2009-10 Academic and residence hall calendar

UG - traditional undergraduate courses
BCOMP - Bluffton Cohort-based Organizational Management Program
HRM - Human Resources Management adult degree completion program
GPB - Graduate Programs in Business
GPE - Graduate Programs in Education
 
 

August
1   BCOMP/HRM orientation
3   GPB orientation
4-11   BCOMP/HRM classes begin
13-18   GPB classes begin
28   Halls open for new students, 9 a.m.
28-29   UG orientation
29-30   Halls open for returning students, 2-6 p.m.
31   UG & GPE fall semester classes begin
September
4   UG & GPE deadline for adding courses
7   No GPE classes
14   UG & GPE deadline for dropping courses
October
5-6   UG Fall break
10   Homecoming
19   UG & GPE deadline for non-emergency withdrawals
November
16   UG & GPE registration for spring semester
24   Residential halls close, 10 p.m.
25-27   Thanksgiving break
29   UG Residential Halls open, 2 p.m.
December
11   UG last day of fall semester classes
14-18   UG final examinations
15   BCOMP/HRM fall semester ends
17   GPB fall semester ends
18  

UG & GPE fall semester ends, halls close, 7 p.m.

22   UG Fall semester grades due, 8 a.m.
January
4-7   GPB spring semester begins
5-7   BCOMP/HRM spring semester begins
10   Residential halls open for returning UG students, 2 p.m.
11   UG & GPE spring semester classes begin
15   UG & GPE deadline for adding courses
16   BCOMP orientation
18   M.L.King Jr. Day - UG & GPE no classes, special campus events
25   UG & GPE deadline for dropping courses
March
1   UG & GPE deadline for non-emergency withdrawals
5   Residential halls close, 7 p.m.
8-12   UG & GPE spring break
14   Residential halls open, 2 p.m.
29   UG & GPE registration for fall semester
April
2   Good Friday holiday
5   Easter Monday; classes resume at 6 p.m.
7   UG Civic Engagement Day, classes suspended to allow participation
29   UG last day of spring semester classes (this is a Wed. class day; No UG evening classes)
30   UG Study day
May
3-6   UG final examinations
6   UG & GPE spring semester ends, 5 p.m.
9   Commencement, residential halls close, 7 p.m.
11   UG spring semester grades due, 1 p.m.
12   UG May term classes begin (UG)
27   BCOMP spring semester ends
June
2   May term classes conclude
24   GPB spring semester ends