Academic Dates and Deadlines
The MSC Academic Calendar is a valuable tool. You can check here to keep track of important dates and deadlines. The calendar is planned several months ahead to help your preparations.
Dates and deadlines shown below are for regular, semester-length courses.
Academic Calendar
Priority Registration
| March 19, 2018 | Fall 2018 class schedule viewable in UAOnline |
| April 4 | Sophomores (30-59 credits) |
| April 5 | Freshmen (0-29 credits) |
| April 9 | Incoming students with pending fall admission applications |
| April 16 | Open registration |
Dates and Deadlines
Note: For classes with irregular start or end dates, the drop with 100 percent refund period ends at 5 p.m. five business days after the published class start day. Students wishing to change from credit-to-audit must do so by the end of that drop period.
| August 27 | Instruction begins Add/drop period begins Credit-to-audit period begins Registration begins for senior citizens using tuition waivers |
| September 3 | No class day - Labor Day - MSC closed |
| September 4 | Faculty approval required to add classes |
| September 7, 5 p.m. | Add/drop deadline Credit/no-credit deadline Credit-to-audit deadline |
| September 8 | Withdrawal period begins online |
| September 17 | Payment deadline - $125 late fee incurred after 5 p.m. |
| October 26 | Deadline to register for independent and directed studies; practicum, internship, research, thesis, and open-entry courses; and continuous registration |
| October 29 | Spring 2019 schedule is available in UAOnline |
| November 2 | Withdrawal Deadline |
| November 5 | $175 late payment fee assessed to those with outstanding balance |
| November 16 | Deadline to apply for fall graduation and be included in the commencement program |
| November 21 | No class day - MSC non-teaching day - MSC open |
| November 22-23 | No class days - Thanksgiving holiday - MSC closed |
| December 7 | Deadline to apply for fall graduation |
| December 10-15 | Final exams |
| December 16 | Commencement for summer and fall 2018 graduates |
| December 20 | Grades available in UAOnline |
| Dec 24, 2018 - Jan 1, 2019 | No class days - Winter Break - MSC closed |
Priority Registration
| October 29, 2018 | Spring 2019 class schedule viewable in UAOnline |
| November 14 | Sophomores (30-59 credits) |
| November 15 | Freshmen (0-29 credits) |
| November 19 | Incoming students with pending spring admission applications |
| November 26 | Open registration |
Dates and Deadlines
Note: For classes with irregular start or end dates, the drop with 100 percent refund period ends at 5 p.m. five business days after the published class start day. Students wishing to change from credit-to-audit must do so by the end of that drop period.
| January 14 | Instruction begins Add/drop period begins Credit-to-audit period begins Registration beings for senior citizens using tuition waivers |
| January 21 | No class day - Alaska Civil Rights Day & Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - MSC closed |
| January 22 | Faculty approval required to add classes |
| January 25, 5 p.m. | Add/drop deadline Credit/no-credit deadline Credit-to-audit deadline |
| January 26 | Withdrawal period begins online |
| February 4 | Payment deadline - $125 late fee incurred after 5 p.m. Summer 2019 class schedule is viewable in UAOnline |
| March 11-15 | No class days - spring break |
| March 15 | MSC closed |
| March 18 | Deadline to register for independent and directed studies; practicum, internship,
research, thesis, and open-entry courses; and continuous registration Fall 2019 class schedule is viewable in UAOnline |
| March 25 | $175 late payment fee assessed to those with outstanding balance |
| March 29 | Withdrawal deadline |
| April 5 | Deadline to apply for spring graduation and be included in the commencement program |
| April 26 | Deadline to apply for spring graduation and walk in the commencement ceremony |
| April 30-May 4 | Final exams |
| May 5 | Commencement |
| May 9 | Grades available in UAOnline |
Priority Registration
| February 4, 2019 | Summer 2019 class schedule viewable in UAOnline |
| February 11, 2019 | Certificate and degree-seeking students |
| February 25, 2019 | Incoming students with pending summer admission applications & open registration |
Dates and Deadlines
Note: Classes with irregular start/end dates (different from the three session listed below):
- Add/drop deadline is five business days after published class start date
- Classes with start date prior to June held to first withdrawal deadline
- Classes with start date on or after June 1 held to second withdrawal deadline