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Catalog 2019-2020 
    
Catalog 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Academic Calendar - School of Graduate Studies


 

Calendar, 2019-2020

July 2019 (Fall Semester)

Tuesday 30 Orientation for new students
Wednesday 31 Orientation for new students/Registration for all students-completed

August 2019

Monday 5 Classes begin for Fall semester and Student fees due or within 2 weeks prior to this date

September 2019

Monday 2 Labor Day holiday observed

November 2019

Friday 8 Final date to submit request for Dissertation/Thesis Defense and Final Examination to graduate at Fall graduation*
Friday 8 Final date to circulate announcement for M.S. or Ph.D. and Final Examination for Fall graduation to Graduate Faculty.*
Monday 18 Registration packets due for Spring Semester
Thurs/Friday 28-29 Thanksgiving holiday
Monday 25 Final date to convene M.S. or Ph.D. defense to graduate at Fall graduation. *

December 2019

Monday 2 Classes resume
Friday 9 Final date for submission of approved Dissertation/Thesis Defense Final Examination Report for Fall awarding of degrees.*
Friday 13 Fall Semester Ends   *Commencement, May 2020
Tue-Thur 24-26 Christmas holiday
Tuesday 31 New Year’s holiday

January 2020 (Spring Semester)

Wednesday 1 New Year’s holiday
Thursday 2 Classes begin for Spring semester and Fees due or within 2 weeks prior of this date
Monday 20 Martin Luther King Jr. Day

February 2020

Monday 17 Mardi Gras holiday

April 2020

Thursday 9

Final date to submit request for Dissertation/Thesis Defense and Final Examination to graduate at Spring Commencement.

Final date to circulate announcement of M.S. or Ph.D. Final Examination for Spring Commencement to Graduate Faculty

Friday/Monday 10-13 Easter Holiday
Tuesday 20 Registration packets due to Graduate School Office for Summer term
Thursday 23 Final date to convene M.S. or Ph.D. defense to graduate at Spring Commencement

May 2020

Friday 26 Graduate Research Day
Friday 10 Final date for submission of approved theses, dissertations and committee-examination reports for Spring Commencement.
Friday 24 Spring Semester ends
Saturday 25 Commencement (December and May graduates)
Monday 27 Memorial Day holiday
Saturday 30 Commencement

June 2020 (Summer Semester)

Monday 1 Summer semester begins and Fees due or within 2 weeks prior to this date
Thursday 18

Final date to submit request for Dissertatin/Thesis Defense and Final Examination to graduate at Summer Commencement.
Final date to cirulate announcement of M.S. Ph.D. Final Examination for Summer Commencement to Graduate Faculty.

 

July 2020

Friday 3
Independence Day Holiday
Thursday 2
Final date to convene M.S. or Ph.D. defense to graduate at Summer Commencement
Friday 17 Final date for submission of approved theses and dissertations and committee-examination reports for Summer Commencement.
Friday 24 Summer term ends and Registration packets due to Graduate Student Office for Fall semester
Friday 31 IDP forms due in Graduate School Office

August 2020

Monday 3 Fall Semester begin