Annapolis Academic Calendar

Academic Calendar 2011-2012

*Graduate Institute items in italics
→ See Academic Calendar 2010-2011

Date Event
August 23 Upper class Registration (8:30 am-4 pm)
First Faculty Meeting (4:00 pm)
August 24 Archon Meetings
Freshman Registration (8:30 am-12 noon)
Upperclass Registration (1-3:30 pm)
Convocation (Undergraduate) – 4:15 pm
August 25 Freshmen and New Transfer Student Orientation
Undergraduate Classes Begin with Seminars
Graduate Institute:
New Students’ Orientation Seminar (10 am-12 noon)
Registration (2-4 pm); Convocation – 4:15 pm
Graduate Classes Begin with Tutorials
September 10 Fine Arts Program Begins
September 23-25 Homecoming
October 1 Graduate Spring Advance Deposits Due
October 7-10 Long Weekend (Undergraduates)
After Seminar 10/6 - 8 pm 10/10
October 22 Fall Admissions Open House
October 27 Preceptorials Begin for Juniors and Seniors
November 4-5 Parents' Weekend
November 9 Graduate Deadline for Spring Transfer to Santa Fe
November 11 Masters’ Essays Due by 12 Noon
November 19 Fine Arts Program Ends
November 19, 21, 22 Don Rags
(Undergraduate Seminars Meet, Tutorials & Labs Canceled)
November 23-27 Thanksgiving Vacation - 6 pm 11/22 - 9 am 11/28
December 5 Master’s Essay Oral Examinations Begin
December 14, 15 Don Rags
(Undergraduate Tutorials and Labs Canceled)
December 15 Undergraduate Seminars and Graduate Classes Meet
December 16-January 8 Winter Vacation – After Seminar 12/15 - 9 am 1/9 (Students Must Vacate Dorms by 12 noon, Saturday, December 17th.  Dorms Reopen at 9 am, Sunday, January 8th)
January 9 Second Semester Begins
Graduate Institute:
Orientation Seminar (10am-noon); Registration (2:30-4 pm); Convocation (4:15 pm)
January 9-February 4 Senior Essay Writing Period
All Senior Classes Canceled
February 3-6 Long Weekend (Undergraduates)
After Seminar 2/2 – 8 pm 2/6
February 4 Senior Essays are Due
February 6 Senior Classes Begin with Seminar
February 11 Fine Arts Program Begins
February 20 Undergraduates’ Last Day to Apply
to Transfer to Santa Fe
February 20 Senior Orals Begin
March 1 Deadline for Financial Aid Applications
for Continuing Students
March 1 Master’s Essays Due by 12 noon
March 2-18 Spring Vacation - After Seminar 3/1 - 9 am 3/19
(Students Must Vacate the Dorms by 12 noon, Saturday, March 3rd.  Dorms Reopen at 9 am, Sunday, March 18th)
March 15 Graduate Summer Advance Deposits Due
March 26 Sophomore Enabling Essays are Due
Master’s Essay Oral Examinations Begin
April 1 Undergraduate Advance Deposit Due for 2011-2012
April 2 Junior and Freshman Essays are Due
April 18 Graduate Deadline for Summer Transfer to Santa Fe
April 28 Croquet Match with Naval Academy (Rain Date: April 29)
May 1 Graduate Fall Advance Deposits Due
May 5 Fine Arts Program Ends
May 7-11 Don Rags
(Undergraduate Seminars Meet, Tutorials & Labs Canceled)
May 10 Graduate Final Class Meetings
May 11 End of Second Semester
May 13 Commencement
June 17 Graduate Institute:
New Students’ Orientation Seminar (3-5 pm)
June 18 Graduate Institute:
Registration (11 am-12:30 pm); Convocation – 1:30 pm
Classes Begin
June 22 Graduate Deadline for Fall Transfer to Santa Fe
July 12 Master’s Essays Due by 12 noon
July 30 Master’s Essay Oral Examinations Begin
August 9 Graduate Final Class Meetings
August 9 Graduate Summer Term Ends
August 10 Graduate Summer Commencement