2012-13 MBS Calendar

**Fall Semester 2012**
Date	Day	Description
TBA	TBA	Fall semester payment due to Bursar
August 23	Thursday	MBS New Student Orientation
August 27	Monday	Fall Classes begin
September 3	Monday	Labor Day Observed. Administrative offices closed; No classes
October 8	Monday	Columbus Day Observed. Administrative offices closed; No classes
November 12	Monday	Veterans' Day observed. Administrative offices closed; No classes
November 22	Thursday	Thanksgiving: (University holiday) no classes
November 23	Friday	University holiday; no classes
TBA	TBA	Spring semester payment due to the Bursar
December 22	Saturday	Winter Vacation begins for MBS students
December 25	Tuesday	Christmas Day Observed. Administrative offices closed; No classes

**Spring Semester 2013**
Date	Day	Description
January 1	Tuesday	New Years Day Observed. Administrative offices closed; No classes
January 2	Wednesday	Classes resume for MBS students
January 21	Monday	Martin Luther King Jr. Day observed. Administrative offices closed; No classes
February 18	Monday	President's Day observed. Administrative offices closed; No classes
March 16	Saturday	Spring Recess Begins
March 25	Monday	Spring Recess ends; Classes resume
April 15	Monday	Patriot's Day observed. Administrative offices closed; No classes
May 17	Friday	Last day of spring semester for MBS students
May 19	Sunday	Commencement
May 20	Monday	Summer Session for thesis research begins
May 27	Monday	Memorial Day observed. Administrative offices closed; No classes
May 29	Wednesday	Last day for Summer Session I courses adjustments (add or drop without a "W")
June 5	Wednesday	Last day for Full Summer course adjustments (these courses begin in Summer Session I and run through Summer Session II -add or drop without a "W"
June 6	Thursday	Last day to withdraw from a Summer Session I course and receive a "W"
July 22	Monday	Thesis Draft needs to be approved by Mentor (following the approval by the mentor, the readers must be given adequate time to meet the August 15 deadline
August 16	Friday	Summer Session Ends; Completed "Approval of Master of Science Thesis for Submission" form due to the MBS Program Office by 5pm for all students who plan to graduate in August 2013

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