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Spring 2009 Academic Deadlines

UG = Undergraduate; GRAD = Graduate

October 2008

  • October 13
    • Time Tickets (Earliest Registration Times) available on Student Self-Service
  • November 3
    • Priority registration begins for continuing students only
    • Priority registration schedules available online at time of registration

January 2009

  • January 16
    • Deadline to cancel registration
  • January 19
    • Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday
  • January 20
    • First day of instruction
    • Deadline to register without penalty
  • January 21
    • Late registration via Student Self-Service begins
  • January 23 – February 2
    • Registration of part-time non-degree students without penalty
  • January 26
    • Deadline to add a UG first half-session course
    • Deadline to suppress directory information

February 2009

  • February 2
    • Deadline to reduce program and receive refund if moving to a lower credit range
    • Deadline to add a UG semester course
    • Deadline for GRAD to add courses online
    • Deadline to add a GRAD first half-session course
  • February 13
    • Deadline to drop a UG first half-session course
    • Deadline to elect credit/no-credit or to change credit/no-credit to regular grade basis in a UG first half-session course
  • February 23
    • Payment due
  • February 27
    • Deadline to add a GRAD semester course
    • Deadline to drop a GRAD first half-session course
    • Deadline for Graduate students to elect credit/no-credit option for a first half-session course or to change from credit/no-credit option to a regular grade

March 2009

  • March 13
    • Deadline to drop a UG semester course without grade of W.
    • Deadline to remove UG Incomplete grade from previous semester to prevent change to an F grade
    • Deadline to elect credit/no-credit or to change credit/no-credit to regular grade basis in a UG semester course
    • Deadline for UG students to withdraw without grade of W
    • Deadline for LAW students to drop a semester course without grade of W
  • March 16
    • Second half-session courses begin (nontraditional courses may begin earlier or later)
    • Time Tickets for Summer 2009 and Fall 2009 priority registration available on the web for students
  • March 20
    • Deadline to add a second UG half-session course
  • March 21 - 29
    • Spring Vacation

April 2009

  • April 3
    • Deadline to withdraw from the University and receive the minimum 40% pro-rata refund
  • April 6
    • Priority registration for Fall and Summer 2009 begins
  • April 10
    • Deadline to add GRAD second half session course
  • April 17
    • Deadline to drop a second UG half-session course
    • Deadline to elect credit/no-credit or to change credit/no-credit to regular grade basis in a second UG half-session course
    • Deadline to drop a GRAD semester course without grade of W.
    • Deadline for Graduate students to elect credit/no-credit option for a semester course or to change from credit/no-credit option to a regular grade
    • Last day for GRAD students to withdraw from the term without grade of W

May 2009

  • May 1
    • Deadline to drop a second GRAD half-session course
    • Deadline for Graduate students to elect credit/no-credit option for a second half-session course or to change from credit/no-credit option to a regular grade
  • May 6
    • Last day of instruction
  • May 7
    • Reading day (no classes, no final examinations)
    • Last day for GRAD to add/drop a second half-session course without petitioning the Graduate College
    • Last day for GRAD to add/drop a semester course without petitioning the Graduate College
  • May 8 - 15
    • Final examination period