Department of Psychology

Announcements and Calendars

Academic Calendar with Important Dates for 2003-2004

FALL 2003		click here for Religious Holidays
Tues	Aug 19	Registration for Fall term begins for some students. See Fall 2003 Registration Dates for complete details.
Wed	Aug 27	Psych Dept Orientation for new Ph.D. Students
Thurs	Aug 28	GSAS Welcome for new Ph.D. Students CC Academic Fair for first year students and departmental program advisors
Mon	Sept 1	Labor Day - University Holiday
Tues	Sept 2	First Day of Classes Dept. of Psychology Faculty Meeting: 12:10 - 2 in 420
Wed	Sept 3	CCNMTL Presentation of CourseWorks for Psychology faculty and TAs: 12:10 - 1 PM in 200B Fall Orientation for Psychology TAs: 4:10 - 5 PM in 200B Welcome reception for our new graduate students (5 PM in 3rd floor rotunda)
Fri	Sept 5	GSAS Teaching Fellows Orientation; 8:30 AM - 5 PM in 301 Philosophy (register online)
Fri	Sept 12	Psych Dept Scantron Training 3 - 4 PM in 200B End of Change of Program Period Last Day to Add a Class Last Day to Receive Tuition Refund for Class Dropped
Tues	Oct 7	Last Day to Drop a Class for Barnard, Columbia College, General Studies, SIPA, GSAS, and Continuing Education
Wed	Oct 8	A & S Faculty Meeting: 12:10 in Faculty Room, Low
Wed	Oct 15	October Degrees Conferred
Thurs	Oct 16	Midterm Date
Wed	Oct 22	Dept. of Psychology Faculty Meeting: 12:10 - 2 in 40
Mon	Nov 3	Academic Holiday - no classes
Tues	Nov 4	Election Day - University Holiday
Wed	Nov 12	Dept. of Psychology Faculty Meeting: 12:10 - 2 in 405
Thurs	Nov 13	Last Day to Exercise Pass/Fail option Last Day to Drop a Class for Schools not otherwise noted above
Mon - Fri	Nov 17-21	Registration for Spring term (probably hierarchical: seniors, juniors, etc.). [these dates are not yet confirmed]
Thurs	Nov 27	Thanksgiving Day - University Holiday
Fri	Nov 28	University Holiday
Mon	Dec 8	Last Day of Classes
Tues - Thurs	DEC 9,10,11	Reading/Study Days
Wed	DEC 10	Dept. of Psychology Faculty Meeting: 12:10 - 2 in 405
Fri to Fri	DEC 12 - 19	Final Exams (see Projected Exam Schedule)
Fri	DEC 19	Fall Term Ends
	DEC 20 - Jan 19	Winter Holidays
SPRING 2004
Monday	Jan 19	Martin Luther King, Jr's birthday observed - University Holiday
Tuesday	Jan 20	First Day of Classes
Friday	Jan 30	End of Change of Program Period Last Day to Add a Class Last Day to Receive Tuition Refund for Class Dropped
Wed	Feb 11	February Degrees Conferred
Tuesday	Feb 24	Last Day to Drop a Class for Barnard, Columbia College, General Studies, SIPA, GSAS, and Continuing Education
Monday	Mar 8	Midterm Date
Monday to Friday	Mar 15 to 19	Spring Break
Thursday	Mar 25	Last Day to Drop a Class for Schools not otherwise noted above
Thursday	Mar 25	Last Day to Exercise Pass/Fail option
Monday	May 3	Last Day of Classes
Tuesday to Thursday	May 4, 5 and 6	Reading/Study Days
Friday to Friday	May 7 to 14	Final Exams
Wed	May 19	Commencement - University Ceremonies
Wed	Jun 30	June Degrees Conferred - Health Sciences Only

Academic Calendar with Important Dates for 2002-2003

FALL 2002
Tuesday	September 3	First Day of Classes
Friday	September 13	Last Day to Add a Class or to Receive Tuition Refund for Class Dropped
Tuesday	October 8	Last Day to Drop a Class for Barnard, General Studies, SIPA, GSAS, Special Programs, and Columbia College except class of 2003
Wednesday	October 9	Psychology Faculty Meeting
Wednesday	October 16	October Degrees Conferred
Thursday	October 17	Midterm Date
Friday	October 25	Clinical Q & A 11:00 AM - 1 PM in 200B
Monday	October 28	Science Majors Fair, 5:30 PM in Rennert Hall, Kraft Center for all Psychology and Neurosci and Behavior Majors and prospective majors Profs. Horvitz, Putnam, and Miozzo and some Peer Advisors will attend.
Tuesday	November 12	Fall Majors Forum for Psych Postbacs, Psych Majors and Neuroscience and Behavior Majors. 8 PM in 200B
Wednesday	November 13	Psychology Faculty Meeting
Thursday	November 14	Clinical Q & A 7:00 - 8:30 PM in 200B Last Day to Exercise Pass/Fail option; Last Day to Drop a Class for Columbia College Class 2003, and other schools - except where noted above
Monday to Friday	Nov 18-22	CC phone registration for Spring term (probably hierarchical: seniors, juniors, etc.) from CC Bulletin
Monday	December 9	Last Day of Classes
Wednesday	December 11	Psychology Faculty Meeting
Friday to Friday	DEC 13 to 20	Final Exams
SPRING 2003
Tues-Fri Tues-Fri Mon-Fri	Jan 14-17 Jan 21-24 Jan 27-31	CC change of program (from CC bulletin)
Tuesday	January 21	First Day of Classes
Friday	January 31	Last Day to Add a Class Last Day to Receive Tuition Refund for Class Dropped
Wednesday	February 12	February Degrees Conferred
Tuesday	February 25	Last Day to Drop a Class for Barnard, General Studies, SIPA, GSAS, Special Programs, and Columbia College except class of 2003
Monday	March 10	Midterm Date
Mon to Friday	Mar 17 to 21	Spring Break
Tuesday	March 25	Last Day for CC Sophomores to files Major Declaration Forms
Thursday	March 27	Last Day to Exercise Pass/Fail option; Last Day to Drop a Class for Columbia College Class 2003, and other schools - except where noted above
Monday to Friday	Mar 31 - Apr 18	CC consultation with advisers for 2003-4 programs
Monday	May 5	Last Day of Classes
Friday to Friday	May 9 to 16	Final Exams
Tuesday	May 20	Class Day Ceremonies- University Ceremonies; Should host our own Psych Reception
Wednesday	May 21	Commencement - University Ceremonies

Academic Calendar with Important Dates for 2001-2

Monday	September 3	Labor Day - University Holiday
Tuesday	September 4	First Day of Classes
Friday	September 14	Last Day to Add a Class
Thursday	October 4	Last Day to Drop a Class for General Studies Students
Tuesday	October 9	Last Day to Drop a Class for all Barnard and SIPA Students, and Columbia College Classes of 2004 and 2005
Wednesday	October 17	October Degrees Conferred
Friday	October 19	Midterm Date
Monday	November 5	Academic Holiday - no classes
Tuesday	November 6	Election Day - University Holiday
Thursday	November 15	Last Day to Drop a Class for Columbia College Classes 2002, and 2003, and other schools - except where noted above
Thursday	November 15	Last Day to Exercise Pass/Fail Option
Thursday	November 22	Thanksgiving Day - University Holiday
Friday	November 23	University Holiday
Monday	December 10	Last Day of Classes
Tuesday to Thursday	December 11, 12, and 13	Reading/Study Days
Friday to Friday	December 14 to 21	Final Exams
Friday	December 21	Fall Term Ends
Saturday, December 22	To Monday, January 21, 2002	Winter Holidays

Academic Calendar for Spring 2002

Monday January 21 Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday observed - University Holiday
Tuesday January 22 First Day of Classes
Friday February 1 Last Day to Add a Class
Wednesday February 13 February Degrees Conferred
Thursday February 21 Last Day to Drop a Class for General Studies Students
Tuesday February 26 Last Day to Drop a Class for all Barnard and SIPA Students,
and Columbia College Classes of 2004 and 2005
Monday March 11 Midterm Date
Monday to Friday March 18 to 22 Spring Break
Thursday March 28 Last Day to Drop a Class for Columbia College Classes 2002,
and 2003, and other schools - except where noted above
Thursday March 28 Last Day to Exercise Pass/Fail Option
Monday May 6 Last Day of Classes
Tuesday to Thursday May 7, 8 and 9 Reading/Study Days
Friday to Friday May 10 to 17 Final Exams
Wednesday May 22 Commencement - University Ceremonies
Sunday June 30 June Degrees Conferred - Health Sciences only

Religious Holidays

Columbia University no longer provides lists of religious holidays. In response to faculty requests, we list below a number of websites, all provided by institutions of higher learning, where you will find dates of religious holidays. We have not verified that the information they provide is correct, but we hope that one or more of these sites will be useful to faculty as they construct their course syllabi. We also recommend that faculty announce the dates and times for examinations and other major course obligations--and that students let faculty know of conflicts--at the beginning of the semester, so that the necessary arrangements can be made. .

Monthly calendars showing many, many religious holidays from the Office of the Registrar, University of Connecticut
A list of Major Religious Holidays from Rutgers University
A policy statement and (long) list of holidays from the Provost and Chaplain at Lehigh Univ.
Tufts University provides a list of Major Holy Days, and recommends several nonacademic web sites for updates. One of these is interfaithcalendar.org.
The Office of the Provost of Washington State University not only lists, but discusses the significance of, the several most important religious holidays in Judaism, Islam, and Christianity as practiced in the surrounding community.
The Office of the Provost of the University of Massachusetts provides a concise list of Major Days of Religious Observance of Buddhist, Baha'i, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, and Sikh faiths, as well as a link to a more complete list.
Columbia University Links
- The Office of the Provost of Barnard College provides a policy statement regarding Religious Holidays During the Academic Year, and includes a list of Jewish Holidays.
- On their Academic Calendar page, the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons includes a brief list of Major Religious Days. (Unlike most of the other sites listed here, it does not provide information on time of day when a holiday begins and ends.)
- The 2002-3 Columbia College Bulletin, included a brief policy statement regarding Religious Holidays. It is reprinted below.

Columbia University Policy regarding Religious Holidays

"In compliance with New York State law, each student who is absent from school because of his or her religious beliefs will be given an equivalent opportunity to register for classes or make up any examination, study, or work requirements that he or she may have missed because of such absence on any particular day or days. No student will be penalized for absence due to religious beliefs, and alternative means will be sought for satisfying the academic requirements involved.

"Officers of administration and of instruction responsible for scheduling of academic activities or essential services are expected to avoid conflict with religious holidays as much as possible. If a suitable arrangement cannot be worked out between the student and the instructor involved, they should consult the appropriate dean or director. If an additional appeal is needed, it may be taken to the Provost."

From the 2002-3 Columbia College Bulletin, online version, 8 August 2003

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