Academic Calendar Spring Semester 2013

DATE EVENT
Friday, January 4, 2013 Deadline: Tuition due for all students
Monday, January 7, 2013 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES - START OF THE SPRING SEMESTER
Monday - Friday, January 7 - 11, 2013 Spring Registration Continues: Registration continues for undergraduate, graduate, and visiting students
Friday, January 11, 2013 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) grades for courses taken in Fall 2012
Friday, January 18, 2013

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 Fall 2012
Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve “Incompletes” (INC) grades for courses taken in Fall 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, January 21, 2013 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, January 25, 2013 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 70% refund of tuition
Friday, February 1, 2013 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 60% refund of tuition
Friday, February 8, 2013 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 50% refund of tuition
Friday, February 15, 2013 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 40% refund of tuition
Friday, February 22, 2013

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 Fall 2013
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 30% refund of tuition
Deadline: Last day to file an application for a May degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar (Graduate Students only)
Deadline: Last day to file the following in the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for May degree conferral: thesis masters candidacy petitions, certification of non-thesis masters, form for candidacy masters, Ph.D. candidacy petitions
Saturday-Sunday, February 23 - March 3, 2013 SPRING BREAK (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, March 1, 2013 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit textbook orders for Summer 2013 to bookstore@rice.edu
Friday, March 8, 2013 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 20% refund of tuition
Monday, March 11, 2013 Summer Registration Begins: Summer 2013 registration begins for currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate and fifth-year students
Friday, March 15, 2013 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 10% refund of tuition
Friday, March 22, 2013

Deadline: Last day to designate a course status to “Pass/Fail” option
Deadline: Last day for sophomores to file majors with the Office of the Registrar
Deadline: Last day to drop courses (for Fall 2012 undergraduate matriculants (1st yr/2nd sem) only) - students must go to the Office of the Registrar by 5:00 PM
Thursday - Friday, March 28 - 29, 2013 MIDTERM RECESS (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Monday, April 1, 2013 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit textbook orders for Fall 2013 to bookstore@rice.edu
Thursday, April 4, 2013 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Fall semester classroom and lab software requests to edtech@rice.edu
Monday, April 8, 2013 Fall Registration Begins: Fall 2013 registration begins for currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate and fifth-year students
Friday, April 12, 2013 Deadline: Last day to register for Fall 2013 by 5:00 PM without a Late Registration Fee
Saturday, April 13, 2013 Late Registration Begins: Continuing students that have not registered for any classes are charged a Late Registration Fee to add classes
Friday, April 19, 2013

LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Deadline: Last day to drop courses (for Spring 2013 undergraduate matriculants only) - students must go to the Office of the Registrar by 5:00 PM
Deadline: Last day to submit theses in the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for May degree conferral by 12:00 noon
Saturday - Tuesday, April 20-23, 2013 STUDY DAYS - NO EXAMS
Wednesday - Wednesday, April 24 - May 1, 2013 Final examinations for all undergraduate courses
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 END OF THE SPRING SEMESTER
Friday, May 3, 2013 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades for all degree candidates online via ESTHER by 5:00 PM
Monday, May 6, 2013 Deadline (May 2013 Undergraduate Degree Candidates only): Last day to convert a “Pass/Fail” to an earned letter grade for courses taken in Spring 2013 by 12:00 noon
Saturday, May 11, 2013 ONE HUNDREDTH COMMENCEMENT
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades for all non-graduating students online via ESTHER by 5:00 PM
Friday, June 7, 2013 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) grades for courses taken in Spring 2013