2022-2023 Catalog

Bachelor of Professional Studies Academic Calendar 2022-2023

Fall Semester 2022 (BPS)

August

29 Monday Classes begin - BPS 1st 8 weeks (7W1)

September

 2  Friday Last day to drop
5 Monday Labor Day (college closed, library closed)
7 Wednesday First Year Convocation
12 Monday Last day to withdraw from class a W

October

10 Monday Columbus Day (college closed, library open—holiday hours)
21 Friday Classes end - BPS 1st 8 weeks (7W1)
24 Monday Classes begin - BPS 2nd 8 weeks (7W2)
28 Friday Last day to drop (7W2)

November

8 Tuesday Election day (no classes, offices closed) 
11 Friday Veterans Day (college closed, library open 11:00am-5:00pm)
12 Saturday Emergency make-up day (if needed and so designated by administration)
18 Friday Last day to withdraw from a class with a W (7W2)
24/25 Thursday-Friday Thanksgiving (no classes)
28 Monday Classes resume

December

20 Tuesday Classes end - BPS 2nd 8 weeks (7W2)
26 Monday Christmas Day observed (college closed, library closed) 
28 Wednesday Fall grades due by 4 p.m.

Note: Calendar subject to change

Spring Semester 2023 (BPS)

December - Early Spring 2023

23 Saturday Early Spring classes begin

January

2 Monday New Year's Day observed (college closed, library closed)
16 Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Day (college closed, library closed)
17 Tuesday Classes begin - BPS 1st 8 weeks (7W1)
23
Monday
Last day to drop classes

February

10 Friday Last day to withdraw from a class with a W (7W1)

March

10 Friday Classes end - BPS 1st weeks (7W1)
13 Monday Classes begin - BPS 2nd 8 weeks (7W2)
17 Friday
Last day to drop (7W2)

April

7 Friday Last day to withdraw from courses with a W (7W2)
26
Wednesday
Cap and Gown Convocation

May

5 Friday
Classes end - BPS 2nd 8 weeks (7W2)
10 Wednesday Senior grades due by 4 p.m.
12 Friday All other grades due by 4 p.m.; 
13 Saturday Undergraduate/Graduate Commencement

Note: Calendar subject to change. Please see RIC Website for any changes.