Spring 2012 Academic Deadlines

UG = Undergraduate; GRAD = Graduate

October 2011

  • October 17
    • Priority registration Time Tickets (Earliest Registration Times) available on Student Self-Service
  • October 31
    • Priority registration begins for continuing students only
    • Class schedules available online at time of registration

November 2011

  • November 21
    • Registration begins for new students and continuing students not currently registered

January 2012

  • January 13
    • Deadline to cancel registration
  • January 16
    • Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday
  • January 17
    • First day of instruction
    • Deadline to register without penalty
  • January 18
    • Late registration via Student Self-Service begins
  • January 20 – 30
    • Registration of part-time non-degree students without penalty
  • January 23
    • Deadline to add a UG first half-session course
    • Deadline to add a GRAD first half-session course via Student Self-Service
    • Deadline to suppress directory information
  • January 30
    • Deadline to reduce program and receive refund if moving to a lower credit range
    • Deadline to reduce program for College Illinois! credit
    • Deadline to add a UG semester course
    • Deadline to add a GRAD semester course via Student Self-Service
    • Deadline to add a GRAD first half-session course

February 2012

  • February 10
    • Deadline to drop a UG first half-session course without a grade of W
    • Deadline to drop a GRAD first half-session course via Student Self-Service
    • Deadline to elect credit/no-credit or to change credit/no-credit to regular grade basis in a UG first half-session course
    • Deadline to file intent to use the Campus Grade Replacement option in a UG first half-session course
  • February 24
    • Deadline to add a GRAD semester course
    • Deadline to drop a GRAD first half-session course without a grade of W
    • Deadline for GRAD students to elect credit/no-credit option for a first half-session course or to change from credit/no-credit option to a regular grade
  • February 28
    • Payment due

March 2012

  • March 6, Noon
    • Faculty deadline for reporting mid-term grades for freshmen
  • March 9
    • Deadline to drop a UG semester course without grade of W
    • Deadline to drop a GRAD semester course via Student Self-Service
    • Deadline to remove UG Incomplete grade from previous semester to prevent change to an F grade
    • Deadline to elect credit/no-credit or to change credit/no-credit to regular grade basis in a UG semester course
    • Deadline to file intent to use the Campus Grade Replacement option in a UG semester course
    • Deadline for UG students to withdraw without grade of W
    • Deadline for LAW students to drop a semester course without grade of W
  • March 12
    • Second half-session courses begin (nontraditional courses may begin earlier or later)
    • Time Tickets (earliest registration times) for Summer 2012 and Fall 2012 priority registration available on the web for students
  • March 16
    • Deadline to add a UG second half-session course
    • Deadline to add a GRAD second half-session course via Student Self-Service
  • March 17 - 25
    • Spring Break
  • March 30
    • Deadline to withdraw from the University and receive the minimum 40% pro-rata refund

April 2012

  • April 2
    • Priority registration for Summer and Fall 2012 begins for continuing students only
  • April 6
    • Deadline to add GRAD second half session course
  • April 13
    • Deadline to drop a UG second half-session course without a grade of W
    • Deadline to drop a GRAD second half-session course via Student Self-Service
    • Deadline to elect credit/no-credit or to change credit/no-credit to regular grade basis in a second UG half-session course
    • Deadline to file intent to use the Campus Grade Replacement option in a UG second half-session course
    • Deadline to drop a GRAD semester course without grade of W.
    • Deadline for GRAD students to elect credit/no-credit option for a semester course or to change from credit/no-credit option to a regular grade
    • Deadline for GRAD students to withdraw from the term without grade of W
  • April 27
    • Deadline to drop a GRAD second half-session course without a grade of W
    • Deadline for GRAD students to elect credit/no-credit option for a second half-session course or to change from credit/no-credit option to a regular grade

May 2012

  • May 2
    • Last day of instruction
  • May 3
    • Reading day (no classes, no final examinations)
    • Last day for GRAD to add/drop a second half-session course without petitioning the Graduate College
    • Last day for GRAD to add/drop a semester course without petitioning the Graduate College
  • May 4 - 11
    • Final examination period
  • May 18, Noon
    • Faculty deadline for reporting grades