Academic Calendar
For more information on the academic schedule, contact Brenda Berry at bberry@usm.maine.edu.
FALL SEMESTER 2011
- Thursday - Friday, August 25-26
- Orientation
- Monday, August 29
- Fall term begins Add/Drop for upper classes begins, 8:00 a.m.
- Friday, September 2
- Add/Drop ends, 4:00 p.m.
- Monday, September 5
- Labor Day (No Classes)
- Monday, October 10
- Columbus Day (No Classes)
- Friday, November 11
- Veteran's Day (No Classes)
- Thursday - Friday, November 24-25
- Thanksgiving Recess
- Tuesday, November 29
- Friday Schedule
- Wednesday, November 30
- Monday Schedule
- Friday, December 2
- All Classes End
- Thursday, December 8
- Examination period begins for all classes, 9:00 a.m.
- Saturday, December 17
- Examination period ends
SPRING SEMESTER 2012
- Monday, January 16
- Martin Luther King Day (No Classes)
- Tuesday, January 17
- Spring term begins Add/Drop for upper classes begins, 8:00 a.m.
- Monday January 23
- Add/Drop ends, 4:00 p.m.
- Monday February 20
- President's Day (No Classes)
- Monday-Friday March 5-9
- Spring Recess
- Tuesday April 24
- Monday Schedule; All classes end
- Tuesday May 1
- Examination period begins for all classes, 9:00 a.m.
- Wednesday May 9
- Examination period ends
- Saturday May 19
- Law School Graduation
Note: Examination periods are an integral part of the academic calendar. Students must be available to sit for examinations during the designated period regardless of their individual examination schedules; this includes regularly scheduled examinations on Saturdays. Examinations may be rescheduled (due to inclement weather or some other unforeseeable event) during the period and students will be expected to be present at the newly appointed time.
