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Academic Calendar

For more information on the academic schedule, contact Brenda Berry at bberry@usm.maine.edu.

Fall Semester 2007

Thursday-Friday, August 30-31, 2007
Orientation and Registration (entering students)
Monday, September 3, 2007
Labor Day (no classes)
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Fall term begins and add/drop for upper classes begins, 8:00 AM
Monday, September 10, 2007
Add/drop period ends, 4:00 PM
Monday, October 8, 2007
Columbus Day (no classes)
Thursday-Friday, November 22-23, 2007
Thanksgiving Recess
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Thursday schedule
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Monday schedule
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Friday schedule; all classes end
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Exam period begins for all classes, 9:00 AM
Friday, December 21, 2007
Exam period ends

Spring Semester 2008

Monday, January 21, 2008
Martin Luther King Day (no classes)
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Spring term begins and add/drop for upper classes begins, 8:00 AM
Monday, January 28, 2008
Add/drop ends, 4:00 PM
Monday, February 18, 2009
Presidents' Day (no classes)
Monday-Friday, March 10-14, 2008
Spring recess
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Monday schedule; all classes end
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Exam period begins for all classes, 9:00 AM
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Exam period ends
Saturday, May 24, 2008
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.