Alabama's Public Liberal Arts University

Graduate Bulletin

University Calendar 2012–2013

 

Note: This calendar was posted February 21, 2012.

Note: If Shelby County Schools revise the dates for spring break on their approved calendar, the dates on this calendar noted by an * will be adjusted accordingly.

Those using this calendar for planning purposes should check this page periodically for updates/changes.

 
Fall Semester, 2012  
August 23 Registration for new students
 
August 24 Registration—Undergraduate and Graduate
 
August 27 Classes begin
Payment deadline for preregistration, Fall Semester
 
August 27–31

Late registration
Drop/Add

August 31 Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
 
September 3 Labor Day holiday (University closed)
 
October 11 Founders’ Day
 
October 15 Mid-Semester week begins

October 29 Academic advising and preregistration for spring semester for currently enrolled graduate students

November 7–16 Academic advising and preregistration for Spring Semester for currently enrolled undergraduate students
 
November 20 Classes conclude at 1:45 p.m.

November 21–23 Thanksgiving holidays (University closed)
 
November 26 Classes resume
 
December 6 and 7 Dead Days (no tests or examinations)
 
December 7 Last day to drop courses (all students)
Last day to withdraw from the University (all students)
 
December 10–14 Final examinations
 
December 14 Commencement at 5 p.m.
 
Dec. 21–Jan. 1 Holidays (University closed)
   
Spring Semester, 2013
January 2 University opens
 
January 4

Registration—Undergraduate and Graduate
Registration for new students

January 7 Classes begin
Payment deadline for preregistration, Spring Semester
 
January 7–11 Late registration
Drop/Add
 
January 11 Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
 
January 21 Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (University closed)
 
February 6–9 College Night and Homecoming activities
 
February 8 No classes
 
February 25 Mid-Semester week begins
 
March 15*

Spring holidays for students and faculty begin at 5 p.m.

March 25* Classes resume at 8 a.m.
 
March 25 Academic advising and preregistration for May and Summer Sessions and Fall Semester for currently enrolled graduate students

April 3–12 Academic advising and preregistration for May and Summer Sessions and Fall Semester for currently enrolled undergraduate students
 
April 25 and 26 Dead Days (no tests or examinations)
 
April 26 Last day to drop courses (all students)
Last day to withdraw from the University (all students)
 
April 29–May 3 Final examinations
 
May 4 Commencement at 9 a.m.
   
Summer Semester, 2013
 
May Term, 2013
May 6 Registration
Payment deadline for preregistration, May Term
Classes begin
 
May 7 Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
 
May 15 Mid-Term

May 23 Last day to drop courses (all students)
Last day to withdraw from the University (all students)
 
May 24 Final examinations
 
May 27 Memorial Day holiday (University closed)
 
   
Summer I, 2013

May 28

Registration
Registration for new students for Summer I and Summer II
 

May 29

Classes begin
Payment deadline for preregistration, Summer I
Last day to add courses
Last day to late register
 

May 30

Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
 
June 7 Classes do not meet

June 10 Mid-Term

June 14 Classes do not meet

June 21 Classes do not meet

June 26 Last day to drop courses (all students)
Last day to withdraw from the University (all students)

June 27 Classes do not meet

June 28 Final examinations
   
Summer II, 2013
July 1 Registration
 
July 2 Classes begin
Payment deadline for preregistration, Summer II
Last day to add courses
Last day to late register
 
July 3 Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
 
July 4 Independence Day holiday (University closed)

July 5 Classes do not meet

July 17 Mid-Term

July 19 Classes do not meet

July 26 Classes do not meet

July 31 Last day to drop courses (all students)
Last day to withdraw from the University (all students)

August 1 Classes do not meet

August 2

Final examinations
Commencement at 5 p.m.