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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.

Fall 2024 Academic Calendar
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)
Winter 2024-25 Academic Calendar
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)

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
Spring 2025 Academic Calendar
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