Academic Calendar
Academic Calendar
Spring 2020
| Dec. 19 | Payment Due or Payment Arrangements have been made with Student Accounts for (A8) and (A16) Courses |
| Jan. 6 |
First Day to Charge Books in the Bookstore if you have Financial Aid or Third Party Funding in Place |
| Jan. 13 |
Spring (A8) and (A16) Course |
| Jan. 14 |
Last Day to Add an (A8) Course |
| Jan. 17 |
Last Day to Add an (A16) Course |
| Jan. 17 |
Last Day to Drop an (A8) Course Without Receiving a W on Transcript and to Receive 100% Refund for the Dropped Course (while still enrolled in other courses) - No Refund After This Date |
| Jan. 17 |
Last Day to Charge Books in the Bookstore if you have Financial Aid or Third Party Funding in Place |
| Jan. 20 |
Martin Luther King Day/WDT Closed |
| Jan. 27 |
Last Day to Completely Withdraw from All Courses (A8, A16, B8) for the Spring Semester and Receive 100% Refund (excluding non-refundable fees) |
| Jan. 27 | Last Day to Drop an (A16) Course Without Receiving a W on Transcript and to Receive 100% Refund for the Dropped Course (while still enrolled in other courses) - No refund After This Date |
| Jan. 30 |
Financial Aid Credit Balance Checks Released to Previous Student Loan Borrowers |
| Feb. 3 |
Half (50%) refund of tuition and refundable fees for courses that are past the Add Period and up to 20% of the term for said course |
| Feb. 13 |
New Student Loan Borrower Financial Aid Credit Balance Checks Released |
| Feb. 14 |
No Classes |
| Feb. 17 |
President's Day/WDT Closed |
| Feb. 18 |
Last Day to Withdraw from an (A8) Course |
| March 9-13 |
Spring Break - No Classes |
| March 18 |
Last Day of (A8) Courses |
| March 19 |
(B8) Courses Begin |
| March 20 |
Last Day to Add a (B8) Course |
| March 20 | Midterm Release of Financial Aid Credit Balance Checks |
| March 25 | Last Day to Drop a (B8) Course Without Receiving a W on Transcript and to Receive 100% Refund for the Dropped Course - No Refund After this Date |
| April 10-14 | Easter Break - No Classes |
| April 17 | Last Day to Withdraw from an (A16) Course |
| April 24 | Last Day to Withdraw from a (B8) Course |
| May 15 | Last day of (A16) and (B8) Courses |
| May 15 | Last Day of Spring Semester |
| May 16 | Spring Commencement Ceremony |
Summer 2020
| May 7 |
Payment Due or Payment Arrangements have been made with Student Accounts for Subterm 1 and Subterm 2 Courses |
| May 19 |
First Day to Charge Books in the Bookstore if you have Financial Aid or Third Party Funding in Place |
| May 26 |
Summer Subterm 1 and Subterm 2 Courses Begin |
| May 27 |
Last Day to Add a Subterm 1 or Subterm 2 Course |
| May 27 |
Last Day to Charge Books in the Bookstore of you have Financial Aid or Third Party Funding in Place |
| May 27 | Last Day to Completely Withdraw from All Courses for Subterm 1 or Subterm 2 and Receive 100% Refund (excluding non-refundable fees) |
| June 1 |
Last Day to Drop a Subterm 1 or Subterm 2 Course Without Receiving a W on Transcript and to receive 100% Refund for the Dropped Course (while still enrolled in other courses) - No Refund After This Date |
| June 1 | Summer Subterm 3 Courses Begin |
| June 1 | Last Day to Add a Summer Subterm 3 Course |
| June 2 | Last Day to Drop a Subterm 3 Course Without Receiving a W on Transcript and to Receive 100% Refund for the Dropped Course (while still enrolled in the other courses) - No Refund After This Date |
| June 4 |
Financial Aid Credit Balance Checks Released to Previous Student Loan Borrowers |
| June 5 |
Half (50%) refund of tuition and refundable fees for courses that are past the Add Period and up to 20% of the term for said course. Session 1 |
| June 8 | Summer Subterm 4 Courses Begin |
| June 9 | Last Day to Add a Subterm 4 Course |
| June 9 |
Half (50%) refund of tuition and refundable fees for courses that are past the Add Period and up to 20% of the term for said course. Session 2 |
| June 12 | Last Day to Drop a Subterm 4 Course Without Receiving a W on Transcript and to Receive 100% Refund for the Dropped Course (while still enrolled in other courses) - No Refund After This Date |
| June 23 |
Midterm Release of Financial Aid Credit Balance Checks - Session 1 Classes |
| June 24 |
New Student Loan Borrower Financial Aid Credit Balance Checks Released |
| June 27 | Summer Subterm 3 Courses End |
| July 1 - After 2pm |
Midterm Release of Financial Aid Credit Balance Checks - Session 2 Classes |
| July 3 |
4th of July Holiday - WDT Closed |
| July 7 |
Last Day to Withdraw from Subterm 1 Course |
| July 21 | Last Day to Withdraw from Subterm 2 Course |
| July 21 |
Subterm 1 Ends |
| Aug. 3 | Subterm 4 Ends |
| Aug. 7 |
Subterm 2 Ends |
| Aug 7. |
Last Day of Summer Semester |
Western Dakota Tech uses the Standard Academic Calendar format. Standard terms include semesters, trimesters, and quarters. Semesters and trimesters are terms that are generally 15 to 17 weeks long. 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
PLEASE NOTE: The academic calendar is subject to modification or interruption due to occurrences such as fire, flood, labor disputes, illness, accident, or death of an instructor, interruption of utility services, acts of God, civil disorder and war. In
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