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Undergraduate Academic Calendar


2008-2009 Undergraduate Academic Calendar

Fall 2008
August 2008
15
Fri.
Final registration/fee payment deadline without penalty
16
Sat.
Late registration fee begins ($150) 
26
Tues.
Language Competency fee due
Aug. 30– Sept. 2 
Sat.–Tues.
New Student Orientation – Torero Days
September 2008
1
Mon.
Labor Day holiday (no classes; offices closed)
2
Tues.
Competency Examination: Foreign Languages
3
Wed.
Classes begin
11
Thurs.
Mass of The Holy Spirit
12
Fri.
Last day to enroll in classes and to drop a class without a ‘W’
16
Tues.
Deadline 100 percent tuition refund 
23
Tues.
Deadline 90 percent tuition refund
30
Tues.
Deadline 80 percent tuition refund
October 2008


Wed.
Financial aid applications for Intersession 2009 available
6
Mon.
Deadline to pay Competency Examination fee
7
Tues.
Deadline 70 percent tuition refund
13–24
Mon.–Fri.
Online class reservation for Intersession 2009 (two weeks only; see Tues., October 28 for walk-in registration for Intersession 2009)
17
Fri.
Fall Holiday (no classes)
20 Mon. Mid-term grades due
21 
Tues.
Deadline 60 percent tuition refund
25 
Sat.
Competency Examination: Mathematics
28
Tues.
Deadline 50 percent tuition refund
Walk-in registration begins for Intersession 2009
November 2008


Mon.

Deadline to select grade or Pass/Fail option
Class reservation begins for Spring 2009
Priority deadline for Intersession 2009 financial aid applications

Sat.
Competency Examinations: Logic, Lower-division and Upper-division English
11 
Tues.
Last day to withdraw from classes 
Deadline for removal of Incompletes from prior semester/Summer Sessions
21
Fri.
Final fee payment deadline for Intersession 2009 online registration
26–28 
Wed.–Fri.
Thanksgiving holiday (no classes; offices closed Thursday and Friday)
December 2008

12 

Fri.
Last day of classes 
Last day to petition for January 2010 graduation 
13
Sat.
NROTC Commissioning Ceremony
15–19
Mon.–Fri.
Final examinations
Intersession 2009
January 2009

5

Mon.
First day of Intersession classes
19
Mon.
Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday (no classes, offices closed)
23
Fri.

Last day of Intersession classes
See the 2009 Intersession Bulletin for specific courses, dates, and registration procedures

Spring 2009
January 2009

16

Fri.
Language Competency Exam fee due
Final registration/fee payment deadline without penalty 
17
Sat.
Late registration fee begins ($150)
22–24
Thurs.–Sat.
New Student Orientation
23
Fri.
Competency Examination: Foreign Languages
26
Mon.
Classes begin
29
Thurs
All Faith Service 
February 2009

2

Mon.
Financial aid applications for Summer Sessions 2009 available
Wed.
Last day to enroll in classes and to drop a class without a ‘W’
6
Fri.
Deadline 100 percent tuition refund
13 
Fri.
Deadline 90 percent tuition refund
20
Fri.
Deadline 80 percent tuition refund
27
Fri.
Deadline 70 percent tuition refund
March 2009


Mon.

Priority deadline for USD financial aid applications for 2009-2010 fall and/or spring semesters for new (freshmen and transfer) undergraduate students.
Priority deadline for USD financial aid applications for 2009-2010 fall and/or spring semesters for continuing undergraduate students.

9–13
Mon.–Fri.
Spring Break (no classes)
16
Mon.
Deadline to pay Competency Examination fee
16–27 
Mon.–Fri.
Online class reservation for Summer Sessions 2009  (two weeks only; see Tues., March 31 for walk-in registration for Summer Sessions 2009)
17
Tues.
Priority deadline for Summer Sessions 2009 financial aid applications
18
Wed.
Mid-term grades due
20
Fri.
Deadline 60 percent tuition refund
25
Wed.
Deadline to select grade or Pass/Fail option
27
Fri.
Deadline 50 percent tuition refund
31
Tues.
Walk-in registration begins for Summer Sessions 2009
April 2009


Fri.
Last day to withdraw from classes 
Deadline for removal of Incompletes from prior semester/Intersession
4
Sat.
Competency Examination: Mathematics
6
Mon..
Class reservation begins for Fall 2009
9–13
Thurs.–Mon.
Easter Break (no classes; offices closed on Fri., April 10)
18
Sat.
Competency Examinations: Logic, Lower-division and Upper-division English
24
Fri.
Final fee payment deadline for Summer Sessions 2009 online registration
May 2009


Tues.
Honors Convocation
12 
Tues.
Last day of classes – Classes meet according to Thurs. schedule 
Last day to petition for May/August 2010 graduation
13–14
Wed.–Thurs.
Study day
15–21 
Fri.–Thurs.
Final examinations
22
Fri.
NROTC Commissioning Ceremony
23–24
Sat.–Sun.
Commencements
Summer 2009
June 2009

Mon.
First day of first session
August 2009

21 

Fri.

Last day of last session
See the 2009 Summer Sessions Bulletin for specific courses, dates, and registration procedures

* Disclaimer: Dates are subject to change

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