Academic Calendar Fall Semester 2014

DATE EVENT
Friday, August 15, 2014 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) grades for courses taken in Summer 2014
Sunday - Friday, August 17-22, 2014 Orientation week for new students
Monday, August 25, 2014 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES - START OF THE FALL SEMESTER
Monday - Friday, August 25 - August 29, 2014 Fall Registration Continues: Registration continues for undergraduate, graduate, and visiting students
Friday, August 29, 2014 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve “Incompletes” (INC) grades for courses taken in Spring and Summer 2014
Monday, September 1, 2014 LABOR DAY (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, September 5, 2014

Deadline: Last day to complete late registration
Deadline: Last day to add courses (Please go to ESTHERto 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 or Summer 2014
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

Friday, September 12, 2014 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 70% refund of tuition
Friday, September 19, 2014 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 60% refund of tuition
Friday, September 26, 2014 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 50% refund of tuition
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit textbook orders for Spring 2015 to bookstore@rice.edu
Friday, October 3, 2014 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 40% refund of tuition and fees
Friday, October 10, 2014

Deadline: Last day to drop full-term courses (Please go to ESTHERto 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 2015
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 30% refund of tuition

Monday - Tuesday, October 13 - 14, 2014 MIDTERM RECESS (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, October 17, 2014 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 20% refund of tuition
Friday, October 24, 2014 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 10% refund of tuition
Friday, October 31, 2014

Deadline: Last day to designate a full-term course status to “Pass/Fail” option
Deadline: Last day to file an application for December 2014 degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar (Undergraduate and Graduate Students)
Deadline: Last day to file an application for a May 2015 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 2014 degree conferral: Thesis masters candidacy petitions; Certification of non-thesis masters; Form for candidacy masters; Ph.D. candidacy petitions

Monday, November 3, 2014 Spring Registration: ESTHER Course Registration Planner opens for undergraduate students for Spring 2015 registration.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Spring semester classroom and lab software requests to edtech@rice.edu
Sunday, November 16, 2014 Deadline: ESTHER Course Registration Planner closes at 11:59 PM
Monday, November 17, 2014 Spring Registration: Spring 2015 registration begins for currently enrolled graduate and fifth-year students at 5:00 PM
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 Spring Registration: Spring 2015 ADD/DROP begins for currently enrolled undergraduate students at 7:00 AM
Friday, November 21, 2014 Deadline: Last day to register for Spring 2015 by 5:00 PM without a Late Registration Fee
Saturday, November 22, 2014 Late Registration Begins: Continuing students that have not registered for any classes are charged a Late Registration Fee to add classes
Thursday - Friday, November 27 - 28, 2014 THANKSGIVING RECESS (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, December 5, 2014

LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Deadline:
Last day to drop courses (for Fall 2014 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 6 - 9, 2014 STUDY DAYS - NO EXAMS
Wednesday - Wednesday, December 10 - 17, 2014 Final examinations for undergraduate courses
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 END OF THE FALL SEMESTER
Friday, December 26, 2014 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades online via ESTHER