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Dec 03, 2025
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Graduate Academic Catalog 2019 - 2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Academic Calendars
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The graduate and the seminary programs operate on a two-semester plus 12-week summer academic calendar. The academic year consists of an early fall semester that ends before the Christmas holidays and a spring semester that concludes in early May. Graduate students typically use the summer term as an integral part of their program.
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Fall 2019 |
Spring 2020 |
Summer 2020 |
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Online registration opens |
March 12, 2019 |
March 12, 2019 |
March 16, 2020 |
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Register online with no late fees: last day |
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Full-term and Session 1 |
August 19 |
January 6 |
May 4 |
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Session 2 |
October 14 |
March 9 |
June 15 |
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Register online with $50 late registration fee per course and faculty consent required (week 2) |
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Full-term and Session 1 |
August 20 - September 8 |
January 7 - 26 |
May 5 - 24 |
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Session 2 |
October 15 - Novermber 10 |
March 10 - 29 |
June 16 - July 5 |
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Register via academic petition: $100 late registration fee per course, academic petition required with $50 fee and faculty consent required (week 3) |
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Full-term |
September 9-15 |
January 27 - February 2 |
May 25 - 31 |
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Session 1 & 2 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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No further registration |
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Full-term (week 4) |
September 16 |
February 3 |
June 1 |
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Session 1 (week 3) |
September 9 |
January 27 |
May 25 |
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Session 2 (week 3) |
November 10 |
March 30 |
July 6 |
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Drop courses without grade penalty |
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Session 1 courses |
September 20 |
February 9 |
June 14 |
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Full-term courses |
November 1 |
March 22 |
June 21 |
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Session 2 courses |
November 15 |
April 12 |
July 17 |
| Semester Start/End Dates |
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Full-term |
August 26, 2019 - December 13, 2019 |
January 13, 2020 - May 8, 2020 |
May 11, 2020 - June July 31, 2020 |
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First session |
August 26, 2019 - October 18, 2019 |
January 13, 2020 - March 6, 2020 |
May 6, 2019 - June 19, 2020 |
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Second session |
October 21, 2019 - December 13, 2019 |
March 16, 2020 - May 8, 2020 |
June 22, 2019 - July 31, 2020 |
| Grading |
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Last day to request grading option |
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Full-term and Session 1 |
September 8 |
January 26 |
May 24 |
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Session 2 |
November 3 |
March 29 |
July 5 |
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Last day to change seminary course to audit |
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Full-term |
October 11 |
February 28 |
June 19 |
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Session 1 |
September 20 |
February 7 |
June 12 |
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Session 2 |
November 15 |
April 10 |
July 17 |
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Grades due |
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Full-term and Session 1 |
October 22 |
March 17 |
June 23 |
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Session 2 courses |
December 17 |
May 12 |
August 14 |
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Incomplete, last day to apply for |
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Session 1 |
October 81 |
March 6 |
June 19 |
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Full-term and Session 2 |
December 13 |
May 8 |
July 31 |
| Last day to accept student assignments |
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Session 1 |
October 18 |
March 6 |
June 21 |
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Full-term and Session 2 |
December 13 |
May 8 |
July 31 |
| Commencement |
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Priority registration deadline for participation |
September 30, 2019 |
January 31, 2020 |
n/a |
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Ceremony |
December 14, 2019 |
May 9, 2020 |
n/a |
| Holidays |
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Mid-term break (no-classes) |
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March 9, 2020 - March 13, 2020 |
n/a |
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Offices closed; no classes |
September 2 |
January 20 |
May 25 |
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November 28, 2019 - November 29, 2019 |
February 17, 2020 |
July 4, 2020 |
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December 24 - January 1, 2019 |
April 10, 2020 |
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