Summer Session 2016

May 24-26
Tuesday–Thursday Registration for continuing and readmitted students for the summer session for those who have not yet registered.
Add/drop for the summer session for students who have registered and paid their tuition.
May 28
Saturday Summer residence halls open at 9:00 am.
May 30
Monday Memorial Day Holiday.
May 31
Tuesday Orientation and testing begin for new undergraduate students.
May 31-June 1
Tuesday–Wednesday Registration for the summer session; students who register on these dates will register for all classes to be taken during the summer session. To complete registration, undergraduate students must pay tuition by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, June 1; graduate and law students must pay tuition by 5:00 pm on Friday, June 3.
June 1
Wednesday Tuition payment deadline is 5:00 pm for undergraduates.
June 2
Thursday Classes begin for first-term, nine-week, and whole-session classes.
June 3
Friday Last day of the official add/drop period for first-term, nine-week, and whole-session classes; after this date, changes in registration may require the approval of the department chair and usually the student’s dean. (See General Information, Academic Policies and Procedures, for details.)
Tuition payment deadline is 5:00 pm for graduate and law students.
June 7
Tuesday Fourth class day for first-term, nine-week, and whole-session classes; this is the date the official enrollment count is taken.
Last day an undergraduate student may add a first-term, nine-week, or whole-session class except for rare and extenuating circumstances.
Payment for added classes (add bill) due by 5:00 pm.
Last day to drop a first-term, nine-week, or whole-session class for a possible refund. (See General Information, Academic Policies and Procedures, for details.)
Last day a graduate student may, with the required approvals, add a first-term, nine-week, or whole-session class. 
Last day a law student may add a first-term, nine-week, or whole-session class. Last day a law student may drop a class without the approval of the dean.
June 8
Wednesday Registration for the fall semester begins for new summer session students who have paid their tuition for summer and for continuing, readmitted, and new graduate students who have not yet registered for fall.
June 22
Wednesday Last day a student may change registration in a first-term, nine-week, or whole-session class to or from the pass/fail or credit/no credit basis.
June 28
Tuesday Last class day for first-term two-hour law classes.
Last day to drop a first-term two-hour law class, with required approvals.
June 29
Wednesday Reading day for first-term two-hour law classes.
June 30
Thursday Final examinations for first-term two-hour law classes.
July 4
Monday Independence Day Holiday. 
July 6
Wednesday Last class day for first-term three-hour law classes.
Last day to drop a first-term three-hour law class, with required approvals.
July 7
Thursday Last class day for first-term classes.
Last day to drop a first-term class,with required approvals.
Reading day for first-term three-hour law class.
July 8
Friday Registration for students enrolling for the second term only. To complete registration, undergraduate students must pay tuition by 5:00 pm on Friday, July 8; graduate and law students must pay tuition by 5:00 pm on Tuesday, July 12. 
July 8-9
Friday-Saturday Final examinations for first-term classes, including first-term three-hour law classes. Nine-week and whole-session classes do not meet.
July 9
Saturday First session housing must check out of University residence halls by 2:00 pm.
July 10
Sunday Second session housing may check in to University residence halls starting at 9:00 am. 
July 11
Monday Classes begin for second-term classes.
July 12
Tuesday Last day of the official add/drop period for the second term; after this date, changes in registration may require the approval of the department chair and usually the student's dean. (See General Information, Academic Policies and Procedures.)
Tuition payment deadline is 5:00 pm for graduate and law students.
July 14
Thursday Fourth class day for second-term classes; this is the date the official enrollment count is taken.

Last day an undergraduate student may add a second-term class except for rare and extenuating circumstances.

Payment for added classes (add bill) due by 5:00 pm.

Last day to drop a second-term class for a possible refund. (See General Information, Registration Tuition and Fees, for details.)

Last day a graduate student may, with the required approvals, add a second-term class.

Last day a law student may add a second-term course. Last day a law student may drop a second-term course without the approval of the dean.

July 15
Friday Last day to apply for an undergraduate or a law degree.
Last day an undergraduate student or a law student may register in absentia.
Last day during the summer session for new summer session students and continuing and readmitted students to register for the fall semester.
Last day during the summer session for new summer session students and for continuing, readmitted, and new graduate students to register for the fall semester.
July 19
Tuesday Tuition bills for the fall semester distributed to students electronically. Notice is sent to the e-mail address on the student's record. 
July 26
Tuesday Last class day for nine-week classes.
Last day to drop a nine-week class. (See General Information, Academic Policies and Procedures, for details.)
July 27
Wednesday Reading day for nine-week law classes.
July 27-28
Wednesday–Thursday Final examinations for nine-week classes except in the School of Law.
July 28-29
Thursday-Friday Final examinations for nine-week law classes.
July 29
Friday Last day a student may change registration in a second-term class to or form the pass/fail or credit/no credit basis.
Last day to apply for a graduate degree.
July 30
Saturday Nine-week session housing must check out of University residence halls by 9:00 am. 
August 5
Friday Last class day for second-term two-hour law classes.
Last day to drop a second-term two-hour law class, with required approvals.
August 6
Saturday Reading day for second-term two-hour law classes.
August 8-9
Monday-Tuesday Final examinations for second-term two-hour law classes.
August 10
Wednesday Tuition payment deadline is 5:00 pm for undergraduate students who registered for the fall semester by Friday, July 15. The payment deadline for graduate and law students is the fourth class day of the fall semester.
August 12
Friday Last class day for second-term and whole-session classes, including three- and four-hour law classes.
Last day to submit master's report, recital, thesis, doctoral dissertation, or treatise to the graduate dean.
Last day to drop a second-term or whole-session class. (See General Information, Academic Policies and Procedures, for details.)
August 13
Saturday Final examinations for second-term and whole-session classes, except in the School of Law.
Reading day in the School of Law.
August 15
Monday Final examinations for second-term and whole-session classes.
Final examinations for second-term and whole-session law classes.
Official graduation date (no public exercises).
August 16
Tuesday Summer residence halls close at 9:00 am.