Academic Calendar Spring Semester 2011

Date Event
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 Deadline: Tuition due for all students
Monday, January 10, 2011 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES
Monday - Friday, January 10 - 14, 2011 Spring Registration Continues: Registration continues for undergraduate, graduate, and visiting students
Friday, January 14, 2011 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) grades for courses taken in Fall 2010
Monday, January 17, 2011 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, January 21, 2011

Deadline: Last day to complete late registration
Deadline: Last day to add courses (Please go to ESTHER to add or drop 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 2010
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
Friday, January 28, 2011 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 70% refund of tuition and fees
Friday, February 4, 2011 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 60% refund of tuition and fees
Friday, February 11, 2011

Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve “Incompletes” (INC) grades for courses taken in Fall 2010
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 50% refund of tuition and fees
Friday, February 18, 2011 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 40% refund of tuition and fees
Friday, February 25, 2011

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 2011

Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 30% refund of tuition and fees
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 26 - March 6, 2011 SPRING BREAK (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit textbook orders for Summer 2011 to bookstore@rice.edu
Friday, March 11, 2011 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 20% refund of tuition and fees
Monday, March 14, 2011 Summer Registration Begins: Summer 2011 registration begins for currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate and fifth-year students
Friday, March 18, 2011 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 10% refund of tuition and fees
Thursday - Friday, March 24-March 25, 2011 MIDTERM RECESS (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, March 25, 2011

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 2010 undergraduate matriculants (1st yr/2nd sem) only) - students must go to the Office of the Registrar by 5:00 PM
Friday, April 1, 2011 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit textbook orders for Fall 2011 to bookstore@rice.edu
Sunday, April 10, 2011 Fall Registration Begins: Fall 2011 registration begins for currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate and fifth-year students
Friday, April 15, 2011 Deadline: Last day to register for Fall 2011 by 5:00 PM without a Late Registration Fee
Saturday, April 16, 2011 Late Registration Begins: Continuing students that have not registered for any classes are charged a Late Registration Fee to add classes
Friday, April 22, 2011

LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Deadline: Last day to drop courses (for Spring 2011 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 23-26, 2011 STUDY DAYS - NO EXAMS
Wednesday - Wednesday, April 27- May 4, 2011 Final examinations for all undergraduate courses
Friday, May 6, 2011 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades for all degree candidates online via ESTHER by 5:00 PM
Monday, May 9, 2011 Deadline (May 2011 Undergraduate Degree Candidates only): Last day to convert a “Pass/Fail” to an earned letter grade for courses taken in Spring 2011 by 12:00 noon
Saturday, May 14, 2011 NINETY EIGHTH COMMENCEMENT
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades for all non-graduating students online via ESTHER by 5:00 PM
Friday, June 10, 2011 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) grades for courses taken in Spring 2011