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Office of the Registrar

Academic Calendar 2023-24

Current
2023-2024

Summer 2023

April

  • 3 Mon Apr
    until 13 Thu Apr

    Registration for Summer courses for continuing Brown undergraduates opens at 9:00 a.m.EDT on Monday April 3 and continues through Thursday April 13 at 5:00 p.m. EDT.

  • 18 Tue Apr
    until 25 Tue Apr

    Registration period for fall courses for Brown undergraduates. Summer registration closed during this period.

  • 26 Wed Apr
    until 21 Wed Jun

    Registration period for Summer courses for Brown undergraduates re-opens at 9:00 a.m.EDT and remains open until Wednesday June 21 at 5:00 p.m. EDT.

June

  • 31 Wed May
    until 21 Wed Jun

    Registration period for Summer courses for Brown undergraduates re-opens at 9:00 a.m.EDT and remains open until Wednesday June 21 at 5:00 p.m. EDT.

  • 18 Sun Jun

    Residence halls open.

  • 19 Mon Jun

    Juneteenth Holiday. No University exercises.

  • 20 Tue Jun

    Summer Session classes begin.

  • 21 Wed Jun

    Last day to change courses (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline). (All students MUST be in their registered courses by Thursday, June 22.)

July

  • 3 Mon Jul

    Last day to change grade options (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline)

  • 4 Tue Jul

    Independence Day holiday. No University exercises.

  • 28 Fri Jul

    Classes end.

  • 29 Sat Jul
    until 1 Tue Aug

    Reading Period.

Aug

  • 31 Mon Jul
    until 1 Tue Aug

    Reading Period.

  • 1 Tue Aug

    Last day to drop a course (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline). Last day to initiate a Course Performance Report via ASK.

  • 2 Wed Aug
    until 4 Fri Aug

    Final examination period.

  • 4 Fri Aug

    Summer Session ends.

  • 5 Sat Aug

    Residence halls close.

Fall 2023

Aug

  • 1 Tue Aug

    Last day for payment of charges.

Sept

  • 6 Wed Sep

    Classes of the first semester begin.

  • 19 Tue Sep

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

  • 1 Sun Oct

    Deadline for undergraduates on personal leave (including employment and military leave) or on Full-time Study Away status to request return to studies at Brown for Spring.

  • 3 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. EDT deadline).

  • 9 Mon Oct

    Indigenous Peoples’ Day. No University exercises.

  • 20 Fri Oct

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

  • 21 Sat Oct

    Mid-semester.

Nov

  • 10 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.

  • 14 Tue 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 a “drop code.”

  • 22 Wed Nov
    until 26 Sun Nov

    Thanksgiving recess beginning Wednesday at noon EST.

  • 27 Mon Nov

    Classes resume.

Dec

  • 8 Fri Dec

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

  • 12 Tue Dec

    Classes end for courses not observing the Reading Period. Last day to drop a course (5:00 p.m. EST deadline) or to request an incomplete from an instructor.

  • 13 Wed Dec
    until 21 Thu Dec

    Final Examination Period (inclusive of Sunday).

Spring 2024

Jan

  • 1 Mon Jan

    Last day for payment of charges.

  • 15 Mon Jan

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

  • 24 Wed Jan

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

Feb

  • 6 Tue Feb

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

  • 17 Sat Feb
    until 20 Tue Feb

    Long weekend. No University exercises.

  • 21 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. EST deadline).

Mar

  • 8 Fri Mar

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

  • 9 Sat Mar

    Mid-semester.

  • 23 Sat Mar
    until 31 Sun Mar

    Spring Recess

Apr

  • 1 Mon Apr

    Classes resume.

  • 1 Mon Apr

    Deadline for undergraduates on personal leave (including employment and military leave) or on Full-time Study Away status to request return to studies at Brown for Fall.

  • 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 a “drop code.”

  • 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.

  • 26 Fri Apr

    Reading Period begins and will end on May 7 (optional and at the discretion of the instructor).

May

  • 7 Tue May

    Classes end for courses not observing the Reading Period. Last day to drop a course (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline) or to request an incomplete from an instructor.

  • 7 Tue May

    Reading Period ends.

  • 8 Wed May
    until 17 Fri May

    Final Examination Period (No exams on Sunday May 12)

  • 26 Sun May

    Commencement.

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