2016-2017 Academic Calendar
2016-2017 Academic Calendar
Fall 2016
Aug 22 |
Ph.D. program new student orientation check-in begins at HGS, 9 a.m.* |
Aug 22-26 |
Orientation week for all new students |
Aug 24 |
Fall-term online course registration begins, 9 a.m. Fall term begins for D.N.P. program, 8 a.m. |
Aug 26 |
Orientation day for all first-specialty-year students in the clinical master’s program (returning and new) |
Aug 29 |
Fall term begins for GEPN, clinical master’s, and post-master’s programs, 8 a.m. |
Aug 31 |
Fall term begins for Ph.D. program, 8:20 a.m.* |
Sept 2 |
Friday classes do not meet. Monday classes meet instead (all programs) |
Sept 5 |
Labor Day. Classes do not meet |
Sept. 14 |
Fall-term online course registration ends, 5 p.m. |
Oct 3 |
Due date for Ph.D. dissertations to be considered by the Degree Committees for award of the degree in December |
Nov 18 |
November recess begins, 5:20 p.m. (Ph.D. program) |
Nov 23 |
November recess begins, 8 a.m. (GEPN, clinical master’s, post-master’s, and D.N.P. programs) |
Nov 28 |
November recess ends, 8 a.m. (all programs) |
Dec 15 |
Ph.D. program fall-term classes end, 5:20 p.m. |
Dec 16 |
GEPN, clinical master’s, post-master’s, and D.N.P. program fall-term classes end, 5 p.m., and winter recess begins; Ph.D. program final examinations begin |
Dec 21 | Ph.D. program examinations end, and winter recess begins. |
DNP Dates for Fall 2016 Term:
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Friday, August 26
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Friday, September 23
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Friday, October 28
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Friday, December 2
Spring 2017
Jan 4 |
Spring-term online course registration begins for GEPN, clinical master’s, post-master’s, and D.N.P. programs, 9 a.m. |
Jan 9 |
Spring term begins for GEPN and D.N.P. programs, 8 a.m. |
Jan 9–13 |
D.N.P. Winter Intensive Session |
Jan 11 |
Spring-term online course registration begins for Ph.D. program |
Jan 16 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Classes do not meet |
Jan 17 |
Spring term begins for clinical master’s, post-master’s, and Ph.D. programs, 8 a.m.* |
Jan 20 |
Friday classes do not meet. Monday classes meet instead (all programs) |
Jan 25 |
Spring-term online course registration ends for GEPN, clinical master’s, post-master’s, and D.N.P. programs, 5 p.m. |
Jan 27 |
Spring-term online course registration ends for Ph.D. program |
Feb 10 |
Deadline for graduating Ph.D. students to defend their dissertations for May graduation |
Mar 4 |
Spring recess begins, 8 a.m. (GEPN, clinical master’s, and post-master’s programs) |
Mar 10 |
Spring recess begins, 5:20 p.m. (Ph.D. and D.N.P. programs) |
Mar 15 |
Due date for Ph.D. dissertations to be considered by the Degree Committees for award of the degree in May |
Mar 20 |
Spring-term classes resume, 8 a.m. (GEPN, clinical master’s, post-master’s, and D.N.P. programs) |
Mar 27 |
Spring-term classes resume, 8:20 a.m. (Ph.D. program) |
May 4 |
Ph.D. program spring-term classes end, 5:20 p.m. |
May 5 |
Ph.D. program final examinations begin |
May 5 |
Master’s, post-master’s, and D.N.P. program classes end, 8 p.m. |
May 10 |
Deadline for master’s portfolio to be submitted to academic advisers by graduating clinical master’s students Ph.D. program examinations end, 5:20 p.m. |
May 12 |
GEPN, clinical master’s, post-master’s, and D.N.P. program spring-term classes end, 5 p.m. |
May 17 |
Approval of clinical master’s portfolio submitted by academic advisers |
May 22 | University Commencement |
DNP Dates Spring 2017 Term:
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Friday, January 13
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Friday, February 10
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Friday, March 10
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Friday, April 7
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Thursday, April 20, and Friday, April 21 - capstone presentations
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Friday, May 5
Summer 2017
May 15 (Monday)
Summer term begins, 8:00 am
May 29 (Monday)
No classes, Memorial Day
June 5-9 (Monday-Friday)
DNP summer intensive session
July 31 (Monday)
Summer term ends, 5:00 pm