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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 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 academic probation 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 (Tentative)

    • 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).

    Mar

    • 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

      Classes resume.

    • 1 Mon Apr

      Deadline for students currently on 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 against thei…

    • 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 academic probation 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
      until 23 Tue Apr

      Registration for Semester I, 2019-20 (Note: No student will be permitted to register for his or her fifth semester unless an approved declaration of concentration has been filed.)

    • 23 Tue Apr

      End of the pre-registration period.

    • 26 Fri Apr
      until 7 Tue May

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

    May

    • 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
      until 7 Tue May

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

    • 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.

    • 26 Sun May

      Commencement

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