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Please refer to the most current calendar listed below. When calendar information becomes updated, this information supersedes the outdated version printed in the back of SCO’s catalog.
May 17, Monday
Registration, Instruction Begins
May 24, Monday
Late Registration2
May 31, Monday
Memorial Day Holiday (College Closed)
June 7-10
Mid-term Examinations (3rd years)
June 10-12
Residents' Weekend
June 24-25
Optometry's Meeting, AOA (Instruction scheduled)
July 5, Monday
Independence Day Holiday (College Closed)
July 6, Tuesday
Registration, Second Year Mini-Term, Instruction Begins
July 12-16
August 18-20
Final Examinations
August 20, Friday
Last Day of Clinic (4th years)
August 22-29
Semester Break
August 26-27
New Student Orientation
August 27, Friday
White Coat Ceremony/Honor Code Signing (1st Years)3
August 30, Monday
September 6, Monday
Labor Day Holiday (College Closed)
September 7, Tuesday
September 15, Wed
Convocation3
September 20-24
First Mid-term Examination Week
Sept. 30 – Oct. 2
Homecoming/Fall CE
October 25-29
Second Mid-term Examination Week
November 4-5
Academy of Optometry Meeting (No Instruction)
November 24-28
Thanksgiving Break (No Instruction)
November 25-28
College Closed
November 29, Monday
Instruction Resumes
December 7th or 9th
NBEO Part II – PAM
December 9-15
Final Examinations (1st, 2nd years)
December 13-15
Final Examinations (3rd years)
December 17, Friday
Dec. 18-Jan. 2
Semester Break (College Closed)
January 3, Monday
January 10, Monday
January 12, Wednesday
State Day
January 17, Monday
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (College Closed)
February 7-11
First Mid-term Examination Week (1st, 2nd years)
February 26 – March 6
Spring Break (No Instruction)
March 3-6
March 7, Monday
March 9 – 13
Southern Educational Congress of Optometry (SECO)
March 15-18
NBEO Part I – ABS4
March 21-25
Second Mid-term Examination Week (1st, 2nd years)
April 25-29
April 27-29
April 28, Thursday
May 1-2
Graduation Week Activities (4th years)
May 3, Tuesday
Commencement3
Dates or events are subject to change.
Registering late does not excuse a student from clinic and/or class requirements and results in a $50 late fee.
Mandatory attendance for designated students.
Students take NBEO Part I (ABS) on one of the four days listed.
Updated: 12/2021
May 16, Monday
May 23, Monday
May 30, Monday
June 6-9
June 9-11
June 16-17
AOA Conference (No Instruction)
July 4, Monday
July 5, Tuesday
July 11-15
August 17-19
August 20, Saturday
August 21-28
August 24-26
August 26, Friday
August 29, Monday
September 5, Monday
September 6, Tuesday
September 26-30
October 6-9
Fall CE/Homecoming
October 27-28
American Academy of Optometry (No Instruction)
October 31-November 4
November 23-27
November 24-27
November 28, Monday
December 6th or 8th
December 12-16
December 14-16
December 20, Tuesday
Dec. 21-Jan. 3
January 4, Wednesday
January 11, Wednesday
January 16, Monday
February 6-10
March 1-5
March 4-12
March 9-12
March 13, Monday
March 20-24
April 24-28
April 26-28
April 27, Thursday
Last Day of Clinic (4th Years)
April 30-May 1
May 2, Tuesday
Commencement