I-SHOU UNIVERSITY Academic Calendar for 1st Semester of Academic Year 2015 Y W S Monthly Calendar M T W T F S M 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Aug 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 3 27 28 29 30 Sep Date D 1 8/26-9/6 Day 7 Mon 7-8 Mon-Tue 8-9 9 10 Tue-Wed Wed Thu 11 Fri 12-13 14 Sat-Sun Mon 16 Wed 14-18 Mon-Fri 14-20 Mon-Sun 9/14-10/2 Mon-Fri 2 0 1 5 27 Sun 28 Mon 9/29-10/5 Tue-Mon 1 2 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 11 12 13 14 15 16 6 18 19 20 21 22 23 7 25 26 27 28 29 30 3 6-13 10 9 17 Oct 10 24 16-17 31 10/19-11/6 21 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9-13 9 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 26 10 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Nov 30 11 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 12 29 30 11/30-12/11 3 4 5 10 11 12 17 18 19 Dec 24 25 26 31 1 2 17 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2 31 0 Jan 1 6 13 14 15 16 1 2 6 7 8 9 13 14 15 16 20 21 22 23 27 28 29 30 15 12/21-1/8 23 1 4-8 11-15 14-17 15 21 29 1/27-2/5 30 31 Description 【Undergraduate and Graduate Programs】 Sat First semester begins Wed-Sun Online course registration Tue-Tue Fri Sat Fri-Sat Mon-Fri Wed Mon-Fri Thu Mon Orientation for overseas compatriot students and mainland Chinese students Makeup exams for students having taken leave of absence from the final exam of the previous semester Orientation for new students Deadline of registration and payment Orientation for new mainland Chinese exchange students Advisors’ Seminar; orientation for new international students Moving into the dormitory Session begins; first day of class; late registration acceptance Orientation on service education Application for taking a minor/double majors Online course add/drop Application for inter-college/ departmental programs Mid-Autumn Festival Adjusted holiday Comprehensive Practical English Examination for freshman students (pretest) Application for inter-departmental transfer Adjusted holiday Double Ten Day University’s anniversary and athletic meet Mid-term teaching survey University Council Meeting Mid-term exam Inquiry for mid-term warning Deadline of application for master’s thesis oral defense Mon-Fri Application for course withdrawal Tue Deadline of application for doctoral dissertation oral defense Mon-Fir Final teaching survey Wed University Council Meeting Fri National Founding Day Mon-Fri Comprehensive Practical English Examination for freshman students (1st posttest) Mon-Fri Final exam Thu-Sun Moving out of the dormitory Deadline of doctoral dissertation oral defense Fri Thu Deadline of submitting semester grades Deadline of submitting dissertations by PhD Fri students having passed oral defenses in previous semesters Wed-Fri Online course add/drop Sat Adjusted working/school day (for the adjusted holiday on 2/12) Sun End of the first semester