Academic Calendar
Academic Calendars 2020-2025
Academic calendars can be viewed below.
Spring 2020 Updated 4-15-20
| Date | |
| January 3 | Spring 2020 tuition due, last day to sign up for a payment plan with 0% down payment |
| January 6 | Late fees assessed to unpaid tuition |
| January 6-10 | Orientation/Faculty Development Classes dropped for unpaid accounts |
| January 10 | Move-In Day NEW students (Residence Halls Open @ 9am) |
| January 12 | Move-In Day RETURNING students (Residence Halls Open @ 9am) |
| January 13 | First day of classes Winter Intersession ends |
| January 14 | Grades for winter intersession due to Records & Registration by noon |
| January 20 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No classes held |
| January 17 | Last day to add/drop a course |
| February 1 | Deadline to apply for May graduation |
| March 1 | FAFSA Priority Deadline (important for your fall 2020 Financial Aid |
| March 3 | Course registration for summer 2020 and fall 2020 opens |
| March 7 | Residence Halls close @ 12noon |
| March 7-22 | Spring Break |
| March 15 | Housing application for fall 2020 opens |
| March 30 | Financial Aid award letters for 2020-21 released |
| April 29 | Student Awards & PTK Ceremony (Zoom) |
| April 30 | Deadline to submit application for summer 2020 financial aid (apply.rbc.edu/summer) |
| May 4 | Last day of classes Last day to convert "incompletes" to a grade for Fall 2019 and Winter 2019 |
| May 10 | Last date to drop or withdraw without academic or financial aid penalty |
| May 5 - May 11 | Examination Period |
| May 13 | Grades due to Records & Registration by noon |
| TBD | Richard Bland College Commencement |
Summer 2020
| May 14 | Term 1 (May 18-June 15) and Term 2 (May 18-June 29) Tuition Due |
| May 18 | Terms 1 and 2 First Day of Class |
| May 29 | Term 3 (June 1- July 23) Tuition Due |
| June 1 | Term 3 First Day of Class |
| June 5 | Last Date to Drop a Term 1 Class with No Academic Penalty Last Date to Drop a Term 1 Class with no Financial Aid Penalty |
| June 12 | Term 4 (June 16 - July 14) Tuition Due |
| June 13 | Last Date to Drop a Term 2 Class with No Academic Penalty Last Date to Drop a Term 2 Class with no Financial Aid Penalty |
| June 16 | Term 4 First Day of Class |
| June 26 | Term 5 (June 30 - Aug. 10) Tuition Due |
| June 30 | Term 5 First Day of Class |
| July | Payment plan set-up available in Banner for fall 2020 |
| July 3 | Last Date to Drop a Term 3 Class with No Academic Penalty Last Date to Drop a Term 3 Class with No Academic Penalty |
| July 4 | Last Date to Drop a Term 4 Class with No Academic Penalty Last Date to Drop a Term 4 Class with No Financial Aid Penalty |
| July 11 | New Student Orientation (Fall 2020 Students) |
| July 13 | Term 6 (July 15 - Aug. 11) Tuition Due |
| July 15 | Term 6 (Final Term Summer 2020) First Day of Class |
| July 26 | Last Date to Drop a Term 5 Class with No Academic Penalty Last Date to Drop a Term 5 Class with No Financial Aid Penalty |
| August 1 | Last Date to Drop a Term 6 Class with No Academic Penalty Last Date to Drop a Term 6 Class with No Financial Aid Penalty |
| August 8 | New Student Orientation (Fall 2020 Students) |
| August 12 | New Student Orientation (Fall 2020 Students) |
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Fall 2020
| Date | |
| August 10 | Start of Faculty Contracts |
| August 14 | Tuition Due Last date to sign up for a payment plan with 0% down payment Resident Assistants return |
| August 17 | Late fees assessed to unpaid tuition |
| August 17-21 | Faculty Development classes Classes dropped for unpaid accounts |
| August 19 | Move-in Day Global Student Success Program only |
| August 20 | Move-In Day New Students (residence halls open @ 9am) |
| August 21-23 | Welcome Weekend |
| August 24 | First day of classes |
| August 28 | Last day to add/drop a class |
| September 7 | Labor Day - classes held; administrative offices closed |
| October 1 | Winter 2020 and Spring 2021 registration begins |
| October 10-13 | Fall Break |
| October 30 | Last day to drop or withdraw without academic penalty Last day to convert "Incompletes" to a grade for Spring 2020 and Summer 2020 |
| November 1 | Last day to apply for December graduation |
| November 24 | Residence halls close @ 5 pm |
| November 25-28 | Thanksgiving Break |
| November 29 | Resident halls re-open @ 9 am |
| November 30 | Classes resume @ 8 am |
| December 4 | Last day of classes |
| December 7-11 | Final exams |
| December 12 | Residence halls close @ 12 noon |
| December 14 | Grades due to Records & Registration by 12 noon |
| December 21 | College (all offices) closed for winter break |
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