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2015-2016 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2015-2016 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

University Calendar


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

  Fall Semester, 2015
August 21 Registration for new students
Registration - Undergraduate and Graduate
August 24 Classes begin
Payment deadline for registration, Fall Semester
August 24-28 Late registration
Drop/Add
August 28 Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
September 7 Labor Day holiday (University closed)
October 8 Founders’ Day
October 12 Mid-Semester week begins
October 26 Last day for course or semester withdrawal (all students)
November 2 Spring Semester and Summer Term registration begins for all currently enrolled graduate students
November 4 Spring Semester and Summer Term registration begins for all currently enrolled undergraduate students
November 25-27 Thanksgiving holidays (University closed)
November 30 Classes resume
December 3 & 4 Dead Days (no tests or examinations)
December 7-11 Final examinations
December 11 Commencement at 5 p.m.
December 21-January 1 Holidays (University closed)

 

  Spring Semester, 2016
January 4 University opens
January 12 Registration for new students
Registration - Undergraduate and Graduate
January 13 Classes begin
Payment deadline for registration, Spring Semester
January 13-19 Late registration
Drop/Add
January 18 Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (University closed)
January 19 Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
February 10-13 College Night and Homecoming activities
February 12 No classes
March 7 Mid-Semester week begins
March 18 Last day for course or semester withdrawal (all students)
March 25* Spring holidays for students and faculty begin at 5 p.m.
April 4* Classes resume at 8 a.m.
April 11 Fall Semester registration begins for all currently enrolled graduate students
April 13 Fall Semester registration begins for all currently enrolled undergraduate students
April 28 & 29 Dead Days (no tests or examinations)
May 2-6 Final examinations
May 7 Commencement (time TBA)

*If Shelby County schools revises its calendar for Spring Break, this date will be adjusted accordingly.

  Summer Semester, 2016
  May Term, 2016
May 9 Registration
Classes begin
Payment deadline for registration, May Term
May 10 Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
May 18 Mid-term
May 20 Last day for course or term withdrawal (all students)
May 27 Final examinations
May 30 Memorial Day holiday (University closed)

 

  Summer I, 2016
May 31 Registration
Registration for new students for Summer I and Summer II
June 1 Classes begin
Payment deadline for registration, Summer I
Last day to add courses
Last day to late register
June 2 Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
June 10 Classes do not meet
June 14 Mid-term
June 17 Classes do not meet
June 20 Last day for course or term withdrawal (all students)
June 29 Classes do not meet
June 30 Final examinations

 

  Summer II, 2016
July 4 Independence Day holiday (University closed)
July 5 Registration
July 6 Classes begin
Payment deadline for registration, Summer II
Last day to add courses
Last day to late register
July 7 Last day for refund for dropped course(s)
July 15 Classes do not meet
July 19 Mid-term
July 22 Classes do not meet
July 25 Last day for course or term withdrawal (all students)
July 29 Classes do not meet
August 4 Classes do not meet
August 5 Final examinations