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Jan 30, 2025
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2015-2016 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]
Academic and Religious Calendars
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Academic Calendar 2015-2016
Fall 2015*
August
| Preview Session 5 |
Friday-Saturday 28-29 |
| Residence halls open for new students only |
10 a.m. Saturday 29 |
| First-year student orientation: Liftoff |
12 p.m. Saturday 29 |
| University Convocation |
5:30 p.m. Saturday 29 |
| Residence halls open for returning students |
12 p.m. Sunday 30 |
| Final Registration |
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday 31 |
September
| Classes begin |
8 a.m. Tuesday 1 |
| Labor Day-University holiday |
Monday 7 |
| Academic Performance Warning notification period begins |
Tuesday 8 |
| Last day to withdraw from a class and receive 60% tuition credit |
Monday 14 |
| Last day to change from audit to credit status |
Monday 14 |
| Last day to withdraw from a class and receive 40% tuition credit |
Monday 21 |
| Last day to drop a course and have it deleted from your record |
Tuesday 23 |
| Degrees awarded to those completing requirements in summer |
Saturday 26 |
| Last day to withdraw from a class and receive 20% tuition credit; no further tuition credit after this date |
Monday 28
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October
| University Enrollment Census |
4:30 p.m. Friday 2 |
| Last day to file January degree applications |
Friday 16 |
| Hawktober Weekend (Parents and Homecoming) |
Friday-Sunday 16-18 |
November
| Advance registration for full-time undergraduates begins |
8:30 a.m. Monday 2 |
| Advance registration for part-time and graduate students |
8:30 a.m. Thursday 5 |
| Last day to drop a course and receive a grade of W |
Monday 9 |
| Last day to change to Pass/No Pass or from Pass/No Pass to letter grade |
Monday 9 |
| Last day to change from credit to audit status** |
Monday 9 |
| Thanksgiving recess begins (All residence halls will remain open.) |
10 p.m. Tuesday 24 |
| Classes resume |
8 a.m. Monday 30 |
December
| Fall Commencement Ceremony |
Sunday 6 |
| Academic Performance Warning notification period ends |
10 p.m. Monday 14 |
| Last day to resolve I grades from preceding term to avoid change from I to F (undergraduates only) |
10 p.m. Monday 14 |
| Classes end |
10 p.m. Monday 14 |
| Final examinations begin |
8 a.m. Monday 15 |
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Note: Final exam schedule includes Saturday as a scheduled exam day. |
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| Final examinations end |
10 p.m. Monday 21 |
| Residence halls close |
8 a.m. Sunday 22 |
*Arrangements must be made by each faculty member to make up instructional time that may be lost because of emergency closing.
**Students are not eligible to take advantage of special audit fees at this time. In order to have a special audit fee, students must declare audit status when they first register for the course.
Winterterm 2016
January
| Winterterm begins |
9 a.m. Monday 4 |
| Winterterm ends |
10 p.m. Monday 18 |
Spring 2016*
January
| Residence halls open |
12 p.m. Sunday 17 |
| Final registration |
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday 18 |
| Classes begin |
8 a.m. Tuesday 19 |
| Degrees awarded to those completing requirements in fall |
Saturday 23 |
| Academic performance warning notification period begins |
Tuesday 26 |
February
| Last day to withdraw from a class and receive 60% tuition credit |
Monday 1 |
| Last day to change from audit to credit status |
Monday 1 |
| Last day to file May degree applications |
Friday 5 |
| Last day to withdraw from a class and receive 40% tuition credit |
Monday 8 |
| Last day to drop a course and have it deleted from your record |
Monday 8 |
| Last day to withdraw from a class and receive 20% tuition credit; no further tuition credit after this date |
Monday 15 |
| Recommended date for new incoming students (freshmen and transfers) to submit 2016-17 FAFSA to U.S. Department of Education to ensure adequate time for processing |
Monday 15 |
| University Enrollment Census |
4:30 p.m. Friday 19 |
March
| Spring recess begins (All residence halls will remain open.) |
5 p.m. Saturday 12 |
| Classes resume |
8 a.m. Monday 21 |
April
| Advance registration for full-time undergraduates begins |
8:30 a.m. Friday 1 |
| Required date for returning students applying for financial aid to submit 2016-17 FAFSA and all other documents to U.S. Department of Education to ensure adequate time for processing |
Friday 1 |
| Last day to drop a course and receive a grade of W |
Monday 4 |
| Last day to change to Pass/No Pass or from Pass/No Pass to letter grade |
Monday 4 |
| Last day to change from credit to audit status** |
Monday 4 |
| Advance registration for part-time and graduate students |
8:30 a.m. Wednesday 6 |
May
| Classes end |
10 p.m. Monday 2 |
| Academic Performance Warning notification period ends |
10 p.m. Monday 2 |
| Last day to resolve I grades from preceding term to avoid change from I to F (undergraduates only) |
10 p.m. Monday 2 |
| Reading Day |
8 a.m.-10 p.m. Tuesday 3 |
| Final examinations begin |
8 a.m. Wednesday 4 |
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Note: Final exam schedule includes Saturday as a scheduled exam day. |
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| Final examinations end |
10 p.m. Tuesday 10 |
| Residence halls close for students not receiving May degrees |
1 p.m. Wednesday 11 |
| Graduate Commencement |
Saturday 14 |
| Undergraduate Commencement |
Sunday 15 |
| Residence halls close |
5 p.m. Sunday 15 |
*Arrangements must be made by each faculty member to make up instructional time that may be lost because of emergency closing.
**Students are not eligible to take advantage of special audit fees at this time. In order to have a special audit fee, students must declare audit status when they first register for the course.
Summerterm 2016
May
| Summer Session I |
May 18-June 29 (6-week session) |
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May 18-July 13 (8-week session) |
July
| Summer Session II |
July 5-August 15 (6-week session) |
Religious Observance 2015-2016 Calendar
Policy regarding religious holidays: Classes are held. Students observing these days will be granted excused absences from all classes and an opportunity to make up any tests or exams given on these days.
Fall 2015
September
| Rosh Hashanah |
Begins sundown Wednesday 13 |
| Note: This holiday officially begins at sundown on Sunday, September 13, and continues until darkness on Tuesday, September 15. |
| Yom Kippur |
Begins sundown Tuesday 22 |
| Note: This holiday officially begins at sundown on Tuesday, September 22 and continues through darkness on Thursday, September 24. |
| Eid-al-Adah |
Begins sundown Wednesday 23 |
| Note: This Muslim holy day begins at sundown Wednesday, September 23, and continues until darkness on Friday, September 25. The Islamic calendar is lunar and depends on the actual sighting of the new moon; therefore, the actual dates may differ by a day or two. |
| Sukkot |
Begins sundown Sunday 27 |
| Note: This holiday officially begins sundown on Sunday, September 27 and continues through darkness Sunday, October 4. |
October
| Shmini Atzeret |
Begins sundown Sunday 4 |
| Note: This holiday officially begins sundown on Sunday, October 4 and continues through darkness Tuesday, October 6. |
Spring 2016
February
| Ash Wednesday |
Wednesday 10 |
| Note: Student’s class may conflict with scheduled on-campus mass. |
March
April
| Passover |
Begins sundown Friday 22 |
| Note: The first two days of this holiday are celebrated from sundown Friday, April 22 until darkness Sunday, April 24 and the last two days of the holiday are celebrated sundown Thursday, April 28 until darkness Saturday, April 30. |
June
| Ramadan |
Begins sundown Monday 6 |
| Note: The first day of the Muslim fasting month begins sundown on Wednesday, June 6 and continues until darkness Wednesday, July 6. The Islamic calendar is lunar and depends on the actual sighting of the new moon. Therefore, the actual dates may differ by a day or two. |
| Shavuot |
Begins sundown Saturday 11 |
| Note: This holiday officially begins sundown on Saturday, June 11 and continues until darkness Monday, June 13. |
July
| Eid-al-Fitr |
Begins sundown Wednesday 6 |
| Note: This Muslim holy day begins sundown Wednesday, July 6 and continues until darkness Friday, July 8. The Islamic calendar is lunar and depends on the actual sighting of the new moon. Therefore, the actual dates may differ by a day or two. |
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