Academic Calendar & Resources

Academic calendar & important semester dates

Fall 2024 Semester (August 26-December 18)

August 2024:

  • August 13 Financial Responsibility Agreement due
  • August 20 Faculty return to campus
  • August 23 Bill payment due
  • August 26 First day of classes
  • August 26-30 Late and special audit registration

September 2024:

  • September 2 Labor Day - no classes - College Holiday
  • September 30 Last day to choose audit grade option for traditional semester courses

October 2024:

  • October 9 Six-week grades entered into Banner Web by 3 p.m.
  • October 14 Fall Break - no classes
  • October 15 Faculty Development Day - no classes
  • October 16 Follows a Monday schedule

November 2024:

  • November 25-29 Fall Break - Thanksgiving - no classes

December 2024:

  • December 18 Last day of classes
  • December 19-20 Final examinations
  • December 20 Friday Last day to officially withdraw from an individual class with a grade of "W"
    • Last day to choose CR/F grade option for traditional semester courses
  • December 23 Grades entered into Banner Web by noon
  • December 24-January 1 College Holiday
Spring 2025 Semester (January 21-May 14)

January 2025:

  • January 7 Financial Responsibility Agreement due
  • January 15 Faculty return to campus
  • January 17 Bill payment due
  • January 20 MLK Day
  • January 21 First day of classes
  • January 21-27 Late and special audit registration

February 2025:

  • February 17 President’s Day - no classes
  • February 18 Faculty Development Day - no classes
  • February 19 Follows a Monday schedule
  • February 26 Last day to choose audit grade option for traditional semester courses

March 2025:

  • March 12 Six-week grades entered into Banner Web by 3 p.m.

April 2025:

  • April 14-20 Spring Break – no classes

May 2025:

  • May 14 Last day of classes
  • May 15-16 Final examinations
  • May 16 Last day to choose CR/F grade option for traditional semester courses
    • Last day to officially withdraw from an individual class with a grade of "W"
  • May 16/17/18 Commencement exercises (TBD)
  • May 19 Grades entered into Banner Web by 4 p.m.
Summer 2025 Session I (May 21-July 3)

May 2025:

  • May 6 Financial Responsibility Agreement due
  • May 16 Payment of student accounts due - payment is due upon registration after May 16, 2025
  • May 21 First day of classes
  • May 21-22 Late and special audit registration
  • May 26 Memorial Day – no classes – college holiday

June 2025:

  • June 19 Juneteenth - no classes

July 2025:

  • July 2 Follows a Monday schedule
  • July 3 Last day of classes
    • Last day to choose CR/F or audit grade option
    • Last day to officially withdraw from an individual class with a grade of "W"
    • Grades entered into Banner Web by 3 p.m.
Summer 2025 Session II (July 7-August 14)

July 2025:

  • July 7 First day of classes
  • July 7-8 Late and special audit registration

August 2025:

  • August 14 Last day of classes
    • Last day to choose CR/F or audit grade option
    • Last day to officially withdraw from an individual class with a grade of "W"
  • August 15 Grades entered into Banner Web by 3 p.m.

Credit course schedules & resources

Course Codes
  • FW: Fieldwork
  • IC: Imputed Credit
  • IN: Internship
  • IS: Independent Study
  • ITR: Interactive TV-Additional Course Required
  • ITV: Interactive TV
  • LA: Lab
  • LE: Lecture
  • LL: Lecture & Lab Combined
  • LR: Lecture - Additional Course Required
  • TU: Tutorial
Course Requirements

These terms explain the course requirements found at the end of each course description:

Prerequisite: A course or other requirement that must be completed prior to enrolling in another course.

Corequisite: A course or other requirement that must be completed during the same semester as another course.

Eligibility: Refers to an academic readiness to take certain courses through successful completion of previous coursework or placement testing.

Recommendation: A condition of enrollment that a student is advised to meet, but not required to meet.

Placement test: The college placement test assesses skills in mathematics, reading, and writing. If a student chooses to take any course for which there is a placement test prerequisite, they must take the appropriate test. As a rule, full-time students take the complete test during the application process and prior to registration. New part-time students are strongly encouraged to take the test prior to registration. Part-time students must take the placement test prior to enrolling in any course which has a reading, writing, or math prerequisite unless they qualify for an exemption.

Permission of instructor: A course with this notation requires the student to meet with the instructor to receive permission to take the course.

Waiver of Pre-/Corequisites: If a student feels qualified to take a course for which they do not appear to have the formal prerequisite background, the student should contact the instructor of the course. If, in the estimation of the instructor, the student meets the prerequisites in some other way, the instructor may sign an instructor’s permission card which the student can then present to the Registrar’s Office on the Jamestown Campus, the Success Center on the Cattaraugus County Campus, or the Main Office at the North County Center. In the absence of the instructor, the waiver may be signed by the discipline coordinator/director, or dean. Students cannot register for courses for which they do not have a pre/corequisite or a signed waiver form.

Special statement regarding sequential coursework: In the case of sequential coursework (i.e. Math and English) where the student’s entry point may be determined by way of a placement procedure or successful completion of other coursework in the sequence, a student will have met a prerequisite or corequisite for a course in the sequence if they are eligible to register for a higher level course for which the current course is a prerequisite. That is, if a student is eligible to take course C in a sequence (where course A is a prerequisite for course B, and course B is a prerequisite for course C), the student has met pre- or corequisites for both course A and course B.

Course Schedule Terminology
  • BLDG: Building in which course meets
  • CMP: Campus location
  • CR: Credit hours
  • CRN: The four-digit course reference number used to register for a course
  • CRSE: Catalog number: numerical classifications for course areas
  • FEE: Additional cost to student for materials, equipment, etc. for a specific course
  • IM: Instructional method
  • INSTRUCTOR(S): Name of instructor
  • RM: Room in which course meets
  • SBJ: Abbreviation of the name of the academic discipline
  • TP: Type of course
  • UMTWRFS: Days of week course meets (U = Sunday; R = Thursday)
Sample Semester Schedule
Time slots of JCC classes during the weeks
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday Friday Saturday
8-9:15 a.m. 8-8:50 a.m. or
8:30-9:20 a.m. or
9:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
9:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
9:30-10:45 a.m. 9:30-10:20 a.m. or
10:00-10:50 a.m. or
(9:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. continued)
(9:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. continued)
11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. 11-11:50 a.m. or
11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. or
(9:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. continued)
(9:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. continued)
Activity Time
12:20-1:20 p.m.
Activity Time
12:20-1:20 p.m.
N/A
1:30-2:45 p.m. N/A N/A
3-4:15 p.m. 3-5:45 p.m. 3-5:45 p.m.
4:30-5:45 p.m. (3-5:45 p.m. continued) (3-5:45 p.m. continued)
6-7:15 p.m. or
6-7:55 p.m. or
6-8:45 p.m.
6-8:45 p.m. 6-8:45 p.m.