Prepared 5 Apr 99 - subject to change. If instructional time is lost because of inclement weather or other emergency, changes in the academic calendar will be made, either by extending the semester, or by whatever other modifications are necessary. Dates apply to all schools unless otherwise specified.
All dates are inclusive. The following abbreviations are used:
IBC — Isaac Breuer College of Hebraic Studies
JSS — James Striar School of Jewish Studies
MYP — Mazer Schooll Yeshiva Program
SBMP — Stone Beit Midrash Program
SCW — Stern College for Women
SSB — Sy Syms School of Business
YC —Yeshiva College
Fall Semester 1999
August 29-31, Sunday-Tuesday — Orientation for New Students
August 31, Tuesday — Registration for new students and Program Changes for Israel returnees
September 1, Wednesday — First Day of Classes
September 6, Monday — Labor Day, No Classes
September 8, Wednesday — Follows a Monday Schedule
September 10-12, Friday-Sunday — Rosh Hashana, No Classes
September 13, Monday — Fast of Gedalya, Main Campus, No Classes after 1:00pm; Midtown Campus, No Classes
September 17, Friday — Last Day to Enter New Class Without Special Permission2
September 17, Friday — Last Day to File for January Degree
September 19-October 4, Sunday-Monday — Yom Kippur through Sukkot, No Classes
October 5,Tuesday — Classes Resume
October 6, Wednesday — Monday Schedule
October 8, Friday — YC: Hebrew Language CreditlExemption Exam for HEB 120511206 Administered
November 2, Tuesday — Election Day, Main Campus: Follows a Sunday Schedule After 1:00pm; Midtown: No Classes; Faculty Development Day
November 4-10, Thursday-Wednesday — IBC, JSS, MYP, and SBMP, Midterm Examinations; No SSB-Uptown or YC Non-Jewish Studies Tests
November 17, Wednesday — Last Day for Eligible Students to Withdraw with Partial Tuition Refund
November 24, Wednesday — Last Day to Withdraw from a Course3 — Main Campus
November 25-26, Thursday-Friday — Thanksgiving Break, No Classes
November 28, Sunday — MYP Classes Follow Regular Sunday Schedule
November 29-December 3, Monday-Friday — Period to file for PIN Grade
December 3, Friday — Last Day to Withdraw from a Course3 — Midtown Campus
December 5, Sunday — MYP Chanukah Vacation
December 9, Thursday — Chanukah, Main Campus Follows a Sunday Schedule After 1:00pm; Midtown: Regular Class Schedule
December 19, Sunday — Fast 10th of Tevet, Regular Classes
December 30-January 6, Thursday-Thursday — Fall Semester Final Examinations — Midtown Campus
January 2-9, Sunday-Sunday — Fall Semester Final Examinations — Main Campus
January 7-23, Friday-Sunday — Intersession — Midtown Campus
January 10-23, Monday-Sunday — Intersession — Main Campus
NOTES:
Students are advised to submit their applications for graduation to the Registrar at registration and not wait until the deadline.
With written permission of the instructor and school dean or director, students may enter a class up to two weeks later.
November 24 on the Main Campus or December 3 on the Midtown Campus is the last day to withdraw from a course and to change Hebraic Studies transfer credit without special permission from the dean or director and without notation on the record. However, the proper forms must be filed in the Office of the Registrar.
Reading Period is the 14th contact week of the semester. Classes meet at the discretion of instructors; No exams or finals may be given; Laboratories meet.
Spring Semester, 2000
January 23, Sunday — Orientation & Registration for New Students; Late Registration for Returning Students (Midtown)
January 24, Monday — First Day of Classes (All Schools); Late Registration for Returning Students (Main)
January 28, Friday — YC: Hebrew Language CreditlExemption Exam for HEB 120511206 Administered
February 1, Tuesday — Last Day to File for May Degree1
February 4, Friday — Last Day to Enter New Class Without Special Permission2
February 21. Monday — Tentative Grades from Fall Become Final
March 6-9, Monday-Thursday — IBC, JSS, MYP, & SBMP Midterm Examinations; no SSB-Uptown or YC Non-Jewish Studies Tests
March 17, Friday — Last Day for Eligible Students to Withdraw with Partial Tuition Refund
March 20, Monday — Fast of Esther, Main Campus: No Classes after 1pm; Midtown: No Classes
March 21, Tuesday — Purim, No Classes
March 22-28, Wednesday-Tuesday — Period to file for PIN Grade
March 28, Tuesday — Last Day to Withdraw from a Course3 — Main Campus
April 4, Tuesday Last Day to Withdraw from a Course3 — Midtown Campus
April 17-30, Monday-Sunday — Passover Recess (April 23 INissan 181, Sunday — Rabbi Samuel Belkin and Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Yahrzeits)
May 12, Friday — Midtown Reading Wednesday for Classes which meet from 3:25pm to 8:00pm
May 17-24, Wednesday-Wednesday — Spring Semester Final Examinations — Midtown Campus
May 18-24, Thursday-Wednesday — Spring Semester Final Examinations — Main Campus
May 25, Thursday — Commencement Exercises
May 30-June 29, Tuesday-Thursday — MYP Shiurim Resume
June 8-10, Thursday-Saturday — Shavuot (MYP: Special Learning Program)
July 3, Monday — Tentative Grades from Spring Become Final
August 3, Thursday — Last Day to Apply for September Degree
September 1, Friday — Last Day to Complete Requirements (all grades in) for September Degree
NOTES:
1.Students are advised to submit their applications for graduation to the Registrar at registration and not wait until the deadline.
2.With written permission of the instructor and school dean or director, students may enter a class up to two weeks later.
3.March 28 on the Main Campus or April 4 on the Midtown Campus is the last day to withdraw from a course and to change Hebraic Studies transfer credit without special permission from the dean or director and without notation on the record. However, the proper forms must be filed in the Office of the Registrar.
4.Reading Period is the 14th contact week of the semester. Classes meet at the discretion of instructors; No exams or finals may be given; Laboratories meet.
