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2025-2026 Academic Catalog 
  
2025-2026 Academic Catalog

Academic Calendar: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine & Master of Arts in Bioethics


Fall Semester

July 1 OMS-III & IV: First Day of Clerkships
July 7 OMS-II: First Day of Fall Intersession
July 4 Independence Day - KCU Closed
July 15 - 25 New Student Orientation
July 25 OMS-II: Last Day of Fall Intersession
July 28 OMS-I & II: First Day of Classes
Aug. 29 Official Census Date for Fall Semester
Sept. 1 Labor Day - KCU Closed
Nov. 27 - 28 Fall Break - KCU Closed
Nov. 30 OMS-IV: Last Day of Fall Clerkships
Dec. 1 OMS-IV: First Day of Spring Clerkships
Dec. 17 OMS-I & II: Last Day of Classes
Dec. 23 KCU Closes for Winter Break
Dec. 31 OMS-III: Last Day of Fall Clerkships

Spring Semester

Jan. 1 OMS-III: First Day of Spring Clerkships
Jan. 5 KCU Reopens
Jan. 12 OMS-I & II: First Day of Spring Classes
Jan. 19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - KCU Closed
Feb. 9 Official Census Date for Spring Semester
March 16 - 20 OMS-I & II: Spring Break
April 6 - 10 Research Symposium Week
April 24 OMS-IV: Last Day of Spring Clerkships
May 3 KCU-Joplin Commencement
May 8 KCU-Kansas City Commencement
May 25 Memorial Day - KCU Closed
May 29 OMS-I & II: Last Day of Spring Classes
June 1 OMS-I & II: First Day of Spring Intersession
June 26 OMS-I & II: Last Day of Spring Intersession
June 30 OMS-III: Last Day of Spring Clerkships