Carleton University
Ottawa Canada
Senate
November 20, 2007
To: Senate Executive
From: Brian Mortimer
Re: Academic Schedules for 2008 – 2009
Please find attached draft academic schedules for both undergraduate and graduate studies. The
graduate studies document includes Summer Term 2008 which has not yet been approved – this
is an anomaly that we are correcting. Both schedules stop at the end of the Winter Term 2009.
The dates chosen follow the standard guidelines.
The schedule for Summer Term 2009 will be unique due to the Congress of the Humanities. It is
recommended that no classes be held during the week of May 25 – 29, 2009 when the Congress
will require all classrooms. To accommodate this break, the Summer Term will start a week
earlier. The draft schedule for Summer Term 2009 will be available soon.
The Academic Year 2008-2009
Undergraduate Studies
The following schedule contains the dates prescribed by the University Senate for academic activities.
Dates relating to fee payment, cancellation of course selections, late charges, and other fees or charges
will be published in the Important Dates and Deadlines section of the Registration Website
(carleton.ca/registration)
The academic year is divided into three terms:
Summer term: May - August
Fall term: September - December
Winter term: January - April
Courses are offered in the following patterns:
Early summer: May - June
Late summer: July - August
Full summer: May - August
Fall term: September - December
Winter term: December - April
Fall/winter: September - April
Courses are offered during the day and the evening.
Fall Term 2008
September 1, 2008
• Last day for receipt of applications from potential fall graduates.
September 1
• Statutory holiday, University closed.
September 2
• Fall term begins.
September 2-3
• Academic Orientation. All students are expected to be on campus. Class and laboratory preparations,
departmental introductions for students, and other academic preparation activities will be held.
September 3
• Orientation for Teaching Assistants.
September 4
• Fall and fall/winter classes begin.
September 19
• Last day for registration.
• Last day to change courses or sections for fall/winter and fall term courses.
September 30
• Last day for receipt of applications for review of final grades in summer term courses.
October 10
• University Day at Carleton. Undergraduate classes suspended.
October 13
• Statutory holiday, University closed.
October 15
• Last day for receipt of applications for admission to a degree program for the 2009 winter term from
applicants whose documents originate from outside Canada or the United States.
November 7
• Last day to withdraw from fall term courses.
• Last day to submit, to the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities, Formal Examination
Accommodation Forms for December examinations.
November 15
• Last day for receipt of applications for admission to a degree program for the 2009 winter term.
November 17
• Last day for tests or examinations in courses below the 4000-level before the final examination period
(see Examination Regulations in the Academic Regulations of the University section of this Calendar).
December 1
• Last day for receipt of applications from potential winter (February) graduates.
December 1
• Last day of fall-term classes.
• Fall term ends.
• Last day for receipt of applications for degree program transfers for winter term of fall/winter session.
• Last day for handing in term assignments for fall term courses, subject to any earlier course deadline.
December 4-20 (including Saturdays)
• Final examinations in fall term courses and mid-term examinations in fall/winter courses will be held. It
may be necessary to schedule examinations during the day for classes held in the evening and vice
versa.
December 25 to January 2
• University closed.
Winter Term 2009
January 5, 2009
• Winter term begins.
January 5
• Winter-term classes begin.
January 16
• Last day for registration for winter term courses.
• Last day to change courses or sections for winter term courses.
January 30
• Last day for receipt of applications for review of final grades in fall-term courses.
February 1
• Last day for receipt of applications from potential Spring graduates.
• Last day for receipt of applications for admission to the Bachelor of Architectural Studies and the
Bachelor of Social Work degree programs for the 2009-10fall-winter session.
February 13-21(may, include evenings and Saturdays)
 Fall-term deferred examinations will be written.
February 16-20 (includes statutory holiday on Feb. 16)
• Winter Break, classes suspended.
March 1
• Last day for receipt of applications to the Bachelor of Humanities, Bachelor of Industrial Design,
Bachelor of Information Technology (Interactive Multimedia and Design, Bachelor of Journalism, and
the Bachelor of Music degree program for the 2009-10 fall/winter session.
March 6
• Last day to withdraw from fall/winter and winter-term courses.
• Last day to submit, to the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities, Formal Examination
Accommodation Forms for April examinations.
March 20
• Last day for tests or examinations in courses below the 4000-level before the final examination period
(see Examination Regulations in the Academic Regulations of the University section of this Calendar).
April 1
• Last day for receipt of applications for admission to a program (except Bachelor of Architectural
Studies, Bachelor of Humanities, Bachelor of Industrial Design , Bachelor of Information Technology
(Interactive Multimedia and Design), Bachelor of Journalism, Bachelor of Music, and Bachelor of Social
Work), for the 2009-10fall/winter session, from candidates whose documents originate outside Canada
or the United States.
April 3
• Last day of fall/winter and winter-term classes. Some lectures, laboratories, review tutorials, etc. may
take place in Review Period until the end of winter term on April 9.
April 6-7
• Review Period. Some lectures, laboratories, review tutorials, etc. may take place.
April 7
• Winter term ends.
• Last day for handing in term assignments, subject to any earlier course deadline.
April 10
Statutory holiday. University closed
April 8-27 (including Saturdays except April 11)
• Final examinations in winter term and fall/winter courses will be held. It may be necessary to schedule
examinations during the day for classes held in the evening and vice versa.
May 1
• Last day for receipt of applications for admission to the Bachelor of Journalism program and the Child
Studies program for the 2009-10fall-winter session.
June 1
• Last day for receipt of applications for admission to a program (except Bachelor of Architectural
Studies, Bachelor of Humanities, Bachelor of Industrial Design, Bachelor of Information Technology
(Interactive Multimedia and Design, Bachelor of Journalism, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Social Work
and Child Studies program) for the 2009-10fall/winter session from mature applicants, from those
presenting post-secondary education qualifications and from those transferring from other universities
in Canada or the United States, and from applicants with high school qualifications from Canada and
the United States .
June 12-24 (may include evenings and Saturdays)
Fall/winter and winter term deferred final examinations will be held.
June 15
• Last day for receipt of applications for internal degree transfers to allow for registration for the 2009-10
fall/winter session.
June 30
• Last day for receipt of applications for review of final grades in fall/winter and winter term courses.
The Academic Year 2008-2009
Graduate Studies
The following schedule contains the dates prescribed by the University Senate for academic activities.
Dates relating to fee payment, cancellation of course selections, late charges, and other fees or charges
will be published in the Important Dates and Deadlines section of the Registration Website
(carleton.ca/registration) The academic year is divided into three terms:
Summer term: May - August
Fall term: September - December
Winter term: January - April
Courses are offered in the following patterns:
Early summer: May - June
Late summer: July - August
Full summer: May - August
Fall term: September - December
Winter term: December - April
Fall/winter: September - April
Courses are offered during the day and the evening.
Summer Term 2008
May 12
• Full summer and early summer courses begin.
May 19
• Statutory holiday, University closed..
May 23
• Last day for registration and course changes for early summer and full summer courses.
Students who have not yet deposited five (5) final copies of their thesis in the Office of the Faculty of
Graduate Studies and Research must register
June 23
• Last day of classes for early summer. (Note: Full Summer courses resume July 2)
June 25-30 (including Saturdays)
• Early summer final examinations will be held. It may be necessary to schedule examinations during the
day for classes held in the evening and vice versa.
July 1
• Statutory holiday, University closed.
July 2
• Late summer courses begin. Full summer courses resume
July 11
• Last day for registration and course changes for late summer courses.
July 25
• Last day to withdraw from full summer and late summer courses.
August 4
• Civic holiday, University closed. Missed classes may meet August13.
August 13
• Last day of summer term classes. All classes follow a Monday schedule
August 14-19 (including Saturdays)
• Final examinations in full summer and late summer courses will be held. It may be necessary to
schedule examinations during the day for classes held in the evening and vice versa.
Fall Term 2008
September 1, 2008
• Last day for receipt of applications from potential fall graduates.
September 1
• Statutory holiday, University closed.
September 2
• Fall term begins.
September 2-3
• Academic Orientation. All students are expected to be on campus. Class and laboratory preparations,
departmental introductions for students, and other academic preparation activities will be held.
September 3
• Orientation for Graduate Teaching Assistants.
September 4
• Fall and fall/winter classes begin.
September 19
• Last day for registration.
Last day to change courses or sections for fall/winter and fall term courses.
• Students who have not yet deposited five (5) final copies of their thesis in the office of the Faculty of
Graduate Studies and Research must register
October 10
• University Day at Carleton. Undergraduate classes suspended.
October 13
• Statutory holiday, University closed.
November 7
• Last day to withdraw from fall term courses.
December 1
• Last day for receipt of applications from potential winter (February) graduates.
Last day for submission to the thesis supervisor of six (6) examination copies of Master’s and Ph/D.
theses for Winter graduation
December 1
• Last day of fall-term classes.
• Fall term ends.
December 4-20 (including Saturdays)
• Final examinations in fall term courses and mid-term examinations in fall/winter courses will be held. It
may be necessary to schedule examinations during the day for classes held in the evening and vice
versa.
December 25 to January 2
• University closed.
Winter Term 2009
January 5, 2009
• Winter term begins.
January 5
• Winter-term classes begin.
January 17
• Last day for registration for winter term courses.
• Last day to change courses or sections for winter term courses.
Students who have not yet deposited the five (5) final copies of their these in the Office of the Faculty of
Graduate Studies and Research must register.
February 1
• Last day for receipt of applications from potential Spring graduates.
February 16-20 (includes statutory holiday on Feb. 16)
• Winter Break, classes suspended.
March 1
Last day for receipt of applications for admission from candidates who wish to be considered for the initial
award (April) of financial assistance (including Carleton fellowships, scholarships and departmental
assistantship) administered by Carleton University. Candidates whose applications are received after the
March 1 deadline date may be eligible for the award of a fellowship, scholarship or assistantship
reversion.
Last day for submission to the thesis supervisor of six (6) examination copies of Master’s and Ph/D.
theses for Spring graduation.
March 6
• Last day to withdraw from fall/winter and winter-term courses.
April 3
• Last day of fall/winter and winter-term classes.. Some lectures, laboratories, review tutorials, etc. may
take place in Review Period until the end of Winter term on April 9.
April 6-7
• Review Period. Some lectures, laboratories, review tutorials, etc. may take place.
April 7
• Winter term ends.
• Last day for handing in term assignments, subject to any earlier course deadline.
April 8-27 (including Saturdays except April 11)
• Final examinations in winter term and fall/winter courses will be held. It may be necessary to schedule
examinations during the day for classes held in the evening and vice versa.