Academic Calendar Fall Semester 2017

Date Event
Sunday - Friday, August 13-18, 2017 Orientation week for new students
Friday, August 18, 2017 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) grades for courses taken in Summer 2017
Monday, August 21, 2017 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES - START OF THE FALL SEMESTER
Monday - Friday, August 21 - August 25, 2017 Fall Registration Continues: Registration continues for undergraduate, graduate, and visiting students
Monday, September 4, 2017 LABOR DAY (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, September 1, 2017 (updated 8/28/2017) Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Incomplete" (INC) grades for courses taken in Spring and Summer 2017
Friday, September 8, 2017 (updated 8/28/2017)

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 2017
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 100% refund of tuition and fees
Deadline: Last day for tuition adjustment for part-time students
Friday, September 15, 2017 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 60% refund of tuition
Friday, September 22, 2017 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 50% refund of tuition
Friday, September 29, 2017 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 40% refund of tuition and fees
Sunday, October 1, 2017 Deadline: Last day to submit New Course Request Forms to Academic Deans, for new courses in the upcoming Spring semester.
Friday, October 6, 2017 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 30% refund of tuition
Monday - Tuesday, October 9 - 10, 2017 MIDTERM RECESS (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, October 13, 2017 (updated 9/12/2017)

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 at noon for Spring 2018
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 20% refund of tuition
Friday, October 20, 2017 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 10% refund of tuition
Friday, October 27, 2017

Deadline: Last day to file an application for December 2017 degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar (Undergraduate and Graduate Students)
Deadline: Last day to file an application for a May 2018 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 2017 degree conferral: thesis masters candidacy petitions, certification of non-thesis masters, form for candidacy masters, Ph.D. candidacy petitions
Monday, October 30, 2017

Spring Registration: Spring 2018 Course Schedule Published
Spring Registration: ESTHER Course Registration Planner opens for undergraduate students for Spring 2018 registration.
Friday, November 3, 2017 (updated 10/20/2017) Deadline: Last day to designate a full-term course status to "Pass/Fail" option
Wednesday, November 8, 2017 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit textbook orders for Spring 2017 to 1545txt@follett.com
Sunday, November 12, 2017 Deadline: ESTHER Course Registration Planner closes at 11:59 PM
Monday, November 13, 2017 Spring Registration: Spring 2018 registration begins for currently enrolled graduate and undergraduate professional (BArch) students at 5:00 PM
Wednesday, November 15, 2017 Spring Registration: Spring 2018 ADD/DROP begins for currently enrolled undergraduate students at 7:00 AM
Friday, November 17, 2017 Deadline: Last day to register for Spring 2018 by 5:00 PM without a Late Registration Fee
Saturday, November 18, 2017 Late Registration Begins: Continuing students that have not registered for any classes are charged a Late Registration Fee to add classes
Thursday - Friday, November 23 - 24, 2017 THANKSGIVING RECESS (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, December 1, 2017

LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Deadline: Last day to drop courses (for Fall 2017 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 2 - 5, 2017 STUDY DAYS - NO EXAMS
Wednesday - Wednesday, December 6 - 13, 2017 Final examinations for undergraduate courses
Wednesday, December 13, 2017 END OF THE FALL SEMESTER
Wednesday, December 20, 2017 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades online via ESTHER