Dates and Deadlines

Application Deadlines

Fall 2024

  August 15, 2024​: Application opens

  August 26, 2024: Course enrollment opens

  December 15, 2024: Application closes

  December 20, 2024: Course enrollment closes

Spring 2025

  December 15, 2024: Application opens

  December 23, 2024: Course enrollment opens

  May 1, 2025: Application closes

  May 9, 2025: Course enrollment closes 

Summer 2025

  May 1, 2025: Application opens 

  May 12, 2025: Course enrollment opens

  August 15, 2025: Application closes

  August 20, 2025: Course enrollment closes 

Key Dates for Online Flex Courses

You have six months from the date of registration to complete an asynchronous self-paced course. Check the “Your Classes'' card in Buff Portal to confirm the expiration date. You have 40 calendar days from the registration date to drop a course with a full refund. If you need to drop or make any changes to your schedule, you may do so using Buff Portal.

  Additional details on drop policies and deadlines:

  • You will have 40 calendar days from registration to drop an EDUA course without any mark on a transcript and receive a full tuition refund.
    • If the 40 day mark falls outside of the term in which students enroll, students won’t be able to drop themselves and must email cerecords@colorado.edu for help.
    • You may withdraw from an EDUA course after submitting a final/summative assignment for the given course, as long as you meet the withdrawal deadline and a final grade has not yet been posted.
    • You may not withdraw from a course once a final grade has been posted.
  • After 40 calendar days of enrollment:
    • You may submit the Online Flex Withdrawal Form to formally withdraw from the class before the course expiration date.
    • If you do not withdraw before the course expiration date, you will receive a grade. Any unsubmitted coursework will default to a zero (0) when the course expires and will negatively impact final course grade.
  • No course extensions are allowed.
  • You must complete an EDUA course within 6 months of enrollment date. It is your responsibility to keep track of course expiration dates.

Summer Capstone Courses

The last course for each certificate is a real-time capstone course that brings together all the content and curriculum. This course runs as a three-week intensive after academic school years end in June/July. The classes run for four hours a day, Monday to Friday, for three weeks. Synchronous classes will be broken up with independent and group time, mixed with a range of class activities.

Capstone Courses - Variable Session  (3 weeks)

EventEDUA 5034EDUA 5003, 5007EDUA 5018, 5022, 5026, 5030
Class BeginsJune 4June 9June 23
Deadline to Add a Class+June 7June 11June 25
Deadline to Drop++, 100% Tuition AdjustmentJune 7June 11June 25
Deadline to Withdraw** Online, No Tuition AdjustmentJune 16June 20July 4
Deadline to Withdraw***June 24June 27July 11
Class EndsJune 24June 27July 11

All times are in Mountain Time.
Add a class by 11:59 p.m. online using Buff Portal. Adding a class after the start-date requires program director and instructor approval.
++ Drop a class by 11:59 p.m. online using Buff Portal or by email to info.online@colorado.edu.
** Withdraw by 11:59 p.m. online using Buff Portal or by email to info.online@colorado.edu. A notation of will appear on your transcript.
*** Withdraw by 11:59 p.m. by email to info.online@colorado.edu. A grade of will appear on your transcript.
^ Petitioning is designed to provide students who experience unavoidable, extenuating circumstances the opportunity to waive a University policy that, if enforced, would result in unsatisfactory academic progress or financial consequences. For more information, please contact info.online@colorado.edu

Time Limits

Certificate students have a maximum of six months to complete an individual Online Flex course and two years to complete a certificate program.