2024-2025 Catalog 
    
    Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog

2024-2025 Calendar


Fall Semester 2024

August 
Date  
12 Faculty Report. College Services Closed 8 a.m.-12 p.m. College Opens at 1 p.m. All-Employee Meeting 8 a.m.-12 p.m. (mandatory for all employees)
16 Last day of registration
19 First day of classes, 16-week and first 8-week minimester (Aug. 19-Oct. 11)
20 Last day for schedule adjustment for full-term courses
September 
2 Labor Day Holiday (College closed)
16 First day of classes for 12-week sections (Sept. 16-Dec. 13). Midterm grades due for first 8-week minimester sections.
October 
11 Last day of first 8-week minimester (Aug. 19-Oct. 11)
14 Final grades due by noon for first 8-week minimester sections
14-15 Fall Break - no curriculum classes (faculty break) *
15 College services closed. Staff Professional Development Day
16 Second 8-week minimester begins (Oct. 16-Dec. 13)
21 Midterm grades due for 16-week sections
28 Midterm grades due for 12-week sections
31 Fall graduation verification deadline
November 
15 Midterm grades due for second 8-week minimester sections
27 No curriculum classes. College closes at noon.
28-29 Thanksgiving Break for students and faculty (College closed)
December 
10-16 Exam week
13 Last day second 8-week minimester (Oct. 16-Dec. 13) and 12-week session (Sept. 16-Dec. 13)
16 Last day of classes
17 All grades dues by noon
18 Faculty holiday break begins
19 College closed to public. Optional workday for employees
20-31 Holiday break (College closed). Four holidays (Dec. 24-27). Four mandatory leave days (Dec. 20, 23, 30, 31)

Spring Semester 2025

January 
Date  
1 New Year’s Holiday observed (College closed)
2 College reopens and staff report
6 Faculty report
10 Last day of registration
13 First day of classes for 16-week session and first 8-week minimester (Jan. 13-March 7)
14 Last day for schedule adjustment for full-term courses
20 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (College closed)
February
10 First day of 12-week sections (Feb. 10-May 9)
14 Midterm grades due for first 8-week minimester sections 
March
7 Last day of first 8-week minimester (Jan. 13-March 7)
10 Final grades due by noon for first 8-week minimester sections
10-14 Spring Break - no curriculum classes *
11 College services closed, Staff Professional Development Day
17 Second 8-week minimester begins (March 17-May 9)
21 Midterm grades due for 16-week and 12-week sections
April 
1 Spring graduation verification deadline (Spring graduation and summer graduates who plan to participate in ceremony)
11 Midterm grades due for second 8-week minimester sections
18 Good Friday Holiday (College closed)
29 Student Excellence Awards Ceremony (Honors Ceremony)
May 
5 Last day of regular classes for 12- and 16-week sessions
6-12 Exam week (May 6-12)
9 Last day of second 8-week minimester (March 17-May 9) and 12-week (Feb. 10-May 9) sessions
12 Last day of 16-week classes
13 All grades due by noon
14 Discovery Day
15 Commencement (two ceremonies at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.)

Summer Term 2025

May 
Date  
20 Faculty report
20 Last day for registration for 10-week courses
21 First day of classes for 10-week classes
22 Last day for schedule adjustments for 10-week courses
26 Memorial Day Holiday (College closed)
June 
3 Last day of registration for 8-week courses
4 First day of classes for 8-week courses
5 Last day for schedule adjustment for 8-week courses
9 Summer graduation verification deadline
18 Midterm grades due for all sections
July 
4 Independence Day Holiday (College closed)
29 Last day of classes
30 Grades dues by noon
Aug. 1-8 12-month faculty break

* Corporate & Continuing Ed classes in session as normal

The academic calendars on this page are for planning purposes and are subject to change based on action by the college administration, the GTCC Board of Trustees, the N. C. Community College System office, or the N.C. General Assembly.