You are in the official 2008-2009 General Catalog
for California State University, Fresno.
Academic Calendar 2008-2009
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 2008 begins
- WELCOME WEEK '08 - activities and programs for new and continuing students, faculty, and staff (Aug. 25-Aug. 29)
- 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 2009 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 2007
- submit to the Division of Graduate Studies departmental clearance paperwork on behalf of December 2008 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 2008
August 1 - ADMISSION APPLICATION cycle for spring 2009 begins
August 8 - Last day to submit to the Division of Graduate Studies departmental clearance paperwork on behalf of August 2008 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 18 - SEMESTER begins
August 22 - New Student CONVOCATION
August 25
SEPTEMBER 2008
September 1 - SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS for the 2009-2010 academic year will be available onlines
September 1 - Labor Day - no classes; all offices closed. Ramadan begins.
September 5 - File an application for BACHELOR'S and MASTER'S DEGREES to be granted in December 2008
September 8 - Last day to
September 12 - 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 2008
September 22- Last day to
September 26 - Last day for graduate students to apply for ADVANCEMENT TO CANDIDACY this semester in order to be eligible for graduation in May 2009
September 30 - Rosh Hashanah begins.
OCTOBER 2008
October 1
October 6 - Last day for faculty to submit Credit by Examination grades
October 9 - Yom Kippur
October 27 - Last day to file edited, committee-approved master's thesis
for December 2008 graduation
NOVEMBER 2008
November 3 - Registration for spring 2009 semester begins
November 11 - VETERANS' DAY; Campus closed
November 18 - 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 26 - THANKSGIVING RECESS BEGINS. No classes; offices will post hours
November 27-28 - THANKSGIVING RECESS. Campus closed; the library will post holiday hours
November 30- Priority application deadline for SCHOLARSHIPS for the 2009-2010 academic year
TBA - DOG DAYS - new student orientation, spring 2009
DECEMBER 2008
December 10
December 11 &12 - Final exam preparation and faculty consultation days
December 15-18 - FINAL SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS
December 19 - FALL SEMESTER ends
Last day to
December 25-31 - Campus closed (Dec. 25-Jan. 1)
WINTER RECESS (Dec. 22-Jan. 14)
Spring Semester
- 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 2008 semester
- Last day to file an application for BACHELOR'S and MASTER'S DEGREES to be granted in May 2009
- 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 2009-2010 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 2008
- submit to the Division of Graduate Studies departmental clearance paperwork on behalf of May 2009 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 2009 semester
- Last day to file an application for bachelor's degree to be granted August 2009
JANUARY 2009
Financial Aid application filing period for priority consideration for the 20092010 academic year begins(Jan. 1March 2)
Campus closed (Dec. 25-Jan. 1)
January 2 - Fall 2008 online grades due from faculty
WINTER RECESS (Dec. 22-Jan. 14)
January 15 - SEMESTER begins
January 19 - 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 2009 begins
January 26 - Chinese New Year
FEBRUARY 2009
February 3 - Last day to
February 6
February 16 - Presidents' Day - no classes; all offices closed
February 18 - Last day to
February 27 - Last day for graduate students to apply for ADVANCEMENT TO CANDIDACY this semester in order to be eligible for graduation in August 2009 or December 2009
MARCH 2009
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 4 - Last day for faculty to submit Credit by Examination grades
March 16 - Last day to file edited, committee-approved master's thesis for May 2009 graduation
March 31 - Cesar Chavez holiday - no classes; campus closed
APRIL 2009
April 6-10- SPRING RECESS
April 9 - Pesach (Passover) begins
April 12 - Easter
April 16-19 - VINTAGE DAYS
April 20 - Registration for fall 2009 begins
April 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
MAY 2009
May 13
May 14 & 15 - Final exam preparation and faculty consultation days
May 18-21 - FINAL SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS
May 22 - Last day to
May 23 - SPRING SEMESTER ends
98th annual COMMENCEMENT
May 25 - Memorial Day holiday observed - no classes; campus closed.
May 26 - SUMMER CLASSES begin
JUNE 2009
June 1- Spring 2009 online grades due from faculty
TBA - DOG DAYS - new student orientation, fall 2009
June 19
JULY 2009
TBA - DOG DAYS - new student orientation, fall 2009
July 3 - Fourth of July holiday observed - campus closed
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