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Rensselaer Catalog 2009-2010 
    
Rensselaer Catalog 2009-2010 [Archived Catalog]

Academic Calendar


Fall Term 2009

 

August 7
Fall Tuition and fees due

August 26
Residence halls and apartments open for upperclass and new graduate students

August 28
Dining halls open with breakfast

August 30
Class of 2013 Convocation

August 31
Classes begin

September 7
Labor Day. Staff Holiday. No classes

September 14
Last day for graduate and undergraduate students to add courses or change sections without appeal or to put courses on audit.
Last day for completion of “NE” grade requirements for Spring 2009 courses.

September 25
Last day to file a degree application with Registrar’s Office for December 31, 2009 graduation.

October 2-4
Reunion and Homecoming 2009

October 12
No classes.

October 13
Classes resume. Follow Monday class schedule

October 23-25
Family Weekend

October 23
Last day for undergraduates and graduates students to drop a course without appeal.

October 24
Honors Convocation

October 26-November 6
Consultation Weeks. Advisement for spring registration. Student should consult their faculty advisers.

November 9-23
Registration for all currently enrolled students for the spring semester.

November 20
Doctoral dissertations due to advisers.

November 24
Thanksgiving recess begins after last class.
Dining halls close after dinner.
Last day for undergraduates to add or remove Pass/No Credit designation

November 25-27
No classes.

November 26-27
Staff Holidays.

November 29
Dining halls open with dinner.

November 30
Classes resume.
Master’s theses and engineering projects due to advisers.

December 4
Last day to defend doctoral dissertations

December 11
Classes end after last evening class.
Master’s theses due to the Graduate School.

December 14
Add/Drop reopens for Spring 2010.
Registration begins for all currently enrolled students for the summer semester.

December 14-15
No classes. Study-Review Days.

December 16-18 and 21-22
Final Examinations.

December 18
Doctoral dissertations due to the Graduate School.

December 22
Dining halls close after dinner.

December 23
Residence halls close at noon
Winter recess begins.

December 25
Staff Holiday

December 31
Official date of December graduation; diplomas mailed to students after final clearance is completed in January. Degree recipients may take part in the May 2010 Commencement ceremony.
 

 

Spring Term 2010

 

January 1
Staff Holiday.

January 15
Spring tuition and fees due

January 18
Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Staff Holiday

January 22
Residence halls and apartments open for Spring term at noon.

January 24
Dining halls open with brunch
 

 

 

 

January 25
Classes begin

February 5
Last day to file degree applications with Registrar’s office for May 2010 graduation.
Last day for graduate and undergraduate students to add courses or change sections without appeal or to put courses on audit.

February 15
No classes. Staff Holiday

February 16
Classes resume. Follow Wednesday class schedule.

March 5
Contract dining halls close with dinner.

March 8-12
Spring break

March 26
Last day for undergraduates and graduate students to drop courses without appeal.
 

March 14
Contract dining halls open with brunch.

March 15
Classes resume.

March 15-26
Consultation Weeks. Advisement for fall registration. Students should consult their faculty advisers.

March 29-April 12
Registration for all currently enrolled students for the fall semester.

April 9-April 16
Grand Marshal Week (Student Government Elections).

April 14
No classes

April 23
Last day for Undergraduates to add or remove Pass/No Credit designation.

April 30
Doctoral dissertations due to advisers

May 4
Master’s theses and engineering projects due to advisers.

May 11
Classes end after last evening class.
Master’s theses due in the Graduate School.

May 12
Graduation status check and post-graduation career plans.

May 12-13
No classes. Study-review days.

May 14
Last day to defend doctoral dissertations.
Add/Drop reopens for Fall 2010.

May 14, 17-20
Final Examinations.

May 20
All contract dining halls close after dinner
Deadline for completion of “NE” grade requirements for Fall 2009.

May 21
Residence halls and apartments close at 5 pm for all students not participating in Commencement.
Doctoral dissertations due in the Graduate School.

May 28
ROTC Commissioning Ceremony

May 29
Commencement

May 30
All residence halls close by 11am.
 

 

Summer Session 2010

 

May 24
Classes begin. Courses will be scheduled for varying lengths of time during the summer session. Check the online class hour schedule for specific information.

Summer session I, May 24-August 13, (12 weeks)
Summer session II, May 24-July 2, (6 weeks)
Summer session III, July 6-August 13, (6 weeks)

May 30
Residence halls and apartments open for summer.

May 31
No classes. Staff Holiday

June 5
Hartford Commencement

June 25
Last day to file degree application with Registrar’s Office for August 31, 2010 graduation.

July 5
Staff Holiday.

July 23
Master’s theses and engineering projects due to advisers.
Doctoral dissertations due to advisers.

July 30
Last day to defend doctoral dissertations.
Master’s theses due to the Graduate School.

August 6
Doctoral dissertations due to the Graduate School.

August 13
Last day of classes.

August 14
Residence halls and apartments close for summer.

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 2010 Commencement ceremony.