2018-2019 Catalog

Academic Calendar

Summer 2018 (18/SS)

Classes begin for 10-week and first five-week sessions June 6 (W)
Census date for first five-week session* June 12 (Tu)
Census date for 10-week session* June 19 (Tu)
Independence Day recess (No classes) July 4 (W)
Classes end for first five-week session July 11 (W)
Classes begin for second five-week session July 12 (Th)
Census date for second five-week session* July 18 (W)
Classes end for 10-week and second five-week sessions Aug. 15 (W)

Fall 2018 (18/FA)

Labor Day (no classes) Sept. 3 (M)
Classes begin Sept. 4 (T)
Census date* Sept. 17 (M)
Classes end Nov. 19 (M)

Winter 2018–2019 (18/WI)

Thanksgiving Day recess (no classes) Nov. 22–23 (Th–F)
Classes begin Dec. 3 (M)
Census date* Dec. 14 (F)
Last class day before holiday recess Dec. 21 (F)
Holiday recess (college closed) Dec. 25–Jan. 1 (T-T)
Holiday recess ends for students/classes resume 
Jan. 5 (Sa)
Martin Luther King Day Jr. recess (no classes) Jan. 21 (M)
Classes end Feb. 25 (M)

Spring 2019 (18/SP)

Classes begin March 7 (Th)
Census date* March 20 (W)
Spring recess (no classes) April 20–21 (Sa–Su)
Classes resume after spring recess April 22 (M)
Classes end May 22 (W)

Summer 2019 (19/SS)

Classes begin for 10-week and first five-week sessions June 6 (Th)
Census date for first five-week session* June 12 (W)
Census date for 10-week session* June 19 (W)
Independence Day recess (no classes) July 4 (Th)
Classes end for first five-week session July 11 (Th)
Classes begin for second five-week session July 12 (F)
Census date for second five-week session* July 18 (Th)
Classes end for 10-week and second five-week sessions Aug. 15 (Th)

*Census dates are used by colleges to determine enrollment figures and to determine students’ eligibility for financial aid disbursements.

MCC uses a quarter system with four academic quarters designated as FA (Fall), WI (Winter),SP (Spring), and SS (Summer). This year Fall and Spring Academic quarters are 11 weeks in length. Winter and Summer are 10 weeks. 

Standard courses are full-quarter classes that begin and end within the designated academic quarter dates (see begin and end dates in the academic calendar). Non-standard courses may run for less than the full quarter, more than the full quarter, and/or may have non-standard begin and end dates not within the designated academic quarter dates.