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Office of the Registrar
Brown University has transitioned to remote operations. For more information please visit https://covid.brown.edu/

The Office of the Registrar, in compliance with the University's directive has transitioned to remote operations, and will not be open for in-person services or respond to telephone inquiries until further notice.

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COVID-19 Update: Summer Session courses – online and remote – open for Registration

All Summer Session courses are open for registration, including those that have moved from campus-based to online/remote delivery.

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Academic Calendar

    Summer 2020

    Mar

    • 30 Mon Mar

      Registration for Summer courses for continuing Brown undergraduates opens at 9:00 a.m. on Monday March 30 and remains open until Wednesday June 24 at 5:00 p.m.

    Jun

    • 22 Mon Jun

      Summer Session begins

    • 24 Wed Jun

      Last day to change courses (All students MUST be in their registered courses by Thursday, June 25.)

    Jul

    • 3 Fri Jul

      Independence Day holiday. No University exercises.

    • 6 Mon Jul

      Last day to change grade options

    Aug

    • 1 Sat Aug
      until 4 Tue Aug

      Reading Period

    • 4 Tue Aug

      Last day to drop a course. Last day to initiate a Course Performance Report via ASK.

    • 5 Wed Aug
      until 7 Fri Aug

      Final examination period

    • 7 Fri Aug

      Summer Session ends

    Fall 2020

    Sep

    • 2 Wed Sep

      Beginning of Fall 2020 Quiet Period - All residential students must be on campus.

    • 9 Wed Sep

      Classes for the fall term begin (Classes will meet only ONLINE from Wednesday, September 9 through Tuesday, September 9/15)

    • 16 Wed Sep

      In-person class meetings and discussion sections can take place. Only those officially registered for the course/sections may appear in the physical classroom.

    • 22 Tue Sep

      Last day to add a course without a fee. (5:00 p.m. deadline.) Banner Web will be taken down for approximately one hour. Once relaunched, all course adds require Instructor override and will be charged a late fee of $15 per course.

    Oct

    • 6 Tue Oct

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

    • 12 Mon Oct

      Indigenous Peoples’ Day. No University exercises.

    • 16 Fri Oct

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

    Nov

    • 3 Tue Nov

      United States Presidential Election Date. No University exercises.

    • 25 Wed Nov
      until 29 Sun Nov

      Thanksgiving recess beginning Wednesday at noon

    • 30 Mon Nov

      Classes resume. Beginning of Remote Reading Period (optional and at discretion of instructor)

    Dec

    • 4 Fri Dec

      Last day to drop a course (5:00 p.m. deadline) or to request an incomplete from an instructor.

    • 7 Mon Dec
      until 11 Fri Dec

      Remote Exam Period

    Winter-Spring 2021

    Jan

    • 18 Mon Jan

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

    • 20 Wed Jan

      Classes of the Winter/Spring term begin

    Feb

    • 2 Tue Feb

      Last day to add a course without a fee. (5:00 p.m. deadline) Banner web will be taken down for approximately one hour. Once relaunched, all course adds require Instructor override and will be charged a late fee of $15 per course.

    • 13 Sat Feb
      until 16 Tue Feb

      Long weekend. No University exercises.

    • 17 Wed Feb

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

    Mar

    • 5 Fri Mar

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

    Apr

    • 9 Fri Apr

      University Holiday. No University exercises

    • 12 Mon Apr

      Classes resume. Beginning of Remote Reading Period (optional and at discretion of instructor)

    • 16 Fri Apr

      Last day to drop a course (5:00 p.m. deadline) or to request an incomplete from an instructor.

    • 19 Mon Apr
      until 23 Fri Apr

      Remote Exam Period

    May

    • 2 Sun May

      Commencement

    Summer 2021

    May

    • 12 Wed May

      Classes for the Summer term begin

    • 25 Tue May

      Last day to add a course without a fee. (5:00 p.m. deadline) Banner web will be taken down for approximately one hour. Once relaunched, all course adds require Instructor override and will be charged a late fee of $15 per course.

    • 29 Sat May
      until 31 Mon May

      Memorial Day weekend. No University exercises.

    Jun

    • 1 Tue Jun

      Classes resume

    • 9 Wed Jun

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

    • 25 Fri Jun

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

    Jul

    • 3 Sat Jul
      until 6 Tue Jul

      Independence Day weekend. No University exercises.

    Aug

    • 2 Mon Aug

      Beginning of Remote Reading Period (optional and at discretion of instructor).

    • 6 Fri Aug

      Last day to drop a course (5:00 p.m. deadline) or to request an incomplete from an instructor.

    • 9 Mon Aug
      until 13 Fri Aug

      Remote Exam Period

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