Table of Contents

Notice to Students

Introduction

1: Academic Calendar

2: Academic Information

3: Fields of Concentration

4: Secondary Fields

5: General Regulations and Standards of Conduct

6: Life in the Harvard Community

7: Financial Information

8: Academic and Support Resources

9: Extracurricular Activities

Academic Year 2009-2010

Fall Term

August 27, Thursday

• Dormitories open for freshmen at 7 am.

August 29, Saturday

• Houses open for upperclass students at 9 am.

• All House dining halls open for dinner; regular meal service begins.

REGISTRATION
For times and places of Registration refer to the Registrar’s Website: www.registrar.fas.harvard.edu.

August 21, Friday
Online registration opens.

August 31, Monday
Last day for all freshmen and new transfer students to register online.

September 1, Tuesday
Last day for all visiting undergraduates to register online.
Last day for all continuing and returning students to register online.

September 2, Wednesday
Academic year begins. First meeting of fall term classes, following a Monday schedule. Courses scheduled to meet on Mondays will meet on September 2; courses that meet Wednesday only are scheduled to hold class for the first time on September 9.

September 7, Monday

• University Holiday: Labor Day.

STUDY CARD DAY

September 10, Thursday
Completed study cards for upperclassmen will be collected at the Houses and are due before 5 pm.

September 11, Friday
Completed study cards for freshmen are due between 9 am and 5 pm in the Faculty Room, Second Floor, University Hall. Completed study cards for new transfer students and visiting undergraduates are due between 9 am and 5 pm at the Common Room, Lehman Hall.

Any study card filed after these dates requires the instructor’s signature for every course listed.

September 11, Friday

• Last day upon which undergraduates may register late for the fall term in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

• Last day upon which undergraduates may cancel their registration for the fall term without payment of tuition.

• Last day upon which undergraduates may submit cross-registration petitions. Note that some schools have earlier deadlines; check with the relevant school.

September 18, Friday

• Final applications for November 2009 degree candidates due.

September 21, Monday

• Last day upon which undergraduates may drop or add any course without a fee.

September 30, Friday

• Students leaving the College by this date are charged one-quarter of tuition and the Student Services Fee. After this date, students will be charged one-half of those costs. See the chart in Chapter 7 for details of room and board charges.

October 1, Thursday

• Applications for degree credit for study out of residence for the spring term are due at the Office of International Programs.

October 5, Monday

• Makeup examinations for 2008-2009 spring term begin.

FIFTH MONDAY

October 5, Monday
No course may be dropped from or added to a student’s record after this date.
No course may be changed from letter-graded to Pass/Fail or from Pass/Fail to letter-graded status for the fall term after this date.

October 12, Monday

• University holiday: Columbus Day.

October 13, Tuesday

• Application deadline for registered non-resident students who wish guaranteed housing in their House of previous residence for spring term.

• Deadline for Returning Student Housing Application for spring term.

SEVENTH MONDAY

October 19, Monday
Last day upon which students may withdraw from a fall term course. After this date students are responsible for all courses in which they are enrolled. Last day upon which March 2010 Degree Candidates may submit a completed and signed petition for a secondary field to the Office of the Registrar. There are no exceptions to this deadline.

October 23, Friday, through October 24, Saturday

• Freshman Parents Weekend. (Parents may attend classes on Friday.)

October 29, Thursday

• Students leaving the College by this date are charged one-half of tuition and the Student Services Fee. After this date, students will be charged three-quarters of those costs. See the chart in Chapter 7 for details of room and board charges.

November 11, Wednesday

• University holiday: Veterans’ Day.

November 16, Monday

• Deadline for students in the fall term to notify the College they are not returning to the College housing for the spring term.

• Deadline to submit a Housing Contract Cancellation form for students who have submitted a Returning Student Housing Application for the spring term.

• Deadline to submit a spring term inter-House Transfer Application.

November 18, Wednesday

• Plans of Study due for class of 2012.

November 23, Monday

• Final applications for March 2010 degree candidates due.

• Last day to change concentration for March 2010 degree candidates without Administrative Board approval.

• Last day upon which March 2010 degree candidates may submit a completed and signed foreign language citation study plan to the Office of the Registrar. There are no exceptions to this deadline.

• Advanced Standing-eligible students planning to graduate after six or seven terms in March 2011, or to begin a fourth year AM program in spring term 2010, must file “Advanced Standing Activation Form” by this date.

November 26, Thursday, through November 29, Sunday

• Thanksgiving recess.

November 30, Monday

• Spring term inter-House transfer decisions made.

December 4, Friday

• Last day in the fall term upon which undergraduates will ordinarily be granted a leave of absence from the College.

• Students leaving the College by this date are charged three-quarters of tuition and the Student Services Fee. After this date, students will be charged the full amount of those costs. See the chart on page 482 for details of room and board charges.

READING PERIOD
December 4, Friday, through December 11, Friday

EXAMINIATION PERIOD

December 12, Saturday, through December 21, Monday
See the Registrar’s Website, www.registrar.fas.harvard.edu, for exam times and locations for fall term courses.

December 22, 2009, Tuesday, through January 3, 2010, Sunday

• Winter recess.

December 22, Tuesday

• Students not continuing in residence for spring term 2010-2011 must leave their rooms by noon.

• Students transferring from one House to another must move between 9 am and noon on this day.

• Houses and Dorms close at 5 pm. All students must vacate their residence by this deadline.

January 4, Monday, through January 24, Sunday

• January break.

January 18, Monday

• University Holiday: Martin Luther King Day.

Spring Term

REGISTRATION
For specific times and locations, refer to www.registrar.fas.harvard.edu.

January 20, Wednesday
Online registration opens at the Registrar’s Website.

January 25, Monday
Last day for all continuing, new transfer, and visiting undergraduates to register online.

 January 22, Friday

• All Houses and Dorms open at 9 am for the spring term.

January 25, Monday

• Spring term begins. First meeting of spring term classes.

STUDY CARD DAY

January 29, Friday
Completed study cards are due for all students before 5 pm.

Any study card filed after this date requires the instructor’s signature for every course listed.

January 29, Friday

• Last day upon which undergraduates may register late for the spring term in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

• Last day upon which undergraduates may cancel their registration for the spring term without payment of tuition.

February 5, Friday

• Last day upon which undergraduates may submit cross-registration petitions. Note that some schools have earlier deadlines; check with the relevant school.

February 12, Friday

• Last day upon which undergraduates may drop or add any course or change the status of letter-graded or Pass/Fail course without a fee.

February 15, Monday

• University holiday: Presidents’ Day.

February 16, Tuesday

• Deadline to submit a fall term Inter-House Transfer Application (Round 1).

• Application deadline for registered non-resident students who wish to be guaranteed housing in their House of previous residence for fall term.

• Deadline to submit a Returning Student Housing Application for fall term.
  

FIFTH MONDAY

February 22, Monday
Last day upon which a course may be dropped from or added to a student’s record. No course may be changed from letter-graded to Pass/Fail or from Pass/Fail to letter-graded status for the spring term after this date.

Last day upon which 2009-2010 full courses may be divided with credit for the first half. If this has not already been done on the study card, students must file a petition to divide with credit, complete with any necessary signatures, by this date.

February 22, Monday

• Makeup examinations for 2009-2010 fall term begin.

• Fall term inter-House transfer decisions made.

February 24, Wednesday

• Students leaving College by this date are charged one-quarter of tuition and the Student Services Fee. After this date, students will be charged one-half of those costs. See chart in Chapter 7 for details of room and board charges.

March 1, Monday

• Applications for degree credit for study out of residence for the summer or fall term are due at the Office of International Programs.

March 5, Friday, through March 6, Saturday

• Junior Parents Weekend. (Parents may attend classes on Friday.)

SEVENTH MONDAY

March 8, Monday
Last day upon which students may withdraw from a spring term course. Last day upon which students may withdraw from a full course. After this date students are responsible for all courses in which they are enrolled.

Last day upon which June 2010 and November 2010 degree candidates may submit a completed and signed petition for a secondary field to the Office of the Registrar. There are no exceptions to this deadline.

March 13, Saturday, through March 21, Sunday

• Spring recess.

March 28, Sunday

• Students leaving the College by this date are charged one-half of tuition and the Student Services Fee. After this date, students will be charged one-half of those costs. See chart on page 482 for details of room and board charges.

April 2, Friday

• Final degree applications for May 2010 degree candidates due.

• Last day to change concentration without Administrative Board approval for May 2010 and November 2010 degree candidates.

• Last day upon which May 2010 and November 2010 degree candidates may submit a completed and signed foreign language citation study plan to the Office of the Registrar. There are no exceptions to this deadline.

• Advanced Standing-eligible students planning to graduate after six or seven terms in May 2011 or November 2011, or to begin a fourth year AM program in fall term 2010, must file the “Advanced Standing Activation Form” by this date.

April 20, Sunday

• Deadline for the class of 2013 to report advising conversations.

April 29, Thursday

• Last day in the spring term upon which undergraduates will ordinarily be granted a leave of absence from the College.

• Students leaving the College by this date are charged three-quarters of tuition, and the Student Services Fee (see chart on page 482 for details of room and board changes.) After this date, students will be charged the full amount of those costs.

READING PERIOD
April 29, Thursday, through May 6, Thursday

EXAMINATION PERIOD
May 7, Friday, through May 15, Saturday
See the Registrar’s Website, www.registrar.fas.harvard.edu, for exam times and locations for  spring term courses.

May 16, Sunday

• Non-graduates must vacate their rooms by noon.

May 17, Monday

• Deadline to submit a fall term Inter-House Transfer Application (Round 2).

• Deadline to submit a Housing Contract Cancellation form for the fall term.

May 27, Thursday

• Harvard University Commencement.

May 28, Friday

• Graduating seniors must vacate their rooms by 5 pm.

May 31, Monday

• University holiday: Memorial Day.