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Registrar@american.edu
Registrar's Office
4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW,
Asbury Building, Room 200,
Washington, DC 20016-8064
Tel:202-885-2200
Fax 202-885-1052
Office hours:
M - F 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Last Update: 08/10/2004 15:35:45


AY 2004-2005 ACADEMIC CALENDAR
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The academic calendar is divided into fall and spring semesters of approximately 15 weeks each and summer sessions of varying length. The last week of the fall and spring semesters is set aside for final examinations. If no final examination is given, the course will meet for a final class during the scheduled final examination period.
The holidays and vacations usually observed by the university are as follows: Labor Day; Thanksgiving (Wednesday–Sunday); Christmas Eve/Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day (included in the mid-year intersession break); Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; Inauguration Day (every four years); Memorial Day; and Independence Day. Fall break is two days in October; spring break is the week following the spring semester midterm. Classes continue until 10:40 p.m. the evening before a holiday or vacation period.

FALL SEMESTER 2004 
Welcome Week August 22–29 Su–Su
Last day to register for fall 2004 without a late fee August 27 F
Fall classes begin. Late registration (with $50 fee) begins
 August 30 M
Freshman/undergraduate transfer spring semester admission application deadline for students living outside the United States September 1 W
Late registration for fall ends
Last day to drop MBA 1st Module courses for 100% refund and without a "W" recorded
 September 3 F
Labor Day; no classes, university offices closed September 6 M
Mathematics Equivalency Examination September 10 F
Last day to add a fall course or change a grade option
Last day to drop a fall course for a 100% refund and without a "W" recorded
Last day to drop MBA 1st Module courses for a 50% refund (no refunds for 1st Modules after this date)
 September 13 M
Last day to drop a fall course for a 50% refund
Last day to add an internship or Cooperative Education Field Experience
Last day to drop MBA 1st Module courses
 September 20 M
Last day to drop a fall course for a 25% refund (no refunds after this date)
Last day to add an independent reading course or study project
 September 27 M
Early warning notices due in Registrar's Office October 4 M
Fall Break; no classes, university offices open October 11–12 M–T
Last day to drop a fall course (mid-term) October 15 F
English Competency Examination October 16 S
MBA 2nd Module courses begin October 20 W
Family Weekend October 22–24 F–Su
Spring 2005 advance registration (with billing) begins
Students registering for final semester begin submitting applications for spring graduation
 October 25 M
Last day to drop MBA 2nd Module courses for 100% refund and without a "W" recorded October 27 W
Undergraduate transfer spring semester admission application deadline for students living in the United States November 1 M
Last day to drop MBA 2nd Module courses for a 50% refund (no refunds for 2nd Modules after this date) November 3 W
Last day to drop MBA 2nd Module courses
Theses and dissertations due in deans' offices for fall degree candidates
 November 10 W
Early Decision freshman fall semester admission/financial aid application deadline November 15 M
Thanksgiving holiday; no classes; university offices closed Thursday and Friday November 24–28 W–Su
Freshman spring semester admission application deadline for students living in the United States December 1 W
Spring 2005 advance registration (with billing) ends December 3 F
Fall classes end
Theses and dissertations due in Registrar's Office for fall degree candidates
 December 13 M
Fall study days; no classes December 14–15 T–W
Fall final examinations December 16–22 Th–W
Final grades due in Registrar's Office December 20–28 M–T
Winter holiday; university offices closed December 23–24 Th–F
New Year holiday; university offices close December 30–31 Th–F
SPRING SEMESTER 2005
Spring Welcome Week January 3–9 M–Su
Last day to register for spring 2005 without a late fee January 7 F
Spring classes begin
Late registration (with $50 fee) begins
 January 10 M
Late registration for spring ends
Last day to drop MBA 1st Module courses for 100% refund and without a "W" recorded
 January 14 F
Freshman fall semester admission application deadline January 15 S
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; no classes, university offices closed January 17 M
Inauguration Day; no classes, university offices closed January 20 Th
Mathematics Equivalency Examination January 21 F
Last day to add a spring course or change a grade option
Last day to drop a spring course for a 100% refund and without a "W" recorded
Last day to drop MBA 1st Module courses for a 50% refund (no refunds for 1st Modules after this date)
 January 24 M
Last day to drop a spring course for a 50% refund
Last day to add an internship or Cooperative Education Field Experience
Last day to drop MBA 1st Module courses
 February 1 T
English Competency Examination February 5 S
Last day to drop a spring course for a 25% refund (no refunds after this date)
Last day to add an independent reading course or study project
 February 8 T

Early warning notices due in Registrar's Office.
Freshman fall 2005 semester financial aid application deadline

 February 15 T
MBA 2nd Module courses begin.
Undergraduate transfer for fall 2005 and spring 2006 semester financial aid application deadline		 March 1 T
Last day to drop a spring class (mid-term)
March 4 F
Spring break; no classes, university offices open Monday through Friday March 6–13 S–S
Last day to drop MBA 2nd Module courses for a 100% refund and without a "W" recorded. March 15 T
English Competency Examination March 19 S
Last day to drop MBA 2nd Module courses for a 50% refund (no refunds for 2nd Modules after this date) March 22 T
Summer 2005 registration (with payment) and Fall 2005 advance registration (with billing) begins
Theses and dissertations due in deans' offices for spring degree candidates
Students registering for final semester begin submitting applications for summer and fall graduation
March 28 M
Last day to drop MBA 2nd Module courses March 29 T
Spring classes end
Theses and dissertations due in Registrar's Office for spring degree candidates
 April 25 M
Spring study days; no classes April 26–27 T–W
Spring final examinations April 28–May 4 Th–W
Undergraduate transfer fall semester admission application deadline for students living outside the United States May 1 S
Spring final grades due in Registrar's Office May 3–May 6 T–F
Honors Convocation May 7 S
Spring Commencement May 8 Su
SUMMER SESSIONS
(Dates subject to change)
 2005
7-week summer session begins May 9 M
First 6-week, first 3-week, and cross summer sessions begin May 16 M
Last Day to add a summer Internship and Cooperative Education Field Experience. May 18 W
Memorial Day; no classes, university offices closed May 30 M
First 3-week summer session ends June 2 Th
English Competency Examination June 4 S
Second 3-week summer session begins June 6 M
7-week, second 3-week, and first 6-week summer sessions end June 23 Th
Second 6-week day and evening summer sessions begin June 27 M
Undergraduate transfer fall semester admission application deadline for students living in the United States July 1F
Independence Day; no classes, university offices closed July 4 M
Fall 2005 advance registration (with billing) ends July 15 F
Theses and dissertations due in deans' offices for summer degree candidates July 22 F

End of summer sessions
Theses and dissertations due in Registrar's Office for summer degree candidates

 August 4 Th
 
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