Spring 2016 English M.A. Program Calendar of Important Dates

November

3

 M.A. Program Orientation for Spring 2016  Sierra Tower (ST) 703 7:00pm Note Time Change

4

Registration by Appointment for Spring 2016 begins through December 11

December

9

Waitlist for classes begins through January 31

9

Nonrestrictive Registration period begins

25-1-1

Campus Closed December 25-January 3, 2016

January

4

Campus reopens after Winter Break

11

Eligible students may enroll in repeat classes today

16

WPE administered   (registration for this exam starts November 16th, 2015)

18

Martin Luther King Jr. day; all offices closed, no instruction

18

Registration opens for March  14 WPE (these exams fill quickly, register early)

20

M.A. Program Orientation, JR319 2:30-4:30 pm * Note Date and Time Change

23

Saturday only classes begin

25

Monday- First official day of weekday classes

29

400-Level Course Consent Forms Due for approval by Dr. Spratt by 4 p.m.

February

1

Mandatory M.A. Literature &  R/C Exam Information session, ST 703   4:00 pm

5

M.A. Literature and Rhet/Comp Exam “intent to take” form due in ST 705 before 12 p.m.

12

Last day to register late, to add a class, to drop a class, or to change basis of grading.

Last day to qualify for a partial refund due to a drop in unit load below 6.1

March

4

Last day to apply for graduation for graduate students who intend to graduate Fall 2016

9

Writing Samples for Creative Writing and Rhetoric/Composition option students due in ST 705 before 4 p.m. — CW-four copies, each with a cover sheet, RC-two copies with letter of intent and each with cover sheet

9-10

Grad Fest Matador Bookstore Complex 9:00-6:00 pm

12

WPE administered

14

Registration opens for April 25  WPE                        

16

ETD planning form due for Graduate Project deadline

21-27

Spring Recess; campus is open,  no instruction M-S 

31

Cesar Chavez Holiday; all offices closed, no instruction

April

15

EDT Preliminary formatting for Graduate Project deadline

16-17

Associate Graduate Students of English (AGSE) and Sigma Tau Delta Conference
Location: USU  Keynote Speaker: TBD

18

Part I M.A. Rhetoric and Composition Exam 9:00 a.m. OV-LRC Room 300A

23

WPE administered

25

Registration opens for May  WPE                              

26

M.A. Literature Exam 8:30-1:00 pm OV LRC Room 300A

May

2

Part II M.A. Rhetoric and Composition Exam Due in ST 705 by noon

7

Last day of formal instruction for Saturday only classes

3

Last day of formal instruction for weekday and Fri-Sat classes

13

ETD Graduate Project Final Submission deadline

11-20

Final Exams

20

Honors Convocation. Oviatt Lawn 8:00 a.m.

23

M.A. English Master’s Hooding Ceremony

23

English Graduation Reception and Student Award Ceremony

Linda Nicols Joseph English Reading Room (JR319)

23

College of Humanities Commencement Oviatt Lawn 6:00 p.m.

27

Last day of 2015-2016 academic year

28

WPE administered (Last of the Academic Year)

30

Memorial Day Holiday; all offices closed, no instruction

30

Registration opens for June 25  WPE                              

June

2

Mandatory M.A. program New Student orientation with Dr. Spratt,  1-4:30  (JR319)