Academic Calendar Fall Semester 2018

Date Event
Sunday - Saturday, August 12 - 18, 2018 Orientation week for new students
Monday, August 20, 2018 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES - START OF THE FALL SEMESTER
Monday - Friday, August 20 - August 24, 2018 Fall Registration Continues: Registration continues for undergraduate, graduate, and visiting students
Friday, August 24, 2018

Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Incomplete" (INC) grades for courses taken in Spring 2018
Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) and "Incomplete" (INC) grades for courses taken in Summer 2018
Friday, August 31, 2018

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 2018
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 100% refund of tuition and fees
Deadline: Last day for tuition adjustment for part-time students
Monday, September 3, 2018 LABOR DAY (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, September 7, 2018 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 70% refund of tuition
Friday, September 14, 2018 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 60% refund of tuition
Friday, September 21, 2018 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 50% refund of tuition
Friday, September 28, 2018 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 40% refund of tuition and fees
Monday, October 1, 2018 Deadline: Last day to submit New Course Request Forms to Academic Deans, for new courses in the upcoming Spring semester
Friday, October 5, 2018

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 2019
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 30% refund of tuition
Monday - Tuesday, October 8 - 9, 2018 MIDTERM RECESS (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, October 12, 2018 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 20% refund of tuition
Friday, October 19, 2018 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 10% refund of tuition
Friday, October 26, 2018

Deadline: Last day to designate a full-term course status to "Pass/Fail" option
Deadline: Last day to file an application for December 2018 degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar (Undergraduate and Graduate Students)
Deadline: Last day to file an application for a May 2019 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 2018 degree conferral: thesis master's candidacy petitions, certification of non-thesis master's, form for candidacy master's, Ph.D. candidacy petitions
Spring Registration: Spring 2019 Course Schedule Published
Spring Registration: ESTHER Course Registration Planner opens for undergraduate students for Spring 2019 registration.
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit textbook orders for Spring 2019 to 1545txt@follett.com
Friday, November 9, 2018 Deadline: ESTHER Course Registration Planner closes at 5:00 PM
Monday, November 12, 2018 Spring Registration: Spring 2019 registration begins for currently enrolled graduate and undergraduate professional (BArch) students at 5:00 PM
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Spring Registration: Spring 2019 ADD/DROP begins for currently enrolled undergraduate students at 7:00 AM
Friday, November 16, 2018 Deadline: Last day to register for Spring 2019 by 5:00 PM without a Late Registration Fee
Saturday, November 17, 2018 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, 2018 THANKSGIVING RECESS (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, November 30, 2018

LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Deadline: Last day to drop courses (for Fall 2018 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 1 - 4, 2018 STUDY DAYS - NO EXAMS
Wednesday - Wednesday, December 5 - 12, 2018 Final examinations for undergraduate courses
Wednesday, December 12, 2018 END OF THE FALL SEMESTER
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades online via ESTHER