Academic Calendar
Fall Semester 2008
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Orientation Begins |
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Saturday, August 23-Monday, August 25 |
Final Registration |
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Monday, August 18-Friday, August 29 |
Courses Begin |
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Tuesday, August 26 |
Add/Drop/Withdrawal |
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Vary by School |
Reading Days |
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Saturday, October 11-Tuesday, October 14 |
Fall Convocation |
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Friday October 24 |
Family Weekend |
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Friday, October 24-Sunday, October 26 |
Thanksgiving Recess |
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Wedneday, November 26-Sunday, November 30 |
Courses End |
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Friday, December 5 |
Reading Day |
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Sunday, December 7 |
Examinations |
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Monday, December 8-Tuesday, December 16 |
Reading Days |
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Thursday, December 11; Sunday, December 14 |
Fall degrees conferred |
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Friday, December 30 (no ceremony) |
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January Term 2009
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Courses Begin |
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Wednesday, January 2 |
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(Classes January 2-3; and January 5-10) |
Courses End |
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Saturday, January 10 |
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Spring Semester 2009
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Final Registration |
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Wednesday, January 7-Friday, January 16 |
Courses Begin |
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Tuesday, January 13 |
Courses Suspended |
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Monday, January 19, Martin Luther King Day |
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(Special University activities to be proposed) |
Add/Drop/Withdrawal |
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Vary by School |
Spring Recess |
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Saturday, February 28-Sunday, March 8 |
Courses End |
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Tuesday, April 28 |
Reading Day |
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Wednesday, April 29 |
Examinations |
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Thursday, April 30-Friday, May 8 |
Reading Days |
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Sunday, May 3; Wednesday, May 6 |
Final Exercises |
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Sunday, May 17 |
Note: The Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, the School of Law, and the School of Medicine operate on different academic calendars. Contact those schools for details.
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