Academic Calendar Spring Semester 2015

DATE EVENT
Monday, January 12, 2015 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES - START OF THE SPRING SEMESTER
Monday - Friday, January 12 - 16, 2015 Spring Registration Continues: Registration continues for undergraduate, graduate, and visiting students
Friday, January 16, 2015 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) grades for courses taken in Fall 2014
Monday, January 19, 2015 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, January 23, 2015

Deadline: Last day to complete late registration
Deadline: Last day to add courses online via ESTHER
Deadline: Last day to adjust variable credit for courses online via ESTHER
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 Fall 2014
Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve “Incompletes” (INC) grades for courses taken in Fall 2014
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
Friday, January 30, 2015 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 70% refund of tuition
Friday, February 6, 2015 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 60% refund of tuition
Friday, February 13, 2015 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 50% refund of tuition
Friday, February 20, 2015 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 40% refund of tuition
Friday, February 27, 2015

Deadline: Last day to drop courses online via ESTHER
Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Mid-Semester Grades for first-year undergraduate students online via ESTHER
Deadline: College course plans due to Dean of Undergraduates office for Fall 2015
Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit textbook orders for Summer 2015 to bookstore@rice.edu
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 30% refund of tuition
Deadline: Last day to file an application for a May degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar (Graduate Students only)
Deadline: Last day to file the following in the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for May degree conferral: Thesis masters candidacy petitions; Certification of non-thesis masters; Form for candidacy masters; Ph.D. candidacy petitions
Saturday-Sunday, February 28 - March 8, 2015 SPRING BREAK (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Monday, March 9, 2015 Summer Registration Begins: Summer 2015 registration begins for currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate and fifth-year students
Friday, March 13, 2015 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 20% refund of tuition
Friday, March 20, 2015 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 10% refund of tuition
Friday, March 27, 2015

Deadline: Last day for sophomores to file majors with the Office of the Registrar
Deadline: Last day to designate a course status to “Pass/Fail” option
Deadline: Last day to drop courses (for previous Fall undergraduate matriculants only) - students must go to the Office of the Registrar by 5:00 PM
Monday, March 30, 2015 Fall Registration: ESTHER Course Registration Planner opens for undergraduate students for Fall 2015 registration.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit textbook orders for Fall 2015 to bookstore@rice.edu
Thursday - Friday, April 2 - 3, 2015 MIDTERM RECESS (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Fall semester classroom and lab software requests to edtech@rice.edu
Sunday, April 12, 2015 Deadline: ESTHER Course Registration Planner closes at 11:59 PM
Monday, April 13, 2015 Fall Registration: Fall 2015 registration begins for currently enrolled graduate and fifth-year students at 5:00 PM
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 Fall Registration: Fall 2015 ADD/DROP begins for currently enrolled undergraduate students at 7:00 AM
Friday, April 17, 2015 Deadline: Last day to register for Fall 2015 by 5:00 PM without a Late Registration Fee
Saturday, April 18, 2015 Late Registration Begins: Continuing students that have not registered for any classes are charged a Late Registration Fee to add classes
Friday, April 24, 2015

LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Deadline: Last day to drop courses (for Spring 2015 undergraduate matriculants only) - students must go to the Office of the Registrar by 5:00 PM
Deadline: Last day to submit theses in the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for May degree conferral by 12:00 noon
Saturday - Tuesday, April 25 - 28, 2015 STUDY DAYS - NO EXAMS
Wednesday - Wednesday, April 29 - May 6, 2015 Final examinations for all undergraduate courses
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 END OF THE SPRING SEMESTER
Friday, May 8, 2015

Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades for all degree candidates online via ESTHER by 5:00 PM
Deadline: Last day for academic departments to submit their proposed list of degree candidates to receive the university honor of Distinction in Research and Creative Work to Provosts Office by 4:00 PM
Monday, May 11, 2015 Deadline (May 2015 Undergraduate Degree Candidates only): Last day to convert a “Pass/Fail” to an earned letter grade for courses taken in Spring 2015 by 12:00 noon
Friday - Saturday, May 15 - 16, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND COMMENCEMENT
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades for all non-graduating students online via ESTHER
Friday, June 12, 2015 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) grades for courses taken in Spring 2015