2015-2016 Catalog

Academic Calendar

 

Summer 2015 (15/SS)

Classes begin for 10-week and first five-week
sessions

June 5 (F)

Census date for first five-week session*   

June 11 (TH)

Census date for 10-week session*

June 18 (TH)

Independence Day recess (No classes)

July 3-4 (F-SA)

Classes end for first five-week session

July 11 (SA)

Classes begin for second five-week session

July 12 (SU)

Census date for second five-week session* 

July 17 (F)

Classes end for 10-week and second five-week sessions

Aug. 15 (SA)

 

Fall 2015 (15/FA)

Labor Day (no classes)

Sept. 7 (M)

Classes begin

Sept. 8 (T)

Census date*

Sept. 21 (M)

Classes end

Nov. 23 (M)

 

Winter 2015–2016 (15/WI)

Thanksgiving Day recess (no classes)

Nov. 26 – 27 (TH–F)

Classes begin

Dec. 3 (TH)

Census date*

Dec. 16 (W)

Last class day before holiday recess

Dec. 23 (W)

Holiday recess (no classes)

Dec. 25–Jan. 3 (F-SU)

Holiday recess ends for staff/faculty report/classes resume

Jan. 4 (M)

Martin Luther King Day Jr. recess (no classes)

Jan. 18 (M)

Classes end

Feb. 29 (M)

 

Spring 2016 (15/SP)

Classes begin

March 10 (TH)

Census date*

March 23 (W)

Spring recess (no classes)

March 26-27 (SA–SU)

Classes resume after spring recess

March 28 (M)

Classes end

May 25 (W)

Memorial Day recess (no classes)

May 30 (M)

 

Summer 2016 (16/SS)

Classes begin for 10-week and first five-week
sessions

June 6 (M)

Census date for first five-week session*

June 10 (F)

Census date for 10-week session*

June 17 (F)

Independence Day recess (no classes)

July 4 (M)

Classes end for first five-week session

July 11 (M)

Classes begin for second five-week session

July 12 (T)

Census date for second five-week session*

July 18 (M)

Classes end for 10-week and second five-week sessions

Aug. 15 (M)

 

*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). Academic quarters are 11 weeks in length (except for the Summer quarter with one 10-week and two five-week sessions).

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.