CALENDAR

The Seminary’s academic calendar is divided into four instructional periods or terms. The first three are 11 weeks long, with 10 weeks of classes and one week reserved for examinations. The first academic term is Trinity Term (September to November). The second is Incarnation Term (January to March). The third is Resurrection Term (March to June). From June to July, the Seminary is Pentecost Term, which includes our Summer Intensive courses. The Intensives have five weeks of classes and one week of exams.

The calendar schedules two long breaks: the Advent-Christmas Break starts basically at Thanksgiving and ends with the start of the New Year; and the monthlong Summer Break starts in late July and ends in late August. For students who need a “Jump Start” with biblical language studies, require remedial work related to previous courses, or simply wish to complete program deficiencies without disrupting their regular academic schedule of Seminary classes, the Seminary reserves the end of August for such classes and studies.  

Each new academic year begins with a Convocation in early September. Commencement (graduation) is typically held in early June. We schedule an all-Seminary “RefRESh” conference in the middle of June, after exams and graduation, and before the Summer Intensive courses. This weeklong conference is designed to bring together face-to-face as many Seminary students, faculty, staff, and Board members as possible for a time of refreshing fellowship, community building, spiritual renewal, and recreation.

2023-2024
Academic Year Calendar

2024 Resurrection Term: (Spring) April-June

February 12 Registration opens
March 25 Resurrection Term classes begin
March 27 Last day to add a class
March 28-31 Holy Week Break (observed, no classes)
April 1 Pentecost Term Course Registration opens|
April 5 Last day to drop with a full refund
April 22 Last day to drop a class with a “W”
May 9 Ascension Day (observed, no classes)
May 19 Pentecost Day (observed, no classes)
May 27 Memorial Day (not observed)
June 3-8 Resurrection Term Examinations
June 7 Commencement (tentative)
June 12-15 Pentecost Break; REFRESH Conference, Rockaway Beach, OR

2024 Pentecost Term (Summer Intensives): June-August

April 1 Registration opens|
June 17 Pentecost Term classes begin
June 21 Last day to add a class
June 28 Last day to drop with full refund
July 4 U.S. Independence Day (observation optional per course)
July 5 Last day to drop a class with a “W”
July 19 Last day of Pentecost classes
July 22-26 Pentecost Term Examinations
July 29-Aug 28 Trinity (Harvest) Break

2023 Trinity Term: (Fall) September-November

July 15 Registration opens
August 28 Student Orientation
September 1 Convocation
September 4 Trinity Term classes begin
September 4 Labor Day (not observed)
September 8 Last day to add a class
September 15 Last day to drop with a full refund
September 29 Last day to drop a class with a “W”
October 31 Reformation Day
November 1 Incarnation Term Course Registration opens
November 11 Last day of fall semester classes
Nov. 13-18 Trinity Term Examinations
Nov 19-Jan 1 Incarnation (Fall) Break: Thanksgiving-Advent-Christmas

2024 Incarnation Term: (Winter) January-March

November 1 Registration opens
January 2 Incarnation Term classes begin
January 8 Last day to add a class
January 12 Last day to drop with full refund
January 15 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (not observed)
January 29 Last day to drop a class with a “W”
February 12 Resurrection Term Course Registration opens
February 19 Presidents Day (not observed)
March 10-16 Incarnation Term Examinations
March 17-23 Resurrection Term Break