2012-2013 Academic Calendar

FALL 2012
Aug. 27 - 31 Aug. 31 Sept. 5 Sept. 3 Sept. 4 Sept. 4 -5 Sept. 6 Sept. 6 Sept. 7 Sept. 7 Sept. 21 Oct. 8 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 22 Oct. 22 - 29 Nov. 2 Nov. 12 Nov. 21 23 Nov. 30 Dec. 7 Dec. 8 11 Dec. 8 21 Dec. 12 21 Orientation (for two-year students only) Registration Round I opens at 12 noon (closes 6 p.m. Wed. Sept. 5) Holiday - Labor Day Cross-registration opens at 12 noon for non-HKS students Shopping Days Full-Term & Module 1 classes begin Bidding opens 12 noon (closes 12 noon Fri. Sept. 7) First class meeting for courses scheduled on Wednesdays Registration Round II opens at 2 p.m. (closes 12 noon Mon. Sept. 10) Full-Term & Module 1 courses add/drop deadline (without notation); cross-registration deadline Holiday - Columbus Day Module 1 drop deadline (with notation) Module 1 ends Module 2 begins January Session registration Module 2 add/drop deadline (without notation) Holiday - Veterans Day (observed) Holiday - Thanksgiving Recess Full-Term & Module 2 classes drop deadline (with notation) Full-Term & Module 2 classes end Reading period Fall Semester take-home exams/papers due Fall Semester Examinations* (In-class)

SPRING 2013
Jan. 2 18 Jan. 21 Jan. 24 25 Jan. 25 29 Jan. 28 Jan. 28 Jan. 29 - 30 Jan. 30 Feb. 1 Feb. 15 Feb. 18 Mar. 1 Mar. 13 Mar. 16 24 Mar. 25 Mar. 26 April 5 TBD April 26 May 2 May 3 7 May 3 17 May 8 17 May 27 May 28 June 1 May 30 January Session (optional) Holiday - Martin Luther King Jr. Day Shopping Days Registration Round I opens Full-Term & Module 3 classes begin Cross-registration opens for non-HKS students Bidding opens (closes Wed. Jan. 30) Registration Round II opens (closes Fri. Feb. 1) Full-Term & Module 3 courses add/drop deadline (without notation); cross-registration deadline Holiday - Presidents Day Module 3 drop deadline (with notation) Module 3 ends Spring Break Module 4 begins PAE deadline (MPP2's) Module 4 add/drop deadline (without notation) Spring Exercise (MPP1's) Full-Term & Module 4 classes drop deadline (with notation) Full-Term & Module 4 classes end Reading Period Spring Semester take-home exams/papers due Spring Semester Examinations* (In-class) Holiday Memorial Day Commencement Week Commencement Day

*Students must plan on being on campus throughout the in-class examination period. Family emergency and serious illness are the only acceptable excuses for missing an examination. THIS CALENDAR IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE updated 7/26/12 EA