Academic Calendar
Academic Calendars
Our academic calendar will tell you everything you need to know about deadlines, registration timetables, tuition due dates, holidays, special events, vacations, and the beginning and end of each semester. If you need a copy of a calendar no longer listed on this webpage, please email octc.info@kctcs.edu.
| Month/Day | Fall Semester |
|---|---|
| AUGUST | |
| 14 W | Last day to arrange a student tuition and fee payment plan |
| Last day to pay to avoid cancellation of registration & late fee (students registering after this date must pay tuition the same day they register) | |
| 19 M | Class work begins. (First class day of the academic session.) |
| 21 W | Last day to enter a class without instructor permission. |
| 23 F | Last day to drop classes and receive 100% tuition refund. |
| Last day to enter a class for fall semester with instructor permission. | |
| Last day to drop a course without a grade | |
| SEPTEMBER | |
| 2 M | Labor Day (legal holiday) |
| 3 T | Last day for reinstatement of students who failed to pay registration fees |
| 17 T | Last day to withdraw from classes and receive 50% tuition refund. |
| 19 R | Last day to file application for December graduation. |
| OCTOBER | |
| 1 T | First day of advance registration for Spring 2025 |
| 7 M - 12 Sa | Fall break (academic holiday) |
| 19 S | End of first bi-term |
| 21 M | Midterm |
| Beginning of second bi-term | |
| Last day to change from credit to audit. | |
| Last day for students, at their discretion, to officially withdraw from class and receive a grade of W. | |
| NOVEMBER | |
| 5 T | Presidential Election Day (KCTCS Holiday) |
| 28 R | Thanksgiving Day (legal holiday) |
| 29 F | KCTCS holiday |
| 30 Sa | Academic holiday |
| DECEMBER | |
| 6 F | Last day for a student, at the discretion of instructor, to officially withdraw from a class and receive a grade of W. |
| 7 Sa | End of class work. |
| 9 M - 15 Su | Final examinations |
| 15 Su | End of fall semester. |
| 17 T | Fall Commencement |
| 23 M | Institutional close begins (through Monday, January 3, 2025) |
| Month/Day | Winter Session |
|---|---|
| Dec 13 F | Last day to pay tuition & fees to avoid cancellation of registration & late fee (students registering after this date must pay tuition the same day they register) |
| Dec 16 M | Class work begins (First day of the session) |
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Dec 17 T |
Last day to drop classes and receive 100% tuition refund |
| Dec 17 T | Last day to enter an organized class for the winter session |
| Dec 17 T | Last day to drop a course without a grade |
| Dec 20 F | Last day to withdraw from classes and receive 50% tuition refund |
| Dec 30 M | Midterm |
| Dec 30 M | Last day for students, at their discretion, to officially withdraw from class and receive a grade of W |
| Dec 30 M | Last day to change from credit to audit |
| Jan 10 F | Last day for a student, at the discretion of the instructor, to officially withdraw from a class and receive a grade of W. |
| Jan 10 F | End of class work |
| Jan 11-12 Sa-Su | Final examinations |
| Jan 12 Su | End of winter session |
| Month/Day | Spring Semester |
|---|---|
| JANUARY | |
| 6 M | College re-opens |
| 8 W | Last day to arrange a student tuition and fee payment plan |
| Last day to pay to avoid cancellation of registration & late fee (students registering after this date must pay tuition the same day they register) | |
| 13 M | Class work begins. (First class day of the academic session.) |
| 15 W | Last day to enter a class without instructor permission. |
| 17 F | Last day to drop courses without a grade. |
| Last day to drop classes and receive 100% tuition refund. | |
| Last day to enter class for spring semester with instructor permission. | |
| 20 M | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (legal holiday) |
| 28 T | Last day for reinstatement of students who failed to pay registration fees. |
| FEBRUARY | |
| 11 T | Last day to withdraw from classes and receive 50% tuition refund. |
| 13 R | Last day to file application for May graduation |
| 17 M | President’s Day (legal holiday). |
| MARCH | |
| 1 Sa | First day of advance registration for Summer and Fall 2025 |
| 8 Sa | End of first bi-term |
| 10 M - 15 Sa | Spring Break (academic holiday) |
| 17 M | Midterm |
| Beginning of second bi-term | |
| Last day for students, at their discretion, to officially withdraw from class and receive a grade of W. | |
| Last day to change from credit to audit. | |
| APRIL | |
| 18 F |
Morning - one half day academic holiday Afternoon - one-half day KCTCS holiday for Good Friday observance |
| MAY | |
| 2 F | Last day for a student, at the discretion of instructor, to officially withdraw from a class and receive a grade of W. |
| 3 Sa | End of class work. |
| 5 M - 11 Su | Final exams week |
| 11 SU | End of spring semester |
| 13 T - 14 W | Spring Commencement |
