2025-2026 Gordon College Academic Catalog 
  
    Jul 03, 2025  
2025-2026 Gordon College Academic Catalog

Academic Calendars


Undergraduate Graduate Education All Other Graduate Programs
Fall Semester 2025 Summer /Fall Semester 2025 Fall Semester 2025
Spring Semester 2026 Winter/Spring Semester 2026 Spring Semester 2026
Summer Semester 2026   Summer Semester 2026

Undergraduate Fall Semester 2025

August

18 - Sept. 3

10-21

22-26

22

25

25

27

Required enrollment check-in for all students

Required Orientation for new international students 

Required Orientation and registration for new students

Residence halls open for new and transfer students, begins 10 a.m.

Residence halls open for continuing students, begins 12 noon

Meal plan begins, 5 p.m.

Classes begin, 8 a.m.

September

1

Labor Day (school closed; no classes)

October

15

16-17

20

27

Quad 1 ends

Quad 1 final examinations   

Quad 2 begins

Grades due for spring incompletes

November

4

10

26

26- 30

30

Day of Prayer (school open; no classes)

Online registration opens for spring semester

Meal plan ends at dinner

Thanksgiving Recess

Meal plan resumes, 5 p.m.

December

11

12

15-18

19

19

19 - Jan. 12, 2026

Last day of classes and online registration closes

Reading day

Final examinations

Meal plan ends at dinner

Residence halls close, 12 noon

Christmas Recess

Undergraduate Spring Semester 2026

January

 

4-23

12-13

12

12

14

19

Required enrollment check-in for all students

Required Orientation and registration for new students

Residence halls open for continuing students, 8 a.m.

Meal plan begins, 12 noon

Classes begin, 8 a.m.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no classes)

 

March

4

5-6

6

6

7

15

15

16

16

16

Quad 3 ends

Quad 3 final examinations

Meal plan ends after lunch

Residence halls close, 12 noon

Spring Recess begins

Spring Recess ends; residence halls open, 1 p.m.

Meal plan resumes, 5 p.m.

Quad 4 begins

Grades due for fall incompletes

Deposit due for next year (continuing students)

 

April

2

3-6

16

Registration opens for fall semester

Easter Recess

Center for Faith and Learning Symposium (school open, no classes)

 

May

5

6

7

8, 11-13

14

15

16

17

 

Thursday classes meet on last Tuesday

Last day of classes

Reading day

Final examinations

Meal plan ends at lunch

Baccalaureate

Commencement

Residence halls close, 12 noon

 

 

Undergraduate Summer Semester 2026           

 

May

   

18

25

Summer Term begins

Memorial Day (no classes)

 

June

   
19 Juneteenth (no classes)   

July

   
4 Independence Day (no classes)  

August

15

Summer Term ends  

Graduate Programs in Education Summer/Fall Semester 2025

Summer/Fall Semester 2025

SEMESTER DATES: 6/23/2025-12/20/2025

Summer Session: 6/23/2025 - 8/31/2025

Fall Session: 9/1/2025 - 12/20/2025

 

Graduate Programs in Education Winter/Spring Semester 2026

Winter/Spring Semester 2026

SEMESTER DATES: 1/2/2026 - 6/22/2026

Winter Session: 1/2/2026-3/31/2026

Spring Session: 4/1/2026-6/22/2026

 


All Other Graduate Programs Fall Semester 2025

Graduate Fall Semester 2025

SEMESTER DATES: 8/25/2025-12/13/2025

Fall Session I: 8/25/2025-10/18/2025

Fall Session II: 10/20/2025-12/13/2025

 

All Other Graduate Programs Spring Semester 2026

Graduate Spring Semester 2026 

SEMESTER DATES: 1/5/2026 - 5/2/2026

Spring Session I: 1/5/2026 - 2/28/2026

Spring Break: 3/2/2026 - 3/6/2026

Spring Session II: 3/9/2026- 5/2/2026

 

All Other Graduate Programs Summer Semester 2026

Graduate Summer Semester 2026 

SEMESTER DATES: 5/14/2026- 8/22/2026

Summer Session I: 5/14/2026 - 7/4/2026

Summer Session II: 7/6/2026 - 8/22/2026