You are in the official 2006-2007 General Catalog
for California State University, Fresno.
Academic Calendar 2006-2007
This document is not intended to be construed as an employee work calendar.
Fall Semester
- SEMESTER begins
- ACADEMIC ASSEMBLY for faculty
- INSTRUCTION begins
- Auditors and "60+ Years" students may register
- Application period for degrees to be granted in December 2006 begins
- ADD CLASSES without special permission
- DROP CLASSES without a serious and compelling reason
- register for Credit by Examination
- ADD CLASSES with permission
- DROP CLASSES for serious and compelling reason without a grade of W (withdrawal) listed on university transcript
- change to or from credit/no credit grading
- change from credit registration to audit registration or audit registration to credit registration
- take examination for Credit by Examination
- ADMISSION APPLICATION cycle for fall 2007 begins
- Last day for INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS to submit a university application for admission to graduate or postbaccalaureate studies for the spring semester
- Last day of instruction
- Last day to withdraw from a complete program for circumstances beyond the student's control
- submit incomplete make-up work or request extension of time for incomplete grades from fall 2005
- submit to the Division of Graduate Studies departmental clearance paperwork on behalf of December 2006 master's degree candidates (include a copy of the completed final report on incomplete or in-progress work, if needed for graduation)
This document is not intended to be construed as an employee work calendar.
AUGUST 2006
August 1 - ADMISSION APPLICATION cycle for spring 2007 begins
August 11 - Last day to submit to the Division of Graduate Studies departmental clearance paperwork on behalf of August 2006 master's degree candidates (include a copy of the completed final report on incomplete or in-progress work, if needed for graduation)
TBA - New International Student ORIENTATION
August 21
August 25- New Student CONVOCATION
August 28
August 28 - WELCOME WEEK '06 - activities and programs for new and continuing students, faculty, and staff (Aug. 28-Sept. 1)
SEPTEMBER 2006
September 1 - SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS for the 2007-2008 academic year will be available online
September 4 - Labor Day - no classes; all offices closed
September 8 - File an application for BACHELOR'S and MASTER'S DEGREES to be granted in December 2006
September 11 - Last day to
September 15 - Last day for faculty to submit CHANGES and CLEARANCES (incomplete grades, approved petitions, departmental approvals, transfer transcripts) required for graduation with a bachelor's degree at the end of the summer 2006
September 23 - Rosh Hashanah
September 24 - Ramadan begins
September 25 - Last day to
September 29 - Last day for graduate students to apply for ADVANCEMENT TO CANDIDACY this semester in order to be eligible for graduation in May 2007
OCTOBER 2006
October 1
October 2 - Yom Kippur
October 9 - Last day for faculty to submit Credit by Examination grades
October 30 - Last day to file edited, committee-approved master's thesis
for December 2006 graduation
NOVEMBER 2006
November 3 - Telephone/Web registration for spring 2007 semester begins
November 10 - VETERANS' DAY; Campus closed
November 21 - Last day to withdraw from a course for SERIOUS and COMPELLING REASONS, except by complete withdrawal from the university for circumstances beyond the student's control
November 22 - THANKSGIVING RECESS BEGINS. No classes; offices will post hours
November 23-24 - THANKSGIVING RECESS. Campus closed; the library will post holiday hours
November 30- Priority application deadline for SCHOLARSHIPS for the 2007-2008 academic year
TBA DOG DAYS - new student orientation, spring 2007
DECEMBER 2006
December 13
December 14 &15 - Final exam preparation and faculty consultation days
December 18-21 - FINAL SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS
December 22 - FALL SEMESTER ends
Last day to
December 25-31 - Campus closed (Dec. 25-Jan. 1)
WINTER RECESS (Dec. 26-Jan. 10)
Spring Semester
- INSTRUCTION begins
- Auditors and "60+ Years" students may register
- Application period for degrees to be granted in May 2007 begins
- ADD CLASSES without special permission
- DROP CLASSES without a serious and compelling reason
- Register for Credit by Examination
- Last day for faculty to submit CHANGES and CLEARANCES (incomplete grades, approved petitions, departmental approvals, transfer transcripts) required for graduation with a bachelor's degree at the end of the fall 2006 semester
- Last day file an application for BACHELOR'S and MASTER'S DEGREES to be granted in May 2007
- change to or from credit/no credit grading
- change from credit registration to audit registration or audit registration to credit registration
- take examination for Credit by Examination
- Filing deadline for Financial Aid priority consideration for the 2007-2008 academic year
- Last day for graduate students to apply for ADVANCEMENT TO CANDIDACY this semester in order to be eligible for graduation in August 2007 or December 2007
- Last day of instruction
- Last day to withdraw from a complete program for circumstances beyond the student's control
- submit incomplete make-up work or request extension of time for incomplete grades from spring 2006
- submit to the Division of Graduate Studies departmental clearance paperwork on behalf of May 2007 master's degree candidates (include a copy of the completed final report on incomplete or in-progress work, if needed for graduation)
- Last day for faculty to submit changes and clearances (incomplete grades, approved petitions, departmental approvals, transfer transcripts) required for graduation with a bachelor's degree at the end of the spring 2007 semester
- Last day to file an application for bachelor's degree to be granted August 2007
JANUARY 2007
January 1 - Financial Aid application filing period for priority consideration for the 2007-2008 academic year begins
(Jan. 1-March 2)
Campus closed (Dec. 25-Jan. 1)
WINTER RECESS (Dec. 26-Jan. 10)
January 2 - Fall 2006 online grades due from faculty
January 11 - SEMESTER begins
January 15 - Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday - no classes; campus closed
TBA - New International Student ORIENTATION
January 17
January 30 - Last day to
FEBRUARY 2007
February 2
February 13 - Last day to
February 18 - Chinese New Year
February 19 - Presidents' Day - no classes; all offices closed
February 27 - Last day for faculty to submit Credit by Examination grades
MARCH 2007
March 1 - Last day for INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS to submit a university application for admission to graduate or postbaccalaureate studies for the fall semester
March 2
March 19 - Last day to file edited, committee-approved master's thesis for May 2007 graduation
March 30 - Cesar Chavez Day observed -
no classes; campus closed
March 31 - Cesar Chavez Day
APRIL 2007
April 2-6 - SPRING RECESS
April 3 - Pesach (Passover) begins
April 8 - Easter
April 16 - Telephone/Web Registration for fall 2007 begins
April 17 - Last day to withdraw from a course for SERIOUS and COMPELLING REASONS, except by complete withdrawal from the university for circumstances beyond the student's control
April 19-22 - VINTAGE DAYS
MAY 2007
May 9
May 10 & 11 - Final exam preparation and faculty consultation days
May 14-17 - FINAL SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS
May 18 - Last day to
May 19 - SPRING SEMESTER ends
96th annual COMMENCEMENT
May 21 - SUMMER CLASSES begin (May 21-Aug. 10)
May 28 - Memorial Day holiday observed - no classes; campus closed.
May 29 - Spring 2007 online grades due from faculty
JUNE 2007
TBA - DOG DAYS - new student orientation, fall 2007
June 22
JULY 2007
July 4- Fourth of July holiday observed - campus closed
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