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Winter Break Notice

The Office of the Registrar will close at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, December 21, 2018 and will open and resume normal operations at 8:30 a.m.  on  Wednesday, January 2, 2019.

Electronic pdf transcripts ordered during this time will be processed as usual.  Hard copy transcripts will be processed as soon as possible upon our return to campus.

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Important Commencement Related Deadlines

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Academic Calendar-Upcoming

Current
2019-2020

Summer 2019

Apr

  • 1 Mon Apr
    until 11 Thu Apr

    Registration for Summer courses for continuing Brown undergraduates opens at 9:00 a.m. on Monday April 1 and continues through Thursday April 11 at 5:00 p.m.

  • 24 Wed Apr
    until 26 Wed Jun

    Registration period for Summer courses for Brown undergraduates re-opens at 9:00 a.m. and remains open until Wednesday June 26 at 5:00 p.m.

Jun

  • 1 Sat Jun
    until 26 Wed Jun

    Registration period for Summer courses for Brown undergraduates re-opens at 9:00 a.m. and remains open until Wednesday June 26 at 5:00 p.m.

  • 23 Sun Jun

    Residence halls open

  • 24 Mon Jun

    Summer Session begins

  • 26 Wed Jun

    Last day to change courses (All students MUST be in their registered courses by Thursday, June 27.)

Jul

  • 4 Thu Jul

    Independence Day holiday. No University exercises.

  • 9 Tue Jul

    Last day to change grade options

Aug

  • 3 Sat Aug
    until 6 Tue Aug

    Reading Period

  • 6 Tue Aug

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

  • 7 Wed Aug
    until 9 Fri Aug

    Final examination period

  • 9 Fri Aug

    Summer Session ends

  • 10 Sat Aug

    Residence halls close

Fall 2019

Aug

  • 1 Thu Aug

    Last day for payment of charges

  • 27 Tue Aug

    Beginning of Graduate School Orientation

  • 31 Sat Aug

    Beginning of College Orientation

Sep

  • 3 Tue Sep

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

  • 4 Wed Sep

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

  • 5 Thu Sep

    First day of RISD Fall Session

  • 12 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).

  • 17 Tue 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 Tue Oct

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

  • 1 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 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).

  • 14 Mon Oct

    Indigenous Peoples’ Day. No University exercises.

  • 18 Fri Oct

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

  • 21 Mon Oct
    until 1 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.

  • 31 Thu Oct

    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)

Nov

  • 1 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.

  • 5 Tue Nov
    until 12 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.)

  • 8 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.

  • 12 Tue Nov

    End of the pre-registration period.

  • 14 Thu 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.’

  • 27 Wed Nov
    until 1 Sun Dec

    Thanksgiving recess beginning Wednesday at noon

Dec

  • 1 Sun Dec

    Deadline for undergraduates to declare a leave for Semester II.

  • 1 Sun Dec

    Thanksgiving recess beginning Wednesday at noon

  • 2 Mon Dec

    Classes resume.

  • 4 Wed Dec

    Last day of Fall RISD classes

  • 7 Sat Dec

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

  • 8 Sun Dec
    until 12 Thu Dec

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

  • 12 Thu 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 Fri Dec
    until 21 Sat Dec

    Final Examination Period.

Spring 2020

Jan

  • 1 Wed Jan

    Last day for payment of charges

  • 3 Fri Jan

    First day of RISD Winter Session.

  • 10 Fri 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).

  • 20 Mon Jan

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

  • 21 Tue Jan

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

  • 22 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

  • 4 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 Thu Feb

    Last day of Winter RISD classes.

  • 13 Thu Feb

    First day of RISD Spring Session.

  • 15 Sat Feb
    until 18 Tue Feb

    Long weekend. No University exercises.

  • 19 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).

  • 20 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).

Mar

  • 6 Fri Mar

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

  • 21 Sat Mar
    until 29 Sun Mar

    Spring Recess

  • 30 Mon Mar

    Classes resume.

  • 30 Mon Mar
    until 10 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.

Apr

  • 1 Wed Apr
    until 10 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.

  • 1 Wed 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

  • 7 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.’

  • 9 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).

  • 10 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.

  • 14 Tue Apr
    until 21 Tue Apr

    Registration for Semester I, 2020-21 (Note: No student will be permitted to register for his or her fifth semester unless an approved declaration of concentration has been filed.)

  • 21 Tue Apr

    End of the pre-registration period.

  • 24 Fri Apr
    until 5 Tue May

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

May

  • 1 Fri May

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

  • 1 Fri May
    until 5 Tue May

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

  • 5 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...

  • 6 Wed May
    until 15 Fri May

    Final Examination Period (No exams on Sunday May 10)

  • 13 Wed May

    Last day of Spring RISD classes.

  • 24 Sun May

    Commencement

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