Academic
Academic Calendar
SUMMER QUARTER 2019
May 20
May 27
June 1
June 19 - 23
June 24 - 28
July 1 - 3
July 4 - 5
July 10 - 14
July 27 - August 3
August 5 - 10
August 6
August 7
August 8 - 11
August 10
Summer Quarter Begins
Memorial Day Holiday (ICO and IEI Closed)
Admissions Open House
AOA / AOSA Optometry's Meeting
Focus on Your Future
New Resident Orientation
Independence Holiday (ICO and IEI Closed)
National Optometric Association Meeting
Final Exams
(No Lectures or Labs for Classes of 2021 - 2024)
Student Break Week
NBEO Part I | Non-Targeted
Residential Complex Move-In Day
Student Orientation - Class of 2023
Summer Quarter Ends
FALL QUARTER 2019
August 12
August 17
August 24
August 31 - Sept 2
Sept 7 - Sept 8
Sept 12 - Sept 15
Oct 21 - Oct 27
Oct 23 - Oct 27
Oct 26 - Nov 3
Nov 3 - Nov 4
Nov 4 - Nov 9
Nov 9
Fall Quarter Begins
ICO Olympics
White Coat Ceremony / Parent's Orientation
Labor Day Holiday (ICO and IEI Closed)
ICO Homecoming
Illinois Optometric Association (IOA)
Annual Convention
Break Week
(No Lectures or Labs for Classes of 2020 - 2023)
American Academy of Optometry (AAO) Meeting
Final Exams
(No lectures or labs for Classes of 2021 - 2023)
Fall Continuing Education
Makeup Week
(No lectures or labs for Classes of 2021 - 2023;
No patient care for Class of 2020)
Fall Quarter Ends
WINTER QUARTER 2019 - 2020
Nov 11
Nov 27 - 30
Dec 2 - Dec 5
Dec 23 - Jan 5
Dec 24 - Dec 26
Dec 31 - Jan 3
Jan 6
Jan 17 - Jan 19
Jan 20
Jan 26
Jan 31 - Feb 2
Feb 8 - Feb 16
Feb 17 - Feb 23
Feb 22
Winter Quarter Begins
Thanksgiving Holiday (ICO and IEI Closed)
NBEO Part II Targeted Administration
(Class of 2020)
Student Holiday Break
(No lectures, labs or patient care for
Classes 2020 - 2023)
Holiday Break (ICO and IEI Closed)
Holiday Break (ICO and IEI Closed)
Classes Resume
KMK NBEO Part I Review (Class of 2021)
Martin Luther King Holiday (ICO and IEI Closed)
Winter Continuing Education
KMK NBEO Part I Review (Class of 2021)
Final Exams
(No lectures or labs for Classes 2021 - 2023;
No patient care for Class of 2023)
Makeup Week
(No lectures or labs for Classes 2021 - 2023;
No patient care for Class of 2023)
Winter Quarter Ends
SPRING QUARTER 2020
Feb 24
Feb 24 - March 22
March 8
March 13 - March 17
March 17 - March 21
March 21
March 27
April 3
April 10 - April 12
April 13
May 2 - May 10
May 11 - May 17
May 13 - 15
May 14
May 16
May 16
Spring Quarter Begins
No Lectures or Labs for Class of 2021
Spring Continuing Education
No Patient Care for Three Days Prior and Day of NBEO Part I
NBEO Part I Targeted Administration
(Class of 2021)
ICO Eye Ball
AOSA Quiz Bowl
Practice Opportunities Symposium
Spring Break Holiday (ICO and IEI Closed)
No lectures, labs, or patient care for
Classes of 2020, 2022, and 2023
Final Exams
Student Break Week
(No lectures, labs, or patient care for
Classes of 2020 - 2023)
Faculty Retreat
Capstone Program - Class of 2020
Commencement - Class of 2020
Spring Quarter Ends