Academic Calendar Fall Semester 2016

Date Event
Sunday - Friday, August 14-19, 2016 Orientation week for new students
Friday, August 19, 2016 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) grades for courses taken in Summer 2016
Monday, August 22, 2016 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES - START OF THE FALL SEMESTER
Monday - Friday, August 22 - August 26, 2016 Fall Registration Continues: Registration continues for undergraduate, graduate, and visiting students
Friday, August 26, 2016 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve “Incompletes” (INC) grades for courses taken in Spring and Summer 2016
Friday, September 2, 2016

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 or Summer 2016
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 100% refund of tuition and fees
Deadline: Last day to drop to part-time status with refund of tuition
Monday, September 5, 2016 LABOR DAY (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, September 9, 2016 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 70% refund of tuition
Friday, September 16, 2016 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 60% refund of tuition
Friday, September 23, 2016 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 50% refund of tuition
Friday, September 30, 2016 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 40% refund of tuition and fees
Friday, October 7, 2016

Deadline: Last day to drop courses for full-term 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 2017
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 30% refund of tuition
Monday - Tuesday, October 10 - 11, 2016 MIDTERM RECESS (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, October 14, 2016 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 20% refund of tuition
Friday, October 21, 2016 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 10% refund of tuition
Friday, October 28, 2016

Deadline: Last day to designate a full-term course status to "Pass/Fail" option
Deadline: Last day to file an application for December 2016 degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar (Undergraduate and Graduate Students)
Deadline: Last day to file an application for a May 2017 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 2016 degree conferral: thesis masters candidacy petitions, certification of non-thesis masters, form for candidacy masters, Ph.D. candidacy petitions
Monday, October 31, 2016

Spring Registration: Spring 2017 Course Schedule Published
Spring Registration: ESTHER Course Registration Planner opens for currently enrolled undergraduates
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit textbook orders for Spring 2017 to bookstore@rice.edu
Sunday, November 13, 2016 Deadline: ESTHER Course Registration Planner closes at 11:59 PM
Monday, November 14, 2016 Spring Registration: Spring 2017 registration begins for currently enrolled graduate and fifth-year students at 5:00 PM
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 Spring Registration: Spring 2017 ADD/DROP begins for currently enrolled undergraduate students at 7:00 AM
Friday, November 18, 2016 Deadline: Last day to register for Spring 2017 by 5:00 PM without a Late Registration Fee
Saturday, November 19, 2016 Late Registration Begins: Continuing students that have not registered for any classes are charged a Late Registration Fee to add classes
Thursday - Friday, November 24 - 25, 2016 THANKSGIVING RECESS (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, December 2, 2016

LAST DAY OF CLASSES

Deadline: Last day to drop courses (for Fall 2016 undergraduate matriculants only) - students must go to the Office of the Registrar by 4:00 PM
Deadline: For a December conferral of degree, students must submit thesis to the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies by 12:00 noon
Saturday - Tuesday, December 3 - 6, 2016 STUDY DAYS - NO EXAMS
Wednesday - Wednesday, December 7 - 14, 2016 Final examinations for undergraduate courses
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 END OF THE FALL SEMESTER
Wednesday, December 21, 2016 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades online via ESTHER