Academic Calendar
2015-2016 Academic Calendar
This calendar is not applicable to the Nursing@Simmons, SocialWork@Simmons or MBA/HCMBA Online programs. Please check your program materials and syllabi for all course meetings.
This information was last updated on June 16, 2016.
January 2016
|
4
|
College opens after Winter Break
|
|
4
|
Grades posted to AARC by 10:00 a.m.
|
|
18
|
College closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday
|
|
19
|
New Student Orientation
|
|
20
|
Classes begin
|
|
29
|
Final day to add a course without signatures
January degree conferral date
|
February 2016
|
12
|
Final day to add a course with instructor signature (advisor signature also required for undergraduates)
Final day to drop a course without instructor signature (advisor signature required for undergraduates)
Final day for undergraduate students to choose a Pass/Fail grading option
Final day for undergraduate students to choose the Formal Audit grading option
Final day to drop a course with no "W" grade
|
|
15
|
Classes will be held. (Presidents' Day)
|
March 2016
|
7-11
|
Spring Break. Classes will not be held. Administrative offices open
|
|
14
|
Classes resume after Spring Break
|
|
18
|
Final day to drop a course with the instructor signature. A grade of "W" will be assigned for courses dropped (instructor signature required) after February 12. Advisor signatures also required for undergraduates.
|
|
29
|
Leadership Conference
|
April 2016
|
18
|
College closed for Patriot's Day holiday
|
|
27
|
Undergraduate Symposium. Undergraduate classes are suspended until 3:30 pm. Graduate classes will proceed as scheduled.
|
May 2016
|
9
|
Final day of undergraduate classes
|
|
10
|
Reading and review
|
|
11-14
|
Final examinations
|
|
16
|
Grades for students graduating in May posted to AARC by 10 a.m.
Final signed departmental graduating lists due to
Registrar's Office by 2:30 pm.
|
|
20
|
Commencement & May degree conferral date
|
|
23
|
Grades posted to AARC by 10 a.m.
Summer Academic Semester: May 23-August 30
|
|
30
|
College closed for Memorial Day holiday
|
July 2016
|
4 - 5
|
College closed for Independence Day holiday. Classes may be held on July 5. Please check with instructor.
|
August 2016
|
30
|
End of Summer Academic Semester
|
|
31
|
August degree conferral date
|
2016-2017 Academic Calendar
This calendar is not applicable to the Nursing@Simmons, SocialWork@Simmons, or MBA/HCMBA Online programs. Please check your program materials and syllabi for all course meetings.
September 2016
|
3
|
New students arrive for undergraduate orientation and move in
Orientation continues through September 6
|
|
5
|
College closed for Labor Day holiday
|
|
7
|
Convocation
|
|
8
|
Classes begin
|
|
16
|
Final day to add a course without instructor signature
|
|
30
|
Final day to add a course with instructor signature
Final day to drop a course without instructor signature
Final day for undergraduate students to change a Pass/Fail grading option
Final day for undergraduate students to choose the Formal Audit grading option
Final day to drop a course with no "W" grade
|
October 2016
|
10
|
College closed for Indigenous People's Day holiday
|
|
11
|
Undergraduate academic holiday. Undergraduate courses cancelled. Administrative offices open and graduate courses held.
|
|
26
|
John Simmons Founder's Day Celebration
|
|
28
|
Final day to drop a course with instructor signature. A grade of "W" will be assigned for courses dropped after September 30.
|
|
31
|
October degree conferral date
|
November 2016
|
11
|
College closed for Veteran's Day holiday
|
|
23-27
|
Thanksgiving academic holiday begins after final class on Tuesday, November 22.
|
|
28
|
College opens after Thanksgiving holiday
|
December 2016
|
12
|
Final day of undergraduate classes
|
|
13
|
Reading and Review
|
|
14-17
|
Final Examinations
|
|
19
|
Final examinations and make-up day for Exams in the event of snow
|
|
20-30
|
College closes for Winter Break
|
January 2017
|
2
|
College opens after Winter Break
Grades due posted to AARC by 10:00 a.m.
|
|
16
|
College closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday
|
|
17
|
New Student Orientation
|
|
18
|
Classes begin
|
|
27
|
Final day to add a course without instructor signature
|
|
31
|
January degree conferral date
|
February 2017
|
10
|
Final day to add a course with instructor signature
Final day to drop a course without instructor signature
Final day for undergraduate students to change a Pass/Fail grading option
Final day for undergraduate students to choose the Formal Audit grading option
Final day to drop a course with no "W" grade
|
|
20
|
Classes will be held. (Presidents' Day)
|
March 2017
|
6-10
|
Spring Break. Classes will not be held. Administrative offices open.
|
|
13
|
Classes resume after Spring Break
|
|
17
|
Final day to drop a course with the instructor signature. A grade of "W" will be assigned for courses dropped after February 10.
|
April 2017
|
13
|
Simmons Leadership Conference
|
|
17
|
College closed for Patriot's Day holiday
|
|
25
|
Undergraduate Symposium. Undergraduate classes suspended until 3:30 p.m.
|
May 2017
|
8
|
Final day of undergraduate classes
|
|
9
|
Reading and review
|
|
10-13
|
Final examinations
|
|
15
|
Grades for students graduating in May due posted to AARC by 10 a.m.
Final signed departmental graduating lists due to Registrar's Office by 2:30 pm.
|
|
19
|
Commencement Ceremony & May degree conferral date
|
|
22
|
Grades due posted to AARC by 10 a.m. for all other students
|
|
29
|
College closed for Memorial Day holiday
|