| Wednesday, Aug. 17 - Thursday, Sept. 8 |
Registration period for graduate and undergraduate students. |
| Sunday Aug. 21 |
Residence halls open for new undergraduate students. |
| Tuesday, Aug. 23 |
Residence halls open for returning students. |
| Thursday, Aug. 25 |
First day of instruction. |
| Monday, Sept. 5 |
Labor Day: No university exercises, staff holiday. |
| Thursday, Sept. 8 |
Last day to add classes. All work for spring and summer term 2016 undergraduate and graduate incompletes due to instructors. Last day for seniors graduating in December to declare or drop a major or minor. |
| Thursday, Sept. 8 |
Brandeis Monday: Monday class schedule in effect. |
| Wednesday, Sept. 14 |
First day for undergraduates to elect a pass/fail option for a class taken in the current term. |
| Thursday, Sept. 15 |
Grades replacing spring and summer 2016 undergraduate and graduate incompletes due in the university registrar's office. |
| Tuesday, Sept. 20 |
Last day for undergraduates to elect a pass/fail option for the current term and to request a "P" grade for the preceding term (at 5 p.m.) |
| Thursday, Sept. 29 |
Last day to drop or change grading option of Module I courses to audit (instructor’s permission required). |
| Monday, Oct. 3 - Tuesday, Oct. 4 |
Rosh Hashana: No university exercises. Staff holiday Monday. |
| Friday, Oct. 7 |
Last day for undergraduates to apply for midyear graduation. Last day for undergraduates to submit a Reduced Rate Senior application. |
| Monday, Oct. 10 |
Indigenous Peoples Day: Classes in session, staff holiday. |
| Tuesday, Oct. 11 |
Last day for undergraduates to drop courses without a "W" transcript notation (instructor's permission required). |
| Wednesday, Oct. 12 |
Yom Kippur: No university exercises, staff holiday. |
| Monday, Oct. 17 |
Sukkot: No university exercises |
| Friday, Oct. 21 |
Undergraduate midterm grades due. |
| Monday, Oct. 24 |
Shmini Atzeret: No university exercises. |
| Tuesday, Oct. 25 |
Brandeis Monday: Monday class schedule in effect. |
| Thursday, Oct. 27 |
Grades replacing summer 2016 incompletes due in the university registrar's office. |
| Friday, Oct. 28 |
Fall Module I grades due. |
| Monday, Oct. 31 |
Early registration for spring term 2017 business courses for undergraduate business majors and minors only. |
| Tuesday, Nov. 1 |
Early registration for spring term 2017 Module I and II courses for International Business School students only. |
| Wednesday, Nov. 2 - Monday, Nov. 7 |
Registration period for spring term 2017. |
| Tuesday, Nov. 8 |
Last day to add Module II classes. |
| Thursday, Nov. 10 |
Last day for undergraduates to drop courses with a "W" transcript notation (instructor's permission required). |
| Thursday, Nov. 10 |
Last day for graduate students to drop semester courses or change grading option of semester courses to audit (instructor's permission required). |
| Friday, Nov. 11 |
Veterans Day: Classes in session. |
| Monday, Nov. 21 |
Last day to drop or change grading option of Module II courses to audit (instructor's permission required). |
| Wednesday, Nov. 23 - Friday, Nov. 25 |
Thanksgiving holiday: No university exercises, staff holiday Thursday and Friday. |
| Wednesday, Dec. 7 |
Last day of instruction. Last day to voluntarily withdraw from the term (written notification required). |
| Thursday, Dec. 8 - Friday, Dec. 9 |
Study days. |
| Monday, Dec. 12 - Monday, Dec. 19 |
Final examination period. |
| Tuesday, Dec. 20, at noon |
Residence halls close. |
| Friday, Dec. 23 |
Fall term grades due. |
| Thursday, Dec. 29 |
Last day for graduating seniors to convert current term pass/fail enrollments to a "P." |