Academic Calendar/Course Schedule
Important dates and course listings
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Fall 2009
Thursday, Aug. 27
New students arrive
Friday, Aug. 28
Returning students arrive
Monday, Aug. 31
Day undergraduate classes begin
Fall I classes begin
Monday, Sept. 7
Holiday – no classes
Saturday, Oct. 24
Fall I semester ends
Fall II classes begin
Thursday, Nov. 5
Undergraduate advising and registration begins
Saturday, Nov. 21 – Sunday, Nov. 29
Thanksgiving Holiday
Thursday, Dec. 10 – Tuesday, Dec. 15
Exams
Tuesday, Dec. 15
Day undergraduate fall semester ends
Wednesday, Dec. 16 (noon)
Residence halls close
Thursday, Dec. 17 – Sunday, Jan. 3
Winter Break
Saturday, Dec. 19
Fall II semester ends
Sunday, Dec. 20 - Sunday, Jan. 3
Winter break
January and Spring 2010
Monday Jan. 4
Spring I classes begin
Tuesday, Jan. 5
Day undergraduate students return to campus
Wednesday, Jan. 6 – Friday, Jan. 22
January Term (J-Term)
Monday, Jan. 18
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – no classes
Monday, Jan. 25
Day undergraduate spring semester begins
Monday, Feb. 15
Presidents Day – no classes
Saturday, Feb. 27
Spring I semester ends
Sunday, Feb. 28 – Sunday, March 7
Spring Break
Monday, March 8
Spring II classes begin
Thursday, April 29 – Tuesday, May 4
Exams
Saturday, May 1
Spring II semester ends
Monday, May 3
Summer I semester begins
Wednesday, May 5 (noon)
Residence halls close
Friday, May 7
Commencement - Evening graduate/undergraduate
Saturday, May 8
Commencement - Day undergraduate
Monday, May 10
Day undergraduate summer term begins
Summer 2010
Monday, May 10
Day undergraduate summer term begins
Friday, June 4
Day undergraduate summer term ends
Saturday, June 26
Summer I semester ends
Monday, June 28
Summer II semester begins
Saturday, August 21
Summer II semester ends
