2014 2015 University-Wide Academic Calendar Guide to Abbreviations UGD = Undergraduate Day GS = Graduate Schools LAW = School of Law CPS = College of Professional Studies Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Aug 24 2014 LAW: Week 1 of fall for first-year LAW: Week 1 of Aug 25 2014 LAW: Fall and orientation for firstyear Aug 26 2014 LAW: Fall and orientation for firstyear for Aug 27 2014 fall for firstyear Aug 28 2014 UGD: August degree conferral fall Aug 29 2014 Aug 30 2014 Aug 31 2014 SEM: Week 1 of fall LAW: Week 2 of fall for first-year LAW: Week 2 of Sep 1 2014 >>> Labor Day Sep 2 2014 fall UGD: Fall class s will be dropped at 4:00 p.m. for who do not participate in "I Am Here" or clear holds class add period Sep 3 2014 fall full- and first-half fall Sep 4 2014 Sep 5 2014 LAW: Classes follow a Monday schedule Sep 6 2014 Sep 7 2014 SEM: Week 2 of fall CPS: Week 1 of LAW: Week 3 of fall for first-year LAW: Week 3 of Sep 8 2014 full and first-half fall s Sep 9 2014 Sep 10 2014 Sep 11 2014 for fall Sep 12 2014 Sep 13 2014 Compiled 7/17/2015 11:55:52 AM Page 1
Sep 14 2014 SEM: Week 3 of fall CPS: Week 2 of LAW: Week 4 of fall for first-year LAW: Week 4 of for first-half fall Sep 15 2014 Sep 16 2014 elect pass/fail for fall (may be extended by instructor to October 24) for full- and first-half fall drop a first-half fall class drop period Sep 17 2014 Sep 18 2014 Sep 19 2014 Sep 20 2014 Sep 21 2014 SEM: Week 4 of fall CPS: Week 3 of LAW: Week 5 of fall for first-year LAW: Week 5 of for full fall drop a full or firsthalf fall Sep 22 2014 Sep 23 2014 drop a fall class without a W drop a full fall class without a W Sep 24 2014 Sep 25 2014 file a Final Exam Conflict Form for fall LAW: Rosh Hashanah observed by School of Law only, no Sep 26 2014 Sep 27 2014 Sep 28 2014 SEM: Week 5 of fall CPS: Week 4 of LAW: Week 6 of fall for first-year LAW: Week 6 of Sep 29 2014 Sep 30 2014 LAW: Faculty deadline for Oct 1 2014 Oct 2 2014 Oct 3 2014 drop a first-half fall Oct 4 2014 Compiled 7/17/2015 11:55:52 AM Page 2
Oct 5 2014 SEM: Week 6 of fall CPS: Week 5 of LAW: Week 7 of fall for first-year LAW: Week 7 of Oct 6 2014 Oct 7 2014 Oct 8 2014 Oct 9 2014 Oct 10 2014 Oct 11 2014 drop a first-half fall class with a W Oct 12 2014 SEM: Week 7 of fall CPS: Week 6 of LAW: Week 8 of fall for first-year LAW: Week 8 of Oct 13 2014 >>> Columbus Day observed, no Oct 14 2014 first-half fall first-half fall Oct 15 2014 LAW: Classes follow a Monday schedule Oct 16 2014 Oct 17 2014 Oct 18 2014 first-half fall first-half fall Oct 19 2014 SEM: Week 8 of fall CPS: Week 7 of LAW: Week 9 of fall for first-year LAW: Week 9 of Oct 20 2014 second-half fall second-half fall period 1 Oct 21 2014 GS: Faculty deadline first-half fall CPS: Faculty deadline first-half fall Oct 22 2014 GS: Grades for first-half fall on CPS: Grades for first-half fall on Oct 23 2014 Oct 24 2014 Oct 25 2014 Oct 26 2014 SEM: Week 9 of fall CPS: Week 8 of LAW: Week 10 of fall for first-year LAW: Week 10 of for second-half fall Oct 27 2014 Oct 28 2014 Oct 29 2014 Oct 30 2014 Oct 31 2014 Nov 1 2014 Compiled 7/17/2015 11:55:52 AM Page 3
Nov 2 2014 SEM: Week 10 of fall CPS: Week 9 of LAW: Week 11 of fall for first-year LAW: Week 11 of for second-half fall drop a second-half fall class without a W drop a second-half fall class without a W Nov 3 2014 winter Nov 4 2014 Nov 5 2014 Nov 6 2014 Nov 7 2014 period 1 Nov 8 2014 Nov 9 2014 SEM: Week 11 of fall CPS: Week 10 of LAW: Week 12 of fall for first-year LAW: Week 12 of Nov 10 2014 Nov 11 2014 >>> Veterans' Day, no Nov 12 2014 Nov 13 2014 Nov 14 2014 GS: Spring begins at 8:00 a.m. Nov 15 2014 Nov 16 2014 SEM: Week 12 of fall CPS: Week 11 of LAW: Week 13 of fall for first-year LAW: Week 13 of Nov 17 2014 UGD: Spring continuing begins at 11:00 a.m. final exams for upperlevel period 2 Nov 18 2014 drop a fall class with a W drop a full fall class with a W Nov 19 2014 Nov 20 2014 Nov 21 2014 Nov 22 2014 final exams for upperlevel Compiled 7/17/2015 11:55:52 AM Page 4
Nov 23 2014 SEM: Week 13 of fall CPS: Thanksgiving recess LAW: Week 14 of fall for first-year LAW: Vacation for Thanksgiving recess vacation for upperlevel Nov 24 2014 drop a second-half fall Nov 25 2014 Nov 26 2014 Thanksgiving recess, no Thanksgiving recess, no Thanksgiving recess for firstyear Nov 27 2014 Nov 28 2014 Nov 29 2014 drop a full or second-half fall class with a W Nov 30 2014 SEM: Week 14 of fall (undergraduate final exams begin) CPS: Week 12 of LAW: Week 15 of fall for first-year LAW: Week 1 of for Dec 1 2014 UGD: Classes resume GS: Classes resume CPS: Classes resume full and second-half fall s LAW: Classes resume for firstyear for upperlevel Dec 2 2014 Dec 3 2014 fall Dec 4 2014 UGD: Reading day Dec 5 2014 fall fall for firstyear Dec 6 2014 fall full and secondhalf fall s fall reading period for first-year Dec 7 2014 SEM: Final exams for fall CPS: Winter LAW: Week 16 of fall for first-year LAW: Week 2 of for winter class add period Dec 8 2014 full and second-half fall Dec 9 2014 CPS: Faculty deadline full and second-half fall s Dec 10 2014 CPS: Grades for full and secondhalf fall s on Dec 11 2014 fall reading period for first-year Dec 12 2014 fall LAW: Fall final exams for firstyear Dec 13 2014 UGD: Final exam makeup day for fall if needed full and second-half fall Compiled 7/17/2015 11:55:52 AM Page 5
Dec 14 2014 SEM: Winter CPS: Winter LAW: Week 17 of fall for first-year LAW: Week 3 of for winter winter Dec 15 2014 UGD: Faculty deadline fall GS: Faculty deadline full- and second-half fall LAW: Fall final exams for firstyear Dec 16 2014 UGD: Grades for fall on GS: Grades for full- and second-half fall on Dec 17 2014 LAW: Fall final exams for firstyear Dec 18 2014 vacation for firstyear Dec 19 2014 Dec 20 2014 Dec 21 2014 SEM: Winter CPS: Winter LAW: Winter LAW: Week 4 of for class drop period Dec 22 2014 Dec 23 2014 Dec 24 2014 vacation for upperlevel Dec 25 2014 Dec 26 2014 Dec 27 2014 Dec 28 2014 SEM: Winter CPS: Winter LAW: Winter for all Dec 29 2014 Dec 30 2014 Dec 31 2014 Jan 1 2015 Jan 2 2015 Jan 3 2015 Jan 4 2015 SEM: Winter CPS: Week 1 of LAW: Week 1 of LAW: Week 5 of for Jan 5 2015 full and first-half winter s LAW: Winter quarter resume for upperlevel Jan 6 2015 LAW: Faculty deadline for Jan 7 2015 Jan 8 2015 spring for firstyear Jan 9 2015 UGD: January degree conferral GS: January degree conferral CPS: January degree conferral LAW: January degree conferral Jan 10 2015 Compiled 7/17/2015 11:55:52 AM Page 6
Jan 11 2015 SEM: Week 1 of CPS: Week 2 of LAW: Week 2 of LAW: Week 6 of for for first-half winter Jan 12 2015 spring spring UGD: Spring class s will be dropped at 4:00 p.m. for who do not participate in "I Am Here" or clear holds full- and first-half spring Jan 13 2015 Jan 14 2015 Jan 15 2015 Jan 16 2015 Jan 17 2015 Jan 18 2015 SEM: Week 2 of CPS: Week 3 of LAW: Week 3 of LAW: Week 7 of for for full winter drop a full or firsthalf winter Jan 19 2015 >>> Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday observed, no Jan 20 2015 period 1 LAW: Classes follow a Monday schedule Jan 21 2015 for spring Jan 22 2015 Jan 23 2015 GS: Optional makeup day Jan 24 2015 Jan 25 2015 SEM: Week 3 of CPS: Week 4 of LAW: Week 4 of LAW: Week 8 of for Jan 26 2015 elect pass/fail for spring (may be extended by instructor to March 6) for full- and first-half spring drop a first-half spring class without a W Jan 27 2015 Jan 28 2015 Jan 29 2015 Jan 30 2015 Jan 31 2015 LAW: Faculty deadline for fall Compiled 7/17/2015 11:55:52 AM Page 7
Feb 1 2015 SEM: Week 4 of CPS: Week 5 of LAW: Week 5 of LAW: Week 9 of for Feb 2 2015 spring Feb 3 2015 drop a spring class without a W deadline extended to February 3 drop a full spring deadline extended to February 3 Feb 4 2015 file a Final Exam Conflict Form for spring Feb 5 2015 Feb 6 2015 period 1 Feb 7 2015 drop a first-half winter Feb 8 2015 SEM: Week 5 of CPS: Week 6 of LAW: Week 6 of LAW: Week 10 of for Feb 9 2015 first-half winter Feb 10 2015 Feb 11 2015 Feb 12 2015 Feb 13 2015 Feb 14 2015 first-half winter Feb 15 2015 SEM: Week 6 of CPS: Week 7 of LAW: Week 7 of LAW: Week 11 of for Feb 16 2015 >>> Presidents' Day, no Feb 17 2015 drop a first-half spring class with a W second-half winter CPS: Faculty deadline first-half winter period 2 Feb 18 2015 CPS: Grades for first-half winter on Feb 19 2015 Feb 20 2015 GS: Summer begins at 8:00 a.m. GS: Optional makeup day Feb 21 2015 Compiled 7/17/2015 11:55:52 AM Page 8
Feb 22 2015 SEM: Week 7 of CPS: Week 8 of LAW: Spring LAW: Week 12 of for spring for first-year Feb 23 2015 UGD: Summer continuing begins at 2:00 p.m.; NUterm courses are listed under Summer 1 see available courses at neu.edu/nuterm first-half spring for second-half winter final exams for upperlevel Feb 24 2015 Feb 25 2015 Feb 26 2015 Feb 27 2015 Feb 28 2015 first-half spring final exams for upperlevel Mar 1 2015 SEM: Week 8 of CPS: Week 9 of LAW: Week 8 of LAW: Week 1 of for Mar 2 2015 second-half spring drop a second-half winter LAW: Classes resume for firstyear for upperlevel Mar 3 2015 GS: Faculty deadline first-half spring Mar 4 2015 GS: Grades for first-half spring on Mar 5 2015 Mar 6 2015 Mar 7 2015 spring Mar 8 2015 SEM: Spring CPS: Week 10 of LAW: Week 9 of LAW: Week 2 of for spring class add period Mar 9 2015 Mar 10 2015 Mar 11 2015 Mar 12 2015 Mar 13 2015 Mar 14 2015 Compiled 7/17/2015 11:55:52 AM Page 9
Mar 15 2015 SEM: Week 9 of CPS: Week 11 of LAW: Week 10 of LAW: Week 3 of for Mar 16 2015 UGD: Classes resume GS: Classes resume Mar 17 2015 Mar 18 2015 Mar 19 2015 Mar 20 2015 for second-half spring drop a second-half spring class without a W Mar 21 2015 drop a full or second-half winter class with a W Mar 22 2015 SEM: Week 10 of CPS: Week 12 of LAW: Week 11 of LAW: Week 4 of for class drop period Mar 23 2015 full and second-half winter s Mar 24 2015 Mar 25 2015 Mar 26 2015 Mar 27 2015 Mar 28 2015 full and secondhalf winter s Mar 29 2015 SEM: Week 11 of CPS: Spring LAW: Week 12 of LAW: Week 5 of for spring Mar 30 2015 Mar 31 2015 CPS: Faculty deadline full and second-half winter s Apr 1 2015 CPS: Grades for full and secondhalf winter s on Apr 2 2015 Apr 3 2015 Apr 4 2015 Apr 5 2015 SEM: Week 12 of CPS: Week 1 of LAW: Week 13 of LAW: Week 6 of for Apr 6 2015 full and first-half spring s Apr 7 2015 drop a spring class with a W drop a full spring Apr 8 2015 Apr 9 2015 Apr 10 2015 GS: Fall continuing begins at 8:00 a.m. drop a second-half spring class with a W Apr 11 2015 Compiled 7/17/2015 11:55:52 AM Page 10
Apr 12 2015 SEM: Week 13 of CPS: Week 2 of LAW: Week 14 of LAW: Week 7 of for for first-half spring Apr 13 2015 UGD: Fall continuing begins at 2:00 p.m. period 1 Apr 14 2015 LAW: Faculty deadline for Apr 15 2015 Apr 16 2015 Apr 17 2015 Apr 18 2015 Apr 19 2015 SEM: Week 14 of (undergraduate final exams begin) CPS: Week 3 of LAW: Week 15 of LAW: Week 8 of for for full spring drop a full or firsthalf spring Apr 20 2015 >>> Patriots' Day, no Apr 21 2015 summer Apr 22 2015 spring Apr 23 2015 UGD: Reading day Apr 24 2015 spring for firstyear Apr 25 2015 spring reading period for first-year Apr 26 2015 SEM: Final exams for spring CPS: Week 4 of LAW: Week 16 of LAW: Week 9 of for Apr 27 2015 full and second-half spring Apr 28 2015 Apr 29 2015 Apr 30 2015 May 1 2015 spring period 1 May 2 2015 full and second-half spring Compiled 7/17/2015 11:55:52 AM Page 11
May 3 2015 SEM: Vacation CPS: Week 5 of LAW: Week 17 of LAW: Week 10 of for reading period for first-year May 4 2015 senior week UGD: Faculty deadline at 9:00 a.m. for spring GS: Faculty deadline at 9:00 a.m. for full- and second-half spring LAW: Spring final exams for firstyear May 5 2015 UGD: Grades for spring on GS: Grades for full- and second-half spring on May 6 2015 LAW: Spring final exams for firstyear May 7 2015 senior week summer 1 and NUterm May 8 2015 SEM: Commencement LAW: Spring final exams for firstyear May 9 2015 drop a first-half spring May 10 2015 SEM: Week 1 of summer 1 SEM: Week 1 of CPS: Week 6 of LAW: Week 11 of for May 11 2015 summer 1, full summer, and NUterm summer 1 and NUterm UGD: Summer 1 and NUterm class s will be dropped at 4:00 p.m. for who do not participate in "I Am Here" or clear holds summer 1 and full summer first-half spring final exams for upperlevel period 2 May 12 2015 full summer May 13 2015 for summer 1 and NUterm GS: Fall new begins at 8:00 a.m. May 14 2015 May 15 2015 full summer UGD: Full summer class s will be dropped at 4:00 p.m. for who do not participate in "I Am Here" or clear holds May 16 2015 first-half spring final exams for upperlevel Compiled 7/17/2015 11:55:52 AM Page 12
May 17 2015 SEM: Week 2 of summer 1 SEM: Week 2 of CPS: Week 7 of LAW: Vacation for all May 18 2015 second-half spring May 19 2015 for CPS: Faculty deadline first-half spring May 20 2015 CPS: Grades for first-half spring on May 21 2015 May 22 2015 LAW: School of Law Commencement May 23 2015 May 24 2015 SEM: Week 3 of summer 1 SEM: Week 3 of CPS: Week 8 of LAW: Week 1 of for all drop a summer 1 or NUterm class without a W for summer 1 and drop a summer 1 for second-half spring May 25 2015 >>> Memorial Day observed, no elect pass/fail for summer 1 and NUterm (may be extended by instructor to June 12) and for (may be extended by instructor to July 3) May 26 2015 May 27 2015 May 28 2015 May 29 2015 May 30 2015 Compiled 7/17/2015 11:55:52 AM Page 13
May 31 2015 SEM: Week 4 of summer 1 SEM: Week 4 of CPS: Week 9 of LAW: Week 2 of for all Jun 1 2015 drop a drop a first summer science drop a second-half spring class add period Jun 2 2015 file a Final Exam Conflict Form for summer 1, full summer, and NUterm Jun 3 2015 Jun 4 2015 Jun 5 2015 GS: Optional makeup day Jun 6 2015 Jun 7 2015 SEM: Week 5 of summer 1 SEM: Week 5 of CPS: Week 10 of LAW: Week 3 of for all for first summer science drop a first class without a W Jun 8 2015 Jun 9 2015 Jun 10 2015 Jun 11 2015 Jun 12 2015 Jun 13 2015 Jun 14 2015 SEM: Week 6 of summer 1 SEM: Week 6 of CPS: Week 11 of LAW: Week 4 of for all Jun 15 2015 drop a summer 1 or NUterm class with a W drop a summer 1 class drop period Jun 16 2015 Jun 17 2015 Jun 18 2015 Jun 19 2015 Jun 20 2015 drop a full or second-half spring class or first summer science Compiled 7/17/2015 11:55:52 AM Page 14
Jun 21 2015 SEM: Week 7 of summer 1 SEM: Week 7 of CPS: Week 12 of LAW: Week 5 of for all Jun 22 2015 full and second-half spring s LAW: Faculty deadline for Jun 23 2015 Jun 24 2015 Jun 25 2015 summer 1 and NUterm Jun 26 2015 Jun 27 2015 summer 1 full and secondhalf spring s and first Jun 28 2015 SEM: Final exam week for summer 1 SEM: Week 8 of CPS: Vacation LAW: Week 6 of for all vacation Jun 29 2015 summer 1 and NUterm summer 1 Jun 30 2015 summer 1 and NUterm CPS: Faculty deadline full and second-half spring s and first summer science LAW: Faculty deadline for Jul 1 2015 CPS: Grades for full and secondhalf spring s and first on Jul 2 2015 summer 2 UGD: Faculty deadline summer 1 and NUterm summer 1 Jul 3 2015 >>> Independence Day observed, no UGD: Grades for summer 1 and NUterm on Jul 4 2015 >>> Independence Day, no Jul 5 2015 SEM: Week 1 of summer 2 SEM: Week 9 of CPS: Week 1 of LAW: Week 7 of for all Jul 6 2015 summer 2 summer 2 UGD: Summer 2 class s will be dropped at 4:00 p.m. for who do not participate in "I Am Here" or clear holds summer 2 full, first-half, and six-week summer s and second summer science Jul 7 2015 GS: Faculty deadline summer 1 Jul 8 2015 for summer 2 GS: Grades for summer 1 on Jul 9 2015 Jul 10 2015 Jul 11 2015 Compiled 7/17/2015 11:55:52 AM Page 15
Jul 12 2015 SEM: Week 2 of summer 2 SEM: Week 10 of CPS: Week 2 of LAW: Week 8 of for all for first-half and six-week summer and second drop a first-half summer class or second class without a W Jul 13 2015 Jul 14 2015 Jul 15 2015 Jul 16 2015 Jul 17 2015 Jul 18 2015 Jul 19 2015 SEM: Week 3 of summer 2 SEM: Week 11 of CPS: Week 3 of LAW: Week 9 of for all drop a summer 2 for summer 2 drop a summer 2 for drop a full or sixweek summer class without a W Jul 20 2015 elect pass/fail for summer 2 (may be extended by instructor to August 7) Jul 21 2015 Jul 22 2015 Jul 23 2015 Jul 24 2015 Jul 25 2015 drop a first-half summer class or second class with a W Compiled 7/17/2015 11:55:52 AM Page 16
Jul 26 2015 SEM: Week 4 of summer 2 SEM: Week 12 of CPS: Week 4 of LAW: Week 10 of for all Jul 27 2015 drop a drop a fall Jul 28 2015 file a Final Exam Conflict Form for summer 2 Jul 29 2015 Jul 30 2015 Jul 31 2015 Aug 1 2015 first-half summer and second summer science Aug 2 2015 SEM: Week 5 of summer 2 SEM: Week 13 of CPS: Week 5 of LAW: Week 11 of for all Aug 3 2015 second-half summer and third summer science Aug 4 2015 CPS: Faculty deadline first-half summer and second summer science Aug 5 2015 CPS: Grades for first-half summer and second summer science on Aug 6 2015 Aug 7 2015 drop a summer 2 drop a summer 2 Aug 8 2015 drop a six-week summer Aug 9 2015 SEM: Week 6 of summer 2 SEM: Week 14 of CPS: Week 6 of LAW: Week 12 of for all for second-half summer and third drop a second-half summer class or third class without a W Aug 10 2015 final exams Aug 11 2015 Aug 12 2015 Aug 13 2015 Aug 14 2015 Aug 15 2015 six-week summer final exams Compiled 7/17/2015 11:55:52 AM Page 17
Aug 16 2015 SEM: Week 7 of summer 2 SEM: Final exam week for full summer CPS: Week 7 of Aug 17 2015 full summer full summer Aug 18 2015 CPS: Faculty deadline six-week summer Aug 19 2015 CPS: Grades for six-week summer on Aug 20 2015 full summer summer 2 Aug 21 2015 Aug 22 2015 full summer summer 2 drop a full or second-half summer class or third class with a W Aug 23 2015 SEM: Final exam week for summer 2 CPS: Week 8 of Aug 24 2015 summer 2 summer 2 Aug 25 2015 summer 2 UGD: Faculty deadline full summer GS: Faculty deadline full summer Aug 26 2015 vacation UGD: Grades for on GS: Grades for full summer on Aug 27 2015 UGD: Faculty deadline summer 2 GS: Faculty deadline summer 2 Aug 28 2015 UGD: Grades for summer 2 on GS: Grades for summer 2 on Aug 29 2015 summer 2 full and secondhalf summer s and third Aug 30 2015 SEM: Vacation CPS: Vacation vacation vacation Aug 31 2015 UGD: August degree conferral GS: August degree conferral Sep 1 2015 CPS: Faculty deadline full and second-half summer s and third summer science Sep 2 2015 CPS: Grades for full and secondhalf summer s and third on Sep 3 2015 Sep 4 2015 Sep 5 2015 Compiled 7/17/2015 11:55:52 AM Page 18