DATE DAY ACADEMIC PROGRAM OR EVENT OBSERVANCES JULY 1 MON MFA-BLR Residency Classes Begin 4 THU No Classes - All Programs College Closed No Access 4th of July 8 - AUG 7 MON Ramadan begins at sundown 11 THU Staff Appreciation Day AUGUST 18 SUN MFA-BLR Summer Low Residency Classes End 21-23 WED-FRI Transfer Student Registration 23 FRI MFAWC Low Residency Provincetown Non-Residency Classes End 29 THU International Student Orientation MFA and Full Residency Graduate Program Orientation - Day 1 30 FRI Transfer Student Orientation MFA and Full Residency Graduate Program Orientation - Day 2 31 SAT MFAWC Low Residency Provincetown Residency Classes Start SEPTEMBER 1 SUN New Student Orientation, BFA - Day 1 New Student Family Orientation 2 MON New Student Orientation, BFA - Day 2 No Classes except MFAWC Administrative Offices Closed Restricted Access 3 TUE New Student Orientation, BFA - Day 3 OPENING DAY Meeting for Faculty and Staff Labor Day 4 WED New Student Orientation, BFA - Day 4 Full Residency Graduate Program Orientation - Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown Day 3 Majors Orientation 5 THU Classes Start- All Programs except MFAWC 13 FRI Yom Kippur begins at sundown 19 THU Add/Drop Deadline - All Programs except MFAWC Internship Deadline Late Registration Ends 23 MON MFAWC Low Res Provincetown Residency Classes End 28 SAT Fall Preview Day Admissions Department 30 MON MFAWC Low Residency Provincetown Non-Residency Classes Start OCTOBER 3 THU MASSART DAY (Student/Faculty/Staff Development) No Classes Before 6 p.m. 10 THU Spring 2014 Schedule Available
OCTOBER (continued) 12-16 SAT-WED NAAB Accreditation 14 MON No Classes - All Programs Administrative Offices Closed Restricted Access Columbus Day 22 TUE Mid-Semester Mid-Semester Warnings Issued Spring 2013 Incomplete Grades Due 26 SAT Fall Preview Day Admissions Department 29 TUE Majors Advising Day for Spring 2014 - BFA and M.Arch No Classes Before 6 p.m. 29 TUE MFA Walk Through and Returning Graduate Student Presentations Graduate Program Registration NOVEMBER 2-3 SAT-SUN Creative Careers Conference 4 MON BFA Registration by Class Begins 11 MON No Classes - All Programs Administrative Offices Closed Restricted Access Veterans Day 12-15 TUE-FRI Cross-Registration for Colleges of the Fenway 27 WED No Classes except MFAWC Offices Close 12 p.m. Last Day to Withdraw from Class - All Hanukkah begins at sundown Programs 28 THU No Classes - All Programs College Closed No Access Thanksgiving 29-1 FRI-SUN No Classes except MFAWC Administrative Offices Closed Restricted Access DECEMBER 2 MON Intent to Graduate Forms Due - Spring 2014 BFA 24 Hour Access Starts 7 a.m. 16 FRI Fall Preview Day Admissions Department 11-15 FRI-TUE MFA Full Residency Review Boards 12 THU Last Day of Classes - BFA, TPP, M.Arch, MAT, MFA Full Residency 13 FRI BFA Final Exams 16-23 MON-MON BFA Review Boards 16 MON Last Day of Classes - FDC, GDC, IDC, PCE, MFA-BLR 23 MON 24 Hour Access Ends 5 p.m. Lockers & Studios Vacated 24 TUE Offices Close 12 p.m. Christmas Eve 25 WED Christmas 26 - JAN 1 THU-WED Kwanzaa 25 - JAN 1 WED-WED Administrative Offices Closed No Access
DATE DAY ACADEMIC PROGRAM OR EVENT OBSERVANCES JANUARY 2014 1 WED New Years Day 2 THU Fall 2013 Grades Due - All Programs except MFAWC Fall Non-Residency 4-19 SAT-SUN Winter Session 10 FRI MFAWC Low Residency Provincetown Fall Non-Residency Classes End 11-12 SAT-SUN MFA-BLR Summer Low Residency Critiques 13 MON Transfer Student Orientation and Registration 16 THURS International Student Orientation 20 MON Administrative Offices Closed Restricted Access Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 21 TUE OPENING DAY Meeting for Faculty and Staff MFAWC Non-Residency Classes Start 22 WED Classes Start - All Programs except MFAWC FEBRUARY 5 WED Add/Drop Deadline- All Programs Late Registration Ends Internship Deadline 17 MON No Classes - All Programs except Youth Programs Administrative Offices Closed Restricted Access 21 FRI Accepted Students Day (BFA) 27 THU MASSART DAY (Student/Faculty/Staff Development) No Classes before 6 p.m. 28 FRI Declaration of Major Due- All Studio Foundation Students President's Day MARCH 10-14 MON-FRI Spring Break No Classes - All Programs except MFAWC and MFA-BLR Low Residency 19 WED Mid-Semester Mid-Semester Warnings Issued- All Programs Fall 2013 Incomplete Grades Due 21 FRI Accepted Students Day (BFA) 23-29 SUN-SAT All School Show - Week 1 26 WED Majors Advising Day for Fall 2014 - BFA and M.Arch No Classes Before 6 p.m. 27 THU All School Show Reception - Week 1 30 - APR 5 SUN-SAT All School Show - Week 2 31 MON BFA Registration Begins Graduate Program Registration
APRIL 2 WED Intent to Graduate Forms Due - Summer and Fall 2014 MassArt Auction Opening Reception 3 THU All School Show Reception - Week 2 6-14 SUN-MON All School Show - Awards Week 10 THU All School Show Awards Reception 12 SAT MassArt Auction 14 MON Passover begins at sundown 15-18 TUE-FRI Cross-Registration for Colleges of the Fenway 16 WED Last Day to Withdraw from Class - All Programs 21 MON No Classes- All Programs Administrative Offices Closed Restricted Access Patriot's Day 25 FRI Accepted Students Day (BFA) 28 MON MFAWC Low Residency Provincetown Non-Residency Classes End MFA Walk Through and First-Year Graduate Student Presentations MAY 1 THU BFA 24 Hour Access Starts 7 a.m. 7 WED MFAWC Low Residency Provincetown Residency Classes Start 9 FRI Reading Day - No Classes 12 MON Last Day of Classes - All Programs except MFAWC 13 TUE BFA Final Exams 14-21 WED-WED BFA, MFA Full Residency Review Boards Senior Design Reviews 21 WED 24 Hour Access Ends at 5 p.m. 22 THU Honors Convocation 5 p.m. 23 FRI Commencement 1 p.m. Summer Internship Deadline Lockers and BFA Studios Vacated 26 MON No Classes except MFAWC College Closed No Access Memorial Day 27 TUE PCE Summer Program Starts All Spring 2014 Grades Due 30 FRI MFAWC Low Residency Provincetown Residency Classes End MAT, TPP Orientation Certificate Ceremony JUNE 2 MON Graduate Studios Vacated
9 MON MFAWC Low Residency Provincetown Non-Residency Classes Start