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2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]

Academic Calendar


The current Schedule of Classes should be consulted for registration dates.

Fall Semester 2006

April-August
New student and family orientation sessions
August 21-25, Monday-Friday
Department, college, and university faculty meetings
August 28, Monday
Beginning of classes
September 1, Friday
Last day for an undergraduate to add or drop a first-half-semester or full-semester course
September 4, Monday
Labor Day (no classes)
September 7, Thursday
Last day to request no release of directory information at the Office of Registration and Records
September 12, Tuesday
Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit
September 15, Friday
Last day to change a course from regular grading to pass/fail
Last day to change a first-half-semester course from pass/fail to regular grading or from regular grading to pass/fail, or from audit to credit or credit to audit
September 22, Friday
Last day to withdraw from a first-half-semester course
Last day for an undergraduate to appeal a grade from spring semester or summer session 2006
October 2, Monday
Last day for an undergraduate to pay fee for December 2006 graduation
October 6, Friday
Last day to change a course from pass/fail to regular grading
Last day to resolve an NR grade from summer session 2006
Last day to designate a course to be repeated under the undergraduate repeat policy
October 20, Friday
Last day for an undergraduate to withdraw from a full-semester course or from the university
October 21, Saturday
End of the first half of the semester
October 23, Monday
Beginning of second half of semester
October 27, Friday
Last day to add or drop a second-half-semester course
November 3, Friday
Last day for an undergraduate to make up a grade of incomplete from spring semester or summer session 2006
November 10, Friday
Last day to change a second-half-semester course from regular grading to pass/fail or from pass/fail to regular grading, or from audit to credit or from credit to audit
November 17, Friday
Last day to withdraw from a second-half-semester course
November 21, Tuesday
Beginning of Thanksgiving break after regularly scheduled classes
November 27, Monday

Resumption of classes
Last day to change or declare a major for the fall semester
December 11-16, Monday-Saturday
Final examinations
December 16, Saturday
End of fall semester
December 17, Sunday
Commencement

Spring Semester 2007

October-January
New student and family orientation sessions
January 8-12, Monday-Friday
Department and college faculty meetings
January 15, Monday
Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday (no classes)
January 16, Tuesday
Beginning of classes
January 22, Monday
Last day for an undergraduate to add or drop a first-half-semester or full-semester course
January 25, Thursday
Last day to request no release of directory information at the Office of Registration and Records
January 30, Tuesday
Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit
February 2, Friday
Last day to change a course from regular grading to pass/fail
Last day to change a first-half-semester course from pass/fail to regular grading or from regular grading to pass/fail, or from audit to credit or from credit to audit
February 9, Friday
Last day to withdraw from a first-half-semester course
Last day for an undergraduate to appeal a grade from fall semester 2006
February 23, Friday
Last day to change a course from pass/fail to regular grading
Last day to resolve an NR grade from fall semester 2006
Last day to designate a course to be repeated under the undergraduate repeat policy
March 1,Thursday
Last day for an undergraduate to pay fee for May 2007 graduation
March 9, Friday
Last day for an undergraduate to withdraw from a full-semester course or from the university
March 10, Saturday
End of first half of semester. Beginning of spring break after regularly scheduled classes
March 19, Monday
Resumption of classes. Beginning of second half of semester
March 23, Friday
Last day to add or drop a second-half-semester course
March 30, Friday
Last day for undergraduates to make up a grade of incomplete from fall semester 2006
April 6, Friday
Last day to change a second-half-semester course from regular grading to pass/fail or from pass/fail to regular grading, or from audit to credit or from credit to audit
April 13, Friday
Last day to withdraw from a second-half-semester course
April 20, Friday
Last day to change or declare a major for the spring semester
May 4, Friday
Reading Day
May 5, 7-11, Saturday, Monday-Friday
Final examinations
May 11, Friday
End of spring semester
May 12, Saturday
Commencement