Academic Calendar Fall Semester 2011

Date Event
Monday, August 1, 2011 Deadline: Tuition due for entering freshmen
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 Deadline: Tuition due for returning undergraduate students
Friday, August 12, 2011 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) grades for courses taken in Summer 2011
Sunday - Friday, August 14 - 19, 2011 Orientation week for new students
Monday, August, 15, 2011 Deadline: Tuition due for graduate students
Monday, August 22, 2011 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES
Monday - Friday, August 22 - August 26, 2011 Fall Registration Continues: Registration continues for undergraduate, graduate, and visiting students
Friday, August 26, 2011 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve “Incompletes” (INC) grades for courses taken in Spring and Summer 2011
Friday, September 2, 2011

Deadline: Last day to complete late registration
Deadline: Last day to add courses (Please go to ESTHER to add courses)
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 Spring and Summer 2011
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 5, 2011 LABOR DAY (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, September 9, 2011 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 70% refund of tuition
Friday, September 16, 2011

Deadline: Last day anticipated aid for Fall shows as a credit on student accounts
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 60% refund of tuition
Friday, September 23, 2011 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 50% refund of tuition
Friday, September 30, 2011

Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit textbook orders for Spring 2012 to bookstore@rice.edu
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 40% refund of tuition
Friday, October 7, 2011

Deadline: Last day to drop courses (Please go to ESTHER to drop courses)
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 Spring 2012
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 30% refund of tuition
Monday - Tuesday, October 10 - 11, 2011 MIDTERM RECESS (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, October 14, 2011 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 20% refund of tuition
Friday, October 21, 2011 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 10% refund of tuition
Friday, October 28, 2011

Deadline: Last day to designate a course status to“Pass/Fail” option
Deadline: Last day to file an application for December 2011 degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar (Undergraduate and Graduate Students)
Deadline: Last day to file an application for a May 2012 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 2011 degree conferral: Thesis masters candidacy petitions; Certification of non-thesis masters; Form for candidacy masters; Ph.D. candidacy petitions
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 Deadline: Last day to complete financial aid application for Fall 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Spring semester classroom and lab software requests to edtech@rice.edu
Sunday, November 13, 2011 Spring Registration Begins: Spring 2012 registration begins for currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate, and fifth-year students
Friday, November 18, 2011 Deadline: Last day to register for Spring 2012 by 5:00 PM without a Late Registration Fee
Saturday, November 19, 2011 Late Registration Begins: Continuing students that have not registered for any classes are charged a Late Registration Fee to add classes
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 Deadline: Last day to complete loan applications for Fall 2011
Thursday - Friday, November 24 - 25, 2011 THANKSGIVING RECESS (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, December 2, 2011

LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Deadline: Last day to drop courses (for Fall 2011 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 3 - 6, 2011 STUDY DAYS - NO EXAMS
Wednesday - Wednesday, December 7 - 14, 2011 Final examinations for undergraduate courses
Friday, December 23, 2011 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades online via ESTHER