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2019-2020

FALL SEMESTER 2019-2020

Days	Date	Subject
Tue-Thu	Jul. 16 - 18	Orientation and Registration/New Students Fall 2019
Thu-Fri	Aug. 15 - 30	Payment of Fall 2019 Tuition and Fees
Sat	Aug. 31	Hijra New Year / Holiday*
Mon	Sep. 2	Classes Begin
Tue-Thu	Sep. 3 - 5	Drop and Add Period
Mon	Sep. 9	Ashoura Day / Holiday*
Fri	Nov. 1	Founder’s Day
Mon-Fri	Nov. 4 - 8	Advising Week / Spring 2020 for Continuing students
Fri	Nov. 8	Last Day to Withdraw from Courses
Sat	Nov. 9	Prophet’s Birthday/ Holiday*
Mon-Fri	Nov. 11 - 15	Registration Week / Spring 2020 for Continuing student
Fri	Nov. 22	Independence Day / Holiday
Tue-Wed	Dec. 3 - 4	Orientation and Registration / New Students Spring 2020
Wed	Dec. 11	Last Day of Classes
Thu-Fri	Dec. 12 - 13	Reading Period
Mon-Fri	Dec. 16 - 20	Final Examinations Period
Fri-Fri	20 Dec 2019 - 3 Jan 2020	Payment of Spring 2020 Tuition and Fees
Wed	Dec. 25	Christmas / Holiday
Wed	Jan. 1	New Year / Holiday

SPRING SEMESTER 2019-2020

Days	Date	Subject
Mon	Jan. 6	Armenian Christmas / Holiday
Tue	Jan. 7	Classes Begin
Wed-Fri	Jan. 8 - 10	Drop and Add Period
Sun	Feb. 9	Saint Maroon’s Day / Holiday
Fri	Feb. 14	H.E.P.M Rafik Al Hariri Commemoration Day
Mon-Fri	Mar. 9 - 13	Advising Week / Summer–Fall 2020 for Continuing student
Fri	Mar. 13	Last Day to Withdraw from Courses
Mon-Tue	Mar. 16 - 24	Registration Week / Summer –Fall 2020 for Continuing student
Wed	Mar. 25	Annunciation Day / Holiday
Fri-Mon	Apr. 10 - 13	Easter / Latin Holiday
Fri-Mon	Apr. 17 - 20	Easter / Greek Orthodox Holiday
Wed	Apr. 22	Last Day of Classes
Wed	Apr. 22	Fall 2020 Financial Aid Applications Submission Deadline
Thu-Fri	Apr. 23 - 24	Reading Period
Mon-Sat	27 Apr 2020 - 2 May 2020	Final Examinations Period
Fri	May. 1	Labor’s Day/ Holiday
Fri-Sun	24 Apr 2020 - 10 May 2020	Payment of Summer 2020 Tuition and Fees

SUMMER SESSION 2019-2020

Days	Date	Subject
Wed	May. 27	Classes and Co-op Work Experience Begin
Thu	May. 28	Drop and Add Period
Wed	Jul. 8	Last Day to Withdraw from Courses / Co-op
Tue	Jul. 21	Classes and Co-op Work Experience End
Wed	Jul. 22	Reading Period
Thu-Fri	Jul. 23 - 24	Final Examinations Period

2020-2021 Tentative

FALL SEMESTER 2020-2021

Days	Date	Subject
Tue-Thu	Jul. 7 - 9	Orientation and Registration/New Students Fall 2020
Mon-Mon	Aug. 17 - 31	Payment of Fall 2020 Tuition and Fees
Mon	Aug. 31	Classes Begin
Tue-Thu	Sep. 1 - 3	Drop and Add Period
Thu	Oct. 29	Prophet’s Birthday/ Holiday*
Sun	Nov. 1	Founder’s Day
Mon-Fri	Nov. 2 - 6	Advising Week / Spring 2021 for Continuing students
Fri	Nov. 6	Last Day to Withdraw from Courses
Mon-Fri	Nov. 9 - 13	Registration Week / Spring 2021 for Continuing student
Sun	Nov. 22	Independence Day / Holiday
Tue-Wed	Dec. 1 - 2	Orientation and Registration / New Students Spring 2021
Fri	Dec. 11	Last Day of Classes
Mon-Tue	Dec. 14 - 15	Reading Period
Wed-Tue	Dec. 16 - 22	Final Examinations Period
Mon-Mon	21 Dec 2020 - 4 Jan 2021	Payment of Spring 2021 Tuition and Fees
Fri	Dec. 25	Christmas / Holiday
Fri	Jan. 1	New Year / Holiday

SPRING SEMESTER 2020-2021

Days	Date	Subject
Wed	Jan. 6	Armenian Christmas / Holiday
Thu	Jan. 7	Classes Begin
Fri-Mon	Jan. 8 - 11	Drop and Add Period
Tue	Feb. 9	Saint Maroon’s Day / Holiday
Sun	Feb. 14	H.E.P.M Rafik Al Hariri Commemoration Day
Mon-Fri	Mar. 8 - 12	Advising Week / Summer–Fall 2021 for Continuing student
Fri	Mar. 12	Last Day to Withdraw from Courses
Mon-Tue	Mar. 15 - 23	Registration Week / Summer –Fall 2021 for Continuing student
Thu	Mar. 25	Annunciation Day / Holiday
Fri-Mon	Apr. 2 - 5	Easter Latin / Holiday
Tue	Apr. 20	Last Day of Classes
Tue	Apr. 20	Fall 2021 Financial Aid Applications Submission Deadline
Wed-Thu	Apr. 21 - 22	Reading Period
Fri-Thu	Apr. 23 - 29	Final Examinations Period
Mon-Fri	26 Apr 2021 - 7 May 2021	Payment of Summer 2021 Tuition and Fees
Fri-Mon	30 Apr 2021 - 3 May 2021	Easter Greek Orthodox / Holiday
Sat	May. 1	Labor’s Day/ Holiday
Thu-Fri	May. 13 - 14	Eid El Fitr / Holiday *
Sat	May. 29	Commencement Exercise ( Tentative)

SUMMER SESSION 2020-2021

Days	Date	Subject
Wed	May. 19	Classes and Co-op Work Experience Begin
Thu	May. 20	Drop and Add Period
Wed	Jun. 30	Last Day to Withdraw from Courses / Co-op
Tue	Jul. 13	Classes and Co-op Work Experience End
Wed	Jul. 14	Reading Period
Thu-Fri	Jul. 15 - 16	Final Examinations Period
Tue-Wed	Jul. 20 - 21	Eid El Adha / Holiday*
Mon	Aug. 9	Hijra New Year / Holiday*
Sun	Aug. 15	Assumption Day / Holiday
Wed	Aug. 18	Ashoura Day / Holiday*

* Tentative dates pending moon sightings.
P.S. Any changes in public and religious holidays shall be reflected on our calendar in due time.

Updated Academic Summer 2019-2020 Calendar

Updated Academic Fall 2019-2020 Calendar

Academic Calendar 2017-2018

Academic Calendar 2018-2019

Academic Calendar 2019-2020

Academic Calendar 2020-2021 Tentative