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2017-2018 Undergraduate Academic Calendar

Fall 2017

Mar 13, 2017
Fall 2017 class schedule is available in YES
Mar 13, 2017
Fall 2017 registration windows posted in YES
Mar 31, 2017
Arts and Science moratorium on processing new declarations of majors, March 31 - April 28
Apr 10, 2017
Fall 2017 registration windows begin for undergraduate students
Apr 28, 2017
Fall 2017 registration windows close for currently enrolled undergraduate students
May 15, 2017
Deadline for Fall 2017 admitted students to submit immunization requirement documentation
May 15, 2017
Deadline for Fall 2017 admitted students to submit immunization requirement documentation. Class Registration will be held until information is received by Student Health.
Jun 1, 2017
Deadline for health questionnaires to be returned to Student Health for first-year students
Jul 19, 2017
Fall 2017 open enrollment period begins
Aug 1, 2017
Deadline for all students (except international) to waive student health insurance coverage
Aug 11, 2017
Deadline for intra-university transfer fall applications
Aug 16, 2017
Undergraduate International Student Orientation and Information Fair
Aug 18, 2017
2:00 pm
Residence halls open for transfer students at 2 p.m.
Aug 19, 2017
Orientation for transfer students Aug. 19-21
Aug 19, 2017
7:00 am
Residence halls open at 7 a.m. for first-year students
Aug 19, 2017
Orientation begins for new undergraduate students
Aug 20, 2017
6:00 pm
Founder's Walk and Picnic
Aug 20, 2017
9:00 am
Residence halls open at 9 a.m. for upperclass students
Aug 22, 2017
Division of Unclassified Studies fall registration
Aug 23, 2017
9:00 am
English Language Center - English for Academics and Professionals Assessments start at 9 a.m.
Aug 23, 2017
Half-term Business Module I classes begin
Aug 23, 2017
First day of classes for undergraduate schools
Aug 24, 2017
4:10 pm
Fall 2017 Faculty Assembly
Aug 29, 2017
11:59 pm
Last day to waitlist a class: Half-term Business Module I. Waitlist ends at 11:59 p.m. CDT
Aug 29, 2017
11:59 pm
Last day to waitlist a class: Engineering Modules I, II, and III. Waitlist ends at 11:59 p.m. CDT
Aug 29, 2017
11:59 pm
Last day to waitlist a class. Waitlist ends at 11:59 p.m. CDT
Aug 30, 2017
11:59 pm
Fall 2017 open enrollment closes. Access to make enrollment changes in YES ends at 11:59 p.m. CDT
Aug 31, 2017
Deadline for payment of tuition, fees and all other charges associated with the beginning of the semester
Sep 5, 2017
English Language Center classes begin
Sep 6, 2017
4:00 pm
Last day to drop a class with no entry on the record
Sep 6, 2017
4:00 pm
Last day to drop Blair performance classes with no music fee charged
Sep 6, 2017
4:00 pm
Last day to adjust level in math or foreign language or Blair performance instruction class
Sep 6, 2017
4:00 pm
Last day to add a class
Sep 6, 2017
4:00 pm
Last day to register for pass/fail status
Sep 7, 2017
Deadline for international students to waive student health insurance coverage
Sep 13, 2017
11:59 pm
Discrepancy reporting ends
Sep 15, 2017
Family Weekend, Sept. 15-17
Sep 20, 2017
4:00 pm
Last day to withdraw from a Half-term Business Module I class
Sep 20, 2017
Census data compiled
Sep 22, 2017
Engineering Module I classes end
Sep 25, 2017
Engineering Module II classes begin
Oct 1, 2017
Homecoming and related Homecoming activities, Oct. 1-7
Oct 2, 2017
Last day undergraduates may apply for screening II for spring student teaching
Oct 3, 2017
Last day for students to submit screening I forms for admission into the Teacher Education Program
Oct 5, 2017
Alumni Board of Directors meeting, Oct. 5-7
Oct 5, 2017
Homecoming/Reunion Weekend, Oct. 5-7
Oct 9, 2017
Spring 2018 class schedule is available in YES
Oct 9, 2017
Spring 2018 registration windows posted in YES
Oct 10, 2017
Half-term Business Module I classes end
Oct 11, 2017
Half-term Business Module II classes begin
Oct 11, 2017
11:59 pm
Mid-semester undergraduate deficiency reports due
Oct 11, 2017
Online grading open for submission of final grades for Half-term Business Module I classes
Oct 11, 2017
Final examinations for Half-term Business Module I classes
Oct 12, 2017
Fall break for undergraduate students, Oct. 12-13
Oct 13, 2017
Deadline for submission of Half-term Business Module I grades
Oct 18, 2017
11:59 pm
Last day to waitlist a class: Half-term Business Module II. Waitlist ends at 11:59 p.m. CDT
Oct 19, 2017
4:00 pm
Last day to drop or add a Half-term Business Module II class
Oct 20, 2017
4:00 pm
Last day undergraduate students may withdraw from fall semester classes
Oct 20, 2017
Arts and Science moratorium on processing new declarations of majors
Oct 20, 2017
4:00 pm
Last day to change from pass/fail to graded status in a fall semester class
Oct 20, 2017
Discrepancy reporting begins: Half-term Business Module II
Oct 26, 2017
11:59 pm
Discrepancy reporting ends: Half-term Business Module II
Oct 27, 2017
Engineering Module II classes end
Oct 30, 2017
Engineering Module III classes begin
Oct 30, 2017
Spring 2018 registration windows begin for undergraduate students
Nov 2, 2017
Full Board of Trust meeting
Nov 10, 2017
4:00 pm
Last day to withdraw from a Half-term Business Module II class
Nov 13, 2017
International Education Week, Nov. 13-17
Nov 17, 2017
11:59 pm
Spring 2018 registration windows close
Nov 18, 2017
Thanksgiving holidays in most schools, Nov. 18-26
Nov 18, 2017
9:00 am
Undergraduate residence halls close at 9 a.m.
Nov 26, 2017
9:00 am
Undergraduate residence halls open at 9 a.m.
Dec 1, 2017
Dead week for Arts and Science and Blair classes
Dec 4, 2017
Spring 2018 open enrollment period begins
Dec 6, 2017
Engineering Module III classes end
Dec 6, 2017
English Language Center classes end
Dec 7, 2017
Undergraduate classes end
Dec 8, 2017
Undergraduate examinations and reading days, Dec. 8-16
Dec 16, 2017
Fall semester ends
Dec 16, 2017
Deadline for intra-university transfer spring applications
Dec 16, 2017
Graduation date for December graduates
Dec 17, 2017
9:00 am
Undergraduate residence halls close at 9 a.m.
Dec 18, 2017
11:59 pm
Deadline for submission of Fall 2017 final grades at 11:59 p.m. CDT
Jan 5, 2018
12:00 pm
Undergraduate residence halls open at noon

Spring 2018

Nov 17, 2017
11:59 pm
Spring 2018 registration windows close
Dec 1, 2017
Deadline for Spring 2018 admitted students to submit immunization requirement documentation. Class Registration will be held until information is received by Student Health.
Dec 4, 2017
Spring 2018 open enrollment period begins
Dec 9, 2017
Fall 2017 online grading open for submission of final grades for undergraduate schools
Jan 2, 2018
Deadline for payment of tuition, fees and all other charges associated with the beginning of the semester
Jan 4, 2018
Deadline for Spring 2018 admitted students (except international) to waive student health insurance coverage
Jan 5, 2018
International Student Spring Orientation
Jan 5, 2018
12:00 pm
Undergraduate residence halls open at noon
Jan 5, 2018
Division of Unclassified Studies spring registration
Jan 8, 2018
9:00 am
English Language Center - English for Academics and Professionals Assessments start at 9 a.m.
Jan 8, 2018
Half-term Business Module I classes begin
Jan 8, 2018
First day of classes for undergraduate schools
Jan 10, 2018
4:00 pm
English Language Center - English for Academics and Professionals Assessments conclude
Jan 12, 2018
11:59 pm
Last day to waitlist a class: Half-term Business Module I. Waitlist ends at 11:59 p.m. CDT
Jan 12, 2018
11:59 pm
Last day to waitlist a class. Waitlist ends at 11:59 p.m. CDT
Jan 15, 2018
11:59 pm
Spring 2018 open enrollment period closes. Access to make enrollment changes in YES ends at 11:59 p.m. CDT
Jan 15, 2018
Deadline for Spring 2018 admitted international students to waive student health insurance coverage
Jan 15, 2018
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - classes cancelled
Jan 16, 2018
English Language Center classes begin
Jan 22, 2018
4:00 pm
Last day to drop a class with no entry on the record
Jan 22, 2018
4:00 pm
Last day to drop Blair performance classes with no music fee charged
Jan 22, 2018
4:00 pm
Last day to adjust level in math or foreign language or Blair performance instruction class
Jan 22, 2018
4:00 pm
Last day to add a class
Jan 22, 2018
4:00 pm
Last day to register for pass/fail status
Jan 23, 2018
Discrepancy reporting begins
Jan 29, 2018
Discrepancy reporting ends
Feb 1, 2018
Last day undergraduates may apply for screening II for fall student teaching
Feb 1, 2018
Last day for students to submit screening I forms for admission into the Teacher Education Program
Feb 6, 2018
Census data compiled
Feb 6, 2018
4:00 pm
Last day to withdraw from a Half-term Business Module I class
Feb 8, 2018
Full Board of Trust meeting
Feb 26, 2018
Final examinations for Half-term Business Module I classes
Feb 26, 2018
Half-term Business Module I classes end
Feb 27, 2018
Half-term Business Module II classes begin
Feb 27, 2018
Online grading open for submission of final grades for Half-term Business Module I classes
Feb 28, 2018
Mid-semester undergraduate deficiency reports begin
Mar 1, 2018
11:59 pm
Deadline for submission of Half-term Business Module I grades
Mar 3, 2018
Spring holidays in most schools, March 3-11
Mar 3, 2018
9:00 am
Undergraduate residence halls close at 9 a.m.
Mar 7, 2018
11:59 pm
Mid-semester undergraduate deficiency reports due
Mar 9, 2018
Last day to waitlist a class: Half-term Business Module II
Mar 11, 2018
9:00 am
Undergraduate residence halls open at 9 a.m.
Mar 12, 2018
4:00 pm
Last day to add or drop a Half-term Business Module II class
Mar 12, 2018
Fall 2018 class schedule is available in YES
Mar 12, 2018
Fall 2018 registration windows posted in YES
Mar 13, 2018
Discrepancy reporting begins: Half-term Business Module II
Mar 16, 2018
4:00 pm
Last day undergraduate students may withdraw from spring semester classes
Mar 16, 2018
4:00 pm
Last day to change from pass/fail to graded status in a spring semester class
Mar 17, 2018
Founder's Day, the anniversary of the founding of Vanderbilt University in 1873
Mar 19, 2018
Discrepancy reporting ends: Half-term Business Module II
Mar 26, 2018
Summer 2018 open enrollment begins
Mar 30, 2018
Arts and Science moratorium on processing new declarations of majors
Apr 2, 2018
4:00 pm
Last day to withdraw from a Half-term Business Module II class
Apr 5, 2018
4:10 pm
Spring 2018 Faculty Assembly
Apr 6, 2018
Commencement Event: Deadline to rent regalia for May 2018 Commencement ceremony
Apr 9, 2018
Fall 2018 registration windows begin for undergraduate students
Apr 16, 2018
English Language Center classes end
Apr 17, 2018
Dead week for Arts and Science and Blair classes
Apr 19, 2018
Full Board of Trust meeting
Apr 23, 2018
Undergraduate classes end
Apr 24, 2018
Undergraduate examinations and reading days, April 24-May 3
Apr 25, 2018
Spring 2018 online grading open for submission of final grades for undergraduate schools
Apr 27, 2018
Fall 2018 registration windows close
May 3, 2018
Deadline for intra-university transfer summer applications
May 5, 2018
11:59 pm
Deadline for submission of Spring 2018 final grades at 11:59 p.m. CDT
May 5, 2018
9:00 am
All residence halls close at 9 a.m. except for graduating students and students with official commencement duties.
May 9, 2018
9:00 pm
Commencement Event - "THE PARTY"
May 10, 2018
2:00 pm
Commencement Event - Faculty Seminars
May 10, 2018
11:00 am
Commencement Event - "Senior Class Day" - Senior Day speaker and faculty seminars
May 11, 2018
9:00 am
Commencement Event - Graduation ceremony
May 12, 2018
1:00 pm
Residence halls close spring semester at 1 p.m.
May 15, 2018
Deadline for Fall 2018 admitted students to submit immunization requirement documentation. Class Registration will be held until information is received by Student Health.

Summer 2018

Feb 19, 2018
Summer 2018 class schedule available in YES
May 4, 2018
Division of Unclassified Studies Maymester registration
May 5, 2018
2:00 pm
Residence halls open for Maymester at 2 p.m.
May 7, 2018
Maymester begins
May 8, 2018
Maymester enrollment ends
May 9, 2018
Maymester discrepancy reporting begins
May 10, 2018
11:59 pm
Maymester discrepancy reporting ends
May 15, 2018
Maymester mid-semester undergraduate deficiency reports begin
May 17, 2018
11:59 pm
Maymester mid-semester undergraduate deficiency reports due
May 21, 2018
4:00 pm
Last day undergraduate students may withdraw from a Maymester class
Jun 1, 2018
Maymester ends
Jun 1, 2018
Maymester examinations
Jun 2, 2018
9:00 am
Maymester residence halls close at 9 a.m.
Jun 2, 2018
Maymester online grading open for submission of final grades for undergraduate schools
Jun 3, 2018
11:59 pm
Maymester final grading deadline
Jun 3, 2018
12:00 pm
First-half summer residence halls open at noon
Jun 4, 2018
Division of Unclassified Studies summer registration
Jun 5, 2018
First-half and full-term summer classes begin
Jun 6, 2018
11:59 pm
Last day to waitlist a first-half or full-term summer class. Waitlist ends at 11:59 p.m. CDT
Jun 7, 2018
First-half and full-term summer enrollment ends
Jun 8, 2018
First-half and full-term summer discrepancy reporting begins
Jun 11, 2018
Peabody Module I registration and classes begin
Jun 11, 2018
11:59 pm
First-half and full-term summer discrepancy reporting ends
Jun 15, 2018
First-half summer mid-semester undergraduate deficiency reports begin
Jun 18, 2018
11:59 pm
First-half summer mid-semester undergraduate deficiency reports due
Jun 20, 2018
4:00 pm
Last day undergraduate students may withdraw from a first-half summer class
Jul 5, 2018
First-half classes end
Jul 6, 2018
Peabody Module I classes end
Jul 6, 2018
Examinations for first-half summer classes
Jul 6, 2018
Full-term mid-semester undergraduate deficiency reports begin
Jul 6, 2018
First-half summer online grading open for submission of final grades for undergraduate schools
Jul 7, 2018
9:00 am
First-half summer residence halls close at 9 a.m.
Jul 8, 2018
First-half summer final grading deadline
Jul 8, 2018
12:00 pm
Second-half summer residence halls open at noon
Jul 9, 2018
Division of Unclassified Studies second-half summer registration
Jul 9, 2018
Peabody Module II classes begin
Jul 10, 2018
Second-half summer classes begin
Jul 10, 2018
11:59 pm
Full-term summer mid-semester undergraduate deficiency reports due
Jul 11, 2018
11:59 pm
Last day to waitlist a second-half summer class. Waitlist ends at 11:59 p.m. CDT
Jul 12, 2018
Second-half summer enrollment ends
Jul 12, 2018
4:00 pm
Last day undergraduate students may withdraw from a full-term summer session class
Jul 13, 2018
Second-half summer discrepancy reporting begins
Jul 15, 2018
11:59 pm
Second-half summer discrepancy reporting ends
Jul 20, 2018
Second-half summer mid-semester undergraduate deficiency reports begin
Jul 23, 2018
11:59 pm
Second-half summer mid-semester undergraduate deficiency reports due
Jul 25, 2018
4:00 pm
Last day undergraduate students may withdraw from a second-half summer class
Aug 1, 2018
Deadline to waive summer student health insurance coverage
Aug 3, 2018
Peabody Module II classes end
Aug 9, 2018
Second-half and full-term summer classes end
Aug 10, 2018
Second-half and full-term summer online grading open for submission of final grades for undergraduate schools
Aug 10, 2018
Summer semester ends
Aug 10, 2018
Examinations for second-half and full-term summer classes
Aug 10, 2018
Graduation date for August graduates
Aug 11, 2018
9:00 am
Second-half summer residence halls close at 9 a.m.
Aug 12, 2018
11:59 pm
Second-half and full-term summer final grading deadline