Academic Calendar
Printer Friendly Calendars: 2010-2011 | 2011-2012 | 2012-2013
| Fall Semester 2011 | |
|---|---|
| New International Students arrive & their Orientation begins | Mon, Aug 29 |
| Online registration opens for add/drop period | Wed, Aug 31 |
| New students arrive; Orientation begins | Wed, Aug 31 |
| Returning students arrive | Sun, Sept 4 |
| Convocation | Tue, Sept 6 |
| Classes begin | Wed, Sept 7 |
| Last day to add classes | Tue, Sept 20 |
| Last day to withdraw from a course without "W" notation recorded | Tue, Sept 27 |
| Mid-semester break | Sat-Tue, Oct 8 - 11 |
| Family & Friends Weekend | Fri-Sun, Oct 21 - 23 |
| Add/Drop for second half-semester PE courses (email changes to the Office of the Registrar) | Mon, Oct 31 - Fri, Nov 4 |
| Academic advising period | Mon, Oct 31 - Fri, Nov 4 |
| Founder's Day | Sun, Nov 6 |
| Online Spring registration period for Mount Holyoke and Five-College courses | Mon - Fri, Nov 7 - 18 |
| Last day to withdraw from a course with "W" notation recorded | Thu, Nov 17 |
| Last day to declare ungraded option | Thu, Nov 17 |
| Thanksgiving Recess | Wed - Sun, Nov 23 - 27 |
| Last day of classes | Tue, Dec 13 |
| Reading days | Wed, Dec 14 - Fri, Dec 16 at 7pm |
| Examinations | Fri, Dec 16 at 7pm - Tue, Dec 20 noon |
| December recess | Tue, Dec 20 noon - Mon, Jan 2 |
| Fall grades due | Tue, Jan 3 |
| Intersession 2012 | |
| Intersession start and end | Tue, Jan 3 - Fri, Jan 20 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no classes) | Mon, Jan 16 |
| January Recess | Sat - Mon Jan 21 - 23 |
| Spring Semester 2012 | |
| Online registration opens for add/drop period | Wed, Jan 18 |
| New International Students arrive and their Orientation begins | Wed, Jan 18 |
| New students arrive and their Orientation begins | Thu, Jan 19 |
| Classes begin | Tue, Jan 24 |
| Last day to add classes | Mon, Feb 6 |
| Last day to withdraw from a course without "W" notation recorded | Mon, Feb 13 |
| Mid-semester break | Sat - Sun, Mar 17 - 25 |
| Add/Drop for second half-semester courses (email changes to the Office of the Registrar) | Mon - Fri, Mar 19 - 23 |
| Academic advising period | Mon - Fri, Apr 2 - 6 |
| Online registration period for fall Five College courses | Mon - Fri, Apr 9 - 20 |
| Online registration period for fall Mount Holyoke courses | Mon - Fri, Apr 9 - 27 |
| Last day to withdraw from a course with "W" notation recorded | Mon, Apr 9 |
| Last day to declare ungraded option | Mon, Apr 9 |
| Last day of classes | Mon, Apr 30 |
| Reading days | Tue, May 1 - Thu, May 3 at 7 pm |
| Examinations | Thu, May 3 at 7 pm - Mon, May 7 noon (last exam session starts May 7 at 9 am) |
| Senior grades due | Wed, May 9 at noon |
| Reunion I | Fri - Sun, May 18 - 20 |
| Baccalaureate Service | Sat, May 19 |
| Commencement | Sun, May 20 |
| Underclass grades due | Tue, May 22 |
| Reunion II | Fri - Sun, May 25 - 27 |