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Key Dates and Academic Calendar
Academic Year 2012-13
June/July
| July 16 |
Summer program for MPA/MC begins |
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August
| Aug 27 - 31 |
Orientation (for two-year students only) |
| Aug 31 |
Registration Round I opens at 12 noon (closes 6 p.m. Wed. Sept. 5) |
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September
| Sept 3 |
Holiday - Labor Day |
| Sept 4 |
Cross-registration opens at 12 noon for non-HKS students |
| Sept 4 - 5 |
Shopping Days |
| Sept 6 |
Bidding opens 3 p.m. (closes 3 p.m. Fri. Sept. 7) |
| Sept 7 |
First class meeting for courses scheduled on Wednesdays |
| Sept 7 |
Registration Round II opens at 4 p.m. (closes 12 noon Mon. Sept. 10) |
| Sept 21 |
Full-Term & Module 1 courses add/drop deadline (without notation); cross-registration deadline |
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October
| Oct 8 |
Holiday - Columbus Day |
| Oct 12 |
Module 1 drop deadline (with notation) |
| Oct 19 |
Module 1 ends |
| Oct 22 |
Module 2 begins |
| Oct 22 - 29 |
January Session registration |
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November
| Nov 2 |
Module 2 add/drop deadline (without notation) |
| Nov 12 |
Holiday - Veterans’ Day (observed) |
| Nov 21 - 23 |
Holiday - Thanksgiving Recess |
| Nov 30 |
Full-Term & Module 2 classes drop deadline (with notation) |
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December
| Dec 7 |
Full-Term & Module 2 classes end |
| Dec 8-11 |
Reading period |
| Dec 8-21 |
Fall Semester take-home exams/papers due |
| Dec 12-21 |
Fall Semester Examinations* (In-class) |
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January
| Jan 2 - 18 |
January session (optional) |
| Jan 11 |
Full-term & Module 2 grades due |
| Jan 21 |
Holiday - Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
| Jan 25 - 29 |
Registration Round I open |
| Jan 28 |
Full-Term & Module 3 classes begin |
| Jan 28 |
Cross-registration opens for non-HKS students |
| Jan 30 - 31 |
Bidding open |
| Jan 31 - Feb 1 |
Registration Round II open |
February
| Feb 1 |
January session grades due |
| Feb 15 |
Full-Term & Module 3 courses add/drop deadline (without notation); cross-registration deadline |
| Feb 18 |
Holiday - President’s Day |
March
| Mar 1 |
Module 3 drop deadline (with notation) |
| Mar 13 |
Module 3 ends |
| Mar 16 - 24 |
Spring Break |
| Mar 25 |
Module 4 begins |
| Mar 26 |
PAE deadline (MPP2's) |
April
| Apr 5 |
Module 4 add/drop deadline (without notation) |
| Apr 5 |
Module 3 grades due |
| April 18 - May 2 |
Spring Exercise (MPP1's) |
| Apr 26 |
Full-Term & Module 4 classes drop deadline (with notation) |
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May
| May 2 |
Full-Term & Module 4 classes end |
| May 3 - 7 |
Reading period |
| May 3 - 17 |
Spring Semester take-home exams/papers due |
| May 8 - 17 |
Spring Semester Examinations* (In-class) |
| May 15 |
Full-term & Module 4 grades due |
| May 27 |
Holiday – Memorial Day |
| May 28 - June 1 |
Commencement Week |
| May 30 |
Commencement Day |
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