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Academic Year 2013-14
June/July
| July 1 - 16 | Mason Fellows Seminar |
| July 17 - Aug 15 | MC/MPA Summer program |
August
| Aug 1 | Fall & January Course Syllabi due |
| Aug 26 - 30 | Orientation |
| Aug 29 | Day of Service |
September
| Sept 2 | Holiday - Labor Day |
| Sept 3 - 4 |
Shopping Days |
| Sept 3 - 8 |
Registration Round I (end date TBD) |
| Sept 5 |
Full-Term & Module 1 classes begin |
| Sept 5 | Cross-registration begins for non-HKS students |
| Sept 6 | First class meeting for courses scheduled on Wednesdays |
| Sept 10 - 11 | Fall Bidding |
| Sept 11 - 12 | Registration Round II |
| Sept 20 | Full-Term & Module 1 courses add/drop deadline (without notation) |
| Sept 20 | Cross-registration deadline (Full-term and Module 1 courses) |
October
| Oct 11 | Module 1 drop deadline (with notation) |
| Oct 14 | Holiday - Columbus Day |
| Oct 18 | Module 1 ends |
| Oct 21 | Module 2 begins |
| Oct 21 - 25 | January Session registration |
| Oct 21 | Module 1 final papers due |
November
| Nov 1 | Module 2 add/drop deadline (without notation) |
| Nov 11 | Holiday - Veteran's Day |
| Nov 26 | Full-Term & Module 2 classes drop deadline (with notation) |
| Nov 27 - 29 | Holiday - Thanksgiving Recess |
December
| Dec 6 | Full-Term & Module 2 classes end |
| Dec 7 - 10 | Reading period |
| Dec 7 - 20 | Fall Semester take-home exams/papers due |
| Dec 11 - 20 | Fall Semester Examinations* (In-class) |
| Dec 16 | Spring Course Syllabi due |
January
| Jan 2 - 17 | January session (optional) |
| Jan 20 |
Holiday - Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
| Jan 23 - 24 | Shopping Days |
| Jan 24 - 28 | Registration Round I |
| Jan 27 | Full-Term & Module 3 classes begin |
| Jan 27 | Cross-registration opens for non-HKS students |
| Jan 29 - 30 | Spring Bidding |
| Jan 30 - 31 | Registration Round II |
February
| Feb 14 | Full-Term & Module 3 courses add/drop deadline (without notation) |
| Feb 14 | Cross-registration deadline (Full-term & Module 3 courses) |
| Feb 17 | Holiday - President’s Day |
March
| Mar 7 | Module 3 drop deadline (with notation) |
| Mar 13 | Module 3 ends |
| Mar 15 - 23 | Spring Break |
| Mar 24 | Module 4 begins |
| Mar 25 | PAE deadline (MPP2's) |
| Mar 28 | Module 3 final papers due |
April
| Apr 4 | Module 4 add/drop deadline (without notation) |
| TBD | Spring Exercise (MPP1's) |
| April 25 | Full-Term & Module 4 classes drop deadline (with notation) |
May
| May 2 | Full-Term & Module 4 classes end |
| May 3 - 6 | Reading period |
| May 3 - 16 | Spring Semester take-home exams/papers due |
| May 7 - 16 | Spring Semester Examinations* (In-class) |
| May 26 | Holiday – Memorial Day |
| May 27 - 30 | Commencement Week |
| May 29 | Commencement Day |
Please note that this calendar is subject to change.
*Students must plan on being on campus throughout the in-class examination period. Family emergency and serious illness are the only acceptable excuses for missing an examination.
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