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Dates & Deadlines

Dropping a class after the drop deadline will result in a 'W' on the transcript and applicable tuition charges.

May 25, 2012
Last day to change the grading option or withdraw from a 4W1 class.

May 28, 2012
Memorial Day, Observed.
No classes - JMU closed.

June 4, 2012
Last day to change the grading option or withdraw from a G61 class.

June 8, 2012
4W1 session ends.

June 11, 2012
Last day to change the grading option or withdraw from a U8W class.

The following sessions begin: UG: 4W2 and U6W
GR/DR: 4W2 and G8W.

June 13, 2012
Last day to add/drop a 4W2 class.  Dropping a class after the drop deadline will result in a 'W' on the transcript and applicable tuition charges.

June 14, 2012

Last day to add/drop a U6W class.  Dropping a class after the drop deadline will result in a 'W' on the transcript and applicable tuition charges.

June 15, 2012

Last day to add/drop a G8W class.  Dropping a class after the drop deadline will result in a 'W' on the transcript and applicable tuition charges.

June 18, 2012
Last day to change the grading option or withdraw from a U10 class.

Fall 2012

Dates and Deadlines

Registration Information

Exam Schedule

Dates and Deadlines

Advanced Registration Period

Undergraduate (by appointment time only) and Graduate Students: April 3 - 13

Open Registration Period

Undergraduate, Graduate, Doctoral Students: April 14 – May 29, July 23-September 4

Registration Begins for Non Degree-Seeking Students:  August 20

Classes Begin

Semester/First Block

Monday, August 27

Second Block

Monday, October 15

Fee Payment Deadline:  Friday, August 31

End of Free Add/Drop Period:
‘W’ Grade and corresponding tuition charges will apply after this date

Semester/First Block

Tuesday, September 4
First Year Freshmen by 5 p.m.,
 all others by 11:59 p.m. via MyMadison

Second Block

Monday, October 22

First Year Freshmen by 5 p.m.,
 all others by 11:59 p.m. via MyMadison

Last Day to Add a Class with Departmental Permission

Semester/First Block

Thursday, September 13

First Year Freshmen by 5 p.m.,
 all others by 11:59 p.m. via MyMadison

Second Block

Wednesday, October 31

by 11:59 p.m. via MyMadison

Last Day to withdraw from the University with cancellation of tuition charges:

Friday, September 14

(Student must withdraw from ALL classes to be eligible for refund)




 

Deadline for withdrawing with “W” grade or changing course grading options:

(Course withdrawals or credit option changes (including repeats) will not be processed after the course adjustment deadline.)

Semester

Thursday, October 25

First Year Freshmen by 5 p.m.,
 all others by 11:59 p.m. via MyMadison

First Block

Tuesday, September 25
First Year Freshmen by 5 p.m.,
 all others by 11:59 p.m. via MyMadison

Second Block

Thursday, November 15

by 11:59 p.m. via MyMadison

Classes End

Semester/Second Block

Friday, December 7

First Block

Friday, October 12

Final Examinations

Semester

December 8-14

First Block

Last Class Meeting

Second Block

December 8-14

Thanksgiving Vacation:  November 19-23

Deadlines for Submission of Grades to Registrar's Office

Mid-semester grades

(for new freshman only)

Thursday, October 18 by 5 p.m.

First Block Grades

Tuesday, October 23 by 5 p.m.

Final Grades

Monday, December 17 by 3 p.m.

Spring 2013 semester advance registration begins:  Monday, October 29

Incomplete Grades

Last day for students to complete 2012 Spring semester and 2012 Summer session "incomplete" grades

Monday, November 26

Last day for faculty to turn in removal of incomplete grades for 2012 Spring semester and 2012 Summer session to the Office of the Registrar

Friday, December 7

Completion of Graduation Requirements deadline

Friday, December 14 (All requirements including final semester for undergraduate, masters and Educational Specialist and doctoral must be completed by this date)

Commencement exercises:  Saturday, December 15, 10 a.m.

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Registration Information

Plan and discuss your schedule with your advisor and clear all debts or other obligations that may hold your registration. http://www.jmu.edu/registrar/wm_library/MyMadison_Holds.ppsx
If permission is needed to enroll in a class, obtain it from the department before attempting to register.

Registration for Fall Semester 2012 will begin on April 3, 2012. Graduate and Doctoral students may register beginning at 8:15 a.m. on April 3, 2012, through September 4, 2012.  Undergraduate students will be assigned a registration appointment time according to the cumulative hours earned as of the third Friday of the 2012 spring semester.  If you have pending transfer or test credit, it must be posted to your transcript by the third Friday of the current semester to be included in the calculation of hours earned.  Current enrollment does not count toward hours earned as they have not yet been completed.

Appointments are assigned in 15 minute increments by credit hours earned. Students may register any time after their assigned registration start time, but not before. For example, a student with 107 hours earned and posted as of the third Friday of the spring 2012 semester, will have an appointment start time of 11:45 a.m., Tuesday, April 3rd. 

A chart giving the appointment start times per range of credit hours is shown below. Students will need to check their student center on MyMadison to find their appointment start time. http://www.jmu.edu/registrar/wm_library/appointment_finder.pdf

Level

Hours Earned

First Day

Seniors

90 or more

April 3rd

Juniors

60 – 89

April 4th

Sophomores

28 – 59

April 9th

Freshmen

0 – 27

April 11th

Open enrollment for Undergraduate, Graduate and Doctoral students begins April 14, 2012.  Non-degree Seeking "Special Students" may register through the deadlines anytime the system is available beginning August 20, 2012.

Registered students may adjust their schedules according to the deadlines stated in Dates and Deadlines. No adjustments will be permitted after the Thursday, October 25, course adjustment deadline for semester classes, Tuesday, September 25, for first block classes, or Thursday November 15, for second block classes.