Calendar 2009/2010
Semester II 2010 
Semester I: Fall 2009
July
15 Applications for September graduation.
August
13 Last day for continuing students to register/settle accounts without a late fee.
31 New Student Orientation and registration.
September
2 Instruction begins.
7 MTS and STM Comprehensive Exams due for September 2009 graduates.
11 Last day to submit final thesis and to pay associated fees to STH library for September 2009 graduates.
16 End of registration (students who have not registered/settled accounts by this date will not be allowed to register for this semester).
TBA Proctored Exam Date.
16 Last day to WebReg. Last day to add classes. Last day for BTI students to cross-register for class. Last day to request Pass/Fail option. Payment due for all new graduate students.
25 Official September graduation.
October
7 Last day to drop classes without a “W” grade. Last day to change from credit to audit.
12 Holiday, classes suspended.
TBA Proctored Exam Date.
16–18 Homecoming/Parents Weekend, through Sunday.
25 Applications due for January graduation.
November
4 Spring 2010 registration begins.
11 Holiday, classes suspended.
12 Last day to drop with a “W” grade.
TBA Proctored Exam Date.
25 Fall recess begins.
30 Classes resume.
December
2 Last day to officially withdraw for Fall 2009.
TBA Proctored Exam Date.
11 Instruction ends. All petitions due. Last paper due unless otherwise specified in syllabus.
16 Final exams begin.
17 Last day for continuing students to register/settle accounts for Spring 2010 without a late fee.
21 Final exams end.
Semester II: Spring 2010
January
2 Intersession begins, through January 12.
TBA New student orientation and registration.
TBA Proctored Exam Date.
11 Last day to submit final thesis and to pay associated fees to STH library for January 2010 graduates.
13 Instruction begins.
18 Martin Luther King Day, classes suspended.
20 End of registration (students who have not registered/settled accounts by this date will not be allowed to register for this semester).
25 Official January graduation.
27 Last day to add classes.
Last day for BTI cross-registration. Last day to request Pass/Fail option.
February
TBA Proctored Exam Date.
15 Holiday, classes suspended.
16 Substitute Monday schedule of classes.
18 Last day to drop classes without a “W” grade. Last day to change from credit to audit status.
25 Applications due for May graduation.
March
6 Spring recess begins.
15 Classes resume.
TBA Proctored Exam Date.
April
5 Last day to drop courses with a “W” grade.
TBA Advising/Registration begins for Fall 2010.
TBA Proctored Exam Date.
14 Last day to officially withdraw for Spring 2010.
19 Holiday, classes suspended.
22 Substitute Monday schedule of classes.
29 Instruction ends.
30 Reading period begins.
May
4 Final exams begin.
Last day to submit final thesis and to pay associated fees to STH library for May graduates.
TBA Proctored Exam Date.
7 MTS and STM Comprehensive Exams due for May 2010 graduates.
8 Final exams end.
14–16 Commencement Weekend.
The academic calendar is subject to change. Students observing religious holidays on which classes are scheduled will be given ample opportunity to make up their work. Faculty members who wish to observe religious holidays will arrange for another faculty member to meet with their classes or for canceled classes to be rescheduled. The other schools and colleges of the University use calendars different from that printed here.
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