Academic Calendar Spring Semester 2012

Date Event
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 Deadline: Tuition due for all students
Monday, January 9, 2012 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES
Monday - Friday, January 9 - 13, 2012 Spring Registration Continues: Registration continues for undergraduate, graduate, and visiting students
Friday, January 13, 2012 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) grades for courses taken in Fall 2011
Monday, January 16, 2012 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, January 20, 2012

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 2011
Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve “Incompletes” (INC) grades for courses taken in Fall 2011

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 27, 2012 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 70% refund of tuition
Friday, February 3, 2012

Deadline: Last day anticipated aid for Spring shows as credit on student accounts
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 60% refund of tuition
Friday, February 10, 2012 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 50% refund of tuition
Friday, February 17, 2011 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 40% refund of tuition
Friday, February 24, 2012

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 2012
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 25 - March 4, 2012 SPRING BREAK (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Thursday, March 1, 2012 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit textbook orders for Summer 2012 to bookstore@rice.edu
Friday, March 9, 2012 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 20% refund of tuition
Friday, March 16, 2012 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 10% refund of tuition
Thursday - Friday, March 22-23, 2012 MIDTERM RECESS (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, March 23, 2012

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 2011 undergraduate matriculants (1st yr/2nd sem) only) - students must go to the Office of the Registrar by 5:00 PM
Friday, March 30, 2012 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit textbook orders for Fall 2012 to bookstore@rice.edu
Monday, April 2, 2012 Deadline: Last day to complete financial aid applications for Spring 2012
Thursday, April 5, 2012 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Fall semester classroom and lab software requests to edtech@rice.edu
Sunday, April 8, 2012 Fall Registration Begins: Fall 2012 registration begins for currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate and fifth-year students
Monday, April 9, 2012 Deadline: Last day to complete loan applications for Spring 2012
Friday, April 13, 2012 Deadline: Last day to register for Fall 2012 by 5:00 PM without a Late Registration Fee
Saturday, April 14, 2012 Late Registration Begins: Continuing students that have not registered for any classes are charged a Late Registration Fee to add classes
Monday, April 16, 2012 Deadline: Last day for returning students to submit financial aid applications for 2012-2013
Friday, April 20, 2012

LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Deadline: Last day to drop courses (for Spring 2012 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 21 - 24, 2012 STUDY DAYS - NO EXAMS
Wednesday - Wednesday, April 25 - May 2, 2012 Final examinations for all undergraduate courses
Friday, May 4, 2012 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades for all degree candidates online via ESTHER by 5:00 PM
Monday, May 7, 2012 Deadline (May 2012 Undergraduate Degree Candidates only): Last day to convert a “Pass/Fail” to an earned letter grade for courses taken in Spring 2012 by 12:00 noon
Saturday, May 12, 2012 NINETY NINTH COMMENCEMENT
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades for all non-graduating students online via ESTHER by 5:00 PM
Friday, May 18, 2012 Deadline: Last day for graduate students to submit financial aid applications for 2012-2013
Friday, June 8, 2012 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) grades for courses taken in Spring 2012