Calendar

Academic Planning Calendar

Date	Group/Event	Type	Time/Location	Details
05/14/2026	Nelson Institute APC (IES)	School/College governance	9-10a
05/15/2026	Graduate Faculty Executive Committee (GFEC)	University governance	1:30-3:30 52 Bascom	Materials due at least three weeks in advance of the meeting.
05/20/2026	Engineering APC meetings (EGR)	School/College governance	1:30-3pm in 3609 Engineering Hall
05/20/2026	Medicine & Public Health (MED) Academic Planning Council	School/College governance
05/21/2026	University Academic Planning Council (UAPC)	University governance	3:30-5 PM in 260 Bascom	Materials due at least three weeks in advance of the meeting.
06/17/2026	Medicine & Public Health (MED) Academic Planning Council	School/College governance
09/08/2026	Letters & Science (L&S) Curriculum Committee	School/College governance	1-2:30pm 52 Bascom
09/22/2026	Letters & Science (L&S) Curriculum Committee	School/College governance	1-2:30pm 52 Bascom
10/13/2026	Letters & Science (L&S) Curriculum Committee	School/College governance	1-2:30pm 52 Bascom
10/27/2026	Letters & Science (L&S) Curriculum Committee	School/College governance	1-2:30pm 52 Bascom
11/10/2026	Letters & Science (L&S) Curriculum Committee	School/College governance	1-2:30pm 52 Bascom
11/24/2026	Letters & Science (L&S) Curriculum Committee	School/College governance	1-2:30pm 52 Bascom
12/08/2026	Letters & Science (L&S) Curriculum Committee	School/College governance	1-2:30pm 52 Bascom
01/12/2027	Letters & Science (L&S) Curriculum Committee	School/College governance	1-2:30pm virtual
01/26/2027	Letters & Science (L&S) Curriculum Committee	School/College governance	1-2:30pm 52 Bascom
02/09/2027	Letters & Science (L&S) Curriculum Committee	School/College governance	1-2:30pm 52 Bascom
02/23/2027	Letters & Science (L&S) Curriculum Committee	School/College governance	1-2:30pm 52 Bascom
03/09/2027	Letters & Science (L&S) Curriculum Committee	School/College governance	1-2:30pm 52 Bascom
04/13/2027	Letters & Science (L&S) Curriculum Committee	School/College governance	1-2:30pm 52 Bascom
04/27/2027	Letters & Science (L&S) Curriculum Committee	School/College governance	1-2:30pm 52 Bascom
09/15/2026	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building Room 6201	Meetings are typically held on the first Tuesday of the month in Microbial Sciences Building Room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://apc.cals.wisc.edu/meetings/
10/06/2026	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building Room 6201	Meetings are typically held on the first Tuesday of the month in Microbial Sciences Building Room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://apc.cals.wisc.edu/meetings/
11/03/2026	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building Room 6201	Meetings are typically held on the first Tuesday of the month in Microbial Sciences Building Room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://apc.cals.wisc.edu/meetings/
12/01/2026	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building Room 6201	Meetings are typically held on the first Tuesday of the month in Microbial Sciences Building Room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://apc.cals.wisc.edu/meetings/
01/05/2027	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building Room 6201	Meetings are typically held on the first Tuesday of the month in Microbial Sciences Building Room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://apc.cals.wisc.edu/meetings/
02/02/2027	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building Room 6201	Meetings are typically held on the first Tuesday of the month in Microbial Sciences Building Room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://apc.cals.wisc.edu/meetings/
03/02/2027	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building Room 6201	Meetings are typically held on the first Tuesday of the month in Microbial Sciences Building Room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://apc.cals.wisc.edu/meetings/
04/06/2027	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building Room 6201	Meetings are typically held on the first Tuesday of the month in Microbial Sciences Building Room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://apc.cals.wisc.edu/meetings/
05/04/2027	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building Room 6201	Meetings are typically held on the first Tuesday of the month in Microbial Sciences Building Room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://apc.cals.wisc.edu/meetings/
08/25/2026	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Curriculum Committee (CC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building room 6201	All meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month during the academic year from 1:00-2:30pm. Meetings are held in Microbial Sciences Building room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://cals.wisc.edu/cals-curriculum-committee/
09/08/2026	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Curriculum Committee (CC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building room 6201	All meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month during the academic year from 1:00-2:30pm. Meetings are held in Microbial Sciences Building room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://cals.wisc.edu/cals-curriculum-committee/
09/22/2026	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Curriculum Committee (CC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building room 6201	All meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month during the academic year from 1:00-2:30pm. Meetings are held in Microbial Sciences Building room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://cals.wisc.edu/cals-curriculum-committee/
10/13/2026	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Curriculum Committee (CC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building room 6201	All meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month during the academic year from 1:00-2:30pm. Meetings are held in Microbial Sciences Building room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://cals.wisc.edu/cals-curriculum-committee/
10/27/2026	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Curriculum Committee (CC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building room 6201	All meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month during the academic year from 1:00-2:30pm. Meetings are held in Microbial Sciences Building room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://cals.wisc.edu/cals-curriculum-committee/
11/10/2026	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Curriculum Committee (CC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building room 6201	All meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month during the academic year from 1:00-2:30pm. Meetings are held in Microbial Sciences Building room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://cals.wisc.edu/cals-curriculum-committee/
11/24/2026	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Curriculum Committee (CC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building room 6201	All meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month during the academic year from 1:00-2:30pm. Meetings are held in Microbial Sciences Building room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://cals.wisc.edu/cals-curriculum-committee/
12/08/2026	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Curriculum Committee (CC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building room 6201	All meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month during the academic year from 1:00-2:30pm. Meetings are held in Microbial Sciences Building room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://cals.wisc.edu/cals-curriculum-committee/
12/22/2026	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Curriculum Committee (CC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building room 6201	All meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month during the academic year from 1:00-2:30pm. Meetings are held in Microbial Sciences Building room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://cals.wisc.edu/cals-curriculum-committee/
01/12/2027	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Curriculum Committee (CC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building room 6201	All meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month during the academic year from 1:00-2:30pm. Meetings are held in Microbial Sciences Building room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://cals.wisc.edu/cals-curriculum-committee/
01/26/2027	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Curriculum Committee (CC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building room 6201	All meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month during the academic year from 1:00-2:30pm. Meetings are held in Microbial Sciences Building room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://cals.wisc.edu/cals-curriculum-committee/
02/09/2027	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Curriculum Committee (CC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building room 6201	All meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month during the academic year from 1:00-2:30pm. Meetings are held in Microbial Sciences Building room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://cals.wisc.edu/cals-curriculum-committee/
02/23/2027	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Curriculum Committee (CC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building room 6201	All meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month during the academic year from 1:00-2:30pm. Meetings are held in Microbial Sciences Building room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://cals.wisc.edu/cals-curriculum-committee/
03/09/2027	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Curriculum Committee (CC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building room 6201	All meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month during the academic year from 1:00-2:30pm. Meetings are held in Microbial Sciences Building room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://cals.wisc.edu/cals-curriculum-committee/
03/23/2027	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Curriculum Committee (CC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building room 6201	All meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month during the academic year from 1:00-2:30pm. Meetings are held in Microbial Sciences Building room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://cals.wisc.edu/cals-curriculum-committee/
04/13/2027	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Curriculum Committee (CC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building room 6201	All meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month during the academic year from 1:00-2:30pm. Meetings are held in Microbial Sciences Building room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://cals.wisc.edu/cals-curriculum-committee/
04/27/2027	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Curriculum Committee (CC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building room 6201	All meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month during the academic year from 1:00-2:30pm. Meetings are held in Microbial Sciences Building room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://cals.wisc.edu/cals-curriculum-committee/
05/11/2027	College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Curriculum Committee (CC)	School/College governance	1:00-2:30pm Microbial Sciences Building room 6201	All meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month during the academic year from 1:00-2:30pm. Meetings are held in Microbial Sciences Building room 6201 unless noted otherwise here: https://cals.wisc.edu/cals-curriculum-committee/
09/15/2026	Letters & Science (L&S) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1-2:30, tentatively 52 Bascom
10/06/2026	Letters & Science (L&S) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1-2:30, tentatively 52 Bascom
10/20/2026	Letters & Science (L&S) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1-2:30, tentatively 52 Bascom
11/03/2026	Letters & Science (L&S) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1-2:30, tentatively 52 Bascom
11/17/2026	Letters & Science (L&S) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1-2:30, tentatively 52 Bascom
12/01/2026	Letters & Science (L&S) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1-2:30, tentatively 52 Bascom
12/15/2026	Letters & Science (L&S) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1-2:30, tentatively 52 Bascom
01/19/2027	Letters & Science (L&S) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1-2:30, tentatively 52 Bascom
02/02/2027	Letters & Science (L&S) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1-2:30, tentatively 52 Bascom
02/16/2027	Letters & Science (L&S) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1-2:30, tentatively 52 Bascom
03/02/2027	Letters & Science (L&S) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1-2:30, tentatively 52 Bascom
03/16/2027	Letters & Science (L&S) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1-2:30, tentatively 52 Bascom
04/06/2027	Letters & Science (L&S) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1-2:30, tentatively 52 Bascom
04/20/2027	Letters & Science (L&S) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1-2:30, tentatively 52 Bascom
05/04/2027	Letters & Science (L&S) Academic Planning Council (APC)	School/College governance	1-2:30, tentatively 52 Bascom
	Group/Event	Type		Details

Guide June Publication Dates and Deadlines

Sort	Full Date	Month	Date(s)	Task	Effective term	Responsible Party	Module
1	8/25/2025	August	25	Fall semester begins
2	10/20/2025 - 10/31/2025	October	20-31	Vendor-Prep for new edition of Guide	Fall 2026
3	11/3/2025	November	1	Training available for Guide	Fall 2026	Office of the Registrar	Guide
4	11/3/2025	November	3	Editing "next-guide" opens.	Fall 2026		Guide
5	11/14/2025	November	Mid-month	Final Call deadline for Summer 2026	Summer 2026		Schedule of Classes
6		November	Mid-month	Priority Enrollment begins	Spring 2026		Schedule of Classes
7	2/13/2026	February	13	Anticipated last UCC for new courses to be approved for scheduling in Final Call	Fall 2026		Courses
8	2/13/2026	February	13	Obsolete course waivers must be to UCC Approver step of workflow (approved through all school/college workflow steps)	Fall 2026	School/College Academic Planners/Dean's Office	Courses
9	2/27/2026	February	27	Last UCC for course changes effective Fall 2026	Fall 2026	Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research	Courses
10	2/27/2026	February	27	UCC considers Obsolete course waivers	Fall 2026	Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research	Courses
11	2/27/2026	February	27	Obsolete courses not completed by departments are automatically processed (discontinued if not scheduled for summer or fall).	Spring 2026	Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research	Courses
12	3/9/2026	March	9	Governed content due to DAPIR	Fall 2026	School/College Academic Planners/Dean's Office	Structures
13	3/11/2026	March	11	Non-governed content due to Registrar	Fall 2026	School/College Guide Coordinators	Guide
14		March	End	Priority Enrollment begins	Summer 2026		Schedule of Classes
15		April	Early	Priority Enrollment begins	Fall 2026		Schedule of Classes
16	4/10/2026	April	10	Last UCC for new courses to be include in the June 1 Guide	Fall 2026	Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research	Courses
17	4/16/2026	April	16	Last UAPC for inclusion in the June 1 Guide	Fall 2026		Programs
18	4/22/2026 - 5/6/2026	April/May	22-6	Preview Days	Fall 2026
19	5/4/2026	May	4	Governed content due to DAPIR (Preview Days)	Fall 2026	School/College Academic Planners/Dean's Office	Programs
20	5/8/2026	May	8	Non-governed content due to Registrar (Preview Days)	Fall 2026	School/College Guide Coordinators	Guide
21	5/13/2026	May	13	Vendor-prep for publication (UW-Madison: hands-off)	Fall 2026
22	6/1/2026	June	1	Guide publishes	Fall 2026	Office of the Registrar
23	9/2/2026	September	2	Fall semester begins
24	10/19/2026 - 10/30/2026	October	19-30	Vendor-Prep for new edition of Guide
25	11/2/2026	November	2	Training available for Guide		Registrar	Guide
26	11/2/2026	November	2	Editing "next-guide" opens.	Fall 2027		Guide
27	11/13/2026	November	13	Final Call deadline for Summer 2027	Summer 2027		Schedule of Classes
28	Mid-November	November	Mid-month	Priority Enrollment begins (Spring)	Spring 2027		Schedule of Classes
29	2/12/2027	February	12	Anticipated last UCC for new courses to be approved for scheduling in Final Call	Fall 2027		Schedule of Classes, Courses
30	2/12/2027	February	12	Obsolete course waivers must be to UCC Approver step of workflow (approved through all school/college workflow steps)	Fall 2027	School/College Academic Planners/Dean's Office	Courses
31	2/26/2027	February	26	Last UCC for course changes effective Fall 2027	Fall 2027		Courses
32	2/26/2027	February	26	UCC considers Obsolete course waivers	Fall 2027		Courses
33	2/26/2027	February	26	Obsolete courses not completed by departments are automatically processed (discontinued if not scheduled for summer or fall).	Fall 2027	Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research	Courses
34	3/8/2027	March	8	Governed content due to DAPIR	Fall 2027	School/College Academic Planners/Dean's Office	Programs, Structures
35	3/10/2027	March	10	Non-governed content due to Registrar	Fall 2027	School/College Academic Planners/Dean's Office	Guide
36	Late March/Early April	March/April	End/Early	Priority Enrollment begins (Summer)	Summer 2027		Schedule of Classes
37	March 29 (Mon)	March	29	RO switch Catalog course draw from LC to courses eff F27.		Registrar	Programs, Guide
38	March 31-April 21	March/April	31-2	Red-box pre-preview days reconcilliation and revised process for "preview days." Have people review next-guide for headers, spelling errors, etc. Email us to fix the problem before putting the books back on the shelf. All courses guaranteed to be in Guide will already have been processed. If a program "at rest" (i.e. on the shelf) has a red box, the dept must submit the proposal to fix red boxes during this window.	Fall 2027	School/College Academic Planners/Dean's Office	Programs, Guide
39	Early/Mid-April	April	Early/Mid-month	Priority Enrollment begins (Fall)	Fall 2027		Schedule of Classes
40	4/9/2027	April	9	Last UCC for new courses to be include in the May 25 Guide	Fall 2027		Courses
41	4/15/2027	April	15	Last UAPC for inclusion in the June 1 Guide	Fall 2027		Programs, Structures
42	April 19	April	19	Last day to let DAPIR/RO know about fixes in program proposals before Preview Days.		School/College Academic Planners/Dean's Office	Programs
43	4/26-5/5/27	April	26-5	Preview Days - only proposals for broken links	Fall 2027	School/College Academic Planners/Dean's Office	Programs
44	April 23 (Fri)	April	23	Last UCC of AY 26-27			Courses
45	April 30 (Fri)	April	30	Governed content due to DAPIR (Preview Days)	Fall 2027	School/College Academic Planners/Dean's Office	Programs, Structures
46	May 5 (Wed)	May	5	Non-governed content due to Registrar (Preview Days)	Fall 2027	School/College Academic Planners/Dean's Office	Guide
47	May 11 (Tues)	May	11	Vendor-prep for publication (UW-Madison: hands-off)			Guide
48	May 25 (Tues)	May	25	Guide publishes before SOAR		Registrar	Guide
Sort	Full Date	Month	Date(s)	Task	Effective term	Responsible Party	Module

Guide Midcycle Dates and Deadlines

Sort	Date	Month	Task	Effective term	Responsible Party	Module
1	09/11/2026	September	Last UCC for new courses to be scheduled in Final Call	Spring 2027		Courses
2	09/17/2026	September	Last UAPC for October midcycle consideration	Spring 2027		Programs
3	09/23/2026	September	Deadline for all program proposals to DAPIR Admin by EOD for midcycle consideration	Spring 2027		Programs
4	09/25/2026	September	Last UCC for course changes effective Spring 2026	Spring 2027		Courses
5	09/29/2026	September	Final Call deadline for Spring 2027	Spring 2027		Schedule of Classes
6	10/01/2025	October	Deadline for all program proposals to UAPC Approver by EOD for midcycle consideration	Spring 2027		Programs
7	10/07/2026	October	Deadline for all program proposals to Registrar by EOD for midcycle consideration	Spring 2027		Programs
8	10/15/2026	October	Midcycle update publishes	Spring 2027		Guide
9		October	Schedule of Classes released	Spring 2027		Schedule of Classes
10	11/13/2026	November	Final Call deadline for Summer 2027	Summer 2027		Schedule of Classes
11		November	Priority Enrollment begins (Spring)	Spring 2027		Schedule of Classes
12	12/17/2026	December	Last UAPC for January midcycle consideration	Summer 2027		Programs
13	12/17/2026	December	Deadline for all program proposals to DAPIR Admin by EOD for midcycle consideration	Summer 2027		Programs
14	12/22/2026	December	Deadline for all program proposals to UAPC Approver by EOD for midcycle consideration	Summer 2027		Programs
15	12/30/2026	December	Deadline for all program proposals to Registrar by EOD for midcycle consideration	Summer 2027		Programs
16	01/06/2027	January	Midcycle update publishes	Summer 2027		Guide
17	01/06/2027	January	Schedule of Classes released	Summer 2027		Schedule of Classes
18			Priority Enrollment begins (Summer)	Summer 2027		Schedule of Classes
Sort	Date	Month	Task	Effective term	Responsible Party	Module