Parkland College

Academic Calendar

Fall Semester 2009

• Fall course reservation (continuing students) April 13-19
• Open registration April 20-August 23
• Last day for preregistered students to pay for reserved courses (students will be dropped from courses for failure to meet this deadline) August 10
• Faculty and Staff Development (offices closed) 8-10 a.m. August 17
• Sections with insufficient enrollment cancelled August 19
• Instruction begins August 24
• Late registration and add period August 24-30
• Last day to drop with 100% refund from full-semester courses August 30
• Last day to drop without record from full-semester courses September 6
• Last day to drop with 50% refund from full-semester courses September 6
• Labor Day (college closed) September 7
• Midterm October 16
• Midterm grades due by 9 p.m. for full-semester courses October 19
• Spring course reservation November 2-8
• Open registration begins for spring semester November 9
• Deadline for fall graduation application November 10
• Last day to withdraw with W grade from full-semester courses December 4
• Thanksgiving vacation (begins at 5 p.m.) November 25
• Thanksgiving recess (college closed) November 26-29
• Classes resume November 30
• Last day of classes December 11
• Final examinations December 14-18
• Grades due by 11 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . .December 20
• Winter break (college closed) December 24-January 3, 2010

Spring Semester 2010

• Spring course reservation (continuing students) November 2-8
• Open registration November 9-January 10
• Last day for preregistered students to pay for reserved courses (students will be dropped from courses for failure to meet this deadline) December 15
• Sections with insufficient enrollment cancelled January 6
• Instruction begins January 11
• Late registration and add period January 11-17
• Last day to drop with 100% refund from full-semester courses January 17
• Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday (college closed) January 18
• Last day to drop without record from full-semester courses January 25
• Last day to drop with 50% refund from full-semester courses January 25
• Professional Development Day (no day or night classes) February 25
• Deadline for spring and summer graduation application to participate in commencement March 1
• Midterm March 5
• Midterm grades due by 9 p.m. for full-semester courses March 9
• Spring vacation March 20-28
• Spring holiday (college closed) March 26
• Classes resume March 29
• Deadline for spring graduation application not participating in commencement April 5
• Fall course reservation April 12-18
• Open registration April 19-August 15
• Last day to withdraw with W grade from full-semester courses April 29
• Last day of classes May 6
• Study day (no classes) May 7
• Final examinations May 10-14
• Commencement May 14
• Grades due by 11 p.m. for full-semester courses May 17

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