Important Dates

2012-2013 Academic Year

August 6, 2012

Online registration for fall graduate courses begins.

September 1, 2012

Start of fall term. 

September 4, 2012

SGPS Graduate Student Orientation, 4:00-6:30pm

September 4, 2012

International Teaching Assistant Day.

September 5, 2012

Teaching Assistant Day. 9:00-5:00.

September 6, 2012

Philosophy Graduate Orientation Session. 9:30-11:30a.m

September 8, 2012

Department back to school party 4:00-7:00pm

September 10, 2012

Tuition due (1st installment)

September 10, 2012

First day of all graduate classes

September 28, 2012

Registration deadline & deadline to declare audit for fall term.

September 28, 2012

Deadline for international students to present valid study permit.

October 15, 2012

Second installment of tuition due for those paying in installments.

November 2, 2012

Deadline for submission of Doctoral Thesis board.

November 9, 2012

Deadline for submission (to SGPS) of Doctoral thesis for completion of studies in the fall term.

November 27, 2012

Deadline to submit change of registration requests and apply to graduate for February in absentia.

December - TBA

Online registration for winter graduate courses begins. *

December 14, 2012

Final date for PhD thesis exam.

December 21, 2012

Deadline for final submission of PhD thesis.

December 31, 2012

End of fall term.

January 1, 2013

Start of winter term.

January 8, 2013

Winter tuition due.

January 31, 2013

Deadline for winter course registration/changes and to declare audits for winter term.

February 12, 2013

Second installment of winter tuition due for those paying in installments.

March TBA

Deadline to submit change of registration requests and apply to graduate in June.

March 12, 2013

Deadline for submission of Doctoral Thesis board.

March 19, 2013

Deadline for submission (to SGPS) of Doctoral thesis for completion of studies in the winter term.

April-TBA

Deadline for final submission of PhD thesis.

April 30, 2013

End of winter term.

May 1, 2013

Start of summer term.

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