Annual Academic Calendar | UCLA Registrar’s Office (2024)

FAQs

How long is UCLA spring break 2024? ›

Spring Break 2024 for UCLA Students is Week 5, March 24th-29th.

Look through the syllabus for each of your courses. Add important dates and work periods to your planner or calendar. Add regular due dates and add due dates for big assignments. Add blocks of time to work on big assignments ahead of the due dates.

Like many U.S. universities, UCLA Extension and UCLA operate on the quarter system, with four 12-week sessions per year—Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer.

Students living in on-campus housing have the option to stay through spring break. Students in on-campus housing and university apartments will be required to isolate for 10 days after March 28, the last day of spring break, even if they do not travel, according to UCLA Housing guidelines.

Mid- to late March is typically the peak period for spring break for most colleges and universities across the country. This year, the majority of these institutions will have their rest and recreation between March 11 and April 1.

Priority Enrollment Pass

During priority pass, students may enroll in no more than 10 units unless their priority group has been approved for more units. Students in a priority group who do not enroll during their priority-pass appointment period must wait until their first-pass appointment to enroll.

An academic calendar that uses semesters traditionally has two terms, in the fall and spring, and a trimester academic calendar traditionally has three terms, in the fall, spring, and summer. Academic progress is measured in semester credit-hours, and full-time is at least 12 semester credits.

What is the difference between academic calendar and regular calendar? ›

A Calendar year ranges from 1 January through to 31 December. An Academic year is comprised of two Teaching Periods, January to June, and July to December.

Academic calendar refers to dates and events that a postsecondary institution operates around. Most academic calendars include the add, withdraw and drop deadlines for each session within each semester.

In order to receive a Passed, you must achieve a grade of C or better.

Academic Probation

Students are placed on probation if their overall or term GPA falls between 1.5 and 1.99. While they are on probation, they may not take any course on a Passed/Not Passed (P/NP) basis.

Students who have paid term fees may be eligible to withdraw from a term after the first day of instruction if they have not completed any of the classes in which they enrolled. Students who withdraw from the University once instruction begins must submit a withdrawal notice.

High schools often follow a similar pattern, with breaks going to around one to one and a half, and in some cases, two weeks. Colleges and universities, on the other hand, tend to have longer breaks that can range from one to three weeks.

Spring or Easter Break – Usually lasts for one or two weeks in March or April. Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples' Day Break – Columbus Day is always the second Monday in October. Many schools take a week off, though some areas only take Columbus Day itself off.

For Summer Courses, Summer Online, and Summer Intensives, UCLA Summer Sessions offers students the chance to select between nine different sessions ranging in length from 3-10 weeks. Each opportunity is full of academic opportunities for you to make progress toward graduation. Each Session has a letter and a number.