You are in the official 2009-2010 General Catalog for California State University, Fresno.
Academic Calendar 2009-2010
This document is not intended to be construed as an employee work calendar.
Fall Semester
- INSTRUCTION begins
- Auditors and "60+ Years" students may register
- Application period for degrees to be granted in December 2009 begins
- WELCOME WEEK '09 - activities and programs for new and continuing students, faculty, and staff (Aug. 24-Aug. 28)
- ADD and DROP CLASSES without instructor permission
- register for Credit by Examination
- ADD CLASSES with permission
- DROP CLASSES 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
- ADMISSION APPLICATION cycle for fall 2010 begins
- Last day for INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS to submit a university application for admission to graduate or postbaccalaureate studies for the spring semester
- SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS for the 2010-2011 academic year will be available online
- 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 2008
- submit to the Division of Graduate Studies departmental clearance paperwork on behalf of December 2009 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 2009
August 1 - ADMISSION APPLICATION cycle for spring 2010 begins
August 7 - Last day to submit to the Division of Graduate Studies departmental clearance paperwork on behalf of August 2009 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
ACADEMIC ASSEMBLY for faculty
August 17 - SEMESTER begins
August 22 - Ramadan begins.
August 24
SEPTEMBER 2009
September 4 - File an application for BACHELOR'S and MASTER'S DEGREES to be granted in December 2009
Last day to
September 7 - Labor Day - no classes; all offices closed.
September 11 - 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 2009
September 18 - Rosh Hashanah begins.
September 21- Last day to
September 25 - Last day for graduate students to apply for ADVANCEMENT
TO CANDIDACY this semester in order to be eligible for graduation in May
2010
September 28 - Yom Kippur
OCTOBER 2009
October 1
October 5 - Last day for faculty to submit Credit by Examination grades
October 26 - Last day to file edited, committee-approved master's thesis for December 2009 graduation
NOVEMBER 2009
November 2- Registration for spring 2010 semester begins
November 11 - VETERANS' DAY; Campus closed
November 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
November 25 - THANKSGIVING RECESS BEGINS. No classes; offices will post hours
November 26-27 - THANKSGIVING RECESS. Campus closed; the library will post holiday hours
TBA - DOG DAYS - new student orientation, spring 2010
DECEMBER 2009
December 9
December 10 &11 - Final exam preparation and faculty consultation days
December 14-17 - FINAL SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS
December 18 - FALL SEMESTER ends
Last day to
December 25-31 - Campus closed (Dec. 25-Jan. 1)
WINTER RECESS (Dec. 21-Jan. 14)
Spring Semester
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JANUARY 2010
- ADD and DROP CLASSES without instructor permissionn
- 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 2009 semester
- Last day to file an application for BACHELOR'S and MASTER'S DEGREES to be granted in May 2010
- ADD CLASSES with permission
- DROP CLASSES 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
- Filing deadline for Financial Aid priority consideration for the 2010-2011 academic year
- 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 2009
- submit to the Division of Graduate Studies departmental clearance paperwork on behalf of May 2010 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 2010 semester
- Last day to file an application for bachelor's degree to be granted August 2010
Financial Aid application filing period for priority consideration for the 20102011 academic year begins(Jan. 1March 2)
Campus closed (Dec. 25-Jan. 1)
January 4 - Fall 2009 online grades due from faculty
WINTER RECESS (Dec. 21-Jan. 14)
January 15 - SEMESTER begins
January 18 - Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday - no classes; campus closed
TBA - New International Student ORIENTATION
January 21- INSTRUCTION begins
Auditors and "60+ Years" students may register
Application period for degrees to be granted in May 2010 begins
FEBRUARY 2010
February 3 - Last day to
February 5
February 14 - Chinese New Year
February 15 - Presidents' Day - no classes; all offices closed
February 18 - Last day to
February 26 - Last day for graduate students to apply for ADVANCEMENT TO CANDIDACY this semester in order to be eligible for graduation in August 2010 or December 2010
February 28 - Application deadline for SCHOLARSHIPs for the 2010-2011 academic year
MARCH 2010
March 1 - Last day for INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS to submit a university application for admission to graduate or postbaccalaureate studies for the fall semester
March 4
March 5 - Last day for faculty to submit Credit by Examination grades
March 16 - Last day to file edited, committee-approved master's thesis for May 2010 graduation
March 29 - SPRING RECESS begins (March 29-April 4)
March 30 - Pesach (Passover) begins
March 31 - Cesar Chavez holiday - no classes; campus closed
APRIL 2010
April 4 - Easter
April 15-18 - VINTAGE DAYS
April 19 - Registration for fall 2010 begins
April 20 - 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 22 - Administrative Professionals' Day
MAY 2010
May 12
May 13 & 14 - Final exam preparation and faculty consultation days
May 17-20 - FINAL SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS
May 21 - Last day to
May 22 - SPRING SEMESTER ends
99th annual COMMENCEMENT
May 24 - SUMMER CLASSES begin
May 31 - Memorial Day holiday observed - no classes; campus closed.
JUNE 2010
June 1- Spring 2010 online grades due from faculty
TBA - DOG DAYS - new student orientation, fall 2010
June 18
JULY 2010
TBA - DOG DAYS - new student orientation, fall 2010
July 5 - Fourth of July holiday observed - campus closed
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