2014-15 Pomona College Catalog

Dec 23, 2024

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Academic Calendar

Fall Semester 2014

Date	Day	Event
Aug. 24	Sun.	New students arrive; residence halls open for new students
Aug. 24-Sep. 2	Sun.-Tue.	Orientation for new students
Aug. 30	Sat.	Residence halls open for returning students
Sep. 1	Mon.	Course enrollment for new, transfer, exchange and special students
Sep. 2	Tue.	Classes begin at 8:10 a.m.
Sep. 8	Mon.	Deadline for (1) coursework for approved spring 2014 incompletes to be submitted to instructors, unless another deadline was approved; (2) independent study proposals for fall 2014
Sep. 12	Fri.	Student accounts must be current
Sep. 15	Mon.	Last day to add a course or change board plan; last day for course fee refunds
Oct. 8	Wed.	Suggested date by which to submit low-grade notifications for fall 2014 semester
Oct 20-21	Mon.-Tue.	Fall recess
Oct. 23	Thu.	Last day to drop a course
Nov. 6	Thu.	Last day to choose pass/no credit grading option; last day to sign student promissory notes
Nov. 18-21	Tue.-Fri.	Pre-enrollment for spring 2015 semester
Nov. 27-28	Thu.-Fri.	Thanksgiving recess
Dec. 10	Wed.	Last day of classes for fall semester
Dec. 11-12	Thu.-Fri	Reading Days
Dec. 12	Fri.	Last day to petition for incomplete
Dec. 15-19	Mon.-Fri.	Final examinations
Dec. 19	Fri.	Fall semester ends
Dec. 20	Sat.	Residence halls close at noon
Dec. 29	Mon.	Final grades must be submitted by noon

Date	Day	Event
Jan. 18	Sun.	Residence halls open for new and returning students
Jan. 19	Mon.	Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Jan. 20	Tue.	Spring semester begins; classes begin at 8:10 a.m.
Jan. 26	Mon.	Deadline for (1) coursework for approved fall 2014 incompletes to be submitted to instructors, unless another deadline was approved; (2) independent study proposals for spring 2015
Jan. 30	Fri.	Student accounts must be current
Feb. 2	Mon.	Last day to add a course or change board plan; last day for course fee refunds
Feb. 13-15	Fri.-Sun.	Family Weekend
Mar. 4	Wed.	Suggested date by which to submit low-grade notifications for spring 2015 semester
Mar. 12	Thu.	Last day to drop a course
Mar. 16-20	Mon.-Fri.	Spring recess
Mar. 27	Fri.	César Chávez Day observed (staff and instructional holiday)
Apr. 2	Thu.	Last day to choose pass/no credit grading option; last day to sign student promissory notes
Apr. 21-23	Tue.-Thu.	Pre-enrollment for fall 2015 semester
May 6	Wed.	Last day of classes for spring semester; last day to enroll in a summer research/reading course
May 7-8	Thu.-Fri	Reading Days
May 8	Fri.	Grades for graduating seniors must be submitted by noon; last day to petition for incomplete
May 11-15	Mon.-Fri.	Final examinations
May 15	Fri.	Spring semester ends
May 17	Sun.	Commencement at 10:00 a.m.
May 18	Mon.	Residence halls close at noon
May 21	Thu.	All grades for non-graduating students must be submitted by noon

Date	Day	Event
Aug. 22	Sat.	New students arrive; residence halls open for new students
Aug. 22-Sep. 1	Sat.-Tue.	Orientation for new students
Aug. 29	Sat.	Residence halls open for returning students
Aug. 30	Sun.	Course enrollment for new, transfer, exchange and special students
Sep. 1	Tue.	Classes begin at 8:10 a.m.
Sep. 7	Mon.	Deadline for (1) coursework for approved spring 2015 incompletes to be submitted to instructors, unless another deadline was approved; (2) independent study proposals for fall 2015
Sep. 11	Fri.	Student accounts must be current
Sep. 14	Mon.	Last day to add a course or change board plan; last day for course fee refunds
Oct. 7	Wed.	Suggested date by which to submit low-grade notifications for fall 2015 semester
Oct. 19-20	Mon.-Tue.	Fall recess
Oct. 22	Thu.	Last day to drop a course
Nov. 5	Thu.	Last day to choose pass/no credit grading option; last day to sign student promissory notes
Nov. 17-20	Tue.-Fri.	Pre-enrollment for spring 2016 semester
Nov. 26-27	Thu.-Fri.	Thanksgiving recess
Dec. 9	Wed.	Last day of classes for fall semester
Dec. 10-11	Thu.-Fri	Reading Days
Dec. 11	Fri.	Last day to petition for incomplete
Dec. 14-18	Mon.-Fri.	Final examinations
Dec. 18	Fri.	Fall semester ends
Dec. 19	Sat.	Residence halls close at noon
Dec. 24	Mon.	Final grades must be submitted by noon

Date	Day	Event
Jan. 17	Sun.	Residence halls open for new and returning students
Jan. 18	Mon.	Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Jan. 19	Tue.	Spring semester begins; classes begin at 8:10 a.m.
Jan. 25	Mon.	Deadline for (1) coursework for approved fall 2015 incompletes to be submitted to instructors, unless another deadline was approved; (2) independent study proposals for spring 2016
Jan. 29	Fri.	Student accounts must be current
Feb. 1	Mon.	Last day to add a course or change board plan; last day for course fee refunds
Feb. 12-14	Fri.-Sun.	Family Weekend
Mar. 2	Wed.	Suggested date by which to submit low-grade notifications for spring 2016 semester
Mar. 10	Thu.	Last day to drop a course
Mar. 14-18	Mon.-Fri.	Spring recess
Mar. 25	Fri.	César Chávez Day observed (staff and instructional holiday)
Mar. 31	Thu.	Last day to choose pass/no credit grading option; last day to sign student promissory notes
Apr. 20-22	Tue.-Thu.	Pre-enrollment for fall 2016 semester
May 4	Wed.	Last day of classes for spring semester; last day to enroll in a summer research/reading course
May 5-6	Thu.-Fri	Reading Days
May 6	Fri.	Grades for graduating seniors must be submitted by noon; last day to petition for incomplete
May 9-13	Mon.-Fri.	Final examinations
May 13	Fri.	Spring semester ends
May 15	Sun.	Commencement at 10:00 a.m.
May 16	Mon.	Residence halls close at noon
May 19	Thu.	All grades for non-graduating students must be submitted by noon

Fall 2015 Semester

Date	Day	Event
Aug. 22	Saturday	New students arrive; residence halls open for new students
Aug. 29	Saturday	Residence halls open for returning students
Sep. 1	Tuesday	Classes begin
Oct. 19-20	Monday - Tuesday	Fall recess
Nov. 26-27	Thursday - Friday	Thanksgiving recess
Dec. 18	Friday	Fall semester ends
Dec. 19	Saturday	Residence halls close at noon

Spring 2016 Semester

Date	Day	Event
Jan. 17	Sunday	Residence halls open for new and returning students
Jan. 19	Tuesday	Classes begin
Feb. 12-14	Friday - Sunday	Family weekend
Mar. 14-18	Monday - Friday	Spring recess
May 13	Friday	Spring semester ends
May 15	Sunday	Commencement
May 16	Monday	Residence halls close at noon

Fall 2016 Semester

Date	Day	Event
Aug. 21	Sunday	New students arrive; residence halls open for new students
Aug. 27	Saturday	Residence halls open for returning students
Aug. 30	Tuesday	Classes begin
Oct. 17-18	Monday - Tuesday	Fall recess
Nov. 24-25	Thursday - Friday	Thanksgiving recess
Dec. 16	Friday	Fall semester ends
Dec. 17	Saturday	Residence halls close at noon

Spring 2017 Semester

Date	Day	Event
Jan. 15	Sunday	Residence halls open for new and returning students
Jan. 17	Tuesday	Classes begin
Feb. 17-19	Friday - Sunday	Family weekend
Mar. 13-17	Monday - Friday	Spring recess
May 12	Friday	Spring semester ends
May 14	Sunday	Commencement
May 15	Monday	Residence halls close at noon

Fall 2017 Semester

Date	Day	Event
Aug. 20	Sunday	New students arrive; residence halls open for new students
Aug. 26	Saturday	Residence halls open for returning students
Aug. 29	Tuesday	Classes begin
Oct. 16-17	Monday - Tuesday	Fall recess
Nov. 23-24	Thursday - Friday	Thanksgiving recess
Dec. 15	Friday	Fall semester ends
Dec. 16	Saturday	Residence halls close at noon

Spring 2018 Semester

Date	Day	Event
Jan. 14	Sunday	Residence halls open for new and returning students
Jan. 16	Tuesday	Classes begin
Feb. 16-18	Friday - Sunday	Family weekend
Mar. 12-16	Monday - Friday	Spring recess
May 11	Friday	Spring semester ends
May 13	Sunday	Commencement
May 14	Monday	Residence halls close at noon