Ugr Academic Calendar 2016-2017
Undergraduate Academic Calendar, 2016-2017
Original approval: November 4, 2013. Last revision: July 29, 2016
Fall Term 2016
Date | Event |
Sat., Sep. 3 |
Check-in and matriculation for new students |
Wed., Sep. 7 |
First-years register with advisers |
Wed., Sep. 7 |
Fall Convocation: 5:30 pm |
Thu., Sep. 8 |
Academic year begins; classes begin: 8:00 am |
Wed., Sep. 14 |
Drop/add ends at midnight |
Wed., Sep. 14 |
May 2017 degree applications due |
Thu., Sep. 22 |
Drop with record begins: W on all dropped courses |
Wed., Sep. 28 |
Incomplete Grade Change deadline (unless date set by instructor) |
Oct. 13 - 14 |
Fall reading days: No classes |
Mon., Oct. 17 |
Classes resume: 8:00 am |
Fri., Oct. 21 |
Midterm: First-year deadline for declaration of physical education grading option |
Fri., Oct. 21 |
Drop with record after midterm: WP or WF on all dropped courses |
Mon., Oct. 24 |
Midterm grades due: 12:00 noon |
Oct. 31-Nov. 4 |
Registration for Winter Term 2017 |
Nov. 21 - 25 |
Thanksgiving Holiday: No classes |
Mon., Nov 28 |
Classes resume: 8:00 am |
Fri., Dec. 9 |
Last day of Fall term classes |
Sat., Dec. 10 |
Final Examinations begin: 2:00 pm |
Fri., Dec. 16 |
Final Examinations end: 12:00 noon |
Tue., Dec. 20 |
All grades due: 12:00 noon |
Winter Term 2017
Date | Event |
Mon., Jan. 9 |
Classes begin: 8:00 am |
Fri., Jan. 13 |
Drop/add ends at midnight |
Mon., Jan. 16 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: No classes (Monday classes held on Friday) |
Thu., Jan. 19 |
Founders' Day/Omicron Delta Kappa Convocation |
Fri., Jan. 20 |
Monday classes held on Friday of MLK week |
Fri., Jan. 20 |
Senior deadline for final degree/major/minor changes |
Mon., Jan. 23 |
Drop with record begins: W on all dropped courses |
Fri., Jan. 27 |
Incomplete Grade Change deadline (unless date set by instructor) |
Feb. 7-10 |
Registration for Spring Term 2017 |
Fri., Feb. 10 |
Sophomore major declaration deadline |
Fri., Feb. 17 |
Midterm: WP or WF on all dropped courses after this date |
Mon., Feb. 20 |
Midterm grades due: 12:00 noon |
Feb. 20 - 24 |
Washington Break: No classes |
Mon., Feb. 27 |
Classes resume: 8:00 am |
Fri., Mar. 3 |
Deadline to drop Spring 2017 domestic extra-fee course without being responsible for the fee |
Fri., Mar. 10 |
Spring Option declaration deadline |
Fri., Mar. 17 |
Science, Society & the Arts Conference (classes suspended) |
Sun. Mar. 19 |
Phi Beta Kappa/Society of the Cincinnati Convocation |
Mar. 28 - 31 |
Registration for Fall Term 2017 |
Fri., Apr. 7 |
Last day of Winter term classes |
Sat., Apr. 8 |
Examinations begin: 2:00 pm |
Fri., Apr. 14 |
Examinations end: 12:00 noon |
Tue., Apr. 18 |
All grades due: 12:00 noon |
Spring Term 2017
Date | Event |
Mon., Apr. 24 |
Classes begin: 8:00 am |
Tue., Apr. 25 |
Drop/add ends at midnight |
Fri. Apr. 28 |
December 2017 degree applications due |
Mon., May 1 |
Drop with records begins: W on all dropped courses after this date |
Fri., May 5 |
Midterm: WP or WF on all dropped courses after this date |
Fri., May 12 |
Incomplete Grade Change deadline (unless date set by instructor) |
Fri., May 19 |
Last day of Spring term classes |
Sat., May 20 |
Examinations: 9:00 am and 2:00 pm |
Mon., May 22 |
Senior grades due: 12:00 noon |
Wed., May 24 |
Baccalaureate Service: 10:00 am |
Thu., May 25 |
Commencement: 10:00 am |
Fri., May 26 |
Non-senior grades due: 12:00 noon |
Fri., Jun. 2 |
Six-week courses end |
Mon., Jun. 5 |
Six-week course grades due: 12:00 noon |