The Graduate School
2007-2008 Calendar
Please refer to the course schedule published by the Office of the Registrar as official source of information for registration and payment deadlines.
August
August 22-24
Registration for new and
readmitted students who
have not yet registered. Payment due 5:00 p.m. September 4.
August 26
Add/drops for students who
registered and paid by
August 15 or who confirmed
registration for zero bills by
August 15.
August 27
Registration for continuing
students who have not yet
registered; $25 late fee in
effect. Payment due by 5:00 p.m. September 4.
Graduate School Open House, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m., Main 101.
August 29
First class day.
Graduate Student Assembly BBQ.
August 29-30
Late registration; $25 late
fee in effect. Increases to $50 on September 4 and to $200 on September 17.
August 29-September 14
Delete drop period. Classes may be added, dropped, and grade status changed
in the department that offers the course. These changes may also be made
online August 29-31, and September 3.
September
September 3
Labor Day Holiday
September 4
Tuition and Fee Payment due by 5:00 p.m.
September 14
The Twelfth Class Day. The last day to add a course or drop a course
with a possible refund.
September 17-26.
Q drop period. Courses may
be dropped without academic
penalty. Approval of the
graduate adviser and graduate
dean required.
September 27-December 7
Q/F drop period: Dropping a
course requires the approval
of the instructor, who must
assign a “Q” or “F,” the graduate
adviser and the graduate
dean.
October
October 15
Master’s graduation application
deadline for online form.
Doctoral Degree Candidate form deadline for graduating doctoral students.
October 24
Last day to change grade
status to or from the
credit/no credit basis.
November
November 9
Spring 2008 course registration
for continuing students.
November 22-23
Thanksgiving Holidays
December
December 7
Last class day. This is the
last day to drop a class or
withdraw from the fall
semester.
All materials due to the Graduate School for graduating master’s students (including theses and reports).
Last day to submit the dissertation to the Graduate School for graduating doctoral students.
December 22
Official graduation date (no
public exercises).
January 2008
January 7-8
Add/drop for the spring
semester for students who
have registered and paid
their tuition and fees.
January 9
Registration for the spring
semester for new and readmitted
students who have
not yet registered. Graduate and law students must pay tuition and fees
by 5:00 p.m. on January 17.
January 10
Registration for the spring
semester for continuing students
who have not yet registered. Graduate and law students must pay tuition and
fees by 5:00 p.m. on January 17.
January 11
Add/drop for the spring semester or students who registered and paid their
tuition and fees by January 2.
January 14
Classes begin
January 17
Last day of the official
add/drop period; after this
date, changes in registration
require the approval of the
department chair and the graduate dean.
Last day graduate students may register and pay tuition and fees without the approval of the graduate dean.
5:00 p.m. - Tuition and fee payment deadline for graduate students. Tuition and fees may be paid in full or in installments.
January 21
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday
January 30
Twelfth Class Day; this is the date the official enrollment count is taken.
Last day to drop a course for a possible refund.
Last day a graduate student may, with the required approvals, add a course.
February
February 11
Last day to drop a course
without a possible academic
penalty.
March
March 10-15
Monday-Saturday. Spring break.
March 20
Last day to apply for a graduate
degree.
April
April 14-19, 21-25
Registration for the summer
session and the fall semester
for continuing and readmitted
students.
May
May 2
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 may, with the required approvals, drop a course or withdraw from the university.
May 5-6, 11
No-class days
May 7-10, 12-13
Spring semester final examinations.
May 17
Payment deadline for students
who registered for the
summer session during the
spring.
May 17
Commencement (official
graduation date).