Fall Semester 2025
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| March 24 - 26 | Priority registration for fall 2025 semester |
| March 27 | Open registration for fall 2025 semester |
| August 11 | Faculty return for fall 2025 semester |
| August 18 | Fall 2025 semester classes begin |
| August 25 | Last day to submit proof of residency, business service agreements and joint agreements |
| September 1 | Labor Day holiday, College closed |
| September 15 | Last day to drop from 16-week courses and have course removed from record 1 |
| Last day to change to Audit for 16-week courses 1 | |
| September 19 | Last day for filing Graduation Petitions |
| September 22 | Incomplete (I) grades from summer 2025 semester due |
| September 25 | Any remaining incomplete (I) grade from summer 2025 semester becomes an “F” 2 |
| October 22 | All College Learning Day (No daytime classes and College closed for students and public until 5 pm. Evening classes that start at 5 pm or later will take place.) |
| November 11 | Veterans Day holiday, College closed |
| November 17 | Last day to withdraw with a “W” from 16-week courses 1 |
| Students will receive a grade in all courses in which they are enrolled after November 17 | |
| November 17 - 19 | Priority registration for spring 2026 semester |
| November 20 | Open registration for spring 2026 semester |
| November 27, 28 | Thanksgiving recess, College closed |
| November 29, 30 | Thanksgiving recess, no classes, College open (most offices closed) |
| December 9, 10 | Evaluation days 3 |
| December 10 | Last day of student attendance |
| December 15 | Spring 2026 three-week and four-week Winterim classes begin 1 |
| Grading Day | |
| December 16 | Grades due |
| December 24 - January 1 | College closed |
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Consult Enrollment Services for deadlines on classes meeting less than 16 weeks.
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Students must make arrangements with individual faculty members regarding deadlines to submit required work for Incomplete (I) grades.
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Two days to be used for instruction or final student evaluations or culminating course activities. Classes not scheduled to meet on these days and classes which do not meet for the duration of a semester will ordinarily use the last class session(s) for instruction or final student evaluations or culminating course activities.
Spring Semester 2026
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| November 17 - 19 | Priority registration for spring 2026 semester |
| November 20 | Open registration for spring 2026 semester |
| January 2 | Winterim classes end |
| January 12 | Faculty return for spring 2026 semester |
| January 19 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, College closed |
| January 20 | Spring 2026 semester classes begin |
| Winterim grades due | |
| January 26 | Last day to submit proof of residency, business service agreements and joint agreements |
| February 16 | Presidents' Day holiday, College closed |
| February 17 | Last day to drop from 16-week courses and have course removed from record 1 |
| Last day to change to Audit for 16-week courses 1 | |
| February 20 | Last day for filing Graduation Petitions |
| February 23 | Incomplete (I) grades from fall 2025 semester due |
| February 26 | Any remaining incomplete (I) grade from fall 2025 semester becomes an “F” 2 |
| March 9 - 11 | Priority registration for summer 2026 sessions |
| March 12 | Open registration for summer 2026 sessions |
| March 16 - 22 | Spring break |
| March 23 | Classes resume after spring break |
| March 30 - April 1 | Priority registration for fall 2026 semester |
| April 2 | Open registration for fall 2026 semester |
| April 20 | Last day to withdraw with a “W” from 16-week courses 1 |
| Students will receive a grade in all courses in which they are enrolled after April 20 | |
| May 14, 15 | Evaluation days 3 |
| May 15 | Last day of student attendance |
| May 18 | Summer 2026 three-week and four-week Interim classes begin 1 |
| Grading Day | |
| Commencement | |
| May 19 | Grades due |
| May 25 | Memorial Day holiday, College closed |
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Consult Enrollment Services for deadlines on classes meeting less than 16 weeks.
- 2
Students must make arrangements with individual faculty members regarding deadlines to submit required work for Incomplete (I) grades.
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Two days to be used for instruction or final student evaluations or culminating course activities. Classes not scheduled to meet on these days and classes which do not meet for the duration of a semester will ordinarily use the last class session(s) for instruction or final student evaluations or culminating course activities.
Seven- and Eight-Week Summer Sessions 2026
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| March 9 - 11 | Priority registration for summer 2026 sessions |
| March 12 | Open registration for summer 2026 sessions |
| May 18 | Summer 2026 three-week and four-week interim classes begin |
| June 1 | Summer 2026 eight-week session classes begin |
| June 4 | Three-week interim classes end |
| June 8 | Summer 2026 seven-week session classes begin |
| Three-week interim grades due | |
| June 11 | Four-week interim classes end |
| June 15 | Four-week interim grades due |
| Last day to drop and have course removed from record | |
| Last day to change to Audit | |
| June 22 | Juneteenth holiday observance, College closed |
| June 23 | Last day for filing Graduation Petitions |
| July 6 | Independence Day holiday observance, College closed |
| July 7 | Incomplete (I) grades from spring 2026 semester due |
| July 9 | Any remaining incomplete (I) grade from spring 2026 semester becomes an “F” 1 |
| July 15 | Last day to withdraw with a “W” |
| Students will receive a grade in all courses in which they are enrolled after July 15 | |
| July 23 | Classes end |
| July 27 | August interim classes begin |
| Grades due | |
| August 14 | August interim classes end |
| August 18 | August Interim grades due |
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Students must make arrangements with individual faculty members regarding deadlines to submit required work for Incomplete (I) grades.
Oakton College recognizes the broad diversity of religious beliefs of its constituencies. The College has embraced a practice of shared responsibility in the event a religious observance interferes with class work or assignments. Students who inform instructors in advance of an intended absence for a major religious observance will not be penalized. The instructor will make reasonable accommodations for students, which may include providing a make-up test, altering assignment dates, permitting a student to attend another section of the same course for a class period or similar remedies. Instructors are not responsible for teaching material again. Instructors should inform students of this practice at the beginning of the semester so that arrangements can be made accordingly. Similar consideration is accorded to faculty, staff and administrators and is provided for in the respective contracts.