Academic Calendar Fall Semester 2012

DATE EVENT
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 Deadline: Tuition due for entering freshmen
Friday, August 10, 2012

Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) grades for courses taken in Summer 2012
Deadline: Tuition due for returning undergraduate students

Sunday - Friday, August 12 - 17, 2012 Orientation week for new students
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Deadline: Tuition due for graduate students
Monday, August 20, 2012 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES - START OF THE FALL SEMESTER
Monday - Friday, August 20 - August 24, 2012 Fall Registration Continues: Registration continues for undergraduate, graduate, and visiting students
Friday, August 24, 2012 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve “Incompletes” (INC) grades for courses taken in Spring and Summer 2012
Friday, August 31, 2012

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 2012
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 3, 2012 LABOR DAY (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, September 7, 2012 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 70% refund of tuition
Friday, September 14, 2012 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 60% refund of tuition
Friday, September 21, 2012 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 50% refund of tuition
Friday, September 28, 2012 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 40% refund of tuition
Monday, October 1, 2012 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit textbook orders for Spring 2013 to bookstore@rice.edu
Friday, October 5, 2012

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 2013
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 30% refund of tuition

Monday, October 8, 2012 All classes normally held on Friday meet; all Monday classes canceled (to equalize holidays by days of the week during semester)
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 All classes normally held on Thursday meet; all Tuesday classes canceled (to equalize holidays by days of the week during semester)
Thursday - Friday, October 11 - 12, 2012 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION DAYS (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, October 12, 2012 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 20% refund of tuition
Friday, October 19, 2012 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 10% refund of tuition
Friday, October 26, 2012

Deadline: Last day to designate a course status to “Pass/Fail” option
Deadline: Last day to file an application for December 2012 degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar (Undergraduate and Graduate Students)
Deadline: Last day to file an application for a May 2013 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 2012 degree conferral: thesis masters candidacy petitions, certification of non-thesis masters, form for candidacy masters, Ph.D. candidacy petitions

Thursday, November 8, 2012 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Spring semester classroom and lab software requests to edtech@rice.edu
Monday, November 12, 2012 Spring Registration Begins: Spring 2013 registration begins for currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate, and fifth-year students
Friday, November 16, 2012 Deadline: Last day to register for Spring 2013 by 5:00 PM without a Late Registration Fee
Saturday, November 17, 2012 Late Registration Begins: Continuing students that have not registered for any classes are charged a Late Registration Fee to add classes
Thursday - Friday, November 22 - 23, 2012 THANKSGIVING RECESS (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, November 30, 2012

LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Deadline:
Last day to drop courses (for Fall 2012 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 1 - 4, 2012 STUDY DAYS - NO EXAMS
Wednesday - Wednesday, December 5 - 12, 2012 Final examinations for undergraduate courses
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 END OF THE FALL SEMESTER
Friday, December 21, 2012 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades online via ESTHER