CHAPTER 8 ACADEMIC
REGULATIONS
PART II - Procedure
for Establishing the Academic Calendar
Part II contains rules and regulations
governing procedures for the creation and approval of the academic
calendar.
ACADEMIC
CALENDAR
8.70.10 Preparation A six-year calendar shall be maintained. In accordance
with sections [8.70.20-8.70.40], the Office of Enrollment Services
each fall shall prepare a new sixth-year calendar and submit it to
the Academic Standards and Calendar Committee by the end of October.
The Academic Standards and Calendar Committee shall submit the
calendar to the Faculty Senate by December 1. #01-02--27; #02-03--32
8.70.11 The
calendar for the Summer Session shall be developed by the Feinstein
College of Continuing Education, in consultation with the Office of
Enrollment Services, and submitted to the Academic Standards and
Calendar Committee by March 1 of the preceding year. The Academic
Standards and Calendar Committee shall submit the summer-session
calendar for approval to the Faculty Senate by April 1 of the
preceding year. #01-02--27
8.70.12 Adjustments
to a proposed calendar may not be made on
the floor of the Senate. Instead, a proposed calendar, along with
instructions about possible revisions, must be referred back to the
Academic Standards and Calendar Committee. The committee shall
resubmit the calendar at the next Senate meeting. #01-02--27
8.70.13
Recommendations regarding rescheduling class days missed within an
academic year as the result of natural calamity, work stoppage, etc.
shall be the responsibility of the Academic Standards and Calendar
Committee, whose proposals will be subject to the approval of the
Faculty Senate. #05-06--1
8.70.14 With
the exception of circumstances stated in 8.70.13, changes to the
calendar shall not be considered within eighteen months prior to the
beginning of a semester. #05-06--1
8.70.20 The Academic Year. The beginning and ending dates of each semester shall
be the same for all colleges and schools of the University.
Exceptions may be granted to the Feinstein College of Continuing
Education. Requests for exceptions shall be received by the Academic
Standards and Calendar Committee no later than October 1 of the
preceding academic year.
8.70.21 An
Advising Day shall be scheduled prior to the beginning of classes
each semester. The fall semester (including final examinations) must
end no later than December 23. There shall be a 5-class-day
mid-semester break in the spring semester. #01-02--27
8.70.22 One
weekday Reading Day is required after the last day of classes; two
weekday Reading Days during the examination period are preferred.
(See 8.51.25) #01-02--27
8.70.23 A
minimum of seven days shall be scheduled for final examinations.
Saturdays and Sundays may be used as final examination days under
extraordinary circumstances. #01-02--27
8.70.24
Whenever possible, there should be a uniform distribution of class
days among the five week days.
8.70.25
Classes will not be scheduled on the following days:
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day and the day following
Christmas Day
New Year's Day
Memorial Day
8.70.30 The Fall Semester. The fall semester (including final examinations) must
end no later than December 23.
8.70.40 The Spring
Semester. Midsemester break in the
spring semester shall be the week immediately following midterm.
#01-02--27