SPRING SEMESTER 2002
Final date for filing: application for admission; application for readmission following academic suspension; returning student application for registration materials; application for resident fees (if applicable)  November 1
Spring 2002 graduation applications filed with departmental advisers Monday, December 3
New Year's Day Holiday
No Classes - Offices Closed 
Tuesday, January 1
Spring Semester Begins Monday, January 14
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
No Classes - Offices Closed
Monday, January 21
New Student Orientation sessions
TBA
Residence Halls Open  Sunday, January 20
Instruction Begins -- First Day of Classes Tuesday, January 22
Final date for Late Registration and paying registration fees. 

Final date to receive 100 percent refund if dropping individual classes or completely withdrawing from the university. 

Tuesday, January 29
Final date for adding class section to existing registration. 

Final date for changing grading options of: Letter grading to S/U, or S/U to Letter grading, or Audit to Credit. 

Thursday, January 31
President's Day
No Classes - Offices Closed 
Monday, February 18
Final date for dropping classes  Friday, March 15
Spring Break
No classes - Offices open 
Saturday-Sunday
March 30- April 7
Mackay Week  TBA 
Final Date for filing graduate final oral exam reports and/or approved thesis or dissertation with Graduate School  Monday, April 29
Application for August 2002 graduation filed with department advisers
Wednesday, May 1
Prep Day for final exams
No classes - Offices are open
Wednesday, May 8
Final Exam week schedule begins
Thursday, May 9
Honor the Best Wednesday, May 15
Instruction Ends  Wednesday, May 15
Final grades filed with Office of Admissions and Records
by 9 a.m. 
Friday, May 17
Commencement Saturday, May 18
Semester Ends
Monday, May 20
Memorial Day
No classes- Offices Closed
Monday, May 27
Independence Day
No classes- Offices Closed
Thursday, July 4
Summer Session 2002
NOTE: Consult the Summer Session Class Schedule, when available, for registration information.
Application for August 2002 graduation filed with departmental advisers Wednesday, May 1
Mini-term instruction begins; 

LAST day to receive a full refund for Mini-term summer classes

Monday, May 20
Registration for mini-term closes. 

Last day to add classes or change from audit to credit, letter grade to satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U) or from S/U to letter grade, by 5 p.m.

Tuesday, May 21
Last day to drop mini-term classes and receive a 50 percent refund of fees Wednesday, May 22
Last day to drop mini-term classes, change from credit to audit, or withdraw from the university without a grade being recorded Friday, May 24
Memorial Day - Offices Closed -No classes Monday, May 27
Mini-term instruction ends Friday, June 7
Final Grades for mini-term due in Office of Admissions and Records. 12 noon Monday, June 10
FIRST-TERM instruction begins;

Last day to receive a full refund of fees

Monday, June 10
Registration for first-term closes.

Last day to add classes or change from audit to credit, letter grade to satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U), or from S/U to letter grade- 5pm

Wednesday, June 12
Last day to drop first-term classes and receive a 50 percent refund of fees Friday, June 14
Last day to drop first-term classes, change from credit to audit, or withdraw from the university without a grade being recorded Friday, June 21
Independence Day  Thursday, July 4
First-term instruction ends Friday, July 12
Final grades for first-term due in Office of Admissions and Records 12 noon Monday, July 15
SECOND-TERM instruction begins;

Last day to receive a full refund of fees

Monday, July 15
Registration for Second-term closes.

Last day to add classes or change from audit to credit, letter grade to satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U), or from S/U to letter grade- 5pm

Wednesday, July 17
Last day to drop Second-term classes and receive a 50 percent refund of fees Friday, July 19
Last day to drop Second-term classes, change from credit to audit, or withdraw from the university without a grade being recorded Friday, July 26
Final date for filing graduate final oral examination reports Friday, August 9
Final date for filing approved thesis or dissertation with Graduate School Friday, August 9
Second-term instruction ends Thursday, August 15
Final grades for Second-term due in Office of Admissions and Records 12 noon Friday, August 16
NOTE: Consult the 2002 Summer Session Class Schedule, when available, for registration information.

FALL SEMESTER 2002
Final date for filing scholarship application Friday, February 1
Final date for filing: application for admission; application for readmission following suspension; returning student application for registration materials; application for resident fees (if applicable)
Friday, March 1
Fall graduation applications filed with departmental advisers Wednesday, May 1
Independence Day
No classes- Offices Closed
Thursday, July 4
Fall Semester Begins Monday, August 19
Residence Halls open Wednesday, August 21
New Student Orientation sessions Thursday- Friday Aug. 22 - Aug. 23
Instruction begins -First day of classes Monday, August 26
Late Registration begins Monday, August 26
Labor Day
No classes- Offices Closed
Monday, September 2
Final date for late registration and paying registration fees

Final date for 100 percent refund if dropping individual class sections or completely withdrawing from the university 

Final date for refunds for dropping individual classes

Tuesday, September 3
Final Date for:

Adding classes to an existing registration

Changing from letter grading to S/U; Changing from S/U to letter grading; changing from audit to credit

Thursday, September 5
Parent's Weekend
TBA
Homecoming      (subject to change) TBA
Final date for Dropping/Auditing Classes Friday, October 18
Nevada Day Observed-
No Classes - Offices Closed
Friday, October 25
Nevada Day
October 31
Veterans Day Observed-
No Classes - Offices Closed
Monday, November 11
Thanksgiving Day
No Classes - Offices Closed 
Thursday, November 28
Family Day
No Classes - Offices Closed 
Friday, November 29
Final Date for filing graduate final oral exam reports and/or approved thesis or dissertation with Graduate School  Monday, December 2
Spring graduation applications filed with departmental advisers
Friday, December 6
Commencement  Saturday, December 7
Prep Day for final exams
No classes - Offices are open
Wednesday, December 11
Final exam week schedule begins Thursday, December 12
Instruction Ends  Wednesday, December 18
Residence Halls close
Thursday, December 19
Final grades filed with Office of Admissions and Records by 9a.m.
Semester Ends
Friday, December 20
Christmas Day 
No Classes - Offices Closed 
Wednesday, December 25

University of Nevada, Reno
Last updated on: 30 January 2003
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