Academic Calendars: 2011 - 2012

July

• July 25-28: New Student Days (first time college students)

August

• Aug 25: Residence halls open for new students
• Aug 25-28: Orientation for new students
• Aug 27-28: Residence halls open for returning students at 10 a.m.
• Aug 29: CLASSES BEGIN
• Aug 29-Sept 9: Schedule-adjustment period and late registration

September

• Sept 5: Labor Day Holiday: NO CLASSES
• Sept 12-23: Add a course with a fee until September 23. Students may withdraw with a grade of "W" with a $25 fee until Nov. 4
• Sept 23: Last day for students to submit course work to faculty to remove an Incomplete, to change grading option to Credit/No-credit, and to declare an Audit grading option
• Sept 29: Last day to withdraw, without grade penalty, from half-semester course

October

• Oct 7: Last day for instructors to remove an Incomplete
• Oct 10-11: Fall Reading Days: NO CLASSES (residences remain open)
• Oct 17: Mid-semester report deadline
• Oct 17-21: Half-semester courses begin
• Oct 21: Last day to register for a half-semester course beginning at mid-semester
• Oct 31-Nov 4: Academic advising for all degree students currently enrolled

November

• Nov 1: All day advising: NO CLASSES
• Nov 4: Last day to withdraw, without a grade penalty, from a full-semester course
• Nov 2-11: Registration for degree students
• Nov 17: Last day to withdraw, without a grade penalty, from a half-semester course which began at mid-semester
• Nov 18: St. Mary's Projects due to mentor
• Nov 22: Thanksgiving recess begins at 10:00 p.m.
• Nov 28: CLASSES RESUME

December

• Dec 9: Last day of regularly scheduled classes
• Dec 9: St. Mary's Projects due in the registrar's office.
• Dec 12-15: Final Class meetings/exams. Last class meeting scheduled during exams.
• Dec 19: Grades due by noon

January

• Jan 13: Residence halls open and orientation, advising, and continued registrastion for new students
• Jan 13-16: Orientation continues
• Jan 15-16: Residence halls open for returning students
• Jan 16: Martin Luther King Holiday: NO CLASSES
• Jan 17: CLASSES BEGIN
• Jan 17-27: Schedule-adjustment period and late registration
• Jan 30- Feb 10: Add a course with a fee until Feb. 10. Students may withdraw with a grade of "W" with a $25 fee until Mar. 30

February

• Feb 10: Last day for students to submit course work to faculty to remove an Incomplete, to change grading option to Credit/No-credit, and to declare an Audit grading option.
• Feb 16: Last day to withdraw, without a penalty, from a half-semester course
• Feb 24: Last day for instructors to remove an Incomplete

March

• Mar 5: Mid-semester report deadline
• Mar 5-9: Half-semester courses begin
• Mar 9: Last day to register for a half-semester course beginning at mid-semester
• Mar 12: Spring recess begins
• Mar 19: CLASSES RESUME
• Mar 26-30: Academic advising for all degree students currently enrolled
• Mar 27: All day advising: NO CLASSES
• Mar 28-Apr 6: Registration for degree students
• Mar 30: Last day to withdraw, without a grade penalty, from full-semester courses

April

• Apr 9: St. Mary's Projects due to mentor
• Apr 12: Last day to withdraw, without a grade penalty, from a half-semester course which begins mid-semester
• Apr 27: Last Day of regularly scheduled classes. St. Mary's Projects due in the registrar's office
• Apr 28: AWARDS CONVOCATION
• Apr 30-May 1: St. Mary's Project presentations

May

• May 2: Reading day
• May 3-8: Final class meetings/exams. Last class meeting scheduled during exams.
• May 9: Senior grades due in registrar's office by noon
• May 12: Commencement
• May 14: Grades due in registrar's office by noon