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Academic Calendar

Spring 2010

 Date
Open Registration November 2, 2009 - January 11, 2010
First Day of Class January 11
Martin Luther King Day - Classes Dismissed January 18
Late Registration ($15 late registration fee) January 11 - January 20
Last Day to Add a Course January 20
Last day to Drop* with 100% Refund January 27
Last Day to Drop* without Creating an Academic Record January 27
Last Day to File for Graduation March 5
Spring Break March 15 - March 19
Last Day to Withdraw** or Drop* March 26
Last Day to Submit Master's Thesis and Reports to Committee March 29
Last Day to Add Self-Paced courses March 29
Last Day to take Oral Exam (Graduate Students) April 26
Last Day to Submit Final Copies of Approved Thesis or Project to Graduate Studies April 30
Last Regular class Day April 30
Final Exams May 3 - May 6
Semester Ends May 7
Commencement May 8

Summer 2010 Dates

  
Registration Begins November 2
Last day to apply for graduation July 6 
Last day to submit Master's thesis or Master's project to committee July 16
Last day to take oral examinations (graduate students)  July 23 
Last day to submit thesis or project to Graduate Studies  July 30 
Commencement  August 6 

Maymester 2010

  
Registration and First Day of Class November 2 - May 10
Last day to add a course May 10 
Last day to drop a course with a refund  May 11 
Last day to drop without creating an academic record  May 11 
Last day to drop or withdraw  May 19 
Last day of Class and Final Examinations May 27 

Whole Summer Session 2010 

  
Tuition and fee payment deadline for students who registered November 2 - May 28 
Classes begin  June 1
Last day to add a course June 7
Last day to drop a course with a refund June 7
Last day to drop without creating an academic record June 7
Last day to drop or withdraw July 13
Last day to add self-paced courses July 19
Last regular class day August 4
Final examinations August 5

First Summer Session 2010

  
Tuition and fee payment deadline for students who registered November 2 - May 28 
Classes Begin June 1
Last day to add a course June 7
Last day to drop a course with a refund June 7
Last day to drop a without creating an academic record June 7
Last day to add self-paced courses June 17
Last day to drop or withdraw June 17
Last regular class day June 30
Final examinations July 1 

Second Summer Session 2010

  
Open Registration November 2 - July 2
Tuition and fee payment deadline for students who registered July 2
Classes begin  July 5
Last day to add a course July 12
Last day to drop a course with a refund July 12
Last day to drop without creating an academic record July 12
 Last day to add self-paced courses July 22
Last day to drop or withdraw July 22
Last regular class day August 4
Final examinations August 5

Fall 2010

 Date
Open Registration April 1 - August 20
First Day of Class August 23
Late Registration ($15 late registration fee) August 23 - August 31
Last Day to Add a Course August 31
Labor Day Holiday (Classes Dismissed/ Offices Closed) September 6
Last Day to drop* a Course with a 100% Refund September 8
Last Day to Drop* without Creating an Academic Record  September 8
Last Day to File for Graduation October 1
Last Day to drop* a course or withdraw** October 29
Open Registration for Spring '10 and Summer '10 November 1
Last day to Submit Master's Thesis or Project to Committee November 5
Last Day to Add Self-Paced Courses November 5
Last Day to Take Oral Exams (Graduate Students) November 22
Thanksgiving Holiday Begins at 10:00 pm November 23
Thanksgiving Holiday November 25 - 26
Last Day to Submit Masters Thesis or Project to Grad. Studies November 29
Last Regular Class Day December 3
Final Examinations December 6 - 9
Semester Ends December 10
Commencement December 11

Spring 2011

 Date
Open Registration November 1, 2010 - January 7, 2011
First Day of Class January 10
Martin Luther King Day - Classes Dismissed January 17
Late Registration ($15 late registration fee) January 10 - January 19
Last Day to Add a Course January 19
Last day to Drop* with 100% Refund January 26
Last Day to Drop* without Creating an Academic Record January 26
Last Day to File for Graduation March 4
Spring Break (Tentative) March 14 - March 18
Last Day to Withdraw** or Drop* March 25
Last Day to Submit Master's Thesis and Reports to Committee March 28
Last Day to Add Self-Paced courses March 28
Last Day to take Oral Exam (Graduate Students) April 25
Last Day to Submit Final Copies of Approved Thesis or Project to Graduate Studies April 29
Last Regular class Day April 29
Final Exams May 2 - May 5
Semester Ends May 6
Commencement May 7

Maymester 2011

  
Registration and First Day of Class May 9
May Term Ends  May 26 

Summer 2011 

  
Registration May 27
Classes Begin (Summer I and Whole Summer) May 31 
Summer I Ends  July 1 
Classes Begin (Summer II)  July 5
Classes End (Summer II and Whole Summer) August 4


Note:

* DROP is defined as dropping one or more courses while remaining enrolled in other courses.

** WITHDRAWING is defined as dropping ALL courses.

*** Dropping and withdrawing have two different refund schedules. *** See the drop and withdrawal refund schedules for complete details.  There are no refunds for drops after the 12th class day, September 9th.