Academic Calendar Spring Semester 2016

DATE EVENT
Monday, January 11, 2016 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES - START OF THE SPRING SEMESTER
Monday - Friday, January 11 - 15, 2016 Spring Registration Continues: Registration continues for undergraduate, graduate, and visiting students
Friday, January 15, 2016 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) grades for courses taken in Fall 2015
Monday, January 18, 2016 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, January 22, 2016

Deadline: Last day to complete late registration
Deadline: Last day to add courses online via ESTHER
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 2015
Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve “Incompletes” (INC) grades for courses taken in Fall 2015
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 29, 2016 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 70% refund of tuition
Friday, February 5, 2016 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 60% refund of tuition
Friday, February 12, 2016 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 50% refund of tuition
Friday, February 19, 2016 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 40% refund of tuition
Friday, February 26, 2016

Deadline: Last day to drop full-term courses online via ESTHER
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 2016
Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit textbook orders for Summer 2016 to bookstore@rice.edu
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 December 2015 degree conferral: Thesis masters candidacy petitions; Certification of non-thesis masters; Form for candidacy masters; Ph.D. candidacy petitions
Saturday-Sunday, February 27 - March 6, 2016 SPRING BREAK (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, March 11, 2016 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 20% refund of tuition
Monday, March 14, 2016 Summer Registration Begins: Summer 2016 registration begins for currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate and fifth-year students
Friday, March 18, 2016 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 10% refund of tuition
Friday, March 25, 2016

Deadline: Last day to designate a full-term course status to “Pass/Fail” option
Deadline: Last day to drop courses (for previous Fall undergraduate matriculants only) - students must go to the Office of the Registrar by 5:00 PM
Deadline: Last day for second year students to declare majors with the Office of the Registrar
Deadline: Last day to drop courses (for previous Fall undergraduate matriculants only) - students must go to the Office of the Registrar by 5:00 PM
Monday, March 28, 2016

Fall Registration: Fall 2016 Course Schedule Published
Fall Registration: ESTHER Course Registration Planner opens for undergraduate students for Fall 2016 registration.
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit textbook orders for Fall 2016 to bookstore@rice.edu
Thursday - Friday, March 31 - April 1, 2016 MIDTERM RECESS (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Fall semester classroom and lab software requests to edtech@rice.edu
Sunday, April 10, 2016 Deadline: ESTHER Course Registration Planner closes at 11:59 PM
Monday, April 11, 2016 Fall Registration: Fall 2016 registration begins for currently enrolled graduate and fifth-year students at 5:00 PM
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 Fall Registration: Fall 2016 ADD/DROP begins for currently enrolled undergraduate students at 7:00 AM
Friday, April 15, 2016 Deadline: Last day to register for Fall 2016 by 5:00 PM without a Late Registration Fee
Saturday, April 16, 2016 Late Registration Begins: Continuing students that have not registered for any classes are charged a Late Registration Fee to add classes
Friday, April 22, 2016

LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Deadline: Last day to drop courses (for Spring 2016 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, 2016 STUDY DAYS - NO EXAMS
Wednesday - Wednesday, April 27 - May 4, 2016 Final examinations for all undergraduate courses
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 END OF THE SPRING SEMESTER
Friday, May 6, 2016

Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades for all degree candidates online via ESTHERby 5:00 PM
Deadline: Last day for academic departments to submit their proposed list of degree candidates to receive the university honor of Distinction in Research and Creative Work to Provost's Office by 4:00 PM
Monday, May 9, 2016 Deadline (May 2016 Undergraduate Degree Candidates only): Last day to convert a “Pass/Fail” to an earned letter grade for courses taken in Spring 2016 by 12:00 noon
Friday - Saturday, May 13 - 14, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD COMMENCEMENT
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades for all non-graduating students online via ESTHER
Friday, June 10, 2016 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve "Other" (OT) grades for courses taken in Spring 2016