2025-2026 Catalog and Student Handbook (Unofficial) 
    
    Apr 04, 2025  
2025-2026 Catalog and Student Handbook (Unofficial)

Calendars


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The College of Southern Nevada academic year follows a semester system, consisting of a fall and spring semester.  Each semester is 16 weeks in length and includes a final exam week.  Shorter session course sections are available in both semesters including 8-week, 4-week, and dynamic.  Dynamic (DYN) courses have a different start and/or end date compared to 8-week and 4-week course sections.

Summer Term typically runs from the first Monday in June until the second Sunday in August.  Summer courses carry full credit because classes meet the same number of contact hours as in the standard fall or spring semester.  Course sections in summer run 4-weeks, 6-weeks, 8-weeks, and 10-weeks.


 

Fall 2025

  Semester Sessions

 

Description

16
Week
1st
8-Week
2nd
8-Week
1st
4-Week
2nd
4-Week
3rd
4-Week
 4th
4-Week

First Day of Instruction

08/25/2025

08/25/2025

10/20/2025

08/25/2025

09/22/2025

10/20/2025

11/17/2025

Last Day for 100% Refund

08/31/2025 08/24/2025 10/19/2025 08/24/2025 09/21/2025 10/19/2025 11/16/2025

Labor Day Holiday

Monday, September 1, 2025 - No Classes CSN Closed 

Last Day for 50% Refund

09/07/2025

08/27/2025

10/22/2025

08/27/2025

09/24/2025

10/22/2025

11/19/2025

Last Day to Drop without a Grade of “W”

09/07/2025

08/27/2025

10/22/2025

08/27/2025

09/24/2025

10/22/2025

11/19/2025

Nevada Day Holiday

Friday, October 31, 2025 - No Classes CSN Closed

Last Day to Drop with a Grade of “W”

10/31/2025

09/29/2025

11/24/2025

09/10/2025

10/08/2025

11/05/2025

12/03/2025

Veterans Day Holiday

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 - No Classes CSN Closed

Thanksgiving Break

Thursday - Sunday, November 27 - 30, 2025 - No Classes CSN Closed

Last Day of Instruction

12/14/2025 10/19/2025 12/14/2025 9/21/2025 10/19/2025 11/16/2025 12/14/2025

Grades Due from Faculty

12/17/2025 10/22/2025 12/17/2025 9/24/2025 10/22/2025 11/19/2025 12/17/2025

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Spring 2026

  Semester Sessions

 

Description

16
Week
1st
8-Week
2nd
8-Week
1st
4-Week
2nd
4-Week
3rd
4-Week
 4th
4-Week

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

Monday, January 19, 2026 - No Classes CSN Closed

First Day of Instruction

01/20/2026

01/20/2026

03/23/2026

01/20/2026

02/17/2026

03/23/2026

04/20/2026

Last Day for 100% Refund

01/26/2026 01/19/2026 03/22/2026 01/19/2026 02/16/2026 03/22/2026 04/19/2026

Last Day for 50% Refund

02/02/2026

01/22/2026

03/25/2026

01/22/2026

02/19/2026

03/25/2026

04/22/2026

Last Day to Drop without a Grade of “W”

02/02/2026

02/23/2026

03/25/2026

01/22/2026

02/18/2026

03/25/2026

04/22/2026

Presidents’ Day Holiday

Monday, February 16, 2026 - No Classes CSN Closed

Last Day to Drop with a Grade of “W”

03/27/2026

02/22/2026

04/27/2026

02/05/2025

03/05/2026

04/08/2026

05/06/2026

Spring Break

Monday, March 16 - 22, 2026 - No Classes

Last Day of Instruction

05/17/2026 03/15/2026 05/17/2026 02/15/2026 03/15/2026 04/19/2026 05/17/2026

Grades Due from Faculty

05/20/2026 03/18/2026 05/20/2026 02/18/2026 03/18/2026 04/22/2026 05/20/2026

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Summer 2026

  Semester Sessions

 

Description

10
Week
1st
4-Week
2nd
4-Week
6
Week
8
Week

Last Day for 100% Refund

05/31/2026 05/31/2026 06/28/2026 05/31/2026 05/31/2026

First Day of Instruction

06/01/2026

06/01/2026

06/29/2026

06/01/2026

06/01/2026

Last Day for 50% Refund

06/03/2026 06/03/2026 07/01/2026 06/03/2026 06/03/2026

Last Day to Drop without a Grade of “W”

06/03/2026

06/03/2026

07/01/2026

06/03/2026

06/03/2026

Juneteenth Holiday

Friday, June 19, 2026 - No Classes CSN Closed

Last Day to Drop with a Grade of “W”

07/13/2026

06/17/2026

07/15/2026

06/26/2026

07/06/2026

Independence Day Holiday (Observed)

Friday, July 3, 2026 - No Classes CSN Closed

Last Day of Instruction

08/09/2026 06/28/2026 07/26/2026 07/12/2026 07/26/2026

Grades Due from Faculty

08/12/2026 07/01/2026 07/29/2026 07/15/2026 07/29/2026