Ugr Academic Calendar 2019-2020
Undergraduate Academic Calendar, 2019-2020
Original approval: January 9, 2017. Revisions: March 18, 2020; April 1, 2020; April 6, 2020; April 15, 2020 (due to COVID-19 worldwide health emergency)
Fall -- Winter -- Spring
Fall Term 2019
| Date | Event |
| Wed., Sep. 4 |
Matriculation deadline |
| Wed., Sep. 4 |
First-years complete registration with advisers |
| Wed., Sep. 4 |
Fall Convocation: 5:30 pm |
| Thu., Sep. 5 |
Academic year begins; classes begin: 8:00 am |
| Wed., Sep. 11 |
Free pass/fail declarations and drop/add ends at midnight |
| Wed., Sep. 11 |
May 2020 degree applications due |
| Thu., Sep. 19 |
Drop with record begins: W on all dropped courses |
| Wed., Sep. 25 |
Incomplete Grade Change deadline (unless date set earlier by instructor) |
| Oct. 10 - 11 |
Fall reading days: No classes |
| Mon., Oct. 14 |
Classes resume: 8:00 am |
| Fri., Oct. 18 |
Midterm: WP or WF on all dropped courses after this date |
| Mon., Oct. 21 |
Midterm grades due: 12:00 noon |
| Oct. 28- Nov. 1 |
Registration for Winter Term 2020
|
| Nov. 25 - 29 |
Thanksgiving Holiday: No classes |
| Mon., Dec. 2 |
Classes resume: 8:00 am |
| Fri., Dec. 6 |
Last day of Fall term classes |
| Sat., Dec. 7 |
Final Examinations begin: 2:00 pm |
| Fri., Dec. 13 |
Final Examinations end: 12:00 noon |
| Tue., Dec. 17 |
All grades due: 12:00 noon |
Winter Term 2020
| Date | Event |
| Thu., Jan. 9 |
Classes begin: 8:00 am |
| Wed., Jan. 15 |
Free pass/fail declarations and drop/add ends at midnight |
| Mon., Jan. 20 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: No classes (Monday classes meet on Friday) |
| Tue., Jan. 21 |
Founders Day/Omicron Delta Kappa Convocation |
| Thu., Jan 23 |
Drop with record begins: W on all dropped courses |
| Fri., Jan. 24 |
Monday classes held on Friday of MLK week |
| Wed., Jan. 29 |
Incomplete Grade Change deadline (unless date set earlier by instructor) |
| Feb. 10 - 13 |
Registration for Spring Term 2020 |
| Thu., Feb. 13 |
Sophomore major declaration deadline |
| Fri., Feb. 14 |
Mock Convention: No classes
|
| Fri., Feb. 21 |
Midterm: WP or WF on all dropped courses after this date |
| Mon., Feb. 24 |
Midterm grades due: 12:00 noon |
| Feb. 24 - 28 |
Washington Break: No classes |
| Mon., Mar. 2 |
Classes resume: 8:00 am |
| Fri., Mar. 6 |
Deadline to drop Spring 2020 domestic extra-fee course without being responsible for the fee |
| Fri., Mar. 6 |
Spring Option declaration deadline |
| Sat., Mar 14-Sun., Mar. 29 |
Face-to-Face classes suspended; virtual classes resume on Mar. 30 |
| postponed to May |
Registration for Fall Term 2020 |
| Wed., Apr. 22 |
Last day of Winter term classes |
| as determined by faculty |
Examinations begin |
| Sat., Apr. 25 |
Examinations end by 12:00 midnight Eastern Time |
| Tue., Apr. 28 |
Senior's grades due: 12:00 noon Eastern Time |
| Mon., May 4 |
Non-Senior's grades due: 12:00 noon Eastern Time |
Spring Term 2020
| Date | Event |
| Wed., Apr. 29 |
Classes begin: 8:00 am Eastern Time |
| Wed., Apr. 29 |
Drop/add begins |
| Thu., Apr. 30 |
Drop/add ends at midnight Eastern Time |
| Fri. May 1 |
December 2020 degree applications due |
| Fri., May 1 |
Drop with records begins: W on all dropped courses after this date |
| Fri., May 8 |
Midterm: WP or WF on all dropped courses after this date |
| Fri., May 22 |
Last day of Spring term classes |
| Sat., May 23 |
Examinations end by 12:00 midnight Eastern Time |
| Mon., May 25 |
Student declarations of Winter 2020 Credit/No Credit grades due: 12:00 noon Eastern Time |
| Mon., May 25 |
Senior's grades due: 12:00 noon Eastern Time |
| Thu., May 28 |
Degree conferral by virtual ceremony: 10:00 am |
| Fri., May 29 |
Non-Senior's grades due: 12:00 noon Eastern Time |