Academic Calendar Spring Semester 2003

Date Event
Monday, January 13 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES
Monday, January 20 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Holiday)
Monday - Friday, January 13 - 17 Registration continues for undergraduate and graduate students
Friday, January 17 Deadline: resolving grades of "other" from Fall 2002 semester
Friday, January 24 Deadline: adding courses without a fee
Friday, January 31 Deadline: filing of Thesis masters candidacy petitions; Certification of non-thesis masters; Form for candidacy masters; Ph.D. candidacy petitions
Friday, February 7

Deadline: late registration or adding courses
Deadline: dropping courses without a fee

Friday, February 14

Deadline: changing Fall 2002 "Pass/Fail" to a grade
Deadline: Instructors submitting final grades to clear "Incompletes" from Fall 2002 semester

Friday, February 28

Deadline: Mid-semester grades for first-year undergraduate students due
Deadline: College course plans due to Vice President for Student Affairs

Monday - Friday, March 10-14 Mid-term recess
Friday, March 21 Deadline: sophomores filing majors with the Office of the Registrar
Monday, March 31

Deadline: last day to drop courses - graduate students and undergraduate students
Deadline: changing course status to "Pass/Fail" option

Monday - Friday, March 31 - April 4 Preregistration begins for currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate and fifth-year students for the Fall 2003 semester
Monday - Wednesday, April 14 - 16 Self-scheduling of Final Examinations in undergraduate courses
Friday, April 25

LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Deadline: last day to drop courses (for January 2003 undergraduate student admits only)
12:00 noon Deadline: submitting theses in the Office of Graduate Studies for May 2003 conferral of degree

Saturday - Thursday, April 26 - May 1 @ 12:00noon Final examinations for all degree candidates
Wednesday - Wednesday, April 30 - May 7 Final examinations for non-graduating students
Saturday, May 3 9:00 am Deadline: Grades for all degree candidates due in the Office of the Registrar
Saturday, May 10 NINETIETH COMMENCEMENT
Wednesday, May 14 9:00 am Deadline: All remaining grades for non-graduating students due in the Office of the Registrar
Friday, June 6 Deadline: resolving grades of "other" from Spring 2003 semester