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Dec 12, 2024
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2016-2017 Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]
Academic and Religious Calendars
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Academic Calendar 2016-2017
Fall 2016*
August
Preview Session 5 |
Friday-Saturday 26-27 |
Residence halls open for new students only |
10 a.m. Saturday 27 |
First-year student orientation: Liftoff |
12 p.m. Saturday 27 |
University Convocation |
5:30 p.m. Saturday 27 |
Residence halls open for returning students |
12 p.m. Sunday 28 |
Final Registration |
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday 29 |
Classes begin |
8 a.m. Tuesday 30 |
September
Labor Day-University holiday |
Monday 5 |
Academic Performance Warning notification period begins |
Tuesday 6 |
Last day to withdraw from a class and receive 60% tuition credit |
Monday 12 |
Last day to change from audit to credit status |
Monday 12 |
Last day to withdraw from a class and receive 40% tuition credit |
Monday 19 |
Last day to drop a course and have it deleted from your record |
Monday 19 |
Degrees awarded to those completing requirements in summer |
Saturday 24 |
Last day to withdraw from a class and receive 20% tuition credit; no further tuition credit after this date |
Monday 26 |
University Enrollment Census |
4:30 p.m. Friday 30 |
October
Last day to file January degree applications |
Friday 14 |
Hawktober Weekend (Parents and Homecoming) |
Friday-Sunday 14-16 |
November
Advance registration for full-time undergraduates begins |
8:30 a.m. Tuesday 1 |
Advance registration for part-time and graduate students |
8:30 a.m. Friday 4 |
Last day to drop a course and receive a grade of W |
Monday 7 |
Last day to change to Pass/No Pass or from Pass/No Pass to letter grade |
Monday 7 |
Last day to change from credit to audit status** |
Monday 7 |
Thanksgiving recess begins (All residence halls will remain open.) |
10 p.m. Tuesday 22 |
Classes resume |
8 a.m. Monday 28 |
December
Fall Commencement Ceremony |
Sunday 4 |
Academic Performance Warning notification period ends |
10 p.m. Monday 12 |
Last day to resolve I grades from preceding term to avoid change from I to F (undergraduates only) |
10 p.m. Monday 12 |
Classes end |
10 p.m. Monday 12 |
Reading Day |
8 a.m.-10 p.m. Tuesday 13 |
Final examinations begin |
8 a.m. Wednesday 14 |
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Note: Final exam schedule includes Saturday as a scheduled exam day. |
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Final examinations end |
5 p.m. Tuesday 20 |
Residence halls close |
8 a.m. Wednesday 21 |
*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 2017
January
Winterterm begins |
9 a.m. Tuesday 3 |
Winterterm ends |
10 p.m. Wednesday 18 |
Spring 2017*
January
Residence halls open |
12 p.m. Sunday 22 |
Final registration |
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday 23 |
Classes begin |
8 a.m. Tuesday 24 |
Degrees awarded to those completing requirements in fall |
Saturday 28 |
Academic performance warning notification period begins |
Tuesday 31 |
February
Last day to withdraw from a class and receive 60% tuition credit |
Monday 6 |
Last day to change from audit to credit status |
Monday 6 |
Last day to file May degree applications |
Friday 10 |
Last day to withdraw from a class and receive 40% tuition credit |
Monday 13 |
Last day to drop a course and have it deleted from your record |
Monday 13 |
Last day to withdraw from a class and receive 20% tuition credit; no further tuition credit after this date |
Monday 20 |
Recommended date for new incoming students (freshmen and transfers) to submit 2017-18 FAFSA to U.S. Department of Education to ensure adequate time for processing |
Wednesday 15 |
University Enrollment Census |
4:30 p.m. Friday 24 |
March
Spring recess begins (All residence halls will remain open.) |
5 p.m. Saturday 18 |
Classes resume |
8 a.m. Monday 27 |
April
Required date for returning students applying for financial aid to submit 2017-18 FAFSA and all other documents to U.S. Department of Education to ensure adequate time for processing |
Saturday 1 |
Advance registration for full-time undergraduates begins |
8:30 a.m. Monday 3 |
Last day to drop a course and receive a grade of W |
Monday 10 |
Last day to change to Pass/No Pass or from Pass/No Pass to letter grade |
Monday 10 |
Last day to change from credit to audit status** |
Monday 10 |
Advance registration for part-time and graduate students |
8:30 a.m. Thursday 6 |
May
Classes end |
10 p.m. Monday 8 |
Academic Performance Warning notification period ends |
10 p.m. Monday 8 |
Last day to resolve I grades from preceding term to avoid change from I to F (undergraduates only) |
10 p.m. Monday 8 |
Reading Day |
8 a.m.-10 p.m. Tuesday 9 |
Final examinations begin |
8 a.m. Wednesday 10 |
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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 16 |
Residence halls close for students not receiving May degrees |
1 p.m. Wednesday 17 |
Graduate Commencement |
Saturday 20 |
Undergraduate Commencement |
Sunday 21 |
Residence halls close |
5 p.m. Sunday 21 |
*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 2017
May
Summer Session I |
May 22-July 3 (6-week session) |
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May 22-July 17 (8-week session) |
July
Summer Session II |
July 10-August 17 (6-week session) |
Religious Observance 2016-2017 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 2016
September
Eid-al-Adah |
Begins sundown Monday 12 |
Note: This Muslim holy day begins at sundown Monday, September 12, and continues until darkness on Wednesday, September 14. 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. |
October
Rosh Hashanah |
Begins sundown Sunday 3 |
Note: This holiday officially begins at sundown on Sunday, October 3, and continues until darkness on Tuesday, October 5. |
Yom Kippur |
Begins sundown Tuesday 11 |
Note: This holiday officially begins at sundown on Tuesday, October 11 and continues through darkness on Thursday, October 13. |
Sukkot |
Begins sundown Sunday 16 |
Note: This holiday officially begins sundown on Monday, October 16 and continues through darkness Wednesday, October 19. |
Shmini Atzeret |
Begins sundown Monday 23 |
Note: This holiday officially begins sundown on Monday, October 23 and continues through darkness Wednesday, October 25. |
Spring 2017
March
Ash Wednesday |
Wednesday 1 |
Note: Student’s class may conflict with scheduled on-campus mass. |
April
Passover |
Begins sundown Monday 10 |
Note: The first two days of this holiday are celebrated from sundown Monday, April 10 until darkness Wednesday, April 12 and the last two days of the holiday are celebrated sundown Sunday, April 16 until darkness Tuesday, April 18. |
Good Friday |
Friday 14 |
June
Ramadan |
Begins sundown Friday 26 |
Note: The first day of the Muslim fasting month begins sundown on Friday, May 26 and continues until darkness Sunday, June 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. |
Shavuot |
Begins sundown Tuesday 30 |
Note: This holiday officially begins sundown on Tuesday, May 30 and continues until darkness Thursday, June 1. |
July
Eid-al-Fitr |
Begins sundown Sunday 25 |
Note: This Muslim holy day begins sundown Sunday, June 25 and continues until darkness Tuesday, June 27. 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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