2019–2020

Fall 2019

Aug. 26 | Online course registration opens
Aug. 28 | Yale College classes begin
Sept. 3 | New and returning student orientation (attendance mandatory)
Sept. 3–6 | Placement testing, advisories, and ensemble auditions
Sept. 5 | Convocation, 7 p.m. (attendance mandatory)
Sept. 6 | YSM classes begin, 9 a.m.
Sept. 13 | Fall course schedules due, 4 p.m.
Sept. 20 | Add/drop deadline, 4 p.m.
Oct. 16 | Yale College recess begins
Oct. 21 | Yale College classes resume
Nov. 8 | Last day to elect Pass/Fail option, 4 p.m.
Nov. 23 | Fall recess begins
Dec. 2 | Classes resume, 9 a.m.
Dec. 9 | Online course registration opens
Dec. 1 | Deadline for fall 2020 applications
Dec. 6 | Last day to withdraw from a class, 4 p.m.
Dec. 13 | Classes end
Dec. 16–20 | Exam week
Dec. 21 | Winter recess begins

 

Spring 2020

Jan. 13 | YSM and YC classes begin, 9 a.m.
Jan. 17 | Spring term course schedules due, 4 p.m.
Jan. 20 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan. 24 | No classes–offices closed; add/drop deadline, 4 p.m.
Feb. 17–23 | YSM auditions
Feb. 19–21 | No YSM classes
Feb. 22 | DMA entrance exam
Mar. 7 | Spring recess begins
Mar. 23 | Classes resume, 9 a.m.
Apr. 3 | Last day to elect pass/fail option, 4 p.m.
Apr. 24 | Last day to withdraw from a class
May 1 | Classes end
May 3 | Honors Banquet, 6 p.m.
May 4-8 | Exam week
May 17 | YSM Commencement concert, 4 p.m.
May 18 | University Commencement, 10 a.m.