OFFICIAL ACADEMIC CALENDAR
2013-2014
FALL SEMESTER, 2013
AUGUST
AUGUST
AUGUST
AUGUST
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER
12-16
16
19
20
23
2
3
13
13-17
20
Monday-Friday
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
Friday
Friday-Tuesday
Friday
SEPTEMBER OCTOBER
OCTOBER
30 9
8
Monday Wednesday
Tuesday
OCTOBER
OCTOBER
OCTOBER
OCTOBER
OCTOBER
OCTOBER
OCTOBER
OCTOBER
OCTOBER
9
10-11
14
14
14
15
14-18
24
25
Wednesday
Thursday-Friday
Monday
Monday
Monday
Tuesday
Monday-Friday
Thursday
Friday
OCTOBER NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER
28 1
8-12
15
Monday Friday
Friday-Tuesday
Friday
NOVEMBER
15
Friday
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
DECEMBER
21-27
27-29
2
2
Thursday-Wednesday
Wednesday-Friday
Monday
Monday
DECEMBER
DECEMBER
DECEMBER
DECEMBER
DECEMBER
2-3
4
5-6
7
9
Monday-Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday-Friday
Saturday
Monday
DECEMBER JANUARY
23 5
Monday Sunday
Faculty Development Activities
Residence halls open for students
st
Classes begin for Fall full-term and 1 8-week session
st
Final date for adding 1 8-week courses for credit
Final date for adding courses for credit or making course changes for Fall full-term
Labor Day holiday
Classes resume
Final day for removing “I” grades
st
Mid-term grading for 1 8-week classes; grading ends at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday
st
Final date for dropping courses or resigning from the University for 1 8-week
session; a “W” grade is issued
Mid-term grading for Fall full-term classes; grading ends at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday
Final date for filing field study, thesis, or dissertation with Graduate Advisory
Committee
st
Final examinations for 1 8-week classes
Fall Break
Classes resume
Final grading for 1st 8-week classes; grading ends at 3:00 p.m.
nd
Classes begin for 2 8-week session
nd
Final date for adding 2 8-week courses for credit
Preliminary examinations for doctoral students
Final date for filing field study, thesis, dissertation with Graduate School
Final date for dropping courses or resigning from the University for Fall full-term; a
“W” grade is issued
Comprehensive examinations for graduate students
nd
Mid-term grading for 2 8-week classes; grading ends at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday
nd
Final date for dropping courses or resigning from the University for 2
8-week session; a “W” grade is issued
Final date for making application for comprehensive examination and application
for May commencement
Final examinations for graduating students
Thanksgiving holidays; Classes close at 12:00 noon, Wednesday
Classes resume
nd
Final grading for graduating students for Fall full-term and 2 8-week session;
grading ends at 3:00 p.m.
Final examinations for non-graduating students
Student Study Day
Final examinations for non-graduating students
Commencement 10:00 a.m.
nd
Final grading for non-graduating students for Fall full-term and 2 8-week session;
grading ends at 3:00 p.m.; Semester ends at 3:00 p.m.
University offices closed
(beginning 11:30 a.m., Friday, December 20 until 7:30 a.m., Monday, January 6)
WINTERSESSION, 2013-2014
DECEMBER
DECEMBER
DECEMBER JANUARY
9
10
24 1
Monday
Tuesday
Tuesday Wednesday
Classes begin
Final date for adding Wintersession courses for credit or making course changes
Wintersession break (no classes)
6/3/13
JANUARY
JANUARY
JANUARY
1
2
3
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
JANUARY
JANUARY
10
13
Friday
Monday
New Year’s Day (observed)
Wintersession classes resume
Final date for dropping courses or resigning from the University for Wintersession;
a “W” grade is issued
Final Examinations for Wintersession classes
Final grading for Wintersession; grading ends at 3:00 p.m. Monday; Session ends
at 3:00 p.m.
SPRING SEMESTER, 2014
JANUARY
JANUARY
JANUARY
JANUARY
JANUARY
JANUARY
6
6-10
10
13
14
17
Monday
Monday-Friday
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
Friday
University Offices Open
Faculty Development Activities
Residence halls open for students
st
Classes begin for Spring full-term and 1 8-week session
st
Final date for adding 1 8-week courses for credit
Final date for adding courses for credit or making course changes for Spring fullterm
Martin Luther King Day holiday
JANUARY
20
Monday
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY
21
7
10-12
14
Tuesday
Friday
Monday-Wednesday
Friday
FEBRUARY MARCH
MARCH
MARCH
MARCH
24 6
3-5
6
7
Monday Thursday
Monday-Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
MARCH
MARCH
MARCH
MARCH
MARCH
MARCH
7
10
11
11
10-14
24
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
Tuesday
Monday- Friday
Monday
MARCH
MARCH
APRIL
APRIL
24-28
31
7-9
11
Monday-Friday
Monday
Monday-Wednesday
Friday
APRIL
15
Tuesday
APRIL
18-25
Friday-Friday
Mardi Gras holiday
Classes resume
Final date for filing field study, thesis, or dissertation with Graduate Advisory
Committee
st
Final examinations for 1 8-week classes
nd
Classes begin for 2 8-week session
nd
Final date for adding 2 8-week courses for credit
st
Final grading for 1 8-week classes; grading ends at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday
Preliminary examinations for doctoral students
Final date for dropping courses or resigning from the University for Spring fullterm; a “W” grade is issued
Comprehensive examinations for graduate students
Final date for filing field study, thesis, or dissertation with Graduate School
nd
Mid-term grading for 2 8-week classes; grading ends at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday
nd
Final date for dropping courses or resigning from the University for 2 8-week
session; a “W” grade is issued
Final date for making application for comprehensive examination and application
for August commencement
Spring Break holiday
APRIL
28
Monday
Classes resume
APRIL MAY
MAY
28 2
5
Monday Friday
Monday
Final examinations for graduating students
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
5-6
7
8-9
10
12
Monday-Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday-Friday
Saturday
Monday
Classes resume
Final date for removing “I” grades
st
Mid-term grading for 1 8-week classes; grading ends at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday
Final date for dropping courses or resigning from the University for 1st 8-week
session; a “W” grade is issued
Mid-term grading for Spring full-term classes; grading ends at 3:00 p.m. Thursday
nd
Final grading for graduating students for Spring full-term and 2 8-week session;
grading ends at 3:00 p.m.
Final examinations for non-graduating students
Student Study Day
Final examinations for non-graduating students
Commencement, 10:00 a.m.
nd
Final grading for non-graduating students for Spring full-term and 2 8-week
session; grading ends at 3:00 p.m.; Semester ends at 3:00 p.m.
6/3/13
SUMMER INTERSESSION, 2014
MAY
MAY
MAY
12
13
23
Monday
Tuesday
Friday
Intersession classes begin
Final date for adding courses for credit or making course changes for Intersession
Final date for dropping courses or resigning from the University for Summer
Intersession; a “W” grade is issued
Memorial Day holiday
Classes resume
Final examinations
Final date for making application for comprehensive examination
Final grading for Intersession; grading ends at 3:00 p.m.; Session ends at 3:00 p.m.
MAY
MAY
MAY
MAY
JUNE
26
27
29
30
2
Monday
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
MAY
JUNE
JUNE
30
2
3
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
JUNE
JUNE
11-16
17
Wednesday-Monday
Tuesday
JUNE
17
Tuesday
JUNE
18
Wednesday
JUNE
JUNE
26
30
Thursday
Monday
JUNE
30
Monday
JULY
4
Friday
JULY
JULY
6
7
Sunday
Monday
Residence halls open for students -2 Summer Session
nd
Classes begin -2 Summer Session
JULY
8
Tuesday
JULY
15
Tuesday
JULY
JULY
JULY
21-24
22
24
Monday-Thursday
Tuesday
Thursday
JULY
31
Thursday
Final date for adding courses for credit or making course changes for 2 Summer
Session
Final date for making application for comprehensive examination and application
for degree for December commencement
Comprehensive examinations for graduate students
Final date for removing “I” grades
nd
Final date for dropping courses or resigning from the University for 2 Summer
Session; a “W” grade is issued
nd
Final examinations for 2 Summer Session
AUGUST
4
Monday
FIRST SUMMER SESSION, 2014
st
Residence halls open for students - 1 Summer Session
st
Classes begin - 1 Summer Session
st
Final date for adding courses for credit or making course changes for 1 Summer
Session
Preliminary examinations for doctoral students
Final date for removing “I” grades
st
Final date for dropping courses or resigning from the University for 1 summer
session; a “W” grade is issued
Final date for filing field study, thesis, or dissertation with Graduate Advisory
Committee
st
Final examinations for 1 Summer Session
st
Final grading for 1 Summer Session; grading ends at 3:00 p.m.; Session ends at
3:00 p.m.
st
Final date for filing field study, thesis, or dissertation with Graduate School -1
Summer Session
Independence Day holiday (observed)
SECOND SUMMER SESSION, 2014
nd
nd
nd
Final grading for 2 Summer Session; grading ends at 3:00 p.m.; Summer Term
ends at 3:00 p.m.
6/3/13