| Summer 2012 (12/SS) |
| Classes begin for ten-week and first five-week sessions |
June 6 (W) |
| Independence Day recess (College closed) |
July 4 (W) |
| Classes end for first five-week session |
July 11 (W) |
| Classes begin for second five-week session |
July 12 (TH) |
| Classes end for ten-week and second five-week sessions |
Aug. 15 (W) |
| Fall 2012 (12/FA) |
| Labor Day recess (College closed) |
Sept. 1–3 (SA–M) |
| Classes begin |
Sept. 4 (T) |
| Census date* |
Sept. 17 (M) |
| Classes end |
Nov. 19 (M) |
| Winter 2012–2013 (12/WI) |
| Thanksgiving Day recess (College closed) |
Nov. 22–25 (TH–SU) |
| Classes begin |
Nov. 28 (W) |
| Census date* |
Dec. 11 (T) |
| Last class day before holiday recess |
Dec. 23 (SU) |
| Holiday recess (College closed) |
Dec. 24–Jan. 1 (M–T) |
| Classes resume after holiday recess |
Jan. 5 (SA) |
| Martin Luther King recess (College closed) |
Jan. 21 (M) |
| Classes end |
Feb. 26 (T) |
| Spring 2013 (12/SP) |
| Classes begin |
March 8 (F) |
| Census date* |
March 21 (TH) |
| Spring recess (College closed) |
March 30–31 (SA–SU) |
| Classes resume after spring recess |
April 1 (M) |
| Classes end |
May 23 (TH) |
| Memorial Day recess (College closed) |
May 25–27(SA–M) |
| Summer 2013 (13/SS) |
| Classes begin for ten-week and first five-week sessions |
June 6 (TH) |
| Census date for first five-week session* |
June 12 (W) |
| Census date for ten-week session* |
June 19 (W) |
| Independence Day recess (College closed) |
July 4 (TH) |
| Classes end for first five-week session |
July 11 (TH) |
| Classes begin for second five-week session |
July 12 (F) |
| Classes end for ten-week and second five-week sessions |
Aug. 15 (TH) |
*Census dates are used by colleges to determine enrollment figures and to determine students' eligibility for financial aid disbursements.
MCC uses a quarter system with four academic quarters designated as SS (Summer), FA (Fall), WI (Winter), and SP (Spring). Academic quarters are 11 weeks in length (except for the Summer quarter with one ten-week and two fiveweek sessions).
Standard courses are full-quarter classes that begin and end within the designated academic quarter dates (see
begin and end dates in the academic calendar). Non-standard courses may run for less than the full quarter,
more than the full quarter, and/or may have non-standard begin and end dates not within the designated academic
quarter dates.
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