Academic Schedule

Planning Your Path to Success: ACATCM’s Comprehensive Academic Schedule

Important Note: The academic schedule may be updated online when required and as needed. Students are accountable to the terms outlined in their student enrollment contract regarding the acknowledgment of fee payment and tuition.

Winter Semester 2024

DateDayEvent
January 1, 2024MondayNew Year’s Day, College Closed
January 2-6, 2024Tuesday – SaturdayBlock Week*
January 8, 2024MondayStart of Classes
January 12, 2024FridayLast day to drop a course with partial tuition refund**
January 19, 2024FridayLast day to add or swap a course
January 26, 2024FridayTuition and Fees Payment Deadline
February 18 – 25, 2024Sunday – SundayMid-Term Break – No Classes
February 19, 2024MondayAlberta Family Day, College Closed
March 5, 2024TuesdayLast day to withdraw from a course***
End of Refund Period
March 29, 2024FridayGood Friday, College Closed
April 1, 2024MondayEaster Monday, College Closed
April 15 -26, 2024Monday – FridayFinal examination period for Winter semester
April 26, 2024FridayEnd of Winter Semester

*Block Week offers credit courses in an intensive format over five days, with lectures and seminars running for up to eight hours each day. Assignments may be due after the Block Week, and final exams are held during the regular examination period at the end of the term. Some courses are only available in this format, and it can allow students to take an additional course per semester. The use of Block Week format is not indicated on the student’s transcript.
**There will be no academic record of a course that is dropped by this date and 75% of the tuition will be refunded.
***There will be “W” recorded on the student’s transcript for the course and 40% of tuition will be refunded.

Spring Semester 2024

DateDayEvent
April 8, 2024MondaySpring Semester registration opens
April 22, 2024MondayLast day to register for Spring Semester
May 3, 2024FridayLast day to drop a course without financial penalty
May 6, 2024MondayFirst Day of Spring Classes
May 8, 2024WednesdayLast day to drop a course*
May 13, 2024MondayTuition and Fees Payment Deadline
May 15, 2024WednesdayLast day to add or swap a course
May 20, 2024MondayVictoria Day – Campus Closed
May 29, 2024WednesdayLast day to withdraw from a course**
End of Refund Period
June 15, 2024SaturdaySpring Convocation
June 21, 2024FridayLast day of Spring Classes
June 24-28, 2024Monday – FridayFinal Examination Week
Jun 28, 2024FridayEnd of Spring Semester

*There will be no academic record of a course that is dropped by this date and 75% of the tuition will be refunded.
**There will be “W” recorded on the student’s transcript for the course and 40% of tuition will be refunded.

Summer Semester 2024

DateDayEvent
May 27, 2024MondaySummer Semester registration opens
June 17, 2024MondayLast day to register for Summer Semester
June 28, 2024FridayLast day to drop a course with no financial penalty
July 1, 2024MondayCanada Day – Campus Closed
July 2, 2024TuesdayFirst Day of Summer Classes
July 3, 2024WednesdayLast day to drop a course with 45 program hours*
July 5, 2024FridayLast day to drop a course with 90 program hours*
July 9, 2024TuesdayTuition and Fees Payment Deadline
July 10, 2024WednesdayLast day to add or swap a course
July 24, 2024WednesdayLast day to withdraw from a course with 45 program hours**
July 25, 2024ThursdayLast day to withdraw from a course with 90 program hours**
End of Refund Period
August 5, 2024MondayHeritage Day, Campus Closed
August 16, 2024FridayLast day of Summer Classes
August 19-23, 2024Monday – FridayExamination Week of Summer Semester
August 23, 2024FridayEnd of Summer Semester

*There will be no academic record of a course that is dropped by this date and 75% of the tuition will be refunded.
**There will be “W” recorded on the student’s transcript for the course and 40% of tuition will be refunded.

Fall Semester 2024 (Subject to revision)

DateDayEvent
July 31, 2024WednesdayLast day to apply for 2024 Fall Semester
August 26 – 30, 2024Monday – FridayNew student orientation (to be confirmed)
August 30, 2024FridayLast day to withdraw from a course without financial penalty
September 2, 2024MondayLabor Day – Campus Closed
September 3, 2024Tuesday Fall Term Begins
September 6, 2024FridayLast day to drop a course*
September 10, 2024FridayTuition and Fee Payment Deadline
September 20, 2024FridayLast day to add or swap a course
September 30, 2024MondayNational Day for Truth and Reconciliation – Campus Closed
October 15, 2024MondayThanksgiving Day – Campus Closed
October 15 – 19, 2024Monday – FridayFall Reading Break – No Classes
October 18, 2024FridayLast day to withdraw from a course**
End of Refund Period
November 11, 2024MondayRemembrance Day – Campus Closed
December 6, 2024FridayLast day of Fall classes
December 9 – 20, 2024Monday – FridayFinal exam period for Fall semester
December 20, 2024FridayFall Term Ends
December 25 – 27, 2024Wednesday – FridayHoliday Break – Campus Closed

*There will be no academic record of a course that is dropped by this date and 75% of the tuition will be refunded.
**There will be “W” recorded on the student’s transcript for the course and 40% of tuition will be refunded.
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