Academic Calendar | OCTC

Education & Training

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.

Fall 2023 Academic Calendar
Month/Day Fall 2023 Semester
AUGUST
9 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)
14 Class work begins. (First class day of the academic session.)
16 Last day to enter a class without instructor permission.
18 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
28 Last day for reinstatement of students who failed to pay registration fees.
SEPTEMBER
4 Labor Day (legal holiday)
12 Last day to withdraw from classes and receive 50% tuition refund.
OCTOBER
1 First day of advance registration for Spring 2024
7 End of first bi-term
8-15 Fall break (academic holiday)  
16 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
23 Thanksgiving Day (legal holiday)
24 KCTCS holiday
25 Academic holiday
DECEMBER
1 Last day for a student, at the discretion of instructor, to officially withdraw from a class and receive a grade of W.
2 End of class work.
4-10 Final examinations
10 End of fall semester.
14 Fall Commencement
16 Institutional close begins (through Monday, January 1, 2024)
Winter 2023-24 Academic Calendar
Month/Day Winter Session
Dec 8 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 11 M Class work begins (First day of the session)

Dec 12 T

Last day to drop classes and receive 100% tuition refund
Dec 12 T Last day to enter an organized class for the winter session
Dec 12 F Last day to drop a course without a grade
Dec 12 F Last day to withdraw from classes and receive 50% tuition refund
Dec 25 M Midterm
Dec 25 M Last day for students, at their discretion, to officially withdraw from class and receive a grade of W
Dec 25 M Last day to change from credit to audit
Jan 5 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 5 F End of class work
Jan 6-7 Sa-Su Final examinations
Jan 7 Su End of winter session
Spring 2024 Academic Calendar
Month/Day Spring 2024 Semester
JANUARY
2 College re-opens
3 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)
8 Class work begins. (First class day of the academic session.)
10 Last day to enter a class without instructor permission.
12 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.
15 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (legal holiday)
23 Last day for reinstatement of students who failed to pay registration fees.
FEBRUARY
6 Last day to withdraw from classes and receive 50% tuition refund.
19 President’s Day (legal holiday).
MARCH
1 First day of advance registration for Summer and Fall 2024
2 End of first bi-term
3-10 Spring Break (academic holiday)
11 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.
29

Morning – one half day academic holiday

Afternoon - one-half day KCTCS holiday for Good Friday observance

APRIL
26 Last day for a student, at the discretion of instructor, to officially withdraw from a class and receive a grade of W.
27 End of class work.
29 Final exams begin
MAY
5 Final exams end
End of spring semester
7/8 Spring Commencement
Summer 2024 Intersession Academic Calendar
Month/Day Summer Intersession
MAY
10 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)
13 Class work begins (First class day of the session) 
14 Last day to drop classes and receive 100% tuition refund
Last day to enter an organized class for the summer intersession
Last day to drop a course without a grade
17 Last day to withdraw from classes and receive 50% tuition refund
22 Midterm

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
27 Memorial Day (legal holiday)
31

Last day for a student, at the discretion of the instructor, to officially withdraw from a class and receive a grade of W.

End of class work
JUNE
3 Final examinations
End of summer intersession
Summer 2024 8 Wk Session Academic Calendar
Month/Day Summer 2024 8 Wk Session Academic Calendar
MAY
24 Last day to arrange a student tuition and fee payment plan
JUNE
4 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)
5 Class work begins (First class day of the session)   
7 Last day to drop classes and receive 100% tuition refund
Last day to enter an organized class for the summer 8-week session
Last day to drop a course without a grade
19 Juneteenth (legal holiday)
20 Last day to withdraw from classes and receive 50% tuition refund

JULY

4 Independence Day (legal holiday)
5 Midterm

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
26

Last day for a student, at the discretion of the instructor, to officially withdraw from a class and receive a grade of W

27 End of class work
29-30 Final examinations
30 End of summer 8-week session