Academic Calendar Fall Semester 2010

Date Event
Monday, August 2, 2010 Deadline: Tuition due for entering freshmen
Monday, August 9, 2010 Deadline: Tuition due for returning undergraduate students
Sunday - Friday, August 15 - 20, 2010 Orientation week for new students
Monday, August 16, 2010 Deadline: Tuition due for graduate students
Monday, August 23, 2010 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES
Monday - Friday, August 23 - 27, 2010 Fall Registration Continues: Registration continues for undergraduate, graduate, and visiting students
Friday, August 27, 2010 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit final grades to resolve “Incompletes” (INC) grades for courses taken in Spring and Summer 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010

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 Spring 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
Monday, September 6, 2010 LABOR DAY (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, September 10, 2010 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 70% refund of tuition
Friday, September 17, 2010 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 60% refund of tuition
Friday, September 24, 2010 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 50% refund of tuition
Friday, October 1, 2010

Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit textbook orders for Spring 2011 to bookstore@rice.edu
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 40% refund of tuition
Friday, October 8, 2010

Deadline: Last day to drop courses (Please go to ESTHERexternal_link 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 Spring 2011
Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 30% refund of tuition
Monday - Tuesday, October 11 - 12, 2010 MIDTERM RECESS (NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, October 15, 2010 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 20% refund of tuition
Friday, October 22, 2010 Deadline: Last day to withdraw with a 10% refund of tuition
Friday, October 29, 2010

Deadline: Last day to designate a course status to “Pass/Fail” option
Deadline: Last day to file an application for December 2010 degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar (Undergraduate and Graduate Students)
Deadline: Last day to file an application for a May 2011 degree conferral with the Office of the Registrar (Undergraduate Students only)
Deadline: Last day to file the following in the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for December 2010 degree conferral: thesis masters candidacy petitions, certification of non-thesis masters, form for candidacy masters, Ph.D. candidacy petitions
Sunday, November 14, 2010 Spring Registration Begins: Spring 2011 registration begins for currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate, and fifth-year students
Friday, November 19, 2010 Deadline: Last day to register for Spring 2011 by 5:00 PM without a Late Registration Fee
Saturday, November 20, 2010 Late Registration Begins: Continuing students that have not registered for any classes are charged a Late Registration Fee to add classes
Thursday - Friday, November 25 - 26, 2010 THANKSGIVING RECESS (HOLIDAY - NO SCHEDULED CLASSES)
Friday, December 3, 2010

LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Deadline: Last day to drop courses (for Fall 2010 undergraduate matriculants only) - students must go to the Office of the Registrar by 5:00 PM
Deadline: Last day to drop courses (for Fall 2010 undergraduate matriculants only) - students must go to the Office of the Registrar by 5:00 PM
Deadline: For a mid-year conferral of degree, students must submit thesis to the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies by 12:00 noon
Saturday - Tuesday, December 4 - 7, 2010 STUDY DAYS - NO EXAMS
Wednesday - Wednesday, December 8 - 15, 2010 Final examinations for undergraduate courses
Friday, December 24, 2010 Deadline: Last day for instructors to submit Final Grades online via ESTHER