| October 1 |
Spring Term registration and graduation application period begins for
April
2003 graduates ONLY |
| Oct 15 - Dec 6 |
Spring Term registration period for returning full-time students |
| Oct 24 - Jan 6 |
Spring Term registration for part-time students |
| January 2 |
All University offices and buildings reopen |
| January 6 |
Spring Term classes begin |
| January 17 |
Final date to resign or drop a course for the Spring Term with no tuition
charge |
| January 17 |
Last day to add a course |
| January 17 |
Last day to drop a course with no record on the transcript. Courses
dropped after this date but prior to the ninth week of the term will receive
a W grade on the transcript. |
| January 17 |
Last day to submit Buckley Amendment Refusal to Permit the Release
of "Directory Information" forms to the Registrar. |
| January 18 |
The course instructor must approve courses dropped beginning this date* |
| January 20 |
University Holiday (Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday) |
| January 30 |
Last day to exercise credit/audit grade option (contact the Office
of the Registrar) |
| January 31 |
Last day to apply for April 2003 graduation. Applications received
after this date will be assessed a $15 late fee |
| February 26 |
Summer and Fall Term registration begins for August 2003 and December
2003 graduates ONLY |
| February 26 |
Last day to withdraw from a course without the Vice-President for Academic
Affair's permission to receive a W grade on the transcript* |
| February 27 |
The Vice-President for Academic Affairs will approve courses dropped
beginning this date through the end of the term only in exceptional circumstances;
W grades are shown on the transcript* |
| March 2 – 9 |
Spring Recess for students (no classes); All University buildings and
offices will remain open and staffed except on Great Americans' Day |
| March 7 |
University Holiday (Great Americans Day) |
| March 14 |
Last day to resign for the Spring Term with a 60% tuition charge.
Thereafter, tuition charge is100% |
| Mar 17 – Apr 4 |
Summer and Fall registration period for returning full-time students
to meet with Faculty Advisors |
| Mar 17 – Apr 25 |
Summer and Fall registration period for returning full-time students
to meet with Academic Affairs Advisors |
| April 4 |
Last day for returning full-time students to register with Faculty
Advisors |
| April 18 |
Last session for all day classes (Monday – Friday) except for make-ups |
| April 19 – 20 |
Reading period for all day classes |
| April 19 – 25 |
Final exam period for all classes |
| April 19 – 25 |
Evening and Saturday classes will continue to meet during this period
and final exams will be held during the last scheduled class meeting |
| April 26 |
Spring Term ends |
| April 26 |
Commencement |
| April 28 |
Final grades are due in the Office of the Registrar no later than 12
noon |
| April 28 – 30 |
No course registration or add-drops will be processed in the Office
of the Registrar |