Dates and Deadlines

Application Deadlines

Fall 2024

Application Available Now

Apr. 1, 2024: Fall enrollment begins

Jul. 25, 2024: Final application deadline (all application materials must be submitted)

Aug. 26, 2024: Program start date

Dates and Deadlines

For a complete list of dates and deadlines, visit the Special Sessions calendar. Dates are subject to change.

Spring 2024
Summer 2024

Event	Variable Session (CCOM 5101, 5105, 5107)	Variable Session (CCOM, 5103, 5106, 5110)
Classes Begin	Jan. 16	Mar. 11
Last Day to Add a Class^^^ (11:59 p.m.)	Jan. 18	Mar. 13
Last Day to Drop a Class Without Penalty^^^ (11:59 p.m.)	Jan. 23	Mar. 18
Last Day to Withdraw from Session with a Full Refund*** (11:59 p.m.)	Jan. 23	Mar. 18
Last Day to Drop a Class^ (11:59 p.m.)	Feb. 15	Apr. 17
Last Day to Withdraw from Session^^ (11:59 p.m.)	Mar. 2	May 4
Last Day of Classes	Mar. 3	May 5

Event	Variable Session (CCOM 5103, 5106)	Variable Session (CCOM 5107, 5108)
Classes Begin	May 13	Jul. 1
Last Day to Add a Class^^^ (11:59 p.m.)	May 15	Jul. 3
Last Day to Drop a Class Without Penalty^^^ (11:59 p.m.)	May 17	Jul. 8
Last Day to Withdraw from Session with a Full Refund*** (11:59 p.m.)	Jun. 12	Aug. 1
Last Day to Drop a Class^ (11:59 p.m.)	Jun. 12	Aug. 1
Last Day to Withdraw from Session^^ (11:59 p.m.)	Jun. 28	Aug. 16
Last Day of Classes	Jun. 30	Aug. 18

* See Special Sessions and Withdraw from the Semester. See Special Sessions and Drop a Class. Drop by 11:59 p.m. online using Buff Portal. Students may be eligible for a possible tuition adjustment or refund.
** Add or drop a class by 11:59 p.m. online using Buff Portal. If you drop all of your classes in a given session, even if it is only one class, you will have withdrawn from that session and the $200 fee will apply.
*** See Special Sessions and Withdraw from the Semester. After this date, students who drop all classes in this session are required to pay 100 percent of tuition and fees (no refund), and W grades are posted to transcripts.
^ Drop by 11:59 p.m. online using Buff Portal. Students who drop a class but remain enrolled in the session are required to pay 100 percent of tuition and fees (no refund), and a W grade is posted to their transcript for the dropped course. See Special Sessions and Drop a Class.
^^ See Special Sessions and Withdraw from the Semester. Students who drop all classes in this session are required to pay 100 percent of tuition and fees (no refund), and W grades are posted to transcripts.
^^^ Add or drop a class by 11:59 p.m. online using Buff Portal.

Fall 2024

Session 1

Event	Date
Session 1 Classes Begin	Aug. 26
Deadline to Add a Class†	Aug. 28
Deadline to Drop, 100% Tuition Adjustment*	Sept. 3
Deadline to Withdraw*, 60% Tuition Adjustment	Sept. 10
Deadline to Withdraw*, 40% Tuition Adjustment	Sept. 17
Deadline to Withdraw** without Petitioning^, No Tuition Adjustment	Sept. 25
Deadline to Withdraw*** from All Courses in Session	Oct. 12
Classes End	Oct. 13

Session 2

Event	Date
Session 2 Classes Begin	Oct. 21
Deadline to Add a Class†	Oct. 23
Deadline to Drop, 100% Tuition Adjustment*	Oct. 28
Deadline to Withdraw*, 60% Tuition Adjustment	Nov. 4
Deadline to Withdraw*, 40% Tuition Adjustment	Nov. 11
Deadline to Withdraw** without Petitioning^, No Tuition Adjustment	Nov. 20
Deadline to Withdraw*** from All Courses in Session	Dec. 14
Classes End	Dec. 15

All times are in Mountain Time.
* Students may be eligible for a possible tuition adjustment or refund.
** Withdraw by 11:59 p.m. online using Buff Portal or by email to ceregistration@colorado.edu. A grade of W will appear on your transcript.
***Withdraw by 11:59 p.m. by email to ceregistration@colorado.edu. A grade of W will appear on your transcript.
^ Petitioning is designed to provide students who experience unavoidable, extenuating circumstances, the opportunity to waive a University policy that, if enforced, would result in unsatisfactory academic progress or financial consequences. Nondegree students must petition the dean of CEPS and must have an instructor signature. Degree students must petition the dean of the college in which they are enrolled, and must have an instructor signature.
†Adding a course after the start-date requires program director and instructor approval.

Time Limits

Master's degree students have four years from the semester in which they are admitted and begin coursework to complete all degree requirements.

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