2018-19 Pomona College Catalog

Jan 25, 2025

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Academic Calendar

Fall Semester 2018

Date	Day	Event
August 21	Tue.	International students arrive; resident hall open for international students
August 25	Sat.	New students arrive; residence halls open for new students
Aug. 25 - Sep. 4	Sat.-Tue.	Orientation for new students
Sep. 1	Sat.	Residence halls open for returning students
Sep. 2	Sun.	Course enrollment for new, transfer, exchange and special students
Sep. 4	Tue.	Fall semester begins; classes begin at 8:10 a.m; convocation
Sep. 11	Tue.	Deadline for (1) coursework for approved spring 2018 incompletes to be submitted to instructors, unless another deadline was approved; (2) independent study proposals for fall 2018
Sep. 17	Mon.	Last day to add a course or change board plan; last day for course fee refunds. All fees become final (art, labs, PE, music)
Oct. 10	Wed.	Suggested date by which to submit low-grade notifications for fall 2018 semester
Oct. 22-23	Mon.-Tue.	Fall recess
Oct. 25	Thu.	Last day to drop a course
Nov. 8	Thu.	Last day to choose pass/no credit grading option; last day to sign student promissory notes
Nov. 12	Mon.	Student accounts must be current to register for spring 2019
Nov. 13-16	Tue.-Fri.	Pre-enrollment for spring 2019 semester
Nov. 21-23	Wed.-Fri.	Thanksgiving recess
Dec. 12	Wed.	Last day of classes for fall semester
Dec. 13-14	Thu.-Fri.	Reading Days
Dec. 14	Fri.	Last day to petition for incomplete
Dec. 17-21	Mon.-Fri.	Final examinations
Dec. 21	Fri.	Fall semester ends
Dec. 22	Sat.	Residence halls close at noon
Dec. 27	Thu.	Final grades must be submitted by noon

Date	Day	Event
Jan. 20	Sun.	Residence halls open for new and returning students
Jan. 21	Mon.	Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Jan. 22	Tue.	Spring semester begins; classes begin at 8:10 a.m.
Jan. 28	Mon.	Deadline for (1) coursework for approved fall 2018 incompletes to be submitted to instructors, unless another deadline was approved; (2) independent study proposals for spring 2019
Feb. 4	Mon.	Last day to add a course or change board plan; last day for course fee refunds. All course fees become final (art, labs, PE, music)
Feb. 15-17	Fri.-Sun.	Family Weekend
Feb. 27	Wed.	Suggested date by which to submit low-grade notifications for spring 2019 semester
Mar. 14	Thu.	Last day to drop a course
Mar.18-22	Mon.-Fri.	Spring recess
Mar. 29	Fri.	César Chávez Day observed (staff and instructional holiday)
Apr. 11	Thu.	Last day to choose pass/no credit grading option; last day to sign student promissory notes
Apr. 22	Mon.	Student accounts must be current to register for fall 2019
Apr. 23-25	Tue.-Thu.	Pre-enrollment for fall 2019 semester
May 8	Wed.	Last day of classes for spring semester; last day to enroll in a summer research/reading course
May 9-10	Thu.-Fri.	Reading Days
May 10	Fri.	Grades for graduating seniors must be submitted by noon; last day to petition for incomplete
May 13-17	Mon.-Fri.	Final examinations
May 17	Fri.	Spring semester ends
May 19	Sun.	Commencement at 10:00 a.m.
May 20	Mon.	Residence halls close at noon
May 23	Thu.	All grades for non-graduating students must be submitted by noon

Date	Day	Event
August 20	Tue.	International students arrive; resident hall open for international students
August 25	Sun.	New students arrive; residence halls open for new students
Aug. 25 - Sep. 3	Sun.-Tue.	Orientation for new students
Aug. 31	Sat.	Residence halls open for returning students
Sep. 1	Sun.	Course enrollment for new, transfer, exchange and special students
Sep. 3	Tue.	Fall semester begins; classes begin at 8:10 a.m; convocation
Sep. 9	Mon.	Deadline for (1) coursework for approved spring 2019 incompletes to be submitted to instructors, unless another deadline was approved; (2) independent study proposals for fall 2019
Sep. 16	Mon.	Last day to add a course or change board plan; last day for course fee refunds. All fees become final (art, labs, PE, music)
Oct. 9	Wed.	Suggested date by which to submit low-grade notifications for fall 2019 semester
Oct. 21-22	Mon.-Tue.	Fall recess
Oct. 24	Thu.	Last day to drop a course
Nov. 7	Thu.	Last day to choose pass/no credit grading option; last day to sign student promissory notes
Nov. 11	Mon.	Student accounts must be current to register for spring 2020
Nov. 19-22	Tue.-Fri.	Pre-enrollment for spring 2020 semester
Nov. 27-29	Wed.-Fri.	Thanksgiving recess
Dec. 11	Wed.	Last day of classes for fall semester
Dec. 12-13	Thu.-Fri.	Reading Days
Dec. 13	Fri.	Last day to petition for incomplete
Dec. 16-20	Mon.-Fri.	Final examinations
Dec. 20	Fri.	Fall semester ends
Dec. 21	Sat.	Residence halls close at noon
Dec. 26	Thu.	Final grades must be submitted by noon

Date	Day	Event
Jan. 19	Sun.	Residence halls open for new and returning students
Jan. 20	Mon.	Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Jan. 21	Tue.	Spring semester begins; classes begin at 8:10 a.m.
Jan. 27	Mon.	Deadline for (1) coursework for approved fall 2019 incompletes to be submitted to instructors, unless another deadline was approved; (2) independent study proposals for spring 2020
Feb. 3	Mon.	Last day to add a course or change board plan; last day for course fee refunds. All course fees become final (art, labs, PE, music)
Feb. 14-16	Fri.-Sun.	Family Weekend
Feb. 26	Wed.	Suggested date by which to submit low-grade notifications for spring 2020 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. 9	Thu.	Last day to choose pass/no credit grading option; last day to sign student promissory notes
Apr. 20	Mon.	Student accounts must be current to register for fall 2020
Apr. 21-23	Tue.-Thu.	Pre-enrollment for fall 2020 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. 20	Tuesday	International students arrive; residence halls open for international students
Aug. 25	Sunday	New students arrive; residence halls open for new students
Aug. 31	Saturday	Residence halls open for returning students
Sept. 3	Tuesday	Classes begin
Oct. 21-22	Monday - Tuesday	Fall recess
Nov. 27-29	Wednesday - Friday	Thanksgiving recess
Dec. 20	Friday	Fall semester ends
Dec. 21	Saturday	Residence halls close at noon

Date	Day	Event
Jan. 19	Sunday	Residence halls open for new and returning students
Jan. 21	Tuesday	Classes begin
Feb. 14-16	Friday - Sunday	Family weekend
Mar. 16-20	Monday - Friday	Spring recess
May 15	Friday	Spring semester ends
May 17	Sunday	Commencement
May 18	Monday	Residence halls close at noon

Date

Day

Event

Aug. 18

Tuesday

International students arrive; residence halls open for international students

Aug. 23

Sunday

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. 25-27

Wednesday - Friday

Thanksgiving recess

Dec. 18

Friday

Fall semester ends

Dec. 19

Saturday

Residence halls close at noon

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. 15-19	Monday - Friday	Spring recess
May 14	Friday	Spring semester ends
May 16	Sunday	Commencement
May 17	Monday	Residence halls close at noon