Calendars
Whittier College's academic calendar is comprised of two semesters (fall and spring).
Fall 2023
August 21-22 | Fall Orientation
August 23 | First day of Fall Instruction
August 29 | Last day of instructor drop
August 30 | Last day to add
September 4 | Labor Day (no instruction)
September 6 | Last day to drop
September 19 | Last day to apply for CR/NC
September 25-29 | Senior Advising Week
October 2-8 | Senior Registration Week
October 2-6 | Junior Advising Week
October 4 | Last day to drop classes with a “W”
October 9 | Indigenous Peoples' Day (no instruction)
October 9-15 | Junior Registration Week
October 9-13 | Sophomore Advising Week
October 16-22 | Sophomore Registration Week
October 16-20 | First Year (continuing) Advising Week
October 23-29 | First Year (continuing) Registration Week
October 27 | Summer Incomplete grades due
October 30-November 10 | Academic Advising
November 20-24 | Fall/Thanksgiving Break (no instruction)
December 6 | Last day of Fall Instruction
December 7 | Reading Day No Instruction
December 8, 9, 11, & 12 | Finals
December 13 to January 14 | Winter Break
December 15 | Fall grades due
Spring 2024
January 15 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no instruction)
January 16 Spring Instruction Begins
January 22 | Last day of instructor drop
January 23 | Last day to add
January 30 | Last day to drop
February 6 | Last day to apply for CR/NC
February 14 | Fall Incompletes due
February 29 | Last day to drop a class with a “W”
March 11-15 | Spring Break (no instruction)
March 21 | Last day to withdraw from the college
April 1 | Cesar Chavez Day (No instruction)
April 29 | Last day of Spring Instruction
May 1-3, 6 | Finals
May 9 | Commencement
May 13 | Spring Grades due
Summer 2024
May 13 | First day of May term and Summer Session 1/Grad Summer Session. Last day to drop without a W.
May 27 | Memorial Day (no instruction)
June 7 | End of May Term
June 20 | End of Summer Session 1/Grad Summer Session
June 21 | Summer Session 1 Finals
June 24 | Summer Session 2 Begins
June 28 | Summer Session 1 grades due
July 4 | Independence day (no instruction)
July 8 | Spring Incomplete grades due
August 1 | End of Summer Session 2
August 2 | Summer Session 2 finals
August 9 | Summer Session 2 grades due
Fall 2022
August 22-23 | Fall Orientation
August 24 | First day of Fall Instruction
August 30 | Last day of instructor drop
August 31 | Last day to add
September 5 | Labor Day (no instruction)
September 13 | Last day to drop
September 20 | Last day to apply for CR/NC
September 26-30 | Senior Advising Week
October 3-9 | Senior Registration Week
October 3-7 | Junior Advising Week
October 5 | Last day to drop with a “W”
October 10-16 | Junior Registration Week
October 10-14 | Sophomore Advising Week
October 17-23 | Sophomore Registration Week
October 17-21 | First Year (continuing) Advising Week
October 24-30 | First Year (continuing) Registration Week
October 28 | Summer Incomplete grades due
October 31-November 11 | Academic Advising
November 21-25 | Fall/Thanksgiving Break (no instruction)
December 7 | Last day of Fall Instruction
December 8 | Reading Day No Instruction
December 9, 10, 12, & 13 | Finals
December 14 to January 10 | Winter Break
December 15 | Fall grades due
Spring 2023
January 11 | First day of Spring Instruction
January 16 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no instruction)
January 17 | Last day of instructor drop
January 18 | Last day to add
January 25 | Last day to drop
February 1 | Last day to apply for CR/NC
February 16 | Last day to drop with a “W”
February 20-24 | Priority Registration advising week
February 27-March 12 | Priority Registration
February 27-March 3 | Senior advising week
March 6-10 | Spring Break (no instruction)
March 9 - Last day to withdraw from the college
March 13-19 | Senior registration / Junior advising
March 20-26 | Junior registration / Sophomore advising
March 27 | Fall incomplete grades due
March 27-April 2 | Sophomore registration / First-Year advising
March 31 | Cesar Chavez Day (No instruction)
April 3-9 | First-Year Registration
April 10 | Registration reopens for all continuing students
April 24 | Last day of Spring Instruction
April 26-29 | Finals
May 2 | Commencement
May 5 | Spring Grades due
Summer 2023
May 8 | First day of May term and Summer Session 1. Last day to drop without a W.
May 29 | Memorial Day (no instruction)
May 30 | First day of Graduate Summer Session
June 2 | End of May Term
June 15 | End of Summer Session 1
June 16 | Summer Session 1 finals
June 19 | Juneteenth (no instruction)
June 20 | First day of Summer Session 2. Last day to drop without a W.
June 23 | Summer Session 1 grades due
July 4 | Independence day (no instruction)
July 7 | End of Graduate Summer Session, Spring IN grades due
July 31 | End of Summer Session 2
August 1 | Summer Session 2 finals
August 8 | Summer Session 2 grades due
Fall 2021
August 22-23 | Fall Orientation
August 24 | Fall Instruction Begins
August 31 | Last day to add a class
September 6 | Labor Day (College closed)
September 13 | Last day to drop a class
September 14 | Begin WD period
September 28 | End CR/NC option
October 5 | Last day to drop a class with a "W"
October 20 | Last day to withdraw from the College
October 29 | Summer Incompletes due
November 1-12 | Advising period for Spring 2022
November 15-18 | Spring Registration
November 22-23 | No instruction
November 24-26 | Thanksgiving Break (College closed)
December 3 | End of Fall Instruction
December 6-9 | Finals
December 15 | Grades due
December 10 - January 4 | Winter Break
JanTerm 2022
January 5 | JanTerm Instruction Begins
January 6 | End Add
January 10 | End Drop
January 11 | End CR/NC option
January 11 | Begin WD period
January 14 | End WD from Class and College
January 17 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day (College closed)
January 26 | End Instruction
Spring 2022
January 27-28 | Spring Orientation
January 31 | Spring Instruction Begins
February 7 | End Instructor Drop
February 8 | End Add
February 11 | Jan Term Grades Due
February 18 | End Drop
February 19 | Begin WD period
February 25 | End CR/NC option
March 9 | End WD from Class
March 21 - 25 | Spring Break (no instruction)
March 22 | Fall Incompletes due
March 28 | Jan Term Incompletes due
March 31 | Cesar Chavez Day (College closed)
April 6 | End WD
April 18-29 | Advising
May 2 Fall registration begins
May 13 End Spring Instruction
May 16-19 Finals
May 20 - 27 No instruction
May 24 Commencement
May 27 Spring Grades Due
May 30 Memorial Day (College closed)
Summer 2022
May 31 | Beginning of Summer FT & S1 and May term, also last day to add or drop for session One
June 1 | Last day to WD from session 1
June 13 | GR Session Begin Instruction, also last day to add or drop for GR session
June 14 |Last day to WD from GR session
June 30 | S1 End Instruction
July 1 | S1 Finals
July 4 | Independence Day
July 5 | S2 Begin Instruction, also last day to add or drop for S2
July 6 | Last day to WD from S2
July 8 | S1 Grades Due
July 22 | GR Session End Instruction
July 25 | GR Grades Due
Aug 4 | S2 & FT End Instruction
Aug 5 | S2 & FT Finals
August 12 | S2 & FT Grades Due