| Previous Year | 2025-26 Academic Year |
|---|
| Date | Deadline/Action |
|---|---|
| Mar 3 (M) | Graduation applications due (Undergraduate) |
| Apr 7 (M) | Schedule of Classes published on GET Advising and enrollment validation begin for continuing students |
| Apr 14 (M) | Fee payment begins Registration begins for continuing students by appointment only |
| June 16 (M) | Graduation applications due (Graduate and Doctorate) |
| July 9 (W) | Last day to use Management Payment Plan (two payments due on this date) Last day to use the Installment Payment Plan |
| Aug 18 (M) | Semester begins Convocation |
| Aug 18 (M) | Last day to drop all class for 100% refund |
| Aug 19 (Tu) | First day of instruction |
| Sep 1 (M) | Labor Day (University closed) |
| Sep 3 (W) | No record drop deadline (use GET to drop) Add deadline (includes applications for WPE (UNIV 4000), and CR/NC and ABC-/NC grading) Last day to submit Return from Educational Leave |
| Sep 3 (W) | Last day for partial refunds |
| Sep 4 (Th) | Withdrawal (W) period begins (requires instructor and department chair signatures on the Petition to Withdraw form; submit form to SS 3380) Deadline for students disqualified in Spring 2024 to be reinstated |
| Sep 4 (Th) | Tuition and fees billing statements available to download on GET |
| Sep 15 (M) | Payment deadline for tuition and fees |
| Sep 16 (Tu) | Census |
| Sep 17 (W) | Last day to apply for Cal State LA recommended credentials |
| Sep 24 (W) | Deadline to submit Credit By Exam requests |
| Oct 8 (W) | Last day to register for directed teaching |
| Oct 13 (M) | Scheduled final exams viewable in GET |
| Oct 23 (Th) | Last day to drop all classes for a prorated refund |
| Nov 11 (Tu) | Veterans Day (University closed) |
| Nov 14 (F) | Withdrawal (W) period ends |
| Nov 15 (Sa) | Emergency Withdrawal period begins (extenuating circumstances only; requires instructor, department chair, and college dean signatures on the Petition to Withdraw and Addendum to Petition to Withdraw forms; submit forms to SS 3380) |
| Nov 26 (M) - 26 (W) | Fall Recess (no instruction) |
| Nov 27 (Th) - 29 (Sa) | Thanksgiving Day Holiday (University closed) |
| Dec 5 (F) | Emergency Withdrawal period ends |
| Dec 6 (Sa) | Last day of instruction |
| Dec 8 (M) - 13 (Sa) | Final exams |
| TBA | Final grades due by 9 AM |
| Dec 19 (F) | Semester ends |
| TBA | Final grades available on GET |
| Dec 25 (Th) – Jan 1 (Th) | Winter Break (University closed) |