Academic & Related Dates
Fall 2008
| May, 2008 |
| 15 |
LORIS available for registration for fall 2008 / winter 2009 / spring 2009, ongoing through summer and fall/winter |
| July, 2008 |
| 14 |
Early registration discount ends for fall and fall/winter terms
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| September, 2008 |
| 1 |
Labour Day |
| Sep 2 - Dec 12 |
Fall term field placements for 2nd year full-time MSW students |
| 3 |
Graduate Studies Orientation for all new graduate students |
| 4 |
Orientation for incoming students in the Faculty of Social Work |
| 5 |
Final day to cancel fall term 2008 and fall/winter 2008/09 session registration with no tuition charge (cancellation fee applies) |
| 6 |
Orientation for incoming part-time MBA students |
| 8 |
Fall term begins |
| Sep 10 - Apr 17 |
Fall term field placements for full-time MSW advanced standing students |
| 12 |
Final day to drop fall and fall/winter course(s) with no tuition charge but remain registered (students must remain registered in at least one course) (part-time MBA students only) |
| Sep 13 - Sep 19 |
Part-time MBA students who drop any course(s) in this timeframe (even if replaced with another course or courses) will be assessed 10% of the tuition fee for the dropped course(s)
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| 19 |
Final day for late registration and for adding fall term 2008 and fall/winter 2008/09 session courses |
| 19 |
Final day to withdraw from the program at 10 percent tuition charge |
| Sep 20 - Nov 3 | If you withdraw from a course (or courses) (part-time MBA students) or from your graduate program (all graduate students) during this time period, you are responsible for 55% tuition
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| 30 |
Final day for submitting final (post-defence) copies of dissertation/thesis/research paper to Graduate Studies Office to receive full refund of fall term fees |
| October, 2008 |
| 1 |
Final day for submitting final (post-defence) copies of dissertation/thesis/research paper to Graduate Studies Office to be eligible to graduate at fall convocation |
| 1 |
Final day to submit application for fall convocation (late fee and application fee apply); see Tuition and Miscellaneous Fees for Graduate Programs. No applications will be processed after this date |
| 13 |
Thanksgiving, university-observed holiday, no classes |
| 31 |
Fall convocation |
| November, 2008 |
| 3 |
Final day for submitting final (post-defence) copies of dissertation/thesis/research paper to Graduate Studies Office to receive partial refund (45 percent) of fall term tuition fee |
| 3 |
Final day for withdrawing without failure from fall term courses and for possible tuition adjustment (tuition charge assessed at 55 percent) |
| 4 |
From this date until the end of classes this term, if you withdraw from your program, you will receive academic penalty (failure) and are responsible for 100 percent tuition |
| December, 2008 |
| 1 |
Last day of classes for qualifying year (undergraduate) students |
| Dec 4 - Dec 18 |
Final fall term examinations for qualifying year (undergraduate) students (qualifying year students are advised not to make commitments during this time (i.e., vacation)).
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| 5 |
Fall term classes end (see December 8 for make-up class schedule) |
| Dec 6 - Dec 12 |
Reading Week for Waterloo Lutheran Seminary students
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| 8 |
Make-up fall term Monday class for Thanksgiving (Monday October 13) |
| Dec 11 - Dec 19 |
Examination period for Waterloo MBA students |
| 18 |
Fall term ends |
| Dec 25 - Jan 5 |
University closed; winter term begins Monday January 5, 2009
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Academic & Related Dates 2008/2009
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