The Academic Year
Undergraduate Studies
The following schedule contains
the dates prescribed by the University Senate for academic activities. Dates
relating to fee payment, cancellation of course selections, late charges,
and other fees or charges will be published in the Important Dates and Deadlines
section of the 2005-2006 Registration Instructions and Class Schedule booklet.
The academic year is divided
into three terms:
Summer term: May - August
Fall term: September
- December
Winter term: January - April
Courses are offered in the
following patterns:
Early summer: May - June
Late summer: July - August
Full summer: May - August
Fall term: September - December
Winter term: December - April
Fall/winter: September - April
Courses are offered during
the day and the evening.
Fall Term 2005
- September 1, 2005
- • Last day for receipt of applications
from potential fall graduates.
• Last day for receipt of applications
from potential fall graduates.
- September 3-10
- • PrepWeek. Academic and social orientation
to the campus.
- September 5 (Monday)
- • Statutory holiday, University
closed.
• PrepWeek activities continue.
- September 6 (Tuesday)
- • Fall term begins.
- September 6 - 7
- • Academic Orientation. All students
are expected to be on campus. Class and laboratory preparations, departmental
introductions for students, and other academic preparation activities will
be held.
- September 7 (Wednesday)
- • Orientation for Teaching Assistants.
- September 8 (Thursday)
- • Fall and fall/winter classes begin.
- September 23 (Friday)
- • Last day for registration.
• Last day to change courses or sections
for fall/winter and fall term courses.
- September 30 (Friday)
- • Last day for receipt of applications
for review of final grades in summer term courses.
- October 7 (Friday)
- • University Day at Carleton. Undergraduate
classes suspended.
- October 10 (Monday)
- • Statutory holiday, University closed.
- October 15
- • Last day for receipt of applications
for admission to a degree program for the 2006 winter term from applicants
whose documents originate from outside Canada or the United States.
- November 7 (Monday)
- • Last day to withdraw
from fall term courses.
• Last day to submit, to the Paul Menton
Centre for Students with Disabilities, Formal Examination Accommodation Forms
for December examinations.
- November 13 (Sunday)
- • Fall convocation for the conferring of
degrees.
- November 15
- • Last day for receipt of applications
for admission to a degree program for the 2006 winter term.
- November 21 (Monday)
- • Last day for tests or examinations in
courses below the 4000-level before the final examination period (see Examination
Regulations in the Academic Regulations of the University section of this
Calendar).
- December 1
- • Last day for receipt of applications
from potential winter (February) graduates.
- December 5 (Monday)
- • Last day of fall-term
classes.
• Fall term ends. • Last day for receipt
of applications for degree program transfers for winter term of fall/winter
session. • Last day for handing in term assignments
for fall term courses, subject to any earlier course deadline.
- December 7 - 22
- • Final examinations in fall term courses
and mid-term examinations in fall/winter courses will be held. It may be
necessary to schedule examinations during the day for classes held in the
evening and vice versa.
- December 24 - January 1
- • University closed.
Winter Term 2006
- January 2, 2006 (Monday)
- • Winter term begins.
- January 4 (Wednesday)
- • Winter-term classes begin.
- January 20 (Friday)
- • Last day for registration
for winter term courses.
• Last day to change courses or sections
for winter term courses.
- January 30 (Monday)
- • Last day for receipt of applications
for review of final grades in fall-term courses.
- February 1
- • Last day for receipt
of applications from potential Spring graduates.
. Last day for receipt of applications
for admission to the Bachelor of Architectural Studies and the Bachelor of
Social Work degree programs for the 2006-2007 fall-winter session.
- February 20 - 24
- • Winter Break, classes
suspended.
• Fall-term deferred final examinations
will be held.
- March 1
- • Last day for receipt of applications
to the Bachelor of Humanities, Bachelor of Industrial Design and the Bachelor
of Music degree program for the 2006/2007 fall/winter session.
- March 10 (Friday)
- • Last day to withdraw
from fall/winter and winter-term courses.
• Last day to submit, to the Paul Menton
Centre for Students with Disabilities, Formal Examination Accommodation Forms
for April examinations.
- March 24 (Friday)
- • Last day for tests or examinations in
courses below the 4000-level before the final examination period (see Examination
Regulations in the Academic Regulations of the University section of this
Calendar).
- April 1
- • Last day for receipt of applications
for admission to a program (except Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Bachelor
of Humanities, Bachelor of Industrial Design, Bachelor of Music, and Bachelor
of Social Work), for the 2006/2007 fall/winter session, from candidates whose
documents originate outside Canada or the United States.
- April 4
- • Last day of fall/winter and winter-term
classes. Some lectures, laboratories, review tutorials, etc. may take place
in Review Period until the end of Winter term on April 7.
- April 5- 7
- • Review Period. Some lectures, laboratories,
review tutorials, etc. may take place.
- April 7 (Friday)
- • Winter term ends.
• Last day for handing in term assignments,
subject to any earlier course deadline.
- April 10 - 29
- • Final examinations in winter term and
fall/winter courses will be held. It may be necessary to schedule examinations
during the day for classes held in the evening and vice versa.
- April 14
- • Statutory holiday, university closed.
- May 1
- • Last day for receipt of applications
for admission to the Bachelor of Journalism program and the Child Studies
program for the 2006-2007 fall-winter session.
- June 1
- • Last day for receipt
of applications for admission to a program (except Bachelor of Architectural
Studies, Bachelor of Humanities, Bachelor of Industrial Design, Bachelor
of Journalism, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Social Work and Child Studies
program) for the 2006/2007 fall/winter session from mature applicants, from
those presenting post-secondary education qualifications and from those transferring
from other universities in Canada or the United States.
• Last day for receipt of applications
for admission to a program (except Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Bachelor
of Humanities, Bachelor of Industrial Design, Bachelor of Journalism, Bachelor
of Music, Bachelor of Social Work and Child Studies program) from applicants
with high school qualifications from Canada or the United States.
- June 15 - 17
- • Spring convocation for the conferring
of degrees.
- June 15 - 27 (Post publication update--see updates page for details)
- • Fall/winter and winter term deferred
final examinations will be held.
- June 30
- • Last day for receipt of applications
for review of final grades in fall/winter and winter term courses.
- July 15
- • Last day for receipt of applications
for internal degree transfers to allow for registration for the 2006/2007
fall/winter session.
Summer Term 2006
- March 1, 2006
- • Last day for receipt of applications
for admission to a degree program for the 2006 summer term.
- May 1
- • Last day for receipt of applications
for degree program transfers for the 2006 summer term.
- May 17
- • Full summer and early summer courses
begin.
- May 22
- • Statutory holiday, University closed.
Missed classes may meet May 26.
- May 26
- • Last day for registration and course
changes for early summer and full summer courses.
- June 2
- • Last day to withdraw
from early summer courses.
• Last day to submit, to the Paul
Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities, Formal Examination Accommodation
Forms for June examinations.
- June 15-27
- • Fall-winter final deferred examinations
will be held.
- June 27
- • Last day of classes for
early summer. (Note: full-session courses resume July 4)
• Last
day for handing in term assignments, subject to any earlier course deadline.
- June 28 - 30
- • Early summer final examinations will
be held. It may be necessary to schedule examinations during the day for
classes held in the evening and vice versa.
- July 3
- • Statutory holiday, University closed.
Missed classes may meet July 14.
- July 4
- • Late summer courses begin.
- July 7
- • Last day for registration and course
changes for late summer courses.
- July 21
- • Last day to withdraw
from full summer and late summer courses.
. Last day to submit, to
the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities, Formal Examination
Accommodation Forms for August examinations.
- August 7
- • Civic holiday, University closed. Missed
classes may meet August 11.
- August 11
- • Last day of summer term
classes.
• Last day for handing in term assignments,
subject to any earlier course deadline.
- August 12 - 16
- • Final examinations in full summer and
late summer courses will be held. It may be necessary to schedule examinations
during the day for classes held in the evening and vice versa.
- September 30
- • Last day for receipt of applications
for review of final grades in summer term courses.
- October 21
- • Summer term deferred final examinations
will be held.
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