Academic Calendar 2008-2009
FALL QUARTER 2008
| August 18-22 | Monday-Friday | Fall registration period |
| August 23-September 14 | Saturday-Sunday | Add/Drop period-no charge if registered |
| September 1 | Monday | Labor Day; administrative holiday.Consult instructor. |
| September 15 | Monday | Drop/Swap begins; $50 per course |
| September 15 | Monday | Late registration; $100 fee if no previous enrollment |
| September 19 | Friday | Last day to petition for graduate degrees to be conferred in December 2008 |
| September 21 | Sunday | Tuition and fee payment due |
| September 22 | Monday | Classes begin |
| September 24 | Wednesday | New Student Orientation |
| September 28 | Sunday | Last day to change registration or withdraw from classes with a 100 percent refund (Clear registration holds by 5 p.m., Friday) |
| October 5 | Sunday | Last day to withdraw from classes with a 50 percent refund |
| October 10 | Friday | Last day to submit incomplete work to faculty for spring and summer 2008 |
| October 12 | Sunday | Last day to withdraw from classes with a 25 percent refund and not receive a W grade |
| October 20-24 | Monday-Friday | Winter registration period |
| November 24-28 | Monday-Friday | Thanksgiving recess; academic holiday (Please check with instructor to verify that classes will not meet.) |
| November 27-28 | Thursday-Friday | Thanksgiving recess; administrative holiday |
| December 5 | Friday | Last day to withdraw from classes |
| December 5 | Friday | Classes end |
| December 8-12 | Monday-Friday | Fall quarter final examinations |
| December 17 | Wednesday | Fall quarter grades due |
| December 19 | Friday | Last day to petition for graduate degreesto be conferred in March 2009 |
| December 25, 26 | Thursday-Friday | Christmas recess; administrative holiday |
| December 31, January 1 | Wednesday-Thursday | New Year’s recess; administrative holiday |
WINTER QUARTER 2009
| October 20-24 | Monday-Friday | Winter registration period |
| October 25-December 28 | Saturday-Sunday | Add/Drop period-no charge if registered |
| December 21 | Sunday | Tuition and fee payment due |
| December 29 | Monday | Drop/Swap begins; $50 per course |
| December 29 | Monday | Late registration begins; $100 fee if no previous enrollment |
| January 5 | Monday | Classes begin |
| January 7 | Wednesday | New Student Orientation |
| January 11 | Sunday | Last day to change registration or withdraw from classes with a 100 percent refund (Clear registration holds by 5 p.m., Friday) |
| January 18 | Sunday | Last day to withdraw from classes with a 50 percent refund |
| January 19 | Monday | Martin Luther King Day; administrative holiday. Consult instructor. |
| January 23 | Friday | Last day to submit incomplete fall quarter 2008 work to faculty |
| January 25 | Sunday | Last day to withdraw from classes with a 25 percent refund and not receive a W grade |
| February 2-6 | Monday-Friday | Spring registration period |
| February 16 | Monday | Presidents’ Day; administrative holiday. Consult instructor. |
| March 13 | Friday | Last day to withdraw from classes |
| March 13 | Friday | Classes end |
| March 13 | Friday | Last day to petition for graduate degrees to be conferred in June 2009 |
| March 16-20 | Monday-Friday | Winter quarter final examinations |
| March 25 | Wednesday | Winter quarter grades due |
SPRING QUARTER 2009
| February 2-6 | Monday-Friday | Spring registration period |
| February 7-March 22 | Friday-Sunday | Add/Drop period-no charge if registered |
| March 21 | Saturday | Tuition and fee payment due |
| March 23 | Monday | Drop/Swap begins; $50 per course |
| March 23 | Monday | Late registration begins; $100 fee if no previous enrollment |
| March 30 | Monday | Classes begin |
| April 1 | Wednesday | New Student Orientation |
| April 5 | Sunday | Last day to change registration or withdraw from classes with a 100 percent refund (Clear registration holds by 5 p.m., Friday) |
| April 10 | Friday | Good Friday – administrative holiday. Consult instructor. |
| April 12 | Sunday | Last day to withdraw from classes with a 50 percent refund |
| April 17 | Friday | Last day to submit incomplete work to faculty for winter 2009 |
| April 17 | Friday | Last day for September 2009 graduates to submit permission form to participate in the June 2009 Commencement ceremony |
| April 19 | Sunday | Last day to withdraw from classes with a 25 percent refund and not receive a W grade |
| April 20-24 | Monday-Friday | Summer registration period for current students for all three sessions. (Prospective students may still apply to Open University according to the deadlines listed at http://scu.edu/engineering/graduate/admissions/applicationdeadlines.cfm) |
| May 25 | Monday | Memorial Day; academic and administrative holiday |
| June 5 | Friday | Last day to withdraw from classes |
| June 5 | Friday | Classes end |
| June 8-12 | Monday-Friday | Spring quarter final examinations |
| June 12 | Friday | Graduate commencement |
| June 17 | Wednesday | Spring quarter grades due |
| June 19 | Friday | Last day to petition for graduate degrees to be conferred in September 2009 |
SUMMER SESSIONS 2009
| April 20-24 | Monday-Friday | Registration period for current students for all three sessions; (Prospective students may still apply to Open University according to the deadlines listed at http://scu.edu/engineering/graduate/admissions/applicationdeadlines.cfm) |
| April 25-June 7 | Saturday-Sunday | Add/Drop period-no charge if registered |
| June 8 | Monday | Drop/Swap begins; $50 per course |
| June 8 | Monday | Late registration; $100 fee if no previous enrollment |
| June 15 | Monday | Classes begin for Summer Sessions I and II |
| June 21 | Sunday | Tuition and fee payment due |
| July 3 | Friday | Independence Day observed; academic and administrative holiday |
| July 17 | Friday | Last day to withdraw from classes for Session II only |
| July 17 | Friday | Classes end for Session II only |
| July 20, 21 | Monday, Tuesday | Summer Session II final examinations |
| July 27 | Monday | Classes begin for Summer Session III |
| August 21 | Friday | Last day to withdraw from classes for Session I only |
| August 21 | Friday | Classes end for Session I only |
| August 24-28 | Monday-Friday | Summer Session I final examinations |
| August 28 | Friday | Last day to withdraw from classes for Session III only |
| August 28 | Friday | Classes end for Session III only |
| August 31, September 1 | Monday, Tuesday | Summer Session III final examinations |
| September 7 | Monday | Labor Day observed; administrative holiday |
| September 11 | Friday | Last day to petition for graduate degrees to be conferred in December 2009 |
| October 9 | Friday | Last day to submit incomplete work to faculty for spring and summer 2009 |
Summer Session Tuition Refund Policy:
For 100 percent tuition refund: Students must drop their course(s) online via ecampus by the end of the day (no later than 11:59 p.m.) of the second class meeting.
For 50 percent tuition refund: Students must drop their course(s) online via ecampus by the end of the day (no later than 11:59 p.m.) of the third class meeting.
There will be no further refunds after the day of the third class meeting. All dates are inclusive.
Summer Weekend Courses Refund Policy
Any student who is enrolled in a weekend course that meets for the first time after the deadline to drop with 100 percent tuition refund will have until the Tuesday following the first meeting to drop that course with no penalty.
To avoid the financial penalty, the course must be dropped manually by the Assistant Director of Engineering Graduate Services either by e-mailing the request to lmarchewka@scu.edu or completing a drop form available in the Engineering Graduate Programs office. Failure to comply with this process will result in an irreversible forfeit of tuition.
All dates are inclusive.
Registration dates are subject to change.
Registration holds must be cleared with the appropriate office by 5 p.m. on Friday when an
ecampus deadline to add or drop a class falls on a Sunday.
Weekend Courses Refund Policy
Any student who is enrolled in a weekend course that meets for the first time after the deadline to drop with 100 percent tuition refund will have until the Tuesday following the first meeting to drop that course with no penalty.
To avoid the financial penalty, the course must be dropped manually by the assistant director of engineering graduate services either by e-mailing the request to lmarchewka@scu.edu or completing a drop form available in the Engineering Graduate Programs office. Failure to comply with this process will result in an irreversible forfeit of tuition. For more information regarding Tuition Refund Policies, please see page 27 of the Financial Information chapter.