August 24

Friday Registration for the fall semester for new undergraduate students and all graduate students who have not yet registered. To complete registration, undergraduate students must pay tuition by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 28; graduate and law students must pay tuition by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 4.

Last day a graduate student may register in absentia

University residence halls open at 9:00 a.m.

University Health Services benefits become available to registered students.

August 27

Monday Registration for the fall semester for new, readmitted, and continuing students who have not yet registered. To complete registration, undergraduate students must pay tuition by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 28; graduate and law students must pay tuition by 5:00 p.m, on Tuesday, September 4.

Add/drop for the fall semester for students who registered and paid their tuition and fees by Friday, August 17.

August 28

Tuesday Registration and add/drop for the fall semester for all students.

Tuition payment for undergraduate students who registered after Wednesday, July 25 are due by 5:00 p.m.

August 29

Wednesday Classes begin.

September 3

Monday Labor Day Holiday.

September 4

Tuesday Fourth class day; Last day of the official add/drop period; after this date, changes in registration may require the approval of the department chair and usually the student's dean.

Last day undergraduate students may register and pay tuition without the approval of the registrar. (See General Information , Academic Policies and Procedures, for details).

Last day graduate students may register and pay tuition without the approval of the graduate dean.

Last day law students may register and pay tuition without the approval of the dean.

Tuition payment deadline is 5:00 p.m. for undergraduate, graduate, and law students. Tuition may be paid in full or in installments.

September 14

Friday Twelfth class day; this is the date the official enrollment count is taken.

Payment for added classes (add bill) due by 5:00 p.m.

Last day an undergraduate student may add a class except for rare and extenuating circumstances.

Last day to drop a class for a possible refund. (See General Information section Academic Policies and Procedures and section Registration, Tuition, and Fees for details.)

Last day a graduate student may, with the required approvals, add a class.

Last day a law student may add a class. Last day a law student may drop a class without the approval of the dean.

September 28

Friday Second tuition payment due for students who selected the installment plan.

October 17

Wednesday Intrasemester reports due in the deans’ offices.

October 24

Wednesday Last day to apply for a law degree.

Last day a law student may register in absentia.

October 25-26, 29-31

Thursday-Friday, Monday-Wednesday Academic advising for continuing and readmitted students for the spring semester.

October 26

Friday Final tuition payment due for students who selected the installment plan.

October 29-November 9

Daily Registration for the spring semester for continuing and readmitted students.

November 1

Thursday 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 an undergraduate student may change registration in a class to or from the pass/fail basis.

Last day a law student may change registration in a class to or from the pass/fail basis.

Last day to apply for an undergraduate degree.

November 13

Tuesday Tuition bills for the spring semester distributed to students electronically. Notice is sent to the e-mail address on the student’s record.

November 16

Friday Last day to apply for a graduate degree.

November 21-24

Wednesday-Saturday Thanksgiving holidays.

November 26

Monday Last day a graduate student may change registration in a class to or from the credit/no credit basis.

December 7

Friday Last day to submit master’s report, recital, thesis, doctoral dissertation, or treatise to the graduate dean.

December 8

Saturday Fall graduation ceremonies in some of the colleges and schools.

December 10

Monday Last class day.

Last day a graduate student or a law student may, with the required approvals, drop a class or withdraw from the University.

Last day an undergraduate may register in absentia.

December 11

Tuesday Reading day in the School of Law.

December 11-12, 16

Tuesday-Wednesday, Sunday No-class days.

December 12-15, 17-21

Wednesday-Saturday, Monday-Friday Fall semester final examinations in the School of Law.

December 13-15, 17-19

Thursday-Saturday, Monday-Wednesday Fall semester final examinations except in the School of Law.

December 20

Thursday University residence halls close at 9:00 a.m.

December 21

Friday Commissioning of ROTC graduates.

December 22