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2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]

Academic Calendar


Fall Semester 2011

April-August
New student and family orientation sessions
August 16-19, Tuesday-Friday
Department, college, and university faculty meetings
August 22, Monday
Beginning of classes
August 28, Sunday
Last day for undergraduates to add or drop a first-half-semester or full-semester course via self-service in MyNIU
August 31, Wednesday
Last day to set privacy settings in MyNIU to suppress printing of directory information for the university phone book
September 2, Friday
Last day for undergraduates to add a first-half semester or full-semester course with approval of course department
September 2, Friday
Last day for undergraduates to drop a first-half semester or full-semester course with approval of major college
September 5, Monday
Labor Day (university closed)
September 6, Tuesday
Last day to change a full-semester course from credit to audit or from audit to credit
September 9, Friday
Last day to change a first-half-semester course from credit to audit or from audit to credit
September 16, Friday
Last day for undergraduates to withdraw from a first-half-semester course
October 14, Friday
Last day for an undergraduate to withdraw from a full-semester course or from the university
October 16, Sunday
End of the first half of the semester
October 17, Monday
Beginning of second half of semester
October 23, Sunday
Last day to add or drop a second-half-semester course via self-service in MyNIU
October 24, Monday
Last day to add or drop a second-half-semester course with approval of major college
November 4, Friday
Last day to change a second-half-semester course from credit to audit or from audit to credit
November 11, Friday
Last day to withdraw from a second-half-semester course, or from the university (with academic jeopardy)
November 18, Friday
Last day to change or declare a major to be effective for the fall semester
November 23-November 27, Wednesday-Sunday
Thanksgiving break
November 28, Monday
Resumption of classes
December 1, Thursday
Last day to apply for spring 2012 graduation via self-service in MyNIU
December 2, Friday
Last day for an undergraduate to make up a mark of incomplete from spring semester 2011
December 3, Saturday
Classes end
December 5-10, Monday-Saturday
Final examinations
December 11, Sunday
End of fall semester
Undergraduate fall commencement

Spring Semester 2012

October-January
New student and family orientation sessions
January 9-13, Monday-Friday
Department and college faculty meetings
January 16, Monday
Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday (university closed)
January 17, Tuesday
Beginning of classes
January 22, Sunday
Last day for an undergraduate to add or drop a first-half-semester or full-semester course via self-service in MyNIU
January 26, Thursday
Last day to set privacy settings in MyNIU to supress printing of directory information for the university phone book
January 27, Friday
Last day for undergraduates to add a first-half-semester or full-semester course with approval of course department 
January 27, Friday
Last day for undergraduates to drop a first-half-semester or full-semester course with approval of major department
January 31, Tuesday
Last day for undergraduates to change a full-semester course from credit to audit or from audit to credit
February 3, Friday
Last day to change a first-half-semester course from credit to audit or from audit to credit
February 10, Friday
Last day to withdraw from a first-half-semester course
February 24, Friday
Last day for an undergraduate to make up a mark of incomplete from summer semester 2011
March 9, Friday
Last day for an undergraduate to withdraw from a full-semester course or from the university
March 10, Saturday
End of the first half of semester
March 11, Sunday
Beginning of spring break
March 19, Monday
Resumption of classes and beginning of second half of semester
March 25, Sunday
Last day for undergraduates to add or drop a second-half-semester course via self-service in MyNIU
March 26, Monday
Last day for undergraduates to add or drop a second-half-semester course with approval of major college
April 6, Friday

Last day for undergraduates to change a second-half-semester course from credit to audit or from audit to credit
April 13, Friday
Last day for undergraduates to withdraw from a second-half-semester course, or from the university (with academic jeopardy)
April 20, Friday
Last day to change or declare a major to be effective for the spring semester
May 1, Tuesday
Last day to apply for summer 2012 graduation via self-service in MyNIU
May 3, Thursday
Classes end
May 4, Friday
Reading Day
May 5, 7-11, Saturday, Monday-Friday
Final examinations
May 12, Saturday
End of spring semester
Undergraduate spring commencement

Summer Session 2012

June 18, Monday
Beginning of classes
June 20, Wednesday
Last day for undergraduates to add or drop a first-half-session or full-session course via self-service in MyNIU
June 21, Thursday
Last day for undergraduates to change a first-half-session course from credit to audit or audit to credit
June 26, Tuesday
Last day for undergraduates to change a full-session course from credit to audit or audit to credit
June 27, Wednesday
Last day to set privacy settings in MyNIU to supress printing of directory information for the university phone book
July 1, Sunday
Last day to apply for fall 2012 graduation via self-service in MyNIU
July 2, Monday
Last day for undergraduates to make up a mark of incomplete from fall 2011
July 3, Tuesday
Last day for undergraduates to withdraw from a first-half-session course
Last day for undergraduates enrolled only in first-half-session courses to withdraw from the university
July 4, Wednesday
Independence Day Holiday (university closed)
July 12, Thursday
Last day for undergraduates to withdraw from a full-session course
Last day for undergraduates enrolled only in full-session courses to withdraw from the university
July 15, Sunday
End of the first-half-session
July 16, Monday
Beginning of last-half-session
July 18, Wednesday
Last day for undergraduates to add or drop a last-half-session course via self-service in MyNIU
July 19, Thursday
Last day for undergraduates to change a last-half-session course from credit to audit or audit to credit
Last day for undergraduates to declare a major for the summer session
July 31, Tuesday
Last day for undergraduates to withdraw from a last-half-session course
Last day for undergraduates enrolled only in last-half-session courses to withdraw from the university
August 12, Sunday
Summer session ends