Calendar Fall Semester 2008

  • August 24
    Add/drop for the fall semester for students who registered and paid their tuition and fees by August 13.
  • August 25
    • Registration for the fall semester for continuing students who have not yet registered
    • University Health Services benefits become available to registered students.
  • August 26
    • Add/drop for the fall semester for students who registered and paid their tuition and fees by August 13.
    • Tuition and fee bills for undergraduate students who registered after July 18 are due by 5:00 pm.
  • August 27
    • Classes begin.
    • International Education Fee Scholarship (IEFS) competition begins for the spring semester.
  • September 1
    Labor Day holiday
  • September 2
    • Last day of the official add/drop period; after this date, changes in registration require the approval of the department chair and usually the student's dean.
    • Last day a graduate student or a law student may, with the required approvals, add a class.
  • September 12
    • Twelfth class day; this is the date the official enrollment count is taken. Last day an undergraduate student may add a class except for rare and extenuating circumstances.
    • Payment for added classes (add bill) due by 5:00 pm.
    • Last day to drop a class for a possible refund. (See General Information, chapter 4, for details.)
    • Last day a graduate student or a law student may, with the required approvals, add a class.
  • September 24
    Last day to drop a class without a possible academic penalty.
  • September 26
    Second tuition and fee payment due for students who selected the three–payment plan.
  • September 29
    • Application deadline for study abroad programs for the spring semester.
    • Application deadline for International Education Fee Scholarship (IEFS) for study abroad programs.
  • September 30
    Priority date for student financial aid applications for the spring semester.
  • October 13
    Last day to apply for a graduate degree.
  • October 22
    • Last day an undergraduate student may, with the dean's approval, withdraw from the University or drop a class except for urgent and substantiated, nonacademic reasons.
    • Last day a student may change registration in a class to or from the pass/fail or credit/no credit basis.
    • Last day to apply for an undergraduate degree.
    • Last day an undergraduate student or a law student may register in absentia.
  • October 23–24, 27–29
    Academic advising for continuing and readmitted students for the spring semester.
  • October 24
    Final tuition and fee payment due for students who selected the three–payment plan.
  • October 27–November 1, November 3–7
    Registration for the spring semester for continuing and readmitted students.
  • November 11
    Tuition and fee bills for the spring semester distributed to students electronically. Notice is sent to the e–mail address on the student's record.
  • November 27–29
    Thanksgiving holidays.
  • December 5
    • Last class day.
    • Last day to submit master's report, recital, thesis, doctoral dissertation, or treatise to the graduate dean.
    • Last day a graduate student or a law student may, with the required approvals, drop a class or withdraw from the University.
  • December 6–7
    Fall graduation ceremonies in the colleges and schools.
  • December 8–9, 14
    No–class days except in the School of Law.
  • December 10–13, 15–16
    Fall semester final examinations except in the School of Law.
  • December 17
    University residence halls close at 9:00 am.
  • December 20
    Official graduation date. (No public exercises.)