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for California State University, Fresno.
See also the 2012-2013 calendar
Spring Semester
JANUARY 2012
January 1 - Campus closed (Dec. 26-Jan. 2)
Financial Aid application filing period for priority consideration for
the 2012-2013 academic year begins (Jan. 1-March 2)
January 3 - Fall 2011 online grades due from faculty
WINTER RECESS (Dec. 19-Jan. 10)
January 11 - SEMESTER begins
January 16 - Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday - no classes; campus closed
January 17 - INSTRUCTION begins
Application period for degrees to be granted in May 2012 begins
January 23 - Chinese New Year
January 30 - Last day to
- ADD a class without instructor permission
- Add a class by Wait List
- Register for Credit by Examination
FEBRUARY 2012
February 3
- 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 2011 semester
- Last day to file an application for BACHELOR'S and MASTER'S DEGREES to be granted in May 2012
February 13 - Last day to
- ADD CLASSES with permission
- DROP CLASSES online without a serious and compelling reason and 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
February 20 - Presidents' Day - no classes; all offices closed
February 27 - Last day for graduate students to apply for ADVANCEMENT TO CANDIDACY this semester in order to be eligible for graduation in August 2012 or December 2012
February 28 - Application deadline for SCHOLARSHIPs for the 2012-2013 academic year. Last day for faculty to submit Credit by Examination grades.
MARCH 2012
March 2 - Filing deadline for Financial Aid priority consideration for the 2012-2013 academic year
March 12 - Last day to file edited, committee-approved master's thesis for May 2012 graduation
March 30 - Cesar Chavez holiday observed - no classes; campus closed
APRIL 2012
April 2 - SPRING RECESS begins (April 2-April 6)
April 7 - Pesach (Passover) begins
April 8 - Easter
April 17 - Last day to DROP/withdraw from classes for SERIOUS and COMPELLING REASONS. Only withdrawal for circumstances beyond the student's control allowed after this date.
April 19-22 - VINTAGE DAYS
April 23 - Registration for fall 2012 begins
April 25 - Administrative Professionals' Day
MAY 2012
May 9
- Last day of instruction
- Last day to withdraw from a complete program for circumstances beyond the student's control
May 10 & 11 - Final exam preparation and faculty consultation days
May 14-17 - FINAL SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS
May 18 - Last day to
- submit incomplete make-up work or request extension of time for incomplete grades from spring 2011
- submit to the Division of Graduate Studies departmental clearance paperwork on behalf of May 2012 master's degree candidates (include a copy of the completed final report on incomplete or in-progress work, if needed for graduation)
May 19 - SPRING SEMESTER ends
101st annual COMMENCEMENT
May 21 - SUMMER CLASSES begin
May 28 - Memorial Day holiday observed - no classes; campus closed.
May 29 - Spring 2012 online grades due from faculty
JUNE 2012
TBA - DOG DAYS - new student orientation, fall 2012
June 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 spring 2012 semester
- Last day to file an application for bachelor's degree to be granted August 2012
JULY 2012
TBA - DOG DAYS - new student orientation, fall 2012
July 4 - Fourth of July holiday - campus closed
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