ACCESS & High School ACCESS
Academic Calendar

Fall 2024

Date Milestone
August 19 ACCESS/Non-Degree Registration Begins
August 19 Faculty & Staff Registration Opens
August 26 Classes Begin
September 2 Labor Day – University Closed 
September 4 Last Day to Add Name to a Class Waitlist in Buff Portal or Class Search
September 4 Last Day to Add a Class in Buff Portal or Class Search
September 11 Drop a Course**, 100% Tuition Adjustment* (No Penalty)
September 11 Deadline to Request No-credit Status
September 25 Deadline to Withdraw***, 60% Tuition Adjustment*
October 5 Payment Due for New or Unpaid Charges
October 9 Deadline to Withdraw***, 40% Tuition Adjustment*
November 1 Deadline to Withdraw*** without Petitioning^, No Tuition Adjustment
November 1 Deadline to Request Pass/Fail or Grade Replacement
November 1 Deadline to Change Final Exam Schedule
November 25-29 Fall Break (No Classes; University Closed November 28 & 29)
December 9 Add a Course with Instructor Signature, Without Petitioning^
December 12 Last Day to Withdraw† from all ACCESS Classes
December 12 College Opportunity Fund Eligibility Deadline^^
December 12 Last Day to Apply for COF
December 12 Last Day of Classes
December 13 Reading Day
December 14-18 Final Exams
December 18 Last Day to Authorize COF in Buff Portal

All times are in Mountain Time.

* Students’ eligibility for a possible tuition adjustment or refund is dependent on residency status and number of credits. Non-resident students are not eligible for a tuition adjustment if they are enrolled in 6 or more credits after dropping or withdrawing from a course or courses.

** Drop by 11:59 p.m. online using Buff Portal.

*** Withdraw by 11:59 p.m. online using Buff Portal, submitting an online withdrawal form, or by email to ceregistration@colorado.edu. A grade of W will appear on your transcript.

† Withdraw by 11:59 p.m. by submitting an online withdrawal form or send an email to ceregistration@colorado.edu. A grade of W will appear on your transcript.

^ Petitioning is designed to provide students who experience unavoidable, extenuating circumstances, the opportunity to waive a University policy that, if enforced, would result in unsatisfactory academic progress or financial consequences. Non-degree students students must petition the Dean of Continuing Education. Degree students must petition the dean of the college in which they are enrolled and must have an instructor signature. If you’re dropping your courses due to extenuating circumstances, we encourage you to meet with a CE academic advisor.

^^ If a College Opportunity Fund (COF) eligible student adds a course after this date, according to Colorado Department of Higher Education policy, the student will pay full tuition for the course, including the amount normally paid by COF, and the course will not be credited to COF hours used.