UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC CALENDAR
FALL SEMESTER 2004
August 16-17 Monday-Tuesday—New student orientation
August 17 Tuesday—Registration for new students
August 18-20 Wednesday-Friday—Continuing students register or complete registration
August 23 Monday—Classes begin
August 27 Friday—Last day of late registration
September 3 Friday—Fall payment deadline
September 6 Monday—Academic holiday (Labor Day)
September 10 Friday—Last day for students to submit an Application for Degree to Departments for the Spring 2005 semester
September 17 Friday—Last day for Departments to submit Applications for Degree to the Office of the Registrar for the Spring 2005 semester
October 8-14 Friday—Thursday—Midterm assessment/examinations
October 15 Friday—Last day for students to submit work for Incomplete grade received in Spring & Summer 2004 semester/session
October 15 Friday—Academic Holiday (Founders' Day)
October 16 Saturday—Homecoming
October 18 Monday—All Midterm Warnings to be input by departments no later than 12:00 noon
October 18 Monday—All grade changes for Incomplete work from Spring & Summer Sessions 2004 due in the Office of the Registrar
October 25-29 Rising Junior Assessment
October 29 Friday—Last day to drop classes or withdraw from the University with a "W"
November 1 Monday—Preregistration for the Spring 2005 semester begins
November 1-12 Student evaluations of faculty
November 2 Tuesday—Academic Holiday (Election Day)
November 24 Wednesday—Thanksgiving holiday begins at 12:00 noon
November 29 Monday—Classes resume
December 11 Saturday—Last day of classes
December 13-18 Monday—Saturday—Final examinations
December 15 Wednesday—Reading Day (no exams except for Wednesday evening classes)
December 18 Saturday—Semester ends
December 20 Monday—All grades to be input by faculty not later than 12:00 noon
<table><tr><td>December 15</td><td>Wednesday—Reading Day (no exams except for Wednesday evening classes)</td></tr><tr><td>December 18</td><td>Saturday—Semester ends</td></tr><tr><td>December 20</td><td>Monday—All grades to be input by faculty not later than 12:00 noon</td></tr></table>
January 10-11 Monday-Tuesday—New student orientation
January 11 Tuesday—Registration for new students
January 12-14 Wednesday-Friday—Continuing students register or complete registration
January 17 Monday—Academic holiday (Observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday)
January 18 Tuesday—Classes begin
January 21 Friday—Last day of late registration Friday—Last day to add/change registration
January 28 Friday—Spring payment deadline
February 4 Friday—Last day for students to submit an Application for Degree to Departments for the Summer session and Fall semester 2005
February 11 Friday—Last day for Departments to submit an Application for Degree to the Office of the Registrar for the Summer session and Fall semester 2005
March 7-12 Monday-Saturday—Midterm assessment/examinations
March 11 Friday—Last day for students to submit work for an Incomplete grade received in the Fall 2004 semester
March 14-20 Monday-Sunday—Spring vacation
March 21 Monday—All Midterm Warnings to be input by departments no later than 12:00 noon
March 21-25 Rising Junior Assessment
March 28-Apr. 9 Student evaluations of faculty
April 1 Friday—Last day to drop classes or with draw from the University with a
Mar. 28-Apr. 9 Student evaluations of faculty
April 1 Friday—Last day to drop classes or withdraw from the University with a "W"