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Rensselaer Catalog 2017-2018 
    
Rensselaer Catalog 2017-2018 [Archived Catalog]

Academic Calendar


 

Fall term 2017

August 4
Fall tuition and fees due.

August 27
Resident dining halls open with brunch.

August 28
Residence halls and apartments open for upperclass and new graduate students.

August 30
Class of 2021 Convocation.

August 31
Classes begin.

August 31
Official date of August graduation; diplomas mailed to students after final clearance is completed in September. Degree recipients may take part in the May 2018 Commencement ceremony.

September 4
Labor Day. No classes. Staff holiday.

September 13
Last day for graduate and undergraduate students to add courses or change sections or to put courses on audit.
Last day for completion of “NE” grade requirements for Spring 2017 courses.

September 22
Last day to file a Degree Application with Registrar’s Office for December 29, 2017 graduation.
Nomination of Master’s Thesis Committee and Degree Designation forms due to the Office of Graduate Education for December graduates.

October 12-15
Reunion and Homecoming 2017.

October 9
Columbus Day. No classes.

October 10
Classes resume. Follow a Monday class schedule.

October 20
Last day for undergraduate and graduate students to drop a course.

October 27-29
Family Weekend.

October 28
Honors Convocation in EMPAC.

October 23-November 3
Consultation weeks.  Advisement for spring registration. Students should consult their faculty advisers.

November 3
Doctoral dissertations due to advisers.

November 6-20
Registration for all currently enrolled students for the spring 2018 semester.

November 10
Master’s theses and engineering projects due to advisers.

November 20
Master’s theses due in the Office of Graduate Education.

November 21
Thanksgiving recess begins after last class.
Resident dining halls close after dinner.
Last day for undergraduates to add or remove Pass/No Credit designation.
Last day to defend doctoral dissertations.

November 22-24
No classes.

November 23-24
Staff holidays.

November 26  
Resident dining halls open with dinner.

November 27
Classes resume.

December 1
Doctoral dissertations due in the Office of Graduate Education.

December 13
Last day of classes.

December 14-15
Reading Days-no classes.

December  18
Add/Drop reopens for Spring 2018.

December 18-22
Final Examinations.

December 22
Resident dining halls close after dinner.

December 23
Residence halls close at noon.
Winter recess begins.

December 25-January 1
Holiday Winter Break. Institute is closed.

December 29
Official date of December graduation; diplomas mailed to students after final clearance is completed in January. Degree recipients may take part in the May 2018 Commencement ceremony.

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Spring Term 2018

January 5
Spring tuition and fees due.

January 12
Residence halls and apartments open for Spring term at noon.

January 15
Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Staff holiday. No classes.
Resident dining halls open with dinner.

January 16
Classes begin.

January 29
Last day for graduate and undergraduate students to add courses or change sections or to put courses on audit.

February 9
Last day to file Degree Applications online via SIS for May 2018 graduation.
Nomination of Master’s Thesis Committee and Degree Designation forms due to the Office of Graduate Education for May graduates.

February 19
President’s Day. No classes. Staff holiday.

February 20
Classes resume. Follow a Monday schedule.

March 1
Registration begins for all Summer classes.
 
March 2
Doctoral dissertations due to advisers.
Master’s theses and engineering projects due to advisers.
 

March 9
Resident dining halls close after dinner.
Last day for undergraduates and graduate students to drop courses.

March 12-16
Spring Break.

March 18
Resident dining halls open with dinner.

March 19
Classes resume.

March 19-30
Consultation Weeks.  Advisement for Fall 2018 registration. Students should consult their faculty advisers.

March 30-April 6
Grand Marshal Week (Student Government Elections).
 
March 30
Last day to defend doctoral dissertations.
Master’s theses due in the Office of Graduate Education.
 

April 2-16
Registration for all currently enrolled students for the Fall semester.

April 4
GM Week. No class day.

April 13
Doctoral dissertations due in the Office of Graduate Education.

April 25
Last day for undergraduates to add or remove Pass/No Credit designation.

May 2
Last day of classes.

May 3-4
Reading Days-no classes.
 

May 3
Graduation Status Check and post-graduation career plans.

May 7
Add/Drop reopens for Fall 2018.

May 7-11
Final Examinations.

May 11
Deadline for completion of “NE” grade requirements for Fall 2018 courses.
All resident dining halls close after dinner.

May 12
Residence halls and apartments close at noon for all students not participating in Commencement.

May 18
ROTC Commissioning Ceremony.

May 19
Commencement.

May 20
All residence halls close by 11 a.m.

May 21
All Summer classes for sessions I and II begin (including Summer Arch courses).

May 28
Memorial Day. No Classes. Staff holiday.

May 30
Classes follow a Monday schedule.
 
June 29
Final exams and last day of Summer II classes.
 
July 2-6
Summer Break. No classes.
 
July 4
No classes.  Staff holiday.
 
July 9
Summer III classes begin (including Summer Arch courses).
 
August 17
Final Exams and last day of classes for Summer I and Summer III.
Dining Halls close after dinner.