LSUHSC School of Graduate Studies Calendar 2023-2024

Fall Semester

August 2024
Tuesday	01	Orientation Begins
Wednesday	14	Classes Begin
Wednesday	28	Last Day to Add/Drop Classes without a Penalty
September 2024
Monday	02	Labor Day
November 2024
Friday	08	Final Date for Submission of Theses and Dissertations
Friday	22	Last Day to Drop a Term Class with a W
Thursday	28	Thanksgiving Holiday
Friday	29	Thanksgiving Holiday
December 2024
Friday	06	Fall Semester Ends
Thursday	12	Conferral of Degrees

January 2025
Wednesday	08	Classes Begin
Monday	20	Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Wednesday	22	Final Date for Adding Courses for Credit and for Dropping Courses without a Penalty
March 2025
Tuesday	04	Mardi Gras Holiday
April 2025
Friday	11	Last Day to Submit Theses/Dissertations
Friday	18	Easter Holiday
Friday	25	Last Day to Drop a Term Class with a W
May 2025
Friday	09	Spring Semester Ends
Thursday	15	Conferral of Degrees

May 2025
Wednesday	21	Classes Begin
June 2025
Wednesday	04	Final Date for Adding Courses for Credit and for Dropping Courses without a Penalty
Friday	20	Final Date for MD/PhD Students to Submit Approved Dissertations
July 2025
Friday	04	Independence Day Holiday
Friday	11	Final Date for Submission of Approved Theses and Dissertations
August 2025
Friday	01	Summer Semester Ends
Saturday	09	Conferral of Degrees