2014-2015 Academic Calendar*

Summer 2014
Mason Fellows Seminar

June 30 July 14

MPA/MC Summer Program

July 16 August 14

Fall & January Course Syllabi due

Aug. 1
Fall 2014

Orientation

Aug. 25 Aug. 29

Cross-registration submission for non-HKS students begins

Aug. 25

Day of Service

Aug. 28

Registration Round I

Aug. 29 Sept. 3

Holiday - Labor Day; University closed

Sept. 1

Shopping Days

Sept. 2 3

Fall Bidding

Sept. 4 5

Full-Term & Module 1 classes begin

Sept. 4

Registration Round II

Sept. 5 8

First class meeting for course scheduled on Wednesdays

Sept. 5

Cross-registration approval for non-HKS students begins

Sept. 8

Full-Term & Module 1 courses add/drop deadline (without notation )

Sept. 12

Cross-registration deadline (Full-Term & Mod. 1 courses)

Sept. 12

Module 1 drop deadline (with notation)

Oct. 10

Holiday - Columbus Day; University closed

Oct. 13

Module 1 ends

Oct. 16

Module 1 final papers due

Oct. 20

Module 2 begins

Oct. 20

January Session registration

Oct. 20 - 24

Module 2 add/drop deadline (without notation)

Oct. 31

Module 1 grades due

Oct. 31

Holiday - Veterans Day (classes do not meet)

Nov. 11

Full-Term & Module 2 classes drop deadline (with notation )

Nov. 25

Holiday - Thanksgiving Recess; University closed

Nov. 26 - 28

Full-Term & Module 2 classes end

Dec. 5

Reading period

Dec. 6 - 9

Fall Semester take-home exams/papers due

Dec. 6 - 19

Fall Semester Examinations* (In-class)

Dec. 10 - 19

Spring Course Syllabi due

Dec. 15
Spring 2015

January Session (optional)

Jan. 5 - 16

Full-Term (Fall) & Module 2 grades due

Jan. 9
*THIS CALENDAR IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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Holiday - Martin Luther King Jr. Day; University closed

Jan. 19

Shopping Days

Jan. 22 - 23

Full-Term & Module 3 classes begin

Jan. 26

January session grades due

Jan. 30

Full-term & Module 3 courses add/drop deadline (without notation)

Feb. 6

Holiday - Presidents Day; University closed

Feb. 16

Module 3 drop deadline (with notation)

Mar. 6

Module 3 ends

Mar. 12

Spring Break

Mar. 14 - 22

Module 4 begins

Mar. 23

Module 3 final papers due

Mar. 27

PAE deadline (MPP2's)

Mar. 31

Module 4 add/drop deadline (without notation)

Apr. 3

Module 3 grades due

Apr. 3

Spring Exercise (MPP1's)

Apr. 15 - Apr. 29

Full-Term & Module 4 classes drop deadline (with notation )

Apr. 24

Full-Term & Module 4 classes end

May 1

Reading Period

May 2 - 5

Spring Semester take-home exams/papers due

May 2 - 15

Spring Semester Examinations* (In-class)

May 6 - 15

Full-Term (Spring) & Module 4 grades due

May 18

Holiday - Memorial Day; University closed

May 25

Commencement Week

May 26 - 29

Commencement Day

May 28

*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

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