LSUHSC School of Graduate Studies Calendar 2023-2024

Fall Semester

August 2023
Monday	01	Orientation Begins
Wednesday	16	Classes Begin
Wednesday	30	Last Day to Add/Drop Classes without a Penalty
September 2023
Monday	04	Labor Day
November 2023
Friday	10	Final Date for Submission of Theses and Dissertations
Friday	23	Thanksgiving Holiday
Thursday	24	Thanksgiving Holiday
Friday	24	Last Day to Drop a Term Class with a W
December 2023
Friday	08	Fall Semester Ends
Thursday	14	Conferral of Degrees

January 2024
Wednesday	10	Classes Begin
Monday	15	Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Wednesday	24	Final Date for Adding Courses for Credit and for Dropping Courses without a Penalty
February 2024
Tuesday	13	Mardi Gras Holiday
March 2024
Friday	29	Easter Holiday
April 2024
Friday	12	Last Day to Submit Theses/Dissertations
Friday	26	Last Day to Drop a Term Class with a W
May 2024
Friday	10	Spring Semester Ends
Thursday	16	Commencement

May 2024
Wednesday	22	Classes Begin
June 2024
Wednesday	05	Final Date for Adding Courses for Credit and for Dropping Courses without a Penalty
Friday	21	Final Date for MD/PhD Students to Submit Approved Dissertations
July 2024
Thursday	04	Independence Day Holiday
Friday	05	Final Date for Submission of Approved Theses and Dissertations
August 2024
Friday	02	Summer Semester Ends
Saturday	10	Conferral of Degrees