Academic Calendars

+Academic Calendar

• Fall 2020 (202008)

  	Session A 8/17 - 12/11	Session B 8/17 - 10/9	Session C 10/12 - 12/11
  Early Registration for Students Receiving Veteran Benefits from GCSC	Apr 3	Apr 3	Apr 3
  ****Open Registration for all Campuses	Apr 6	Apr 6	Apr 6
  **Registration Fees Due	Aug 7	Aug 7	Aug 7
  Classes Begin	Aug 17	Aug 17	Oct 12
  State Employee Fee Waiver Registration	Aug 17 - 21	Aug 17 - 21	Oct 12 - 13
  Late Registration; Drop/Add	Aug 17 - 21	Aug 17 - 21	Oct 12 - 13
  Last day to submit residency fee waiver documentation (by 4:00 p.m.)	Aug 21	Aug 21	Oct 13
  Last day to cancel registration/drop courses and receive a refund (by 11:59 p.m.)	Aug 21	Aug 21	Oct 13
  Last day to change major and credit to audit.	Aug 21	Aug 21	Oct 13
  Midterm	Oct 9	Sept 14	Nov 9
  *Withdrawal Deadline	Oct 16	Sept 21	Nov 16
  Final Examinations	Dec 4 - 10	Oct 7 - 9	Dec 7 - 10
  Term Ends	Dec 11	Oct 9	Dec 11
  Grades available via Lighthouse	Dec 15	Oct 14	Dec 15
  Graduation Application Deadline	Sep 28	Sep 28	Sep 28
  Holidays
  *In-service Day	Aug 12
  No classes for students	Sep 5 - 7	Labor Day
  	Nov 11	Veteran's Day
  	Nov 25 - 29	Thanksgiving break
  	Dec 11 -  Jan 3	Christmas break / New Year
  Faculty	Dec 14 -  Jan 3	Christmas break
  College closed for all students and employees	Sept 5 - 7	Labor Day
  	Nov 11	Veteran's Day
  	Nov 26 - 29	Thanksgiving break
  	Dec 24 - Jan 3	Christmas break

• Spring 2021 (202101)

  	Session A 1/6 - 5/7	Session B 1/6 - 3/2	Session C 3/3 - 5/7
  Early Registration for Students Receiving Veteran Benefits from GCSC	Nov 6	Nov 6	Nov 6
  ****Open Registration for all Campuses	Nov 9	Nov 9	Nov 9
  **Registration Fees Due	Jan 5	Jan 5	Jan 5
  Classes Begin	Jan 6	Jan 6	Mar 3
  State Employee Fee Waiver Registration	Jan 6 - 12	Jan 6 - 12	Mar 3 - 4
  Late Registration; Drop/Add	Jan 6 - 12	Jan 6 - 12	Mar 3 - 4
  Last day to submit residency fee waiver documentation (by 4:00 p.m.)	Jan 12	Jan 12	Mar 4
  Last day to cancel registration/drop courses and receive a refund (by 11:59 p.m.)	Jan 12	Jan 12	Mar 4
  Last day to change major and credit to audit.	Jan 12	Jan 12	Mar 4
  Midterm	Mar 3	Feb 3	Apr 5
  *Withdrawal Deadline	Mar 10	Feb 10	Apr 12
  Final Examinations	Apr 30 - May 6	Mar 1 - 2	May 3 - 6
  Term Ends	May 7	Mar 2	May 7
  Grades available via Lighthouse	May 11	Mar 5	May 11
  ***Graduation Application Deadline	Feb 15	Feb 15	Feb 15
  Honors Convocation	Apr 30
  Commencement	May 7
  Holidays
  No classes for students	Jan 4 - 5
  College is closed for all student and employees	Jan 16 - 18	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  	Mar 13 - 19	Spring break

• Summer 2021 (202105)

  	Session A 5/12 - 8/6	Session B 5/12 - 6/23	Session C 6/24 - 8/6	Session E 6/7 - 7/16
  Early Registration for Students Receiving Veteran Benefits from GCSC	Apr 2	Apr 2	Apr 2	Apr 2
  ****Open Registration for all Campuses	Apr 5	Apr 5	Apr 5	Apr 5
  **Registration Fees Due	May 11	May 11	May 11	May 11
  Classes Begin	May 12	May 12	Jun 24	Jun 7
  State Employee Fee Waiver Registration	May 12 - 13	May 12 - 13	Jun 24 - 28	Jun 7 - 8
  Late Registration; Drop/Add	May 12 - 13	May 12 - 13	Jun 24 - 28	Jun 7 - 8
  Last day to submit residency fee waiver documentation (by 4:00 p.m.)	May 13	May 13	Jun 28	Jun 8
  Last day to cancel registration/drop courses and receive a refund (by 11:59 p.m.)	May 13	May 13	Jun 28	Jun 8
  Last day to change major and credit to audit.	May 13	May 13	Jun 28	Jun 8
  Midterm	Jun 23	Jun 1	Jul 15	Jun 25
  *Withdrawal Deadline	Jun 30	Jun 8	Jul 22	Jul 2
  Final Examinations	Aug 4 - 5	Jun 22 - 23	Aug 4 - 5	Jul 14 - 15
  Term Ends	Aug 6	Jun 23	Aug 6	Jul 16
  Grades available via Lighthouse	Aug 10	Jun 25	Aug 10	Jul 20
  ***Graduation Application Deadline	Jun 7	Jun 7	Jun 7	Jun 7
  Holidays
  College is closed for all students and employees	May 29 - 31	Memorial Day
  	Jul 3 - 5	Independence Day

*Withdrawal Deadline: "W" grade granted on or prior to withdrawal deadline; "F" grade issued after withdrawal deadline

 **After due date, fees are due at point of registration

 ***In order for Summer Graduates to participate in the Spring ceremony, they must submit their Summer Graduation application prior to the Spring application deadline (no exceptions)

 ****Web registration will be available when the college is closed except for scheduled maintenance windows.      

Gulf Coast State College reserves the right to change the college calendar, or to make other changes deemed necessary, giving     advance notice of change when possible.