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Undergraduate Academic Calendar, 2016-2017

Original approval: November 4, 2013. Last revision: July 29, 2016

Fall Term 2016

DateEvent
Sat., Sep. 3 Check-in and matriculation for new students
Wed., Sep. 7 First-years register with advisers
Wed., Sep. 7 Fall Convocation: 5:30 pm
Thu., Sep. 8 Academic year begins; classes begin: 8:00 am
Wed., Sep. 14 Drop/add ends at midnight
Wed., Sep. 14 May 2017 degree applications due
Thu., Sep. 22 Drop with record begins: W on all dropped courses
Wed., Sep. 28 Incomplete Grade Change deadline (unless date set by instructor)
Oct. 13 - 14 Fall reading days: No classes
Mon., Oct. 17 Classes resume: 8:00 am
Fri., Oct. 21 Midterm: First-year deadline for declaration of physical education grading option
Fri., Oct. 21 Drop with record after midterm: WP or WF on all dropped courses
Mon., Oct. 24 Midterm grades due: 12:00 noon
Oct. 31-Nov. 4 Registration for Winter Term 2017
Nov. 21 - 25 Thanksgiving Holiday: No classes
Mon., Nov 28 Classes resume: 8:00 am
Fri., Dec. 9 Last day of Fall term classes
Sat., Dec. 10 Final Examinations begin: 2:00 pm
Fri., Dec. 16 Final Examinations end: 12:00 noon
Tue., Dec. 20 All grades due: 12:00 noon

Winter Term 2017

DateEvent
Mon., Jan. 9 Classes begin: 8:00 am
Fri., Jan. 13 Drop/add ends at midnight
Mon., Jan. 16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day: No classes
(Monday classes held on Friday)
Thu., Jan. 19 Founders' Day/Omicron Delta Kappa Convocation
Fri., Jan. 20 Monday classes held on Friday of MLK week
Fri., Jan. 20 Senior deadline for final degree/major/minor changes
Mon., Jan. 23 Drop with record begins: W on all dropped courses
Fri., Jan. 27 Incomplete Grade Change deadline (unless date set by instructor)
Feb. 7-10 Registration for Spring Term 2017
Fri., Feb. 10 Sophomore major declaration deadline
Fri., Feb. 17 Midterm: WP or WF on all dropped courses after this date
Mon., Feb. 20 Midterm grades due: 12:00 noon
Feb. 20 - 24 Washington Break: No classes
Mon., Feb. 27 Classes resume: 8:00 am
Fri., Mar. 3 Deadline to drop Spring 2017 domestic extra-fee course without being responsible for the fee
Fri., Mar. 10 Spring Option declaration deadline
Fri., Mar. 17 Science, Society & the Arts Conference (classes suspended)
Sun. Mar. 19 Phi Beta Kappa/Society of the Cincinnati Convocation
Mar. 28 - 31 Registration for Fall Term 2017
Fri., Apr. 7 Last day of Winter term classes
Sat., Apr. 8 Examinations begin: 2:00 pm
Fri., Apr. 14 Examinations end: 12:00 noon
Tue., Apr. 18 All grades due: 12:00 noon

Spring Term 2017

DateEvent
Mon., Apr. 24 Classes begin: 8:00 am
Tue., Apr. 25 Drop/add ends at midnight
Fri. Apr. 28 December 2017 degree applications due
Mon., May 1 Drop with records begins: W on all dropped courses after this date
Fri., May 5 Midterm: WP or WF on all dropped courses after this date
Fri., May 12 Incomplete Grade Change deadline (unless date set by instructor)
Fri., May 19 Last day of Spring term classes
Sat., May 20 Examinations: 9:00 am and 2:00 pm
Mon., May 22 Senior grades due: 12:00 noon
Wed., May 24 Baccalaureate Service: 10:00 am
Thu., May 25 Commencement: 10:00 am
Fri., May 26 Non-senior grades due: 12:00 noon
Fri., Jun. 2 Six-week courses end
Mon., Jun. 5 Six-week course grades due: 12:00 noon