Class Calendar
Every class session and assignment deadline for the semester, alongside the official Syracuse University academic calendar.
Course week Class session or deadline SU academic calendar
August 2026
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
23
Week 1
24
First day of classes
25
Class: 11:00 AM · Course Introduction (Lecture)
26
27
Class: 11:00 AM · Course Introduction (Workshop)
28
29
30
Week 2
31
Add deadline
September 2026
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Class: 11:00 AM · A Guide to Your Computer (Lecture)
2
3
Class: 11:00 AM · A Guide to Your Computer (Workshop)
4
5
6
Week 3
7
Labor Day - no classes
8
Class: 11:00 AM · File Management & Version Control (Lecture)
9
10
Class: 11:00 AM · File Management & Version Control (Workshop)
11
12
13
Week 4
14
Drop deadline
15
Class: 11:00 AM · A Field Guide to Data (Lecture)
16
17
Class: 11:00 AM · A Field Guide to Data (Workshop)
18
19
20
Week 5
21
22
Class: 11:00 AM · Structural Data Manipulation (Lecture)
23
24
Class: 11:00 AM · Structural Data Manipulation (Workshop)
25
26
27
Week 6
28
29
Class: 11:00 AM · Data Visualization I (Lecture)
30
October 2026
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Class: 11:00 AM · Data Visualization I (Workshop)
2
3
4
Week 7
5
6
Class: 11:00 AM · Data Visualization II (Lecture)
7
8
Class: 11:00 AM · Data Visualization II (Workshop)
9
10
11
Week 8
12
Fall Break
13
No Class (Fall Break)
Fall Break
14
15
Class: 11:00 AM · Workflow & Data Retrieval (Lecture)
16
Due: Practicum 1
17
18
Week 9
19
20
Class: 11:00 AM · Practicum Workshop & Review Session
21
22
Class: 11:00 AM · Core Exam
Core Exam
23
24
25
Week 10
26
27
Class: 11:00 AM · Social Networks (Lecture)
28
29
Class: 11:00 AM · Social Networks (Workshop)
30
31
November 2026
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Week 11
2
3
Class: 11:00 AM · Cartography (Lecture)
4
5
Class: 11:00 AM · Cartography (Workshop)
6
7
8
Week 12
9
10
Class: 11:00 AM · Geographic Data (Lecture)
11
12
Class: 11:00 AM · Geographic Data (Workshop)
13
14
15
Week 13
16
17
Class: 11:00 AM · Grab Bag! (Lecture)
18
19
Class: 11:00 AM · Grab Bag! (Workshop)
Due: Practicum 2
20
Withdrawal deadline
21
22
Thanksgiving Break
23
Thanksgiving Break
24
No Class (Thanksgiving Break)
Thanksgiving Break
25
Thanksgiving Break
26
No Class (Thanksgiving Break)
Thanksgiving Break
27
Thanksgiving Break
28
Thanksgiving Break
29
Week 14
Thanksgiving Break
30
December 2026
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Class: 11:00 AM · Project Presentations
2
3
Class: 11:00 AM · Project Presentations
4
5
6
Week 15
7
8
Last day of classes
9
Reading Day
10
Exam Days
11
Exam Days
12
Reading Days
13
Reading Days
14
Exam Days
15
Due: Final Project
Exam Days
Last day of semester
16
17
18
19