedule in the portal for individual courses.
Last Day to Drop a Class	Published on student class schedule in the portal for individual courses.
Faculty submit incomplete grades for prior term	Su 11/24/2019	-	M 4/27/2020	Su 8/2/2020
Thanksgiving Break	GSU Open but No Classes W 11/27/2019 GSU closed for the holiday Th 11/28 - Su 12/1/2019
Term Ends	Su 12/8/2019	M 1/20/2020	M 5/11/2020	Su 8/16/2020
Residence Hall Move-Out	T 12/10/2019		T 5/12/2020	M 8/17/2020
Final Grades Deadline	Classes end in semester - seven days after section ends. Full-semester classes - 12/15/2019	Seven days after section ends.	Classes end in semester - seven days after section ends. Full-semester classes - 5/18/2020	Classes end in semester - seven days after section ends. Full-semester classes - 8/23/2020
GSU Closed	T 12/24/2019 - W 1/1/2020		-	-
GSU Closed Martin Luther King Holiday	-	-	M 1/20/2020	-
GSU Closed President’s Day Holiday	-	-	M 2/17/2020	-
No classes Spring Break	-		Residence Halls Closed** Su 3/9/2020- Su 3/15/2020	-
GSU Closed Independence Day Observance	-		-	F 7/3/2020
Commencement	May 16, 2020 (for fall 2019 graduates, and spring and summer 2020 candidates for graduation)
* check online class schedule for registration and other deadline dates for late-start classes and other special offerings.
Note: Posting of grades in student myGSU portal accounts will be done each Monday for grades submitted by faculty during the prior week.
**During times noted GSU Closed - Prairie Place Residence will remain open for those students who have contracted to remain living on campus over the specific break/closure