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Registrar's Office

 

 

2009-10 Academic Calendar

Fall Semester | Spring Semester | Abbreviated Calendar for 2010-11

Fall Semester 2009

AUGUST 28, FRIDAY
  • New Student Orientation begins.

AUGUST 31, MONDAY

  • New Student Registration: 10 am to 1 pm, Braun Room, Andover Hall.

SEPTEMBER 1, TUESDAY

  • Returning Student Registration: Between 9:30 and 11:45 am and 1:30 and 4 pm in Divinity Hall. Students must register in person. There is a $50 fee for late registration.
  • Convocation, 5 pm, Lowell Lecture Hall. Reception follows on Andover Lawn.
  • Incomplete work from spring semester 2009 is due in the Registrar's Office.

SEPTEMBER 2, WEDNESDAY

  • Fall term begins. First meeting of classes. On Wednesday, September 2, classes will follow a Monday schedule.

SEPTEMBER 4, FRIDAY

  • Language Qualifying Examinations in French (1-2 pm), German (2:15-3:15 pm), and Spanish, Christian Latin, Biblical Hebrew, and New Testament Greek (3:30-4:30 pm). Students are allowed to bring one dictionary for each language examination taken. All examinations are one hour in length. (Students with class during this time should contact the Registrar's Office.)

SEPTEMBER 7, MONDAY

  • Labor Day: University holiday.

SEPTEMBER 10, THURSDAY

  • Study cards due. Cards must be signed by student's adviser and turned in to the Registrar's Office in person. A $40 late fee will be assessed for study cards handed in on the following day, Friday. Each day thereafter a late fee of $10 will be assessed. There is a $10 fee for changes made to a student's course plan after this date.

SEPTEMBER 23, WEDNESDAY

  • Drop/Add Deadline: Last day on which students may add a course to their fall semester schedule, or change from audit to credit or vice versa. Courses dropped after September 23 and before October 27 (the last day to drop a class) will remain on the student's transcript with the notation of "dropped" and will count toward the total number of courses attempted. A $10 fee will be charged.
  • Last day to cross-register for courses within the University or the Boston Theological Institute. If the other school's cross-registration deadline is earlier, it must be met.

SEPTEMBER 30, WEDNESDAY

OCTOBER 12, MONDAY

  • Columbus Day: University holiday.

OCTOBER 27, TUESDAY

  • Grading Option Change and Course Withdraw Deadline. Last day to change a course from SAT/UNSAT grading option to Letter Grade or vice versa, or to withdraw from a course. A $10 fee will be charged.

NOVEMBER 11, WEDNESDAY

  • Veterans Day: University holiday.

NOVEMBER 12, THURSDAY

  • March ThM degree candidates must submit theses to Registrar's Office.

NOVEMBER 26, THURSDAY - NOVEMBER 29, SUNDAY

  • Thanksgiving recess.

DECEMBER 3, THURSDAY

  • Last day of fall classes.
  • Last day to apply for March graduation.

DECEMBER 4, FRIDAY - DECEMBER 11, FRIDAY

  • Fall reading period.

DECEMBER 12, SATURDAY - DECEMBER 21, MONDAY

  • Fall semester final course examinations.
  • Last day to file an Incomplete Grade Agreement for a fall semester course. (Forms are available in the Registrar's Office.)

DECEMBER 22, TUESDAY - JANUARY 24, 2010, SUNDAY

  • Winter recess.

JANUARY 4, MONDAY

  • Grades due in the Registrar's Office from HDS instructors for fall semester courses.

JANUARY 18, MONDAY

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: University holiday

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Spring Semester 2010

JANUARY 25, MONDAY

  • Spring semester begins; first meeting of classes. Registration for all new and returning students Monday and Tuesday.
  • Last day to apply for May graduation.

JANUARY 29, FRIDAY

  • Study cards due. Cards or online registration must be authorized by student's adviser and submitted to the Registrar's Office. A $40 late fee will be assessed for registrations received after the due date. Each day thereafter a late fee of $10 will be assessed. There is a $10 fee for changes made to a student's course plan after this date.
  • German, French, and Spanish qualifying examinations given at 1 pm. (Students with class during this time should contact the Registrar's Office.)

FEBRUARY 12, FRIDAY

  • Drop/Add Deadline: Last day on which students may add a course to their spring semester schedule, or change from audit to credit or vice versa. Courses dropped after February 12 and before March 23 (the last day to drop a class) will remain on the student's transcript with the notation of "dropped" and will count toward the total number of courses attempted. A $10 fee will be charged.
  • Last day to cross-register for courses within the University or the Boston Theological Institute. If the other school's cross-registration deadline is earlier, it must be met.

FEBRUARY 15, MONDAY

  • Presidents' Day: University holiday.

FEBRUARY 28, SUNDAY

MARCH 13, SATURDAY - MARCH 21, SUNDAY

  • Spring recess

MARCH 22, MONDAY

  • Incomplete work from fall 2009 due in Registrar's Office.

MARCH 23, TUESDAY

  • Grading Option Change and Course Withdraw Deadline. Last day to change a course from SAT/UNSAT grading option to Letter Grade or vice versa, or to withdraw from a course. A $10 fee will be charged.

MARCH 29, MONDAY

  • May ThM degree candidates must submit theses to Registrar's Office.

APRIL 28, WEDNESDAY

  • Last day of spring classes.

APRIL 29, THURSDAY - MAY 6, THURSDAY

  • Spring reading period.

APRIL 30, FRIDAY

  • Language Qualifying Examinations in French (1-2 pm), German (2:15-3:15 pm), and Spanish, Christian Latin, Biblical Hebrew, and New Testament Greek (3:30-4:30 pm).

MAY 7, FRIDAY - MAY 15, SATURDAY

  • Spring semester final course examinations.

MAY 13, THURSDAY

  • MDiv Senior Papers are due in the Library.

MAY 17, MONDAY

  • Grades due in the Registrar's Office from HDS instructors for May degree candidates and all cross-registered students.
  • Last day for May ThD degree candidates to submit three copies of their theses (two bound and one boxed) to the Registrar.

MAY 26, WEDNESDAY

  • Multireligious Service of Thanksgiving for the Graduating Class.

MAY 27, THURSDAY

  • Commencement

MAY 28, FRIDAY

  • Grades due in the Registrar's Office from HDS instructors for spring semester courses.

MAY 31, MONDAY

  • Memorial Day: University holiday.

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Summer 2010

June 14 - August 6
  • Summer Language Program

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Abbreviated Calendar for 2010-11

  • August 13, Friday: Degree applications due for November
  • August 30, Monday: Registration of new students
  • August 31, Tuesday: Registration of returning students
  • September 1, Wednesday: First day of classes
  • September 6, Monday: Holiday - Labor Day
  • September 9, Thursday: Study Card Day
  • October 11, Monday: Holiday - Columbus Day
  • November 11, Thursday: Holiday - Veterans Day
  • November 25, Thursday - November 28, Sunday: Thanksgiving recess
  • December 3, Friday: Last day of Fall term classes
  • December 4, Saturday - December 12, Sunday: Fall reading period
  • December 13, Monday - December 21, Tuesday: Fall term final examinations
  • December 22, Wednesday - January 23 2011, Sunday: Winter recess
  • January 17, Monday: Holiday - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  • January 24, Monday: Spring semester begins
  • January 28, Friday: Study Card Day
  • February 21, Monday: Holiday - Presidents' Day
  • March 12, Saturday - March 20, Sunday: Spring recess
  • April 27, Wednesday: Last day of spring term classes
  • April 28, Thursday - May 5, Thursday: Spring reading period
  • May 6, Friday - May 14, Saturday: Spring term final examinations
  • May 26, Thursday: Commencement
  • May 30, Monday: Holiday - Memorial Day

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