Important Dates & Deadlines

Last day for International Applicants to Apply for Spring 2012 Admission	October 1
Last day for US Applicants to Apply for Spring 2012 Admission	December 2
Registration, 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.	January 10
Classes Begin	January 12
Late Registration Begins ($100 late fee)	January 13
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Holiday--Offices Closed; No Classes	January 16
Last Day to Register	January 18
Last Day for Schedule Adjustments	January 18
Last Day to Drop without a Grade	January 25
Last Day to Apply for May Commencement	January 27
Spring Break -- No Classes	March 5-9
Advisement Begins for Spring	March 26-30
Last Day to Drop a Class and Receive a Grade of "W"	March 30
Preregistration begins for Spring	April 2
Comprehensive Exam/Thesis Defense Deadline	April 13
Final Thesis/Dissertation Submission Deadline	April 20
Certificate of Approval (signature page) submitted to Grad Studies	April 27
Approved Thesis/Dissertation sent for Electronic Publication	April 27
Deadline to submit all other forms and memos required for Graduation	April 27
Deadline to Remove "Incompletes" if graduating in December	April 27
Deadline to submit Survey of Earned Doctorate (Ph.D. students)	April 27
Final Exam Week	April 30-May 4
Commencement	May 5