Religious Observances Listings and Calendars

Religious Observances Listings/Calendars

It is difficult to list all religious observances and holidays, however, we've included a list of major religious observances marked by members of Georgia State's community. We have also provided the following links from other institutions, which have helpful and extensive listings.

• Drexel University: https://drexel.edu/provost/calendars/religious-observances/
• American University: https://www.american.edu/ocl/kay/major-religious-holy-days.cfm
• Council of Presidents (public colleges and universities in Washington State):  https://councilofpresidents.org/about/holiday-observance-calendar/

For your convenience, we have built a table of dates for some of the widely observed religious holidays from Academic Year 2021-22 through AY 2028-29. Holidays with an asterisk start at sundown on the date shown in the table.

Major Religious Observances/Holidays

Academic Year 2021-22 Through AY 2028-29

*Holidays with an asterisk start at sundown.

For questions, comments or other concerns about this table of dates, please contact Jeremy Craig, Communications Manager for the Office of the Provost, at [email protected].

Additional Calendars Regarding Jewish and Muslim Holidays

• Jewish Holidays, Academic Year 2022-23 through AY 2028-29
• Muslim Holidays, Academic Year 2022-23 through AY 2028-29

We've also retained our previous guides:

• Jewish Holidays, Academic Year 2021-22 (University Senate Cultural Diversity Committee)
• Muslim Holidays, Academic Year 2021-22

Policy on Student Absences & Accommodations Due to Religious Holidays

The following applies regardless of course modality.

Students must provide instructors with reasonable notice of the dates of religious holidays on which they plan to be absent and must be given an equivalent opportunity to make up missed work according to an agreed-upon schedule. Such accommodations might include rescheduling an exam or giving the student a make-up exam, allowing an individual or group presentation to be made on a different date, letting a student attend a different section for the same class that week, adjusting a due date or assigning the student appropriate make-up work that is no more difficult than the original assignment.

Absence for a religious reason should be counted as an excused absence and should not be counted against any other excused absences permitted by the instructor. Should a complicated situation arise related to religious accommodations (for example, clinical rotations), contact your department chair, dean’s office or the Office of Legal Affairs at 404-413-0500.

Policy on Employee Accommodations Due to Religious Holidays

For further information, please visit https://hr.gsu.edu.