Academic Calendar Spring Semester 2005

Date Event
Monday, January 3 Online registration resumes
Wednesday, January 5 Deadline: Tuition due for all students
Wednesday, January 12 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES
Monday, January 17 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY (HOLIDAY - NO CLASSES)
Wednesday, January 19 All classes normally held on Monday meet; all Wednesday classes canceled (to equalize holidays by days of the week during the semester)
Friday, January 21 at 5:00 p.m.

1st Registration, Add/Drop PIN expires for all undergraduates
Online registration is disabled so that PINs may be reset
Deadline: Last day to resolve grades of "Other" from Fall 2004

Monday, January 24 at 9:00 a.m. (through Friday, April 1 at 5:00 p.m.)

Online registration resumes
2nd Registration, Add/Drop PIN is active for undergraduates for Spring 2005 registration

Friday, January 28

Deadline: Last day to add courses without a fee
Deadline: Last day to add a course without obtaining instructor's permission
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 100% refund of tuition and fees
Deadline: Last day to drop to part-time status with 100% refund of tuition

Tuesday, February 1 Deadline: Last day to file the following in the Office of Graduate Studies for a May 2005 conferral of degree: Thesis masters candidacy petitions; Certification of non-thesis masters; Form for candidacy masters; Ph.D. candidacy petitions
Friday, February 4 Deadline: Last day to withdraw or drop to part-time status with a 70% refund of tuition
Friday, February 11

Deadline: Last day to complete late registration or add course(s)
Deadline: Last day to drop courses without a fee
Deadline: Last day to designate a course as "Audit" or vice versa
Deadline: Last day to withdraw or drop to part-time status with a 60% refund of tuition
Deadline: Last day anticipated aid for Spring shows as credit on student accounts

Tuesday, February 15 Financial aid application materials available to returning students to apply for need-based aid for 2005-2006
Friday, February 18

Deadline: Last day for students to convert a "Pass/Fail" to an earned letter grade for courses taken in Fall 2004
Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to clear "Incompletes" for courses taken in Fall 2004
Deadline: Last day to withdraw or drop to part-time status with a 50% refund of tuition

Friday, February 25 Deadline: Last day to withdraw or drop to part-time status with a 40% refund of tuition
Friday, March 4

Deadline: Mid-semester grades for first-year undergraduate students are due
Deadline: College course plans are due to the Vice President for Student Affairs
Deadline: Last day to withdraw or drop to part-time status with a 30% refund of tuition

Monday, March 7 (through Friday, March 11) SPRING BREAK (NO CLASSES)
Friday, March 11 Deadline: Last day to withdraw or drop to part-time status with a 20% refund of tuition
Friday, March 18 Deadline: Last day to withdraw or drop to part-time status with a 10% refund of tuition
Friday, March 25 Deadline: Sophomores must file a Declaration of Major form with the Office of the Registrar
Friday, April 1 at 5:00 p.m.

Spring Registration, Add/Drop PINs expire for undergraduates
Deadline: Last day to drop course(s) for all graduate students and "returning" undergraduate students with a $10.00 fee
Deadline: Last day to designate a course as "Pass/Fail"
Deadline: Last day to complete financial aid applications for Spring 2005

Monday, April 4 (through Friday, September 2, 2005) First Registration, Add/Drop PIN is active for undergraduates for Fall 2005 registration
Monday, April 4 (through Tuesday, April 12) Fall 2005 registration begins for currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate and fifth year students
Thursday, April 7 (through Friday, April 8) SPRING RECESS (NO CLASSES)
Monday, April 11 Summer term financial aid applications available
Wednesday, April 13 Students who are planning to enroll for Fall 2005 but failed to do so last week will be assessed a $60 "Failure to Register" fee
Friday, April 15

Deadline: Last day to complete loan applications for Spring 2005
Priority Deadline: For returning and graduate students to submit financial aid applications for 2005-2006

Monday, April 18 (through Friday, April 22 at 5:00 p.m.) SELF-scheduling of final examinations for undergraduate courses
Friday, April 22 at 5:00 p.m. Deadline: Last day to register for SELF-scheduled final exams for undergraduate courses
Friday, April 29

LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Reading day (no classes) except for lab courses and seminars that meet once a week
Deadline: (for Spring 2005 undergraduate matriculants only) Last day to drop courses
Deadline: For a May 2005 conferral of degree, students must submit theses to the Office of Graduate Studies by 12:00 noon
Deadline: All Faculty Evaluations are due to the Office of the Registrar by 5:00 p.m.
Deadline: Withdrawal for non-payment occurs for failure to pay amounts owed to the university
Deadline: Last day to submit summer financial aid applications

Saturday, April 30 (through Thursday, May 5 at 12:00 noon) ALL DEGREE CANDIDATES: ALL self-scheduled, scheduled final, and take-home exams must be completed
Saturday, April 30 (through Wednesday, May 11) ALL NON-GRADUATING STUDENTS: SELF-scheduled exams for undergraduate courses
Wednesday, May 4 through Wednesday, May 11) ALL NON-GRADUATING STUDENTS: Scheduled FINAL exams for undergraduate courses
Saturday, May 7 at 9:00 a.m. Deadline: Grades for all degree candidates are due in the Office of the Registrar
Saturday, May 14 NINETY-SECOND COMMENCEMENT
Wednesday, May 18 at 9:00 a.m. Deadline: All grades for non-graduating students are due in the Office of the Registrar
Friday, June 10 Deadline: Last day to resolve grades of "Other" from Spring 2005