Academic Calendar 2023-2024

August 2023

• Mon‐Fri, 14th‐18th: ARCH CORE/MAUD/MLAUD/MDE/MLA (LA Core I only) Pre-Term Workshop
• Mon‐Fri, 21st‐25th: ARCH CORE/MAUD/MLAUD/MUP/MDE/MLA (LA Cores I & III) Pre-Term Workshop
• Mon-Thu, 28th‐31st: New Student Orientation
• Tue, 29th: Option Studio Lottery (Full Term and M1) closes at 9 a.m.
• Wed, 30th: MDES Advanced Course Selection Closes at 9 a.m.
• Thur, 31st: Limited‐Enrollment Lottery Closes at 9 a.m.

September 2023

• Fri, 1st: New Student Orientation (Continued)
• Fri, 1st: Open Enrollment Period Begin
• Mon, 4th: Labor Day || No Classes || Offices Closed
• Tue, 5th: Fall Classes Begin  (Monday Schedule) || Returning Student Registration
• Mon, 11th: M2 Option Studio Lottery closes at 9 a.m
• Tues, 12th: Fall Class Selections Due ($15 add/drop flat fee after this date)
• Mon, 18th: Last Day to Add/Drop F1 and Full Term Classes ($30 fee per transaction after this date)
• Tues, 19th: Leaves on or Before: No Tuition Charge
• Fri‐Sun, 15th-17th: Rosh Hashanah Begins at Sundown || Ends Sunday Evening
• Sun‐Mon, 24th-25th: Yom Kippur Begins at Sundown || Ends Monday Evening

October 2023

• Mon‐Sun, 2nd-8th: Preferred Studio Trips Week
• Mon, 9th: Indigenous Peoples’ Day || No Classes || Offices Closed
• Wed, 11th: Leaves on or Before: One‐Fourth Tuition Charge
• Thu, 12th: M1 Option Studios End
• Wed, 18th: F1 Classes End
• Thu, 19th: M1 Option Studio Reviews || F2 Classes Begin
• Tue, 24th: MDE Open House
• Thu, 26th: M2 Option Studios Begin || MDes/DDes Open House  M2 Option Studios Begin
• Fri, 27th: MAUD/MLAUD/MUP Open House
• Tue, 31st: MRE Open House

November 2023

• Wed, 1st: Last Day to Add/Drop F2 Classes || Deadline to Submit a Leave of Absence Petition for the Spring 2024 Semester
• Thu, 2nd: MLA Open House
• Fri, 3rd: MArch Open House
• Thu, 9th: Leaves on or Before: One‐Half Tuition Charge
• Fri, 10th: Veterans Day || Classes Meet || No Studio Reviews || Offices Closed
• Wed‐Sun, 22nd‐26th: Thanksgiving Recess
• Thu‐Fri, 23rd‐24th: Offices Closed

December 2023

• Tue, 5th: FAS Classes End
• Wed, 6th: Full Term, M2 Option Studio and F2 Classes End|| Leaves on or Before: Three‐Fourths Tuition Charge || After This Date: Full Tuition Charge
• Thur‐Fri, 7th‐8th: Core Reviews
• Mon, 11th: Core Reviews (Continued)
• Mon-Wed, 11th-13th: Full Term and M2 Option Studio Reviews
• Thu-Fri, 14th-15th: Final Exams
• Mon, 18th: Final Exams (Continued)
• Tue-Wed, 19th‐20th: Thesis Reviews
• Thu, 21st: Winter Recess Begins || GSD Closes for students at 11:59 PM
• Fri, 22nd: GSD Offices close at noon
• Sun, 24th: Christmas Eve
• Mon, 25th: Christmas Day

January 2024

• Mon, 1st: New Year’s Day
• Tue, 2nd: Winter Recess ends || GSD Reopens at 8 AM || MRE January Class Begins
• Tue‐Fri 2nd‐12th: JTerm
• Mon, 15th: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day || Offices Closed
• Tue‐Sat, 16th‐20th: MLA Pre‐Term Workshop
• Tue, 16th: MDES Open Projects Lottery Closes at 9 a.m.
• Wed, 17th: Option Studio Lottery Closes at 9 a.m.
• Thu, 18th: MDES Advanced Course Selection Closes at 9 a.m.
• Fri, 19th: Limited‐Enrollment Lottery Closes at 9 a.m. || MRE January Class Ends
• Sat, 20th: Open Enrollment (Add/Drop) Begins
• Mon, 22nd: Spring Classes/Full Term and S1 begin
• Fri, 26th:  Spring Class Selections Due ($15 add/drop flat fee after this date)

February 2024

• Fri, 2nd: Last Day to Add/Drop S1 and Full Term Classes ($30 fee per transaction after this date)
• Mon, 5th: Leaves on or Before: No Tuition Charge
• Mon, 19th: Presidents’ Day || No Classes || Offices Closed
• Mon‐Sun, 19th‐25th: Preferred Studio Trips Week
• Fri, 23rd: Leaves on or Before: One‐Fourth Tuition Charge

March 2024

• Fri, 1st:  Job and Internship Fair
• Mon, 4th: S1 Classes End
• Tue, 5th: S2 Classes Begin
• Sun, 10th: Ramadan Begins
• Mon‐Sun, 11th‐17th: Preferred Studio Trips Week || Spring Recess
• Fri, 22nd: Leaves on or Before: One‐Half Tuition Charge
• Tue, 26th: Last Day to Add/Drop S2 Classes
• Fri, 29th: Good Friday
• Sun, 31st: Easter

April 2024

• Thu, 4th: DDes and MDE Open Houses
• Fri, 5th: Arch, LA, MRE, UPD, and MDes Open Houses
• Mon, 8th: Ramadan Ends
• Mon, 22nd: Full Term and S2 Classes End || Leaves on or Before: Three‐Fourths Tuition Charge || After This Date: Full Tuition Charge
• Mon-Tues, 22nd-30th: Passover Begins at Sundown || Ends Tuesday Evening
• Wed, 24th: FAS Classes End
• Wed‐Fri, 24th‐26th: Core Studio Reviews
• Fri, 26th: Option Studio Reviews
• Mon-Tue 29th-30th: Option Studio Reviews

May 2024

• Mon, 1st: Deadline to Submit a Leave of Absence Petition for the Fall 2024 Semester
• Wed‐Fri, 1st‐3rd: Final Exams
• Mon, 6th: Final Exams
• Tue-Wed, 7th-8th: IDEP Review
• Tue‐Fri, 7th‐10th: Thesis Reviews
• Mon, 13th: MRE May Classes Begin
• Wed, 22nd: Class Day
• Thu, 23rd: Commencement
• Fri, 24th: MRE May Classes End
• Mon 27th – Fri, August 30: MRE Practicum

Any student who withdraws or is granted a leave from the GSD after registration will be held responsible for tuition charges according to the following schedule:

Fall 2023 Term

Withdrawals/leaves on or before September 19
no tuition charge

Withdrawals/leaves on or before October 11
one‐fourth tuition charge

Withdrawals/leaves on or before November 9
one‐half tuition charge

Withdrawals/leaves on or before December 6
three‐fourths tuition charge

After December 6
full tuition charge

Spring 2024 Term

Withdrawals/leaves on or before February 5
no tuition charge

Withdrawals/leaves on or before February 23
one‐fourth tuition charge

Withdrawals/leaves on or before March 15
one‐half tuition charge

Withdrawals/leaves on or before April 22
three‐fourths tuition charge

After April 22
full tuition charge

Page Last Updated: April 19, 2024