Academic Calendar Fall Semester 2003

Date Event
Friday, August 1 Deadline: Tuition due for entering freshmen
Monday, August 11 Deadline: Tuition due for returning undergraduate students
Friday, August 15 Deadline: Tuition due for graduate students
Sunday, August 17 (through Friday, August 22) Orientation week for new students
Monday, August 25 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES
Monday, August 25 (through Friday, August 29) Registration continues for undergraduate and graduate students
Monday, September 1 Labor Day (HOLIDAY - NO CLASSES)
Friday, September 5

Deadline: Last day to add courses without a fee
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with 100% refund of tuition and fees or dropping
Deadline: Last day to drop to part-time with 100% refund of tuition
Friday, September 12 Deadline: Last day to withdraw or drop to part-time with 70% refund of tuition
Friday, September 19

Deadline: Last day to complete late registration or add courses.
Deadline: Last day to drop courses without a fee
Deadline: Last day anticipated aid for fall shows as a credit on student accounts
Deadline: Last day to withdraw or drop to part-time with a 60% refund of tuition
Friday, September 26

Deadline: Last day to convert a "Pass/Fail" to an earned letter grade for courses taken in Spring 2003.
Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to clear "Incompletes" for courses taken in Spring 2003
Deadline: Last day to withdraw or drop to part-time with 50% refund of tuition
Friday, October 3 Deadline: Last day to withdraw or drop to part-time with 40% refund of tuition
Friday, October 10

Deadline: Mid-semester grades for first-year undergraduate students due.
Deadline: College course plans due to Vice President for Student Affairs
Deadline: Last day to withdraw or drop to part-time with 30% refund of tuition
Monday, October 13 (through Tuesday, October 14) MIDTERM RECESS
Wednesday, October 15

All classes normally held on Monday meet; all Wednesday classes canceled (to equalize holidays by days of the week during the semester)
Esther web-product "goes-live". Students may begin perusing the new software application they will need to register for classes for Spring 2004.
Friday, October 17 Deadline: Last day to withdraw or drop to part-time with 20% refund of tuition
Friday, October 24 Deadline: Last day to withdraw or drop to part-time with 10% refund of tuition
Friday, October 31

Deadline: last day to drop courses for all graduate students and "returning" undergraduate students
Deadline: Last day to designate a course status to "Pass/Fail" option.
Deadline: Last day to file the following in the Office of Graduate Studies for mid-year conferral of degree: Thesis masters candidacy petitions; Certification of non-thesis masters; Form for candidacy masters; Ph.D. candidacy petitions
Monday, November 3 Deadline: Last day to file an application for mid-year degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar
Friday, November 14 Deadline: Last day to complete financial aid application for Fall 2003
Monday, November 17 (through Wednesday, November 19) Self-scheduling of final examinations in undergraduate courses
Monday, November 17 (through Friday, January 16, 2004) 1st Registration, Add/Drop PIN is active for undergraduates for Spring 2004 registration
Monday, November 17 (through Sunday, November 23) Spring 2004 registration begins - undergraduates are subject to the Priority Registration timetable
Wednesday, November 19 @ 5:00 p.m. Deadline: Last day to self-schedule final examinations in undergraduate courses
Friday, November 21 Deadline: Last day to file an application for a May 2004 conferral of degree with the Office of the Registrar
Monday, November 24 Students who failed to register last week will be assessed a $50 "Failure to Register" fee.
Thursday, November 27 (through Friday, November 28) THANKSGIVING RECESS - (HOLIDAY - NO CLASSES)
Friday, December 5

LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Deadline: (for Fall 2003 matriculants only)
Last day to drop courses - students must go to the Office of the Registrar by 5:00 p.m.
Deadline: For a mid-year conferral of degree, students must submit theses to the Office of Graduate Studies by 12:00 noon
Deadline: Disenrollment occurs for failure to pay amounts owed to the university
Deadline: All Faculty Evaluations are due to the Office of the Registrar by 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 6 (through Tuesday, December 9) Self-scheduled final examinations ONLY
Wednesday, December 10 (through Wednesday, December 17) Scheduled examinations begin and self-scheduled final examinations continues
Wednesday, December 17 @ 5:00 p.m. Deadline: All take home final examinations are due
Thursday, December 18, 2003 (through Monday, January 5, 2004) On-line registration is shut-down to accommodate end-of-term processing and the winter holidays.
Friday, December 24 Deadline: All grades are due in the Office of the Registrar