Graduate Academic Catalog 2020 - 2021 
    
    Mar 19, 2024  
Graduate Academic Catalog 2020 - 2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Academic Calendars


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.

  Fall 2020  Spring 2021  
Registration
  Online registration opens March 16, 2020 March 16, 2020  
  Week1: Register online with no late fees: last day      
            Full- term and Session 1 August 30,2020 January 17 2021  
            Session 2  October 25 March 21  
  Week 2: Register online with $50 late registration fee per course       
            Full-term and Session 1 08/31/20 - 9/6/20 January 18- 24, 2021  
            Session 2 10/26/20-11/1/20 March 22-28  
  Week 3 or later: Register with faculty and dean consent, SFS approval via late registration e- form: $100 late registration fee per course      
            Full-term and Session 1 September 7  January 25  
            Session 2 November 2  March 29  
  Class begins       
            Full-term and Session 1  August 24  January 11  
            Session 2  October 19  March 15  
Grading
  Last day to request special grading option      
            Full-term and Session 1 September 6 January 24  
            Session 2 November 1 March 28  
  Last day to change seminary course to audit      
   Full term  October 11   February 28  
  Withdrawal from courses with grade of W: last day       
            Full-term November 1 March 28  
            Session 1 September 27 February 14  
            Session 2 November 22 April 18  
  Last day to accept student assignments    
           Session 1 October 16 March 5  
           Full- term and Session 2 December 11 May 7  
  Incomplete, last day to apply for      
            Session 1 October 16 March 5  
            Full-term and Session 2 December 11 May 7  
Grades due 
   Session 1  October 20 March 9  
  Full- term and Session 2 December 15 May 11  
Commencement
  Priority registration deadline for participation June 30, 2020 November 30, 2020  
  Ceremony December 12, 2020 May 8, 2021  
Holidays
  Mid-term break (no-classes)   March 8-12  
  Offices closed; no classes

September 7 

November 26-27

 

April 2