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Original approval: May 6, 2019
Updated 1/7/22 - Omicron Delta Kappa Convocation - TBD
Fall Term / Winter Term / Spring Term
Fall Term 2021
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Wed., Sep 8 | Matriculation deadline |
| Thu., Sep. 9 | Academic year begins; drop/add begins |
| Thu., Sep. 9 | Fall Convocation: 5:30 pm |
| Wed., Sep. 15 | Free pass/fail declarations and drop/add ends at midnight |
| Wed., Sep. 15 | May 2022 degree applications due |
| Thu., Sep. 23 | Drop with record begins: W on all dropped courses |
| Wed., Sep. 29 | Incomplete Grade Change deadline (unless date set earlier by instructor) |
| Oct. 14 - 15 | Fall reading days: No classes |
| Mon., Oct. 18 | Classes resume: 8:00 am |
| Fri., Oct. 22 | Midterm: Drop with record after midterm: WP or WF on all dropped courses |
| Mon., Oct. 25 | Midterm grades due: 12:00 noon |
| Nov 8- 12 | Registration for Winter Term 2022 |
| Nov. 22 - 26 | Thanksgiving Holiday: No classes |
| Mon., Nov. 29 | Classes resume: 8:00 am |
| Fri., Dec. 10 | Last day of Fall term classes |
| Sat., Dec. 11 | Final Examinations begin: 2:00 pm |
| Fri., Dec. 17 | Final Examinations end: 12:00 noon |
| Tue., Dec. 21 | All grades due: 12:00 noon |
Winter Term 2022
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Mon., Jan. 10 | Classes begin: drop/add begins |
| Fri., Jan. 14 | Free pass/fail declarations and drop/add ends at midnight |
| Mon., Jan. 17 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day: No classes (Monday classes meet on Friday) |
| Fri., Jan 21 | Drop with record begins: W on all dropped courses after this date |
| Fri., Jan 21 | Monday classes held on Friday of MLK week |
| Fri., Jan. 28 | Incomplete Grade Change deadline (unless date set earlier by instructor) |
| Feb. 8 - 11 | Registration for Spring Term 2022 |
| Fri., Feb. 11 | Sophomore major declaration deadline |
| Fri., Feb. 18 | Midterm: WP or WF on all dropped courses after this date |
| Mon., Feb. 21 | Midterm grades due: 12:00 noon |
| Feb. 21 - 25 | Washington Break: No classes |
| Mon., Feb. 28 | Classes resume |
| Fri., Mar. 4 | Deadline to drop Spring 2022 domestic extra-fee course without being responsible for the fee |
| Fri., Mar. 4 | Spring Option declaration deadline |
| Mar. 22-25 | Registration for Fall Term 2022 (tentative) |
| Fri., Apr. 8 | Last day of Winter term classes |
| Sat., Apr. 9 | Examinations begin: 2:00 pm |
| Fri., Apr. 15 | Examinations end: 12:00 noon |
| Tue., Apr. 19 | All grades due: 12:00 noon |
Spring Term 2022
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Mon., Apr. 25 | Classes begin: drop/add begins |
| Tue., Apr. 26 | Drop/add ends at midnight |
| Fri. Apr. 29 | December 2022 degree applications due |
| Fri. Apr. 29 | Drop with records begins: W on all dropped courses after this date |
| Fri., May 6 | Midterm: WP or WF on all dropped courses after this date |
| Fri., May 20 | Last day of Spring term classes |
| Sat., May 21 | Examinations: 9:00 am and 2:00 pm |
| Mon., May 23 | Senior grades due: 12:00 noon |
| Wed., May 25 | Baccalaureate Service: 10:00 am |
| Thu., May 26 | Commencement: 10:00 am |
| Fri., May 27 | Non-senior grades due: 12:00 noon |
| Fri., June 3 | Six-week courses end |
| Mon., Jun. 6 | Six-week course grades due: 12:00 noon |
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