Academic Calendar - Dentistry

School of Dentistry

Fall Semester 2023

August
1-6 Tuesday-Sunday Break (Summer)
7 Monday Faculty Retreat
8 Tuesday Begin Classes/Clinic (So/Jr/Sr)
8 Tuesday Freshman Orientation I
9 Wednesday Freshman Classes/Labs Begin
17 Thursday Cura Clinic
23 Wednesday Freshman Orientation II
30 Wednesday Mass of the Holy Spirit (St. Johns) 3:30pm
September
4 Monday Labor Day
7 Thursday Cura Clinic
15-17 Friday-Sunday Alumni Weekend
15 Friday Alumni Advisory Board
15 Friday Urban/Posey Lecture
29 Friday End of First Quarter
October
5-7 Thursday-Saturday ADA Meeting (Orlando, FL)
5 Thursday Cura Clinic
11-15 Wednesday-Sunday Fall Break
26 Thursday Cura Clinic
November
3 Friday Senior Sim Prep Day
9 Thursday Cura Clinic
17 Friday Didactic Final Exams (Sr)
22-26 Wednesday-Sunday Thanksgiving Break
27-30 Monday-Thursday Final Exams (Fr/So)
29-30 Wednesday-Thursday Didactic Final Exams (Jr/Sr)
December
1 Friday Didactic Final Exams (Sr)
1-8 Friday-Friday Final Exams (Fr/So/Jr)
4-8 Monday-Friday Mock Boards (Sr)
8 Friday End of Second Quarter Didactic
9-31 Saturday-Sunday Break (Christmas - Fr/So)
11-15 Monday-Friday Mock Boards Remediation (Sr)
15 Friday Clinics End (Jr/Sr)
16-31 Saturday-Sunday Break (Christmas - Jr/Sr)

Spring Semester 2024

January
1-2 Monday-Tuesday Break (Christmas)
3 Wednesday Clinics/Classes & Labs Resume
3 Wednesday Last Mock Board Remediation
TBD Thursday Cura Clinic
TBD CDCA/WREB Part I
15 Monday Martin Luther King Day
February
6 Tuesday President's Convocation
TBD Thursday Cura Clinic
TBD CDCA/WREB Part II
TBD Thursday Cura Clinic
23 Friday End of Third Quarter
March
2-10 Saturday-Sunday Spring Break
TBD Thursday Cura Clinic
9-12 Saturday-Tuesday ADEA (New Orleans)
13-16 Wednesday-Saturday IADR (New Orleans)
TBD Jr. Operative Competency Exam
TBD Jr. Operative Competency Exam
29 Friday Good Friday
April
11-12 Thursdays-Friday NDA
TBD Thursday Cura Clinic
10-23 Wednesday-Tuesday Final examinations (So/Jr)
TBD Alumni Advisory Board
TBD CRDTS Hygiene Exam
22-26 Monday-Friday Final examinations (Fr)
23 Tuesday End of Fourth Quarter (So/Jr/Sr)
23-28 Tuesday-Sunday Spring Break (New Jr/Sr)
24 Wednesday Picnic
26 Friday End of Fourth Quarter (Fr)
29 Monday Clinic/Classes begin (Sr)
29-30 Monday-Tuesday Spring Break (New Jr/Sr)
29-30 Monday-Tuesday Clinic Orientation (Jr)

Summer Session 2024

May
1-19 Wednesday-Sunday Spring Break (New So)
1 Wednesday Clinic/Classes begin (New Jr)
4 Saturday White Coat Ceremony (new Jrs-Sokol)
9 Thursday Senior Awards Ceremony
9 Thursday OKU Banquet
10 Friday Hooding Ceremony/Commencement (Ryan Center) 4:00 PM
11 Saturday Spring Degree Conferral Date
TBD Thursday Cura Clinic
20 Monday Summer Classes Begin (New So)
27 Monday Memorial Day
June
TBD Thursday Cura Clinic
19 Wednesday Juneteenth
July
4 Thursday Independence Day
12 Friday End of Summer Session
13-31 Saturday-Wednesday Break (Summer)
August
1-11 Thursday-Sunday Break (Summer)
12 Monday Faculty Retreat
13 Tuesday Begin Classes/Clinic (So/Jr/Sr)
13 Tuesday Freshman Orientation I
14 Wednesday Freshman Labs/Clinics Begin
28 Wednesday Freshman Orientation II