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 When calendar information becomes updated, this information supersedes the outdated version printed in the back of SCO’s catalog.

 

2017-2018⁽¹⁾ CALENDAR

Summer Semester 2017

May 15, Monday.................... Registration, Instruction Begins

May 22, Monday.................... Late Registration (2)

May 29, Monday.................... Memorial Day Holiday (College Closed)

June 9-11................................ Residents Weekend

June 12-15.............................. Mid-term Examinations (3^rd years)

June 22- 23............................. AOA Conference (No Instruction)

July 4, Tuesday....................... Independence Day Holiday (College Closed)

July 10, Monday..................... Registration, Second Year Mini-Term,
Instruction Begins

July 18-21............................... Mid-term Examinations (3^rd years)

August 16-18.......................... Final Examinations (3rd Years)

August 18, Friday.................. Second Year Mini-Term Concludes

August 18, Friday.................. Last Day of Clinic (4th Years)

August 19-27.......................... Semester Break

Fall Semester 2017

August 24-25.......................... New Student Orientation

August 25, Friday…………. White Coat Ceremony/Honor Code Signing (1^st years) (3)

August 28, Monday................ Registration, Instruction Begins

September 4, Monday........... Labor Day Holiday (College Closed)

September 5, Tuesday........... Late Registration (2)

September 14-17................... Fall CE/Homecoming/Convocation (3)

September 25-29................... First Mid-term Examination Week

October 30-November 3........ Second Mid-term Examination Week

November 18-26.................... Thanksgiving Break (No Instruction)

November 23-26.................... College Closed

November 27, Monday.......... Instruction Resumes

December 5^th or 7th .............. NBEO Part II – PAM

December 14-20..................... Final Examinations (1st, 2nd years)

December 18-20..................... Final Examinations (3rd years)

December 22, Friday............. Last Day of Clinic (4th Years)

December 23-January 7......... Semester Break (College Closed)

Spring Semester 2018

January 8, Monday................. Registration, Instruction Begins

January 15, Monday............... Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (College Closed)

January 16, Tuesday.............. Late Registration (2)

February 5-9.......................... First Mid-term Examination Week (1^st, 2^nd years)

February 24-March 4............. Spring Break (No Instruction)

Feb. 28 –March 4................... Southern Educational Congress of Optometry (SECO) - Atlanta

March 1-4............................... College Closed

March 5, Monday................... Instruction Resumes

March 12-16........................... Second Mid-term Examination Week (1^st, 2^nd years)

March 20-23........................... NBEO Part I - ABS

April 21- 27............................ Final Examinations (1st, 2nd years)

April 26-27............................. Final Examinations (3rd years)

April 27, Friday...................... Last Day of Clinic (4th Years)

April 27, Friday...................... Clinic Orientation (Rising 3rd Years) (3)

May 2-3.................................. Graduation Week Activities (4th Years)

May 4, Friday......................... Commencement
 

(1)   Dates and events are subject to change.

(2)   Registering late does not excuse a student from clinic and/or class requirements and results in a $50 late fee.

(3)   Mandatory Attendance for designated students.

 

^{Updated: 6/2017}