Length of Quarter

Fall, Winter and Spring quarters are 10 weeks

Summer quarter is 8 weeks

Start-Stop Dates

• Enrollment opens for Winter, Spring and Summer two weeks after the current quarter Count Day; Fall enrollment opens two weeks after Summer enrollment begins
• Classrooms are open the Thursday of the week before instruction begins
• Instruction begins on the Thursday of the week that most colleges begin their quarter
• Enrollment ends on the same day that instruction begins
• The Count Day is calculated by counting 10 days for a 10-week quarter and 8 days for an 8-week quarter, excluding weekends and holidays
• Instruction ends on the Wednesday of the 10^th week
• Grades are due to WAOL by 5:00 pm of the Monday following the last day of instruction
• Student access is deleted the Wednesday after the Monday grades are due

Calendar Pattern

This pattern of dates not only tends to more closely match the majority of college start-stop dates, it also allows the Summer quarter to end at the earliest possible date so that students moving to WSU have their grades as soon as possible. 

• Fall instruction begins in the third full week of September
• Winter instruction begins on the first Thursday after January 1
• Spring instruction begins either in the last week of March or first week of April
• Summer instruction begins in the third week of June