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							| 2019-2020 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG] 
 
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 2019-2020Fall Semester 2019
	
		
			| Term I classes begin | Aug. 19 |  
			| Classes begin | Aug. 19 |  
			| Last day to add classes | Aug. 25 |  
			| Last day to drop classes with full refund (full term) | Aug. 31 |  
			|  | Sept. 2 |  
			| Last day to drop classes (Term I) | Sept 21 |  
			| Fall break | Oct. 11 |  
			| Term II classes begin | Oct. 14 |  
			| Last day to drop classes (full term) | Oct. 26 |  
			| Advising | Oct. 28-Nov. 8 |  
			| Preregistration | Nov. 11-15 |  
			| Last day to drop classes (Term II) | Nov. 16 |  
			| Thanksgiving holidays (Residence halls closed) | Nov. 25-29 |  
			| Study day - undergrads | Dec. 5 |  
			| Final examinations - grad students | Dec. 6-11 |  
			| Commencement | Dec. 14 |  
			| Christmas Holidays | Dec. 16-Jan. 5 |  
			| Wintermester 2020 | Dec. 13-Jan. 5 |  Spring Semester 2020
	
		
			| Term I classes begin | Jan. 6 |  
			| Classes begin | Jan. 6 |  
			| Last Day to add classes | Jan. 12 |  
			| Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday | Jan. 20 |  
			| Last day to drop classes with full refund (full term) | Jan. 18 |  
			| Last day to drop classes (Term I) | Feb. 8 |  
			| Term II classes begin | March 2 |  
			| Last day to drop classes (full term) | March 14 |  
			| Spring break (residence halls closed) | March 16-20 |  
			| Preregistration | April 6-10 |  
			| Last day to drop classes (Term II) | April 11 |  
			| Study Day - undergrads | April 23 |  
			| Final examinations - grad students | April 24-29 |  
			| Commencement | May 2 |  Summer Session 2020
	
		
			| Maymester registration and classes begin | May 4 |  
			| Last day to drop Maymester classes w/full refund | May 5 |  
			| Maymester final examinations | May 22 |  
			| Memorial Day holiday | May 25 |  
			| Summer session, Term I, Junemester classes begin | May 26 |  
			| Last day to add classes (Term I) | May 28 |  
			| Last day to drop Junemester classes w/full refund | May 27 |  
			| Last day to add classes (full term) | May 29 |  
			| Last day to drop classes w/full refund (Term I) | May 28 |  
			| Last day to drop classes w/full refund (full term) | June 2 |  
			| Last day to drop classes (Term I) | June 12 |  
			| Junemester final examinations | June 18 |  
			| First term final examinations | June 25 |  
			| Julymester and Summer Term II classes begin | June 29 |  
			| Holiday | July 3 |  
			| Last day to drop classes (full term) | July 1 |  
			| Last day to add classes (Term II) | July 1 |  
			| Last day to drop classes with full refund (Term II) | July 1 |  
			| Julymester final examinations | July 23 |  
			| Full and Term II final examinations | July 30 |  
	
		
			|   Fall Semester 2020
				
					
						| Term I classes begin | Aug. 24 |  
						| Classes begin | Aug. 24 |  
						| Last day to add classes | Aug. 30 |  
						| Last day to drop classes w/full refund (full term) | Sept. 5 |  
						| Last day to drop classes (Term I) | Sept 26 |  
						| Term II classes begin | Oct. 19 |  
						| Advising | Oct. 26-Nov. 6 |  
						| Last day to drop classes (full term) | Oct. 31 |  
						| Preregistration | Nov. 9-13 |  
						| Last day to drop classes (Term II) | Nov. 21 |  
						| Thanksgiving holidays (Residence halls closed) | Nov. 23-27 |  
						| Study day - undergrads | Dec. 10 |  
						| Final examinations - grad students | Dec. 11-16 |  
						| Commencement | Dec. 19 |  
						| Christmas Holidays | Dec. 21-Jan. 10 |  
						| Wintermester 2021 | Dec. 18-Jan. 10 |      Spring Semester 2021
				
					
						| Term I classes begin | Jan. 11 |  
						| Classes begin | Jan. 11 |  
						| Last Day to add classes | Jan. 17 |  
						| Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday | Jan. 18 |  
						| Last day to drop classes w/full refund (full term) | Jan. 23 |  
						| Last day to drop classes (Term I) | Feb. 13 |  
						| Term II classes begin | March 8 |  
						| Spring break (residence halls closed) | March 15-19 |  
						| Last day to drop classes (full term) | March 27 |  
						| Preregistration | April 5-9 |  
						| Last day to drop classes (Term II) | April 17 |  
						| Study Day - undergrads | April 29 |  
						| Final examinations - grad students | April 30-May 5 |  
						| Commencement | May 8 |    Summer Session 2021
				
					
						| Maymester registration and classes begin | May 10 |  
						| Last day to drop Maymester classes w/full refund | May 11 |  
						| Maymester final examinations | May 28 |  
						| Memorial Day holiday | May 31 |  
						| Summer session, Term I, Junemester classes begin | June 1 |  
						| Last day to add classes (Term I) | June 3 |  
						| Last day to drop Junemester classes w/full refund | June 2 |  
						| Last day to add classes (full term) | June 4 |  
						| Last day to drop classes w/full refund (Term I) | June 3 |  
						| Last day to drop classes w/full refund (full term) | June 8 |  
						| Last day to drop classes (Term I) | June 18 |  
						| Junemester final examinations | June 24 |  
						| First term final examinations | July 1 |  
						| Julymester and Summer Term II classes begin | July 6 |  
						| Holiday | July 5 |  
						| Last day to drop classes (full term) | July 7 |  
						| Last day to add classes (Term II) | July 8 |  
						| Last day to drop classes with full refund (Term II) | July 8 |  
						| Julymester final examinations | July 29 |  
						| Full and Term II final examinations | Aug 5 |  *The dates in 2019-20 are subject to change and should be regarded as tentative projections. |  |  
 
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