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Information for:

Fall 2012 Academic Calendar

Wednesday, August 1, 2012 Deadline: Tuition due for entering freshmen
Friday, August 10, 2012

Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) grades for courses taken in Summer 2012
Deadline: Tuition due for returning undergraduate students 

Sunday - Friday,
August 12 - 17, 2012

Orientation week for new students

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Deadline: Tuition due for graduate students

Monday, August 20, 2012

FIRST DAY OF CLASSES - START OF THE FALL SEMESTER

Monday - Friday,
August 20 - August 24, 2012

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


Friday, August 24, 2012

Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve “Incomplete” (INC) grades for courses taken in Spring and Summer 2012

Friday, August 31, 2012

Deadline: Last day to complete late registration
Deadline: Last day to add courses (Please go to ESTHERexternal_link to add 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 and Summer 2012
Deadline: Last day for part-time students to receive a refund for tuition
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 100% refund of tuition and fees

Monday, September 3, 2012

LABOR DAY (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)

Friday, September 7, 2012 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 70% refund of tuition
Friday, September 14, 2012 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 60% refund of tuition
Friday, September 21, 2012 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 50% refund of tuition
Friday, September 28, 2012 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 40% refund of tuition
Monday, October 1, 2012 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit textbook orders for Spring 2013 to bookstore@rice.edu

Friday, October 5, 2012

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 2013
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 30% refund of tuition

Monday, October 8, 2012 All classes normally held on Friday meet; all Monday classes canceled (to equalize holidays by days of the week during semester)
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 All classes normally held on Thursday meet; all Tuesday classes canceled (to equalize holidays by days of the week during semester)

Thursday - Friday
October 11 - 12, 2012

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION DAYS (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)

Friday, October 12, 2012 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 20% refund of tuition
Friday, October 19, 2012 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 10% refund of tuition

Friday, October 26, 2012

Deadline: Last day to designate a course status to "Pass/Fail" option
Deadline: Last day to file an application for December 2012 degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar (Undergraduate and Graduate Students)
Deadline: Last day to file an application for a May 2013 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 December 2012 degree conferral:

  • Thesis master’s candidacy petitions
  • Certification of non-thesis master’s
  • Form for candidacy master’s
  • Ph.D. candidacy petitions
Thursday, November 8, 2012 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Spring semester classroom and lab software requests to edtech@rice.edu

Monday, November 12, 2012

Spring Registration Begins: Spring 2013 registration begins for currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate, and fifth-year students

Friday, November 16, 2012

Deadline: Last day to register for Spring 2013 by 5:00 PM without a Late Registration Fee

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Late Registration Begins: Continuing students that have not registered for any classes are charged a Late Registration Fee to add classes 

Thursday - Friday,
November 22 - 23, 2012

THANKSGIVING RECESS (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)

Friday, November 30, 2012

LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Deadline: Last day to drop courses (for Fall 2012 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 1 - 4, 2012

STUDY DAYS - NO EXAMS

Wednesday - Wednesday,
December 5 - 12, 2012

Final examinations for undergraduate courses

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 END OF THE FALL SEMESTER

Friday, December 21, 2012

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

 


Last Revised : December 19, 2012