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Academic Calendar 2013-2014
This document is not intended to be construed as an employee work calendar.
Fall Semester
- INSTRUCTION begins
- Application period for degrees tobe granted in December 2013 begins
- to ADD a class without instructor permission
- to ADD a class by WaitList
- to register for Credit by Examination
- to file for an application for BACHELOR'S and MASTER'S DEGREES to be granted in December 2013.
- for faculty to submit CHANGES and CLEARANCES (incomplete grades, approved petitions, departmental approvals, transfer transcripts) required for graduation with a bachelor's degree at the end of the summer 2013.
- ADD CLASSES with permission
- DROP CLASSES online without a serious and compelling reason and without a grade of W (withdrawal) listed on university transcript
- change to or from credit/no credit grading
- change from credit registration to audit registration or audit registration to credit registration
- take examination for Credit by Examination
- ADMISSION APPLICATION cycle for fall 2014 begins
- SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS for the 2014-2015 academic year will be available online
- Last day of instruction
- Last day to drop/withdraw for circumstances beyond the student's control
- submit incomplete make-up work or request extension of time for incomplete grades from fall 2012
- submit to the Division of Graduate Studies departmental clearance paperwork on behalf of December 2013 master's degree candidates (include a copy of the completed final report on incomplete or in-progress work, if needed for graduation)
This document is not intended to be construed as an employee work calendar.
AUGUST 2013
August 7- Ramadan ends.
August 9 - Last day to submit to the Division of Graduate Studies departmental clearance paperwork on behalf of August 2013 master's degree candidates (include a copy of the completed final report on incomplete or in-progress work, if needed for graduation)
TBA - New International Student ORIENTATION
ACADEMIC ASSEMBLY for faculty
August 19 - SEMESTER begins
August 22
August 22-29 - FRESNO STATE WELCOME - activities and programs for new and continuing students, faculty, and staff
SEPTEMBER 2013
September 2 - Labor Day - no classes; all offices closed.
September 5 - Last day
Registration fees will be determined by the number of units enrolled
as of this date. Class schedule adjustments (add, drop, swap) made after
this date, may result in a change in fee status from part-time to full-time.
Rosh Hashanah
September 6 - Last day
September 14 - Yom Kippur
September 19 - Last day to
September 23 - Last day for graduate students to apply for ADVANCEMENT
TO CANDIDACY this semester in order to be eligible for graduation in May
2014
OCTOBER 2013
October 1
October 3 - Last day for faculty to submit Credit by Examination grades
October 21 - Last day to file edited, committee-approved master's thesis for December 2013 graduation
NOVEMBER 2013
November 4 - Registration for spring 2014 semester begins
November 11 - VETERANS' DAY observed; Campus closed
November 19 - Last day to DROP/withdraw from classes for SERIOUS and COMPELLING REASONS. After this date, only drop/withdrawals for circumstances beyond the student's control will be considered.
November 27 - THANKSGIVING RECESS BEGINS. No classes; offices will post hours
November 28-29 - THANKSGIVING RECESS. Campus closed; the library will post holiday hours
DECEMBER 2013
December 6 - Spring 2014 Early Registration Fee payment deadline
December 11
December 12 &13 - Final exam preparation and faculty consultation days
December 16-19 - FINAL SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS
December 24 - FALL SEMESTER ends
Last day to
December 25-31 - Campus closed (Dec. 25-Jan. 1)
WINTER RECESS (Dec. 25-Jan. 10)
December 27 - Fall 2013 online grades due from faculty
Spring Semester
- to ADD a class without instructor permission
- to ADD a class by Wait List
- to register for Credit by Examination
- Last day for faculty to submit CHANGES and CLEARANCES (incomplete grades, approved petitions, departmental approvals, transfer transcripts) required for graduation with a bachelor's degree at the end of the fall 2013 semester
- Last day to file an application for BACHELOR'S and MASTER'S DEGREES to be granted in May 2014
- ADD CLASSES with permission
- DROP CLASSES online without a serious and compelling reason and without a grade of W (withdrawal) listed on university transcript
- change to or from credit/no credit grading
- change from credit registration to audit registration or audit registration to credit registration
- take examination for Credit by Examination
- Last day of instruction
- Last day to drop/withdraw for circumstances beyond the student's control
- submit incomplete make-up work or request extension of time for incomplete grades from spring 2013
- submit to the Division of Graduate Studies departmental clearance paperwork on behalf of May 2014 master's degree candidates (include a copy of the completed final report on incomplete or in-progress work, if needed for graduation)
- Last day for faculty to submit changes and clearances (incomplete grades, approved petitions, departmental approvals, transfer transcripts) required for graduation with a bachelor's degree at the end of the spring 2014 semester
- Last day to file an application for bachelor's degree to be granted August 2014
JANUARY 2014
January 1 - Campus closed (Dec. 25-Jan. 1)
Financial Aid application filing period for priority consideration for
the 2014-2015 academic year begins (Jan. 1-March 2)
January 2 - WINTER RECESS (Dec. 25-Jan. 10)
January 13 - SEMESTER begins
January 16 - INSTRUCTION begins
Application period for degrees to be granted in May 2014 begins
January 20 - Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday - no classes; campus closed
January 30 - Last day
January 31- Last day
Chinese New Year
FEBRUARY 2014
February 13 - Last day to
February 17 - Presidents' Day - no classes; all offices closed
February 24 - Last day for graduate students to apply for ADVANCEMENT TO CANDIDACY this semester in order to be eligible for graduation in August 2014 or December 2014
February 27 - Last day for faculty to submit Credit by Examination grades.
February 28 - Application deadline for SCHOLARSHIPs for the 2013-2014 academic year.
MARCH 2014
March 2 - Filing deadline for Financial Aid priority consideration for the 2014-2015 academic year
March 10 - Last day to file edited, committee-approved master's thesis for May 2014 graduation
March 31 - Cesar Chavez holiday observed - no classes; campus closed
APRIL 2014
April 14 - SPRING RECESS begins (April 14-April 18)
April 15 - Pesach (Passover) begins
Last day to DROP/withdraw from classes for SERIOUS and COMPELLING REASONS. After this date, only drop/withdrawals for circumstances beyond the student's control will be considered.
April 20 - Easter
April 21 - Registration for fall 2014 begins
April 23 - Administrative Professionals' Day
April 25-27 - VINTAGE DAYS
MAY 2014
May 7
May 8 & 9 - Final exam preparation and faculty consultation days
May 12-15 - FINAL SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS
May 16 - Last day to
May 17 - SPRING SEMESTER ends
103rd annual COMMENCEMENT
May 19 - SUMMER CLASSES begin
May 26 - Memorial Day holiday observed - no classes; campus closed.
May 27 - Spring 2014 online grades due from faculty
JUNE 2014
TBA - DOG DAYS - new student orientation, fall 2014
June 13
JULY 2014
TBA - DOG DAYS - new student orientation, fall 2014
July 4 - Fourth of July holiday - campus closed
July 25 - Fall 2014 Early Registration Fee payment deadline
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