Fall 2009 Academic Calendar
Fall 2009
| AUG 25 | Orientation check-in for new undergraduate admits with fewer than 30 credits (9am - 4pm) |
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| AUG 27 | Last day to register or drop/add using MAX. MAX closes at 11pm |
| AUG 29 | Residence halls open for check-in for new undergraduate admits with 30+ credits, transfers, readmits and returning students (9am - 5pm) |
| AUG 30 | Residence halls open for check-in for returning students (11am - 4pm) |
| AUG 31 | Classes begin Late registration in person at Lyle with faculty signatures on drop/add cards Drop/add period begins with drop/add cards (MAX is not available) |
| SEP 04 | Last day to drop a course without a grade (signed drop/add card must be in the Registrar's Office by 4:30pm) |
| SEP 07 | Holiday -- NO CLASSES and University offices are CLOSED |
| SEP 08 | W grade period begins |
| SEP 09 | Last day to add a course (signed drop/add card must be in the Registrar's Office by 4:30pm) Last day to submit a request to take a course on a pass/fail or audit basis (requests must be in the Registrar's Office by 4:30pm) |
| SEP 24 | Application deadline for Fall degree (applications must be filed in the Registrar's Office by 4:30pm) Applications for the master's degree (graduation) must be filed in the Graduate Studies Office |
| OCT 09 | Fall recess begins after last class |
| OCT 14 | Fall recess ends at 7am Winter/Spring 2010 web schedule & other registration information available online |
| OCT 23-25 | Homecoming/Community Day (OCT 24) |
| OCT 28 | Registration for Winter 2010 begins |
| NOV 06 | Deadline for making up a Summer & Spring 2009 incomplete grade for an undergraduate course |
| NOV 06 | Last day to withdraw from a course and receive a W grade (signed withdrawal card must be in the Registrar's Office by 4:30pm) |
| NOV 06 | Family Weekend |
| NOV 07 | Family Weekend |
| NOV 08 | Family Weekend |
| NOV 10 | Graduate degree-seeking registration for Spring 2010 term |
| NOV 11 | Graduate non-degree seeking registration for Spring 2010 term |
| NOV 12-20 | Winter/Spring 2010 undergraduate registration |
| NOV 24 | Thanksgiving recess begins after last class |
| NOV 30 | Thanksgiving recess ends at 7am |
| DEC 05 | Orientation of new full-time undergraduate students admitted for Spring 2010 |
| DEC 14 | Last day to change a pass/fail grade to a regular grade Last day for graduate students to make up a Spring or Summer 2009 incomplete grade |
| DEC 14 | Deadline for submitting graduate theses and grades for research reports to the Graduate Studies Office |
| DEC 16 | MAX academic transcript & DARS will not be available to students beginning at 6am |
| DEC 15-19 | Evaluation period -- Special class schedule Classes will meet during this period for regular instruction or for examinations |
| DEC 20 | Fall 2009 term ends |
| DEC 20 | Commencement begins at 2pm |
| TUES DEC 22 | Deadline (11pm) for faculty to submit fall final grades |
| DEC 24 | Fall 2009 grades are available to students via MAX after 4:30pm |
| NOTE: | Academic dismissal notices will be sent to students' Marauder email and home address before JAN 4 |
