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2008-2009 Calendar

2008 Fall Semester : 2009 Spring Semester : 2009 Summer Session

* Refer to Schedule of Classes
** Some programs have earlier deadlines. Check with your department or school.
Italics indicate academic dates of significance for graduate students.

 

 
 

2008 fall Semester

  *Orientation/academic advising/registration for continuing, new, and unclassified students
Visit www.hawaii.edu/graduatestudies/fields/html/fields.htm for deadline information as graduate admission deadlines vary by program. The Graduate Division begins processing applications around October 1 for the following fall semester.
August 15 (F) Holiday: Statehood Day
August 25 (M) First day of instruction
September 1 (M) Holiday: Labor Day
September 2 (Tu) *Last day to drop courses (tentative)
**Spring admission application initial deadline for undergraduate and unclassified undergraduate students; final deadline for second bachelor’s degree students and international undergraduate students
September 3 (W) *Last day to register/add courses/change grading option (tentative)
Enrollment status is finalized for financial aid awards.
September 12 (F) Last day for undergraduates to file fall degree applications
Last day for classified graduate students to file for fall degree applications
October 1 (W) Last day for returning classified graduate students to file for spring readmission
**Spring admission application final deadline for undergraduate and unclassified undergraduate students
October 23 (Th) Last day of final examinations for master’s Plan A and doctorates
October 24 (F) Last day for restricted withdrawals
November 3 (M) Last day for instructors to submit “I” removal grades to Records Office
Last day to apply for credit by examination for fall semester
November 4 (Tu) Holiday: Election Day
November 7 (F) Theses and dissertations due in Graduate Division
November 11 (Tu) Holiday: Veterans Day
November 14 (F) Last day to file petition for admission to doctoral program (only by currently enrolled Manoa campus master’s candidates graduating at end of semester)
November 24 (M) Last day to submit master’s Plans B and C final examination results
November 26 (W) Last day for examinations before finals
November 27 (T) Holiday: Thanksgiving Day
November 28 (F) Instructional holiday
December 11 (Th) Last day of instruction
December 12-13 (F-Sa) Study days
December 15-19 (M-F) Final examinations
December 15 (M) Spring admission application final deadline for post-baccalaureate unclassified students
December 20 (Sa) Commencement; semester ends
December 25 (Th)

Holiday: Christmas Day

 

 

2009 spring Semester

  *Orientation/academic advising/registration for continuing, new, and unclassified students
Visit www.hawaii.edu/graduatestudies/fields/html/fields.htm for deadline information as graduate admission deadlines vary by program. The Graduate Division begins processing applications around May 1 for the following spring semester.
January 1 (Th) Holiday: New Year’s Day
January 12 (M) First day of instruction
January 19 (M) Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 20 (Tu) *Last day to drop courses (tentative)
January 21 (W) *Last day to register/add courses/change grade option (tentative)
*Enrollment status is finalized for financial aid awards.
January 30 (F) Last day for undergraduates to file spring degree applications
Last day for classified graduate students to file spring degree applications
Last day to file summer degree applications for spring commencement exercise on May 16, 2009.
February 2 (M) **Fall admission application initial deadline for undergraduate and unclassified undergraduate students; final deadline for second bachelor’s degree students and international undergraduate students.
Feburary 16 (M) Holiday: Presidents’ Day
March 2 (M) Last day for returning classified graduates to file for summer readmission
March 13 (F) Last day for restricted withdrawals
Last day of final examinations for master’s Plan A and doctorates
March 26 (Th) Holiday: Kuhio Day observed
March 23-27 (M-F) Spring recess
April 1 (W) Last day for instructors to submit “I” removal grades to Records Office.
Last day to apply for credit by examination for spring semester.
Last day for returning classified graduate students to file for fall readmission
April 3 (F) Theses and dissertations due in Graduate Division
April 10 (F) Holiday: Good Friday
April 21 (Tu) Last day for examinations before finals
Last day to submit master’s Plans B and C final examination results
May 1 (F) **Fall admission application final deadline for undergraduate and unclassified undergraduate students
May 6 (W) Last day of instruction
May 7-8 (Th-F) Study days
May 11-15 (M-F) Final examinations
May 16 (Sa)

Commencement; semester ends

 

2009 summer Session

May 25 (M) Holiday: Memorial Day observed
May 26 (Tu) First day of instruction (first term)
June 1 (M) Last day for undergraduates to file summer degree applications.
Last day to file summer degree applications for fall commencement exercise on December 19, 2009.
June 5 (F) Last day for classified graduate students to file summer  degree applications.
June 9 (Tu) Last day of final examinations for master’s Plan A and doctorates.
June 11 (Th) Holiday: Kamehameha Day observed
June 12 (F) Last day to file petition for admission to doctoral program (only by Manoa campus master’s candidates who graduated in the spring)
July 2 (Th) First term ends
Theses and dissertations due in Graduate Division
July 3 (F) Holiday: Independence Day
July 6 (M) First day of instruction (second term)
July 13 (M) Last day to submit master’s Plans B and C final examination results
July 15 (W) Fall admission application final deadline for post-baccalaureate unclassified students
August 14 (F) Second term ends
August 21 (F) Holiday: Statehood Day