August 5th | January 2nd - 3rd | Payment due to hold position in classes. Failure to make this payment will result in cancellation of preregistration and the student will need to register again. |
August 12th | | Faculty Workday: Full Faculty/Divisions |
August 14th | January 27th | Opening Academic Convocation / Founder’s Day |
August 14th - 16th | | New Freshman Orientation |
August 16th | January 10th | Fall/Spring semester begins for BUonline |
August 17th | January 10th | First day of regular on-campus classes |
August 23rd | January 18th | Last day to add/drop a regular class on campus |
| January 17th | MLK Holiday — University Closed |
August 18th - November 4th | January 10th - March 28th | WITHDRAW period with "W" entered on the transcript for on-campus and full-semester online courses |
September 6th | | Labor Day — University Closed |
September 23rd | February 17th | Deadline for withdrawals (with “W” on transcript) from Mods #1 / #3 in BU Online classes = before 4th chat session |
| February 1st | Final date for Application for Diploma to graduate in 2021 |
October 9th | | End of Mod #1 |
| March 6th | End of Mod #3 |
October 18th | March 14th | BU Online Mods #2 / #4 begins. Last day to DROP |
| April 1st | Kentucky State Grant deadline for FAF. Kentucky Teachers Scholarship deadline |
November 29th | April 21st | Deadline for withdrawals (with “W” on transcript) from Mod #2 / #4 BU Online classes |
| April 10th | Honors Convocation |
December 11th | May 7th | End of Fall / Spring Semesters and Mod #2 / Mod #4 |
December 11th | May 7th | BU Online homework completed by midnight |
| May 7th | Commencement |
Summer 2021 | | |
START | May 16th | Online classes begin this week, starting Monday, May 12th. |
WITHDRAW | | WITHDRAW period with "W" entered on the transcript for on-campus and full-semester online courses |
END | July 9th | All work must be completed by midnight on Saturday, July 6th. |