Academic Calendar 2007

Please Note: This calendar contains information for the Undergraduate and Graduate Studies programs within the College of Arts and Sciences. For other graduate school calendar information, please see the list of Graduate School Calendars in the right column of this page.

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This information was last updated on February 25, 2008.

Changes since December 14, 2007, are in bold.

August 2007

August 2007
Date	Description
1	Tuition payment for Fall due
31	Residence halls open for graduate students & Dix Scholars
31	Residence halls open for international students

September 2007

September 2007
Date	Description
1	Fall Orientation for international students
2	Residence halls open for new undergraduate students
2-4	Fall Orientation. Most administrative offices closed for Labor Day
4	Residence halls open for returning students
4	Registration and check-in for all students
5	Classes begin for the Fall term
5	Faculty meeting, College of Arts and Sciences
14	Final day to drop a course and receive a full refund
14	Final day to add a course without the instructor's signature
19	Honors Convocation, 2:30 Holmes Sports Center
28	Final day to add a course with the instructor's signature
	Final day to drop a course without the instructor's signature
	Final day for undergraduate students to change a pass/fail grading option
	Final day to drop a course with no "W" grade

October 2007

October 2007
Date	Description
3	Senior Faculty Toast
8	College closed for Columbus Day
9	Academic holiday. Administrative offices open. Professional day for faculty.
19-21	Family Weekend
26	Final day to drop a course with the instructor signature. A grade of "W" will be assigned for courses dropped after September 28

November 2007

November 2007
Date	Description
12	College closed for Veteran's Day
16	Final day to sign up for Thanksgiving break housing
20	Thanksgiving academic holiday begins after final class on Tuesday November 20
21	Undergraduate residence halls close at noon for Thanksgiving break
26	College reopens after Thanksgiving holiday
30	Final day to withdraw (with approval) from residence for Spring 2008

December 2007

December 2007
Date	Description
5	Winter Wonderland
10	Final day of classes
11-12	Reading and review
13-18	Final examinations
14	Final day to register for Winter Break housing
15	Tuition payment for Spring due
19	Residence halls close at noon
21	College closed for Winter Break

January 2008

January 2008
Date	Description
1	College closed for New Year's Day
2	College opens after Winter Break
	Grades for all students posted to AARC
	Residence halls open for residents who have academic obligations & have registered for Winter Break
21	College closed for Martin Luther King Day
22	Residence halls open for new, transfer & returning students
23	Registration & New Student Orientation
24	Classes begin

February 2008

February 2008
Date	Description
1	Final day to drop a course and receive a full refund
	Final day to add and drop courses on AARC
	Final day to add a course without the instructor signature
15	Final day to add a course with the instructor signature
	Final day to drop a course without the instructor signature
	Final day for undergraduate students to choose a pass/fail grading option
	Final day to drop a course with no "W" grade
18	College closed for Presidents' Day
27	Final day to register for Spring Break housing

March 2008

March 2008
Date	Description
10-14	Spring Break. No classes. Administrative offices open.
17	Classes resume after Spring Break
21	Final day to drop a course with the instructor signature. A grade of "W" will be assigned for courses dropped after February 15.
31	Final day to withdraw from residence for Fall 2008

April 2008

April 2008
Date	Description
18	Student Leadership Recognition Ceremony
21	College closed for Patriots' Day
30	Senior Faculty Banquet

May 2008

May 2008
Date	Description
1	May Day Celebration
5	Final day of classes
6	Reading and review
7-12	Final examinations
13	Grades for students graduating in May posted to AARC by 10 a.m.
	Final signed departmental graduating lists due to Registrar's Office by 4:30 pm
	Residence halls close at noon for all students except graduating Seniors, Dix Scholars & graduate students
15	CAS faculty meeting for regular business and voting of degrees
17	Commencement
18	Residence halls close for graduating Seniors at noon
19
	Grades for all students posted to AARC
	Summer housing begins
26	College closed for Memorial Day
31	Residence halls close for Dix Scholar & graduate students at noon

May - Aug 2008

Summer sessions. See AARC for course information.

July 2008

July 2008
Date	Description
4	College closed for Independence Day