Santa Clara University

Academic Calendar 2009-2010

FALL QUARTER 2009

August 17-21	Monday-Friday	Fall registration period
August 22-September 13	Saturday-Sunday	Add/Drop period-no charge if registered September 7 Monday Labor Day; administrative holiday. Consult instructor.
September 14	Monday	Drop/Swap begins; $50 per course
September 14	Monday	Late registration; $100 fee if no previous enrollment
September 18	Friday	Last day to petition for graduate degrees to be conferred in December 2009
September 21	Monday	Tuition and fee payment due
September 21	Monday	Classes begin
September 23	Wednesday	New Student Orientation
September 27	Sunday	Last day to change registration or withdraw from classes with a 100 percent refund (Clear registration holds by 5 p.m., Friday)
October 4	Sunday	Last day to withdraw from classes with a 50 percent refund
October 9	Friday	Last day to submit incomplete work to faculty for spring and summer 2009
October 11	Sunday	Last day to withdraw from classes with a 25 percent refund
October 19-23	Monday-Friday	Winter registration period
November 6	Friday	Last day to withdraw from classes with a W grade
November 23-27	Monday-Friday	Thanksgiving recess; academic holiday (Please check with instructor to verify that classes will not meet.)
November 26-27	Thursday-Friday	Thanksgiving recess; administrative holiday
December 4	Friday	Classes end
December 7-11	Monday-Friday	Fall quarter final examinations
December 16	Wednesday	Fall quarter grades due
December 18	Friday	Last day to petition for graduate degrees to be conferred in March 2010
December 24-25	Thursday-Friday	Christmas recess; administrative holiday
December 31, January 1	Thursday-Friday	New Year's recess; administrative holiday

WINTER QUARTER 2010

October 19-23	Monday-Friday	Winter registration period
October 24-December 27	Saturday-Sunday	Add/Drop period-no charge if registered
December 21	Monday	Tuition and fee payment due
December 28	Monday	Drop/Swap begins; $50 per course
December 28	Monday	Late registration begins; $100 fee if no previous enrollment
January 4	Monday	Classes begin
January 6	Wednesday	New Student Orientation
January 10	Sunday	Last day to change registration or withdraw from classes with a 100 percent refund (Clear registration holds by 5 p.m., Friday)
January 17	Sunday	Last day to withdraw from classes with a 50 percent refund
January 18	Monday	Martin Luther King Day; administrative holiday. Consult instructor.
January 22	Friday	Last day to submit incomplete fall quarter 2009 work to faculty
January 24	Sunday	Last day to withdraw from classes with a 25 percent refund
February 1-5	Monday-Friday	Spring registration period
February 15	Monday	Presidents' Day; administrative holiday. Consult instructor.
February 19	Friday	Last day to withdraw from classes with a W grade
March 12	Friday	Classes end
March 12	Friday	Last day to petition for graduate degrees to be conferred in June 2010
March 15-19	Monday-Friday	Winter quarter final examinations
March 24	Wednesday	Winter quarter grades due

SPRING QUARTER 2010

February 1-5	Monday-Friday	Spring registration period
February 6-March 21	Saturday-Sunday	Add/Drop period-no charge if registered
March 21	Sunday	Tuition and fee payment due
March 22	Monday	Drop/Swap begins; $50 per course
March 22	Monday	Late registration begins; $100 fee if no previous enrollment
March 29	Monday	Classes begin
March 31	Wednesday	New Student Orientation
April 2	Friday	Good Friday; administrative holiday. Consult instructor.
April 4	Sunday	Last day to change registration or withdraw from classes with a 100 percent refund (Clear registration holds by 5 p.m., Friday)
April 11	Sunday	Last day to withdraw from classes with a 50 percent refund
April 16	Friday	Last day to submit incomplete work to faculty for winter 2010
April 16	Friday	Last day for September 2010 graduates to submit permission form to participate in the June 2010 Commencement ceremony
April 18	Sunday	Last day to withdraw from classes with a 25 percent refund
April 19-23	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 on the Engineering Graduate Program Adimission page)
May 14	Friday	Last day to withdraw from classes with a W grade
May 31	Monday	Memorial Day; academic and administrative holiday
June 4	Friday	Classes end
June 7-11	Monday-Friday	Spring quarter final examinations
June 11	Friday	Graduate Commencement
June 16	Wednesday	Spring quarter grades due
June 18	Friday	Last day to petition for graduate degrees to be conferred in September 2010

SUMMER SESSIONS 2010

April 19-23	Monday-Friday	Registration period for current students for all three sessions; (Prospective students may still apply to Open University according to the deadlines listed on the Engineering Graduate Program Adimission page)
April 24-June 6	Saturday-Sunday	Add/Drop period-no charge if registered
June 7	Monday	Drop/Swap begins; $50 per course
June 7	Monday	Late registration; $100 fee if no previous enrollment
June 14	Monday	Classes begin for Summer Sessions I and II
June 21	Monday	Tuition and fee payment due
July 5	Monday	Independence Day observed; academic and administrative holiday
July 16	Friday	Last day to withdraw from classes forSession II only
July 16	Friday	Classes end for Session II only
July 19, 20	Monday, Tuesday	Summer Session II final examinations
July 26	Monday	Classes begin for Summer Session III
August 20	Friday	Last day to withdraw from classes forSession I only
August 20	Friday	Classes end for Session I only
August 23-27	Monday-Friday	Summer Session I final examinations
August 27	Friday	Last day to withdraw from classes forSession III only
August 27	Friday	Classes end for Session III only
August 30-31	Monday, Tuesday	Summer Session III final examinations
September 6	Monday	Labor Day observed; administrative holiday
September 10	Friday	Last day to petition for graduate degreesto be conferred in December 2010
October 8	Friday	Last day to submit incomplete work to faculty for spring and summer 2010 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 Financial Information.