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CUSSW ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2011-12
2010-2011 Calendar

The Policy of the University is to respect its member’s beliefs.  No students will be penalized for absence due to religious beliefs and alternative means will be sought for satisfying the academic requirements involved.

FALL 2011
August
1 Mon Information Session – incoming Advanced Standing
2 Tues Classes begin for Advanced Standing students
29 Mon Orientation begins (required for all entering students; ends Sept. 2)
September
5 Mon Labor Day observed
6 Tues First day of classes
12 Mon Preparation for the Profession (9:00am-3:30pm - required for all entering students)
16 Fri Last day to add/drop courses without penalty
19 Mon Field Instruction begins
October
19 Wed Conferring of October degrees
24 Mon Community Day
November
8 Tues Election Day - University Holiday (no field if placement if closed)
17 Thurs Last day to drop a class (no refund given)
24 Thurs Thanksgiving Day - University Holiday
25 Fri University Holiday
December
9 Fri Field Evaluations due
15 Thurs Last day of classes
16 Fri Last day of field education (Winter Break begins)
SPRING 2012
January
2-3 Mon-Tues University Holiday
4 Wed Field education begins (continuing students)
9-13 Mon-Fri January Orientation (16-Month students)
16 Mon Martin Luther King Day observed
17 Tues First day of classes
23 Mon Preparation for the Profession (16-Month students)
27 Fri Last day to add/drop courses without penalty

30

Mon

Field instruction begins (16 -Month students)

February
6 Mon Field Education Placement Fair
March
12-16 Mon-Fri Spring Break
26 Mon Community Day
April
26 Thurs Last day of classes
27 Fri Field Instruction ends & Field Evaluations due [graduating 2-Yrs, Reduced Residency (4d/wk), and Adv. Standing]
30 Mon Capstone Week begins (all graduating students)
May
1-4 Mon-Fri Capstone Project (all graduating students)
4 Fri Field Instruction ends & Field Evaluations due (continuing students)
Field Evaluations due (16-Month students)
11 Fri Field instruction ends (16-Month students)
16 Wed Commencement
SUMMER 2012
May
21 Mon Summer session begins
21 Mon Summer Field Instruction begins [16-Month and Reduced Res. (3d/wk) students]
July
27 Fri Field instruction ends & Field Evaluations due (16-Month)


The Policy of the University is to respect its members’ beliefs. No student will be penalized for absence due to religious beliefs and alternative means will be sought for satisfying the academic requirements involved.

*This calendar is subject to change.

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