Academic Calendars

Pre-registration for Summer courses.

Summer registration closed for Fall registration (online via Banner for continuing students).

Residence halls open.

Summer Session begins .

Independence Day holiday. No University exercises.

Last day to change grade options.

Beginning of Orientation.

Registration of new students for the first semester.

Classes of the first semester begin. Opening Convocation: 4:00 p.m.

First day to register for a RISD course.

Last day to add a course without a fee (5:00 p.m. deadline).

Last day to add a course, change from audit to credit, or change a grade option declaration (5:00 p.m. deadline).

Fall Weekend Holiday. No University exercises.

Mid-semester deadline. Last day to change from credit to audit in a course (5:00 p.m. deadline). Last day to request a Course Performance Report.

Deadline to confirm readmission for Semester II. Date by which sophomores entering their 5th semester must submit their concentration declarations via ASK to avoid having a "No Concentration" hold placed against their Banner registration. (5:00 pm deadline.)

Advising period for spring pre-registration. Students in their first through third semesters will need to procure their advising PIN from their advisor in order to register.

Registration for Semester II. (Note: No student will be permitted to register for his or her fifth semester unless a declaration of concentration has been filed.)

Deadline for submission of proposals for undergraduate group study projects (GISPs) for Semester II.

End of the pre-registration period. Last day for students planning to graduate in May to declare a second concentration (5:00 p.m. deadline).

Thanksgiving recess beginning Wednesday at noon.

Last day for payment of charges.

Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. No Univeristy exercises.

Registration of new students for the second semester.

Last day to add a course without a fee (5:00 p.m. deadline).

Long weekend. No University exercises.

First day to register for a RISD course.

Classes resume. Last day to add a course, change from audit to credit or change a grade option declaration (5:00 p.m. deadline).

Mid-semester deadline. Last day to change from credit to audit in a course (5:00 deadline). Last day to request a Course Performance Report.

Deadline for students on leave to confirm readmission for Semester I. Date by which sophomores entering their 5th semester must submit their concentration declarations via ASK to avoid having a "No Concentration" hold placed against their Banner registration. (5:00 pm deadline.)

Classes resume.

Advising period for fall pre-registration. Students in their first through third semesters will need to procure their advising PIN from their advisor in order to register.

Deadline for submission of proposals for undergraduate group study projects (GISPs) for Semester I.

Date by which advisors must approve sophomore submitted concentrations in ASK to avoid having a "No Concentration" hold placed against the student's Banner registration. (5:00 pm deadline.)

Registration for Semester I, 2012-13. (Note: No student will be permitted to register for his or her fifth semester unless a declaration of concentration has been filed.)

End of the pre-registration period. Last day for students in their 7th semester to declare a second concentration (5:00 p.m. deadline).

Reading Period (optional and at the discretion of the instructor).

Pre-registration for Summer courses.

Summer registration closed for Fall registration (online via Banner for continuing students).

Residence halls open.

Summer Session begins .

Last day to change grade options.

Independence Day holiday. No University exercises.

Last day to drop a course.

Beginning of Orientation.

Registration of new students for the first semester (5:00 pm to midnight).

Classes of the first semester begin. Web registration begins at 8:00 am. Opening Convocation: 4:00 p.m.

Last day to add a course, change from audit to credit, or change a grade option declaration (5:00 p.m. deadline).

Fall Weekend Holiday. No University exercises.

Deadline to confirm readmission for Semester II.

Mid-semester deadline. Last day to change from credit to audit in a course (5:00 p.m. deadline). Last day to request a Course Performance Report.

Date by which sophomores entering their 5th semester must file their approved concentration declaration to avoid having a "No Concentration" hold placed against their Banner registration. (Approved declarations due by 5:00 pm.)

Deadline for submission of proposals for undergraduate group study projects (GISPs) for Semester II.

Registration for Semester II. (Note: No student will be permitted to register for his or her fifth semester unless an approved declaration of concentration has been submitted.)

End of the pre-registration period. Last day for students in their 7th semester or planning to graduate in May to declare a second concentration (5:00 p.m. deadline).

Thanksgiving recess beginning Wednesday at noon.

Last day for payment of charges.

Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. No Univeristy exercises.

Registration of new students for the second semester (4:00 pm to midnight).

Last day to add a course on-line and/or without a fee (5:00 p.m. deadline).

Long weekend. No University exercises.

Mid-semester deadline. Last day to change from credit to audit in a course (5:00 deadline). Last day to request a Course Performance Report.

Classes resume. Deadline for students on leave to confirm readmission for Semester I.

Advising period for fall pre-registration. Students in their first through third semesters will need to procure their advising PIN from their advisor in order to register.

Deadline for submission of proposals for undergraduate group study projects (GISPs) for Semester I.

Date by which sophomores entering their 5th semester must file their approved concentration declaration to avoid having a "No Concentration" hold placed against their Banner registration. (Approved declarations due by 5:00 pm.)

Registration for Semester I, 2013-14. (Note: No student will be permitted to register for his or her fifth semester unless an approved declaration of concentration has been submitted.)

End of the pre-registration period. Last day for students in their 7th semester to declare a second concentration (5:00 p.m. deadline).

Reading Period (optional and at the discretion of the instructor).