Academic Calendar Fall Semester 2002

Date Event
Sunday - Friday, August 18 - 23 Orientation week for new students
Monday, August 26 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES
Monday - Friday, August 26 - August 30 Registration continues for undergraduate and graduate students
Monday, September 2 Labor Day (Holiday)
Friday, September 6 Deadline: adding courses without a fee
Friday, September 20 Deadline: late registration or adding courses
Deadline: dropping courses without a fee
Friday, September 27 Deadline: changing Spring 2002 “Pass/Fail” to a grade
Deadline: Instructors submitting final grades to clear “Incompletes” from Spring 2002 semester
Friday, October 11 Deadline: Mid-semester grades for first-year undergraduate students due
Deadline: College course plans due to Vice President for Student Affairs
Monday - Tuesday, October 14 -15 Midterm recess
Wednesday, October 16 All classes normally held on Monday meet; all Wednesday classes canceled (to equalize holidays by days of the week during the semester)
Friday, November 1

Deadline: last day to drop courses - graduate students and returning undergraduate students
Deadline: changing course status to “Pass/Fail” option
Deadline: filing of Thesis masters candidacy petitions; Certification of non-thesis masters; Form for candidacy masters; Ph.D. candidacy petitions
Monday, November 4 Deadline: filing application for mid-year degree conferral
Monday - Friday, November 11 - 15

Preregistration begins for currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate and fifth year students for the Spring 2003 semester
Deadline: Applying for Spring 2003 conferral of degree
Monday - Wednesday, November 18 - 20 Self-scheduling of Final Examinations in undergraduate courses 12:00 Noon Deadline, Wednesday, November 20
Thursday - Friday, November 28 - 29 Thanksgiving recess
Friday, December 6

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 7 - 10 Self-Scheduled Final Examinations ONLY
Wednesday - Wednesday, December 11 - 18 Scheduled and Self-Scheduled Final Examinations continues
Wednesday, December 18 5:00 pm Deadline: Return of take home final examinations
Thursday, January 2 5:00 pm Deadline: All final grades due in the Office of the Registrar