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2022-2023 Graduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Graduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]

Academic Calendar


Fall Semester 2022

August 22, 2022:  Fall Term Begins

September 5, 2022: Labor Day (University Closed)

September 13, 2022:  Last day to make up a grade of Incomplete from the Spring 2022 session

September 15, 2022: Application for Fall 2022 degree due.

September 19, 2022:  Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for 1st half sessions

October 4, 2022: Last day to defer your graduation date for the current semester

October 4, 2022: Last day for thesis students to submit request for oral defense of thesis (PDF)

October 4, 2022: Last day for doctoral students to submit request for oral defense of dissertation (PDF).

October 17, 2022:  Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for full sessions

October 25, 2022: Last day to submit results of oral defense form (PDF)

October 28, 2022: Last day to submit post-defense version of thesis/dissertation. Submit work through ProQuest ETD Administrator.

November 8, 2022: General Election Day (University Closed)

November 14, 2022:  Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for 2nd half sessions

November 15, 2022:  Certificate of Graduate Studies completed form due.

November 23, 2022: Thanksgiving Break Begins (no classes on Wednesday)

November 28, 2022: Thanksgiving Break Ends, Classes Resume

December 2, 2022: Last day to submit comprehensive exam results (master’s students) examination report form (PDF)

December 7, 2022:  Last day to make up a grade of Incomplete from the Summer 2022 session

December 10, 2022:  Fall Term Ends

December 10, 2022: Fall Graduate Commencement

Spring Semester 2023

January 16, 2023: Martin Luther King., Jr. Birthday (University Closed)

January 17, 2023:  Spring Term Begins

February 14, 2023: Application for Spring 2023 degree due

February 14, 2023:  Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for 1st half session

March 7, 2023: Last day to defer your graduation date for the current semester

March 7, 2023: Last day for thesis students to submit the request for oral defense of thesis (PDF)

March 7, 2023: Last day for doctoral students to submit the request for oral defense of dissertation (PDF)

March 12-19, 2023: Spring Recess

March 14, 2023:  Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for full sessions

March 15, 2023:  Certificate of Graduate Studies completed form due

March 20, 2023: Spring Recess Ends. Classes Resume.

March 28, 2023: Last day to submit results of oral defense form (PDF)

March 31, 2023: Last day to submit post-defense version of your thesis/dissertation. Submit work through ProQuest ETD Administrator.

April 12, 2023:  Last day to make up a grade of Incomplete from the Fall 2022 session

April 17, 2023:  Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for 2nd half sessions

May 5, 2023: Last day to submit comprehensive exam results (master’s students) examination report form (PDF)

May 12, 2023:  Spring Term Ends

May 12, 2023: Spring Graduate Commencement

Summer Semester 2023

June 5, 2023: Application for Summer 2023 degree due. There is no August commencement - August graduates are invited to the December commencement.

June 9, 2023: Last day to defer your graduation date for the current semester

June 9, 2023: Last day for thesis students to submit request for oral defense of thesis (PDF)

June 9, 2023: Last day for doctoral students to submit request for oral defense of dissertation (PDF)

June 19, 2023: Juneteenth (University Closed)

June 20, 2023: Summer Term Begins

June 30, 2023: Last day to submit results of oral defense form (PDF) 

July 3, 2023: Administrative closure (university closed

July 4, 2023: Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for 1st half sessions

July 4, 2023: Independence Day (University Closed)

July 7, 2023: Last day to submit post-defense version of your thesis/dissertation. Submit through ProQuest ETD Administrator.

July 15, 2023: Certificate of Graduate Studies completed form due

July 18, 2023: Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for full sessions

July 31, 2023: Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for 2nd half sessions

August 4, 2023: Last day to submit comprehensive exam results (master’s students) examination report form (PDF)

August 13, 2023: Summer Term Ends