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.)