January 4
5:00 pm: Tuition and fee payment deadline for undergraduate students who registered for the spring semester by November 9. Tuition and fees may be paid in full or in installments.
January 6
University residence halls open at 9:00 am.
January 7
Orientation and testing begin for new undergraduate students.
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. To complete registration, undergraduate students must pay tuition and fees by 5:00 pm on January 11; graduate and law students must pay tuition and fees by 5:00 pm on January 17.
January 10
Registration for the spring semester for continuing students who have not yet registered. To complete registration, undergraduate students must pay tuition and fees by 5:00 pm on January 11; graduate and law students must pay tuition and fees by 5:00 pm on
January 11
Add/drop for the spring semester for students who registered and paid their tuition and fees by January 4.
Registration for the spring semester for new, readmitted, and continuing students who have not yet registered. To complete registration, undergraduate students must pay tuition and fees by 5:00 pm on January 11; graduate and law students must pay tuition and fees by 5:00 pm on January 17.
January 14
Classes begin.
International Education Fee Scholarship (IEFS) competition begins for the summer session and the fall semester.
January 17
Last day of the official add/drop period; after this date, changes in registration require the approval of the department chair and usually the student’s dean. (See General Information, chapter 4, for details.)
Last day undergraduate students may register and pay tuition and fees without the approval of the registrar.
Last day graduate students may register and pay tuition and fees without the approval of the graduate dean.
Last day law students may register and pay tuition and fees without the approval of the dean.
Tuition and fee payment deadline for graduate and law students. Tuition and fees may be paid in full or in installments.
January 21
Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday (OSA closed)
January 22
Comm Goes Abroad
January 30
Twelfth class day; this is the date the official enrollment count is taken.
Last day an undergraduate student may add a class except for rare and extenuating circumstances.
Payment for added classes (add bill) due by 5:00 pm.
Last day to drop a class for a possible refund. (See General Information, chapter 4, for details.)
Last day a graduate student or a law student may, with the required approvals, add a class.
February 1
College of Communication Internal Transfer Application opens
Office of Student Affairs Scholarship Application opens
February 11
Last day to drop a course without a possible academic penalty. (See General Information, chapter 4, for details.)
February 15
Priority date for student financial aid applications for the summer session.
Second tuition and fee payment due for students who selected the three-payment plan.
February 29
Deadline to submit application materials for the Internal Transfer Application and the Scholarship Application.
March 1
Application deadline for study abroad programs for the summer session and the fall semester.
Application deadline for International Education Fee Scholarship (IEFS) for study abroad programs.
March 10-15
Spring break.
March 20
Last day to apply for a graduate degree.
March 21
Final tuition and fee payment due for students who selected the three-payment plan.
March 24
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 a student may change registration in a class to or from the pass/fail or credit/no credit basis.
Last day to apply for an undergraduate or a law degree.
Last day an undergraduate student or a law student may register in absentia.
March 31
Priority date for student financial aid applications for the fall semester.
April 9-11, 14-18
Academic advising for continuing and readmitted students for the summer session and the fall semester.
April 14-19, 21-25
Registration for the summer session and the fall semester for continuing and readmitted students.
April 29
Tuition and fee bills for the summer session distributed to students electronically. Notice is sent to the e-mail address on the student’s record.
May 2
Last class day except in the School of Law.
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 class or withdraw from the University.
May 5-6, 11
No-class days except in the School of Law.
May 7-10, 12-13
Spring semester final examinations except in the School of Law.
May 14
University residence halls close at 9:00 am (except for graduating students).
May 15
5:00 pm: Tuition and fee payment deadline for undergraduate students who registered for the summer session during the spring.
May 15-18
Graduation ceremonies in the colleges and schools.
May 17
Commencement (official graduation date).
May 18
University residence halls close at 9:00 am for graduating students.
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