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Information for:

Fall 2009 Academic Calendar

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Sunday - Friday
August 16 - 21, 2009

Orientation week for new students

Monday, August 24, 2009

FIRST DAY OF CLASSES

Monday - Friday
August 24 - 28, 2009

Fall Registration Continues: Registration continues for undergraduate, graduate, and visiting students

Friday, August 28, 2009

Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve “Incomplete” (INC) grades for courses taken in Spring and Summer 2009

Friday, September 4, 2009

Deadline: Last day to complete late registration
Deadline: Last day to add courses (Please go to ESTHERexternal_link to add or drop courses)
Deadline: Last day to adjust variable credit for courses online via ESTHERexternal_link
Deadline: Last day to designate a credit course as "Audit" or vice versa
Deadline: Last day to convert a “Pass/Fail” to an earned letter grade for courses taken in Spring 2009
Deadline: Last day to drop to part-time status and receive a refund for tuition
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 100% refund of tuition and fees

Monday, September 7, 2009

LABOR DAY (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)

Friday, September 11, 2009 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 70% refund of tuition
Friday, September 18, 2009 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 60% refund of tuition
Friday, September 25, 2009 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 50% refund of tuition
Friday, October 2, 2009 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 40% refund of tuition

Friday, October 9, 2009

Deadline: Last day to drop courses (Please go to ESTHERexternal_link to drop courses)
Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Mid-semester Grades for first-year undergraduate students online via ESTHERexternal_link
Deadline: College course plans due to Dean of Undergraduates office for Spring 2010
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 30% refund of tuition

Monday - Tuesday
October 12 - 13, 2009

MIDTERM RECESS (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)

Friday, October 16, 2009 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 20% refund of tuition
Friday, October 23, 2009 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 10% refund of tuition

Friday, October 30, 2009

Deadline: Last day to designate a course status to "Pass/Fail" option
Deadline: Last day to file an application for January 2010 degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar (Undergraduate and Graduate Students)
Deadline: Last day to file an application for a May 2010 degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar (Undergraduate Students only)
Deadline: Last day to file the following in the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for January 2010 degree conferral:

  • Thesis master’s candidacy petitions
  • Certification of non-thesis master’s
  • Form for candidacy masters
  • Ph.D. candidacy petitions

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Spring Registration Begins: Spring 2010 registration begins for currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate, and fifth-year students

Friday, November 20, 2009

Deadline: Last day to register for Spring 2010 by 5:00 PM without a Late Registration Fee

Saturday, November 21, 2009 Late Registration Begins: Continuing students that have not registered for any classes are charged a Late Registration Fee to add classes 

Thursday - Friday
November 26 - 27, 2009

THANKSGIVING RECESS (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)

Friday, December 4, 2009

LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Deadline: Last day to drop courses (for Fall 2009 undergraduate matriculants only) - students must go to the Office of the Registrar by 5:00 PM
Deadline: For a mid-year conferral of degree, students must submit thesis to the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies by 12:00 noon

Saturday - Tuesday
December 5 - 8, 2009

Study Days - NO EXAMS

Wednesday - Wednesday
December 9 - 16, 2009

Final examinations for undergraduate courses

Friday, December 25, 2009

Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades online via ESTHERexternal_link



Last Revised : July 10, 2012