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Important Commencement Related Deadlines

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Academic Calendar

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    2019-2020

    Summer 2018

    Apr

    • 2 Mon Apr
      until 12 Thu Apr

      Pre-registration for Summer courses

    • 13 Fri Apr
      until 24 Tue Apr

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

    • 25 Wed Apr
      until 27 Wed Jun

      Registration period for Summer courses begins.

    Jun

    • 1 Fri Jun
      until 27 Wed Jun

      Registration period for Summer courses begins.

    • 24 Sun Jun

      Residence halls open

    • 25 Mon Jun

      Summer Session begins

    • 27 Wed Jun

      Late registration period ends. Last day to change courses (All students MUST be in their registered courses by Thursday, June 28.)

    Jul

    • 4 Wed Jul

      Independence Day holiday. No University exercises.

    • 10 Tue Jul

      Last day to change grade options

    Aug

    • 4 Sat Aug
      until 7 Tue Aug

      Reading Period

    • 7 Tue Aug

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

    • 8 Wed Aug
      until 10 Fri Aug

      Final examination period

    • 10 Fri Aug

      Summer Session ends

    • 10 Fri Aug

      Fulbright Student Fellowship Campus Deadline

    • 11 Sat Aug

      Residence halls close

    Fall 2018

    Aug

    • 1 Wed Aug

      Last day for payment of charges

    • 28 Tue Aug

      Beginning of Graduate School Orientation

    Sep

    • 1 Sat Sep

      Beginning of College Orientation

    • 4 Tue Sep

      Opening Convocation at 4:00 p.m. Registration of new students for the first semester (7:00 pm to midnight)

    • 5 Wed Sep

      Classes of the first semester begin. Web registration begins at 8:00 a.m.

    • 6 Thu Sep

      First day of RISD Fall Session

    • 13 Thu Sep

      Last day to register for a Fall RISD course without a fee or change a grade option for a Fall RISD course - (5:00 p.m. deadline).

    • 20 Thu Sep

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

    Oct

    • 1 Mon Oct

      Deadline for students currently on non-medical leave to apply for readmission for Semester II.

    • 2 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).

    • 8 Mon Oct

      Indigenous Peoples’ Day. No University exercises.

    • 9 Tue Oct

      Date by which sophomores entering their 5th semester must file their concentration declaration forms via ASK to avoid having a “No Concentration” hold placed against their Banner registration. (5:00 pm deadline).

    • 19 Fri Oct

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

    • 22 Mon Oct
      until 2 Fri Nov

      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.

    Nov

    • 1 Thu Nov
      until 2 Fri Nov

      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.

    • 1 Thu Nov

      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)

    • 6 Tue Nov
      until 13 Tue Nov

      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 filed.)

    • 9 Fri Nov

      Deadline for submission of proposals for College Curriculum Council-approved undergraduate group study projects (GISPs), independent study projects, and internships for credit)for Semester II.

    • 13 Tue Nov

      End of the pre-registration period

    • 14 Wed Nov

      Students on serious warning who wish to drop a course after this date must meet with an academic dean for advising and to obtain ‘drop-code.’

    • 21 Wed Nov
      until 25 Sun Nov

      Thanksgiving recess beginning Wednesday at noon

    • 26 Mon Nov

      Classes resume.

    Dec

    • 1 Sat Dec

      Deadline for undergraduates to declare a leave for Semester II.

    • 1 Sat Dec

      Midyear Completion Celebration at 4:00 p.m. in Salomon De Ciccio Family Auditorium. Reception to follow in Sayles Hall.

    • 5 Wed Dec

      Last day of Fall RISD classes

    • 8 Sat Dec
      until 12 Wed Dec

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

    • 12 Wed Dec

      Classes end for courses not observing the Reading Period. Last day to drop a course (5:00 p.m. deadline) or to request an incomplete from an instructor. Last day for advisors to approve second or third concentrations in ASK for students in their penult...

    • 13 Thu Dec
      until 21 Fri Dec

      Final Examination Period

    Winter 2019

    Nov

    • 14 Wed Nov
      until 30 Fri Nov

      Registration for Wintersession courses (begins at 9:00 A.M.)

    • 30 Fri Nov

      Last day to register for a Wintersession course (5:00 p.m. deadline).

    Dec

    • 15 Sat Dec

      Wintersession tuition due

    • 22 Sat Dec

      Wintersession online courses begin

    Jan

    • 1 Tue Jan

      Residence halls open (for students registered for Wintersession classes only).

    • 2 Wed Jan

      Wintersession begins (On-Campus and Destination courses)

    • 7 Mon Jan

      Last day to change a grade option declaration.

    • 15 Tue Jan

      Last day to drop a course or request an incomplete from an instructor. Last day to initiate a Course Performance Report via ASK.

    • 18 Fri Jan

      Final examinations. Wintersession ends.

    Spring 2019

    Jan

    • 1 Tue Jan

      Last day for payment of charges

    • 3 Thu Jan

      First day of RISD Winter Session.

    • 10 Thu Jan

      Last day to register for a Winter RISD course without a fee or change a grade option for a Winter RISD course (5:00 p.m. deadline).

    • 21 Mon Jan

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

    • 22 Tue Jan

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

    • 23 Wed Jan

      Classes of the second semester begin. Web registration begins at 8:00 am. Theses of candidates for Masters and Ph.D. degrees in May (on Semester I registration fee) due.

    Feb

    • 5 Tue Feb

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

    • 6 Wed Feb

      Last day of Winter RISD classes.

    • 14 Thu Feb

      First day of RISD Spring Session.

    • 16 Sat Feb
      until 19 Tue Feb

      Long weekend. No University exercises.

    • 20 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).

    • 21 Thu Feb

      Last day to register for a Spring RISD course without a fee or change a grade option for a Spring RISD course (5:00 p.m. deadline).

    • 28 Thu Feb

      Date by which graduating students with more than one concentration on their record to change/select the departmental ceremony where they wish to obtain their diploma (5:00 p.m. deadline).

    Mar

    • 8 Fri Mar

      Mandatory for all Seniors - Last Day to have your updated concentration declaration (including course list) approved in ASK (5:00 p.m. deadline).

    • 8 Fri Mar

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

    • 23 Sat Mar
      until 31 Sun Mar

      Spring Recess

    Apr

    • 1 Mon Apr

      Undergraduates: Last day for graduating Seniors to update diploma information such as name and mailing address via Self-Service Banner’s Application to Graduate (Note: This is a required step for all students planning to graduate).

    • 1 Mon Apr

      Deadline for students currently on non-medical leave to apply for readmission for Semester I. Date by which sophomores entering their 5th semester must file their concentration declaration forms via ASK to avoid having a “No Concentration” hold placed aga

    • 1 Mon Apr

      Classes resume.

    • 1 Mon Apr
      until 12 Fri Apr

      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.

    • 9 Tue Apr

      Students on serious warning who wish to drop a course after this date must meet with an academic dean for advising and to obtain ‘drop-code.’

    • 11 Thu Apr

      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).

    • 12 Fri Apr

      Deadline for submission of proposals for College Curriculum Council-approved undergraduate group study projects (GISPs), independent study projects, and internships for credit)for Semester I.

    • 16 Tue Apr

      Registration opens for Semester I, 2019-20 for undergraduate students semester level 07 and above and all continuing graduate students at 8:00 a.m. Registration remains open until Tuesday, April 23.

    • 17 Wed Apr

      Registration opens for Semester I, 2019-20 for undergraduate students semester levels 05-06 at 8:00 a.m. (Students are unable to register for 5th semester unless approved concentration is filed). Registration remains open until Tuesday, April 23.

    • 18 Thu Apr

      Registration opens for Semester I, 2019-20 for continuing undergraduate students semester levels 04 and below at 8:00 a.m. Registration remains open until Tuesday, April 23.

    • 19 Fri Apr
      until 23 Tue Apr

      Registration for Semester I, 2019-20 continues until Tuesday, April 23.

    • 26 Fri Apr
      until 7 Tue May

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

    May

    • 30 Tue Apr
      until 7 Tue May

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

    • 1 Wed May

      Deadline for undergraduates to declare a leave for Semester I. Theses of candidates for Masters and Ph.D. degrees in May due

    • 1 Wed May

      Last day for Graduate and Medical students to apply to graduate in Banner Web via Banner Web’s Application to Graduate (Note: This is a required step for all students planning to graduate).

    • 3 Fri May

      Seniors: Honors recommendations from academic departments due (5:00 p.m. deadline). Please have your work in your committee’s hands well before this date.

    • 7 Tue May

      Classes end for courses not observing the Reading Period. Last day to drop a course (5:00 p.m. deadline) or to request an incomplete from an instructor. Last day for advisors to approve second or third concentrations in ASK for students in their penult...

    • 8 Wed May
      until 17 Fri May

      Final Examination Period (No exams on Sunday May 12)

    • 15 Wed May

      Last day of Spring RISD classes.

    • 17 Fri May

      Seniors: Last day to submit Official Transcripts from study elsewhere to complete degree requirements (5:00 p.m. deadline). Last Day to have grades for work from a previous semester submitted by your instructor(s) and/or have a RISD instructor(s) submit y

    • 26 Sun May

      Commencement

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