Academic Calendar Fall Semester 2001

Date Event
Sunday - Friday, August 19 - 24 Orientation week for new students
Monday, August 27 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES
Monday - Friday, August 27 - August 31 Registration continues for undergraduate and graduate students
Monday, September 3 Labor Day (Holiday)
Friday, September 7 Deadline: adding courses without a fee
Friday, September 21

Deadline: late registration or adding courses
Deadline: dropping courses without a fee
Friday, September 28

Deadline: changing Spring 2001 "Pass/Fail" to a grade
Deadline: Instructors submitting final grades to clear "Incompletes" from Spring 2001 semester
Friday, October 12

Deadline: Mid-semester grades for first-year undergraduate students due
Deadline: College course plans due to Vice President for Student Affairs
Monday - Tuesday, October 15 -16 Midterm recess
Wednesday, October 17 All classes normally held on Monday meet; all Wednesday classes canceled (to equalize holidays by days of the week during the semester)
Thursday, November 1

Deadline: filing of Thesis masters candidacy petitions; Certification of non-thesis masters; Form for candidacy masters; Ph.D. candidacy petitions
Deadline: filing Ph.D. candidacy petitions in Office of Graduate Studies for mid-year conferral of degree
Friday, November 2

Deadline: last day to drop courses - graduate students and returning undergraduate students
Deadline: changing course status to "Pass/Fail" option
Monday, November 5 Deadline: filing application for mid-year degree conferral
Monday - Friday, November 12 - 16

Preregistration begins for currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate and fifth year students for the Spring 2002 semester
Deadline: Applying for Spring 2002 conferral of degree
Monday - Wednesday, November 19 - 21 Self-scheduling of Final Examinations in undergraduate courses 12:00 Noon Deadline, Wednesday, November 21
Thursday - Friday, November 22 - 23 Thanksgiving recess
Friday, December 7

LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Deadline: last day to drop courses (first semester undergraduate students only)
12:00 noon Deadline: submitting theses in the Office of Graduate Studies for mid-year conferral of degree
Saturday - Tuesday, December 8 - 11 Self-Scheduled Final Examinations ONLY
Wednesday - Wednesday, December 12 - 19 Scheduled and Self-Scheduled Final Examinations continues
Wednesday, December 19 5:00 pm Deadline: Return of take home final examinations
Wednesday, January 2 5:00 pm Deadline: All final grades due in the Office of the Registrar