The following important dates are for full-term courses. If you are registered into a short-term course, review your class schedule for important dates and deadlines specific to those
courses.
March 1, 2026 - Admissions Application opens
March 2, 2026 - Online class schedule available
March 16, 2026 - Core Step Deadline
March 23, 2026 - Priority Registration date & time available on myMJC for continuing and new students
March 30 - April 24, 2026 - Priority Registration
April 27 - August 22, 2026 - Open Registration
July 27, 2026 - November 6, 2026 - Degree / Certificate Application period
August 18, 2026 - Drop for Non-Payment
August 24, 2026 - Fall Semester begins
September 6, 2026 - Last day to drop full term courses to receive a refund. For short term courses
see course schedule.
September 7, 2026 - Last day to drop without a "W." For short term courses see course schedule.
September 7, 2026 - Labor Day
September 8, 2026 - Census Date for full term courses. For short term courses see course schedule.
September 25, 2026 - Native American Day
November 11, 2026 - Veterans Day
November 13, 2026 - Last day to drop with a "W" for full term courses. For short term courses see course
schedule.
November 26-27, 2026 - Thanksgiving Day
November 28-29, 2026 - Non-Instructional Days
December 5, 2026 - Last day to request or revoke a Pass / No Pass Grading option for full term courses.
For short term courses see course schedule.
December 7-12, 2026 - Finals Week
December 12, 2026 - Fall Classes End
December 24, 2026 - January 1, 2027 - Winter Break
December 24, 2026 - Christmas Eve
December 25, 2026 - Christmas Day
December 31, 2026 - New Year's Eve
April 1, 2026 - Admissions Application Opens
September 14, 2026 - Online Class schedule available
September 28, 2026 - Core step deadline
October 5, 2026 - Priority Registration date & time available on myMJC for continuing and new students
October 12 - November 6, 2026 - Priority Registration
November 16, 2026 - April 2, 2027 - Degree / Certificate Application period
November 9, 2026 - January 9. 2027 - Open registration
January 4, 2027 - Last day to pay fees before the drop for non-payment. (1/4/27 by 5:00pm)
January 5, 2027 - Drop for Non-Payment
January 8, 2027 - MJC Institute Day
January 11, 2027 - Semester begins
January 18, 2027 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 23, 2027 - Last day to drop full term courses to receive a refund. For short term courses
see course schedule.
January 24, 2027 - Last day to drop without a "W." For short term courses see course schedule.
January 25, 2027 - Census date for full term courses. For short term courses see course schedule.
February 12, 2027 - Lincoln Day
February 13 - 14, 2027 - Non-Instructional Days
February 15, 2027 - Washington Day
March 31, 2027 - Farmworker's Day
April 5, 2027 - Last day to drop with a "W" for full term courses. For short term courses see course
schedule.
April 24, 2027 - Last day to request or revoke a Pass / No Pass Grading option for full term courses.
For short term courses see course schedule.
April 26 - May 1, 2027 - Finals Week
April 30, 2027 - Graduation
May 1, 2027 - Last day of Spring term
October 1, 2026 - Admissions Application opens
November 16, 2026 - July 9, 2027 - Degree / Certificate Application Period
March 1, 2027 - Online Class schedule available
March 15, 2027 - Core step deadline
March 22, 2027 - Priority Registration date & time available on myMJC for continuing and new students
March 29 - April 23, 2027 - Priority Registration
April 26 - May 2, 2027 - Open registration
May 3, 2027 - Summer Classes begins
May 31, 2027 - Memorial Day
June 17, 2027 - Juneteenth Holiday Observed
July 4, 2026 - Independence Day
July 5, 2026 - Independence Day Observed
Depends on class* - Last day to drop without a "W" Last day to drop and receive a refund
Depends on class* - Census date
Depends on class* - Last day to drop with a "W"
Depends on class* - Last day to file a Pass / No Pass
