Face-to-Face and online courses follow the same academic calendar. IAU utilizes the trimester academic calendar. A Trimester system divided the academic year into three equal terms, roughly 16 weeks each. The trimesters are Spring, Summer, & Fall. Each 16-week trimester is divided into two 8-week sessions. Therefore, each trimester has 2 sessions. Typically, each 3-semester unit course is broken into eight lessons. Each lesson can be completed in one week. By breaking a each 3-semester unit course into eight lessons, the instructor can monitor students’ satisfactory academic progress (SAP) in each course. This is an essential element in providing appropriate instruction and support services to students. Please note that the actual start dates change year to year. Please contact The Office of Admissions & Records at admissions@iau.la for more information regarding your admissions application process.
Fore more information on specific dates, please call IAU at 323.398.4428.The holidays and vacations observed by the university are as follows:
- New Year’s Day (Jan 1),
- Memorial Day (last Monday of May)
- Independence Day (July 4)
- Labor Day (first Monday in September)
- Thanksgiving (Thursday-Friday)
- Christmas Day (Dec 25).
