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YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
Office of the Registrar
2003-2004 Academic Calendar for the Undergraduate Schools

Fall 2003 / Spring 2004

Updated 2/13/03; subject to change. Dates apply to all schools unless otherwise specified. All dates are inclusive. The following abbreviations are used:

IBC = Isaac Breuer College of Hebraic Studies
JSS = James Striar School of Jewish Studies
MYP = Mazer School/Yeshiva Program
SBMP = Stone Beit Midrash Program

SCW = Stern College for Women
SSB = Sy Syms School of Business
YC = Yeshiva College

 
Fall Semester, 2003

August

24-26, Sunday-Tuesday — Orientation for New Students
25-26, Monday-Tuesday — Registration for New Students and Program Changes for Israel Returnees
27, Wednesday — First Day of Classes

September

1, Monday — Labor Day, No Classes
3, Wednesday – Follows Monday Schedule
12, Friday — Last Day to File for January Degree1
12, Friday — Last Day to Enter New Class Without Special Permission2
15, Monday – YC Incomplete Deadline for Fall 2002, Incomplete Grades Default to Permanent Grade
17, Wednesday — Last Day to Withdraw with Partial Tuition Refund
26, Friday -- Erev Rosh Hashana, No Classes
29, Monday — Fast of Gedalya, Wilf Campus, No Classes after 1:00pm; Midtown Campus, No Classes
30, Tuesday – Official Graduation Date for September 2003 Graduates

October

1, Wednesday – Follows Monday schedule
3-20, Friday-Monday — Yom Kippur through Sukkot, No Classes
21, Tuesday — Classes Resume
27-30, Monday-Thursday — IBC, JSS, MYP, and SBMP, Midterm Examinations; No SSB-Uptown or YC Non-Jewish Studies Tests

November

4, Tuesday — Election Day, Faculty Development Day – YC, SSSB, SCW Follow Friday Schedule, YC and Wilf Campus SSSB Classes Meet Starting 3:00PM, Special Schedule; IBC, JSS, MYP, and SBMP follow Regular Tuesday Schedule
17-21, Monday-Friday — Period to File for P/N Grade
21, Friday — Last Day for Title IV Refund Calculation
26, Wednesday — Last Day to Drop a Course3 — Wilf Campus; Last Day for Submission of Transfer Transcripts and Supporting Materials for Fall 2003 Evaluation
27-28, Thursday-Friday — Thanksgiving Break, No Classes

December

9, Tuesday — Last Day to Drop a Course3 — Midtown Campus
18, Thursday – Wilf Campus Follows Sunday Schedule, YC Classes Meet Starting 3:00 PM, Special Schedule; IBC, JSS, MYP, and SBMP Follow Regular Thursday Schedule  
18, Thursday, 22-24, Monday-Wednesday, 26, Friday – Midtown Reading Period, (Laboratories Continue) 4
21, Sunday – Chanukah Vacation, no MYP Classes
21-26, Sunday-Friday – Wilf Campus Reading Period, (Laboratories Continue)  4
22-24, Monday-Wednesday — IBC, JSS, SBMP Finals, No SSB-Uptown or YC Non-Jewish Studies Tests
23, Tuesday, Last MYP Session
24, Wednesday, MYP Finals
25, Thursday,  28-31, Sunday-Wednesday, January 2, Friday AM, January 5-6, Monday-Tuesday AM, Midtown Fall Semester Finals  
28-31, Sunday-Wednesday; January 2, Friday; January 5-6, Monday-Tuesday, — Wilf Campus Fall Semester Finals

January

4, Sunday — Fast 10th of Tevet, No Final Examinations
7-16, Wednesday-Friday — Intersession
30, Friday – Official Graduation Date for January 2004 Graduates
Spring Semester, 2004

January

18, Sunday — Orientation & Registration for New Students; Late Registration for Returning Students
19, Monday — First Day of Classes
27, Tuesday — Last Day to File for May Degree1
 30, Friday — Last Day to Enter New Class Without Special Permission2

February

9, Monday — Last Day to Withdraw with Partial Tuition Refund
23, Monday — SSSB and SCW Incomplete Deadline for Fall 2003, YC Incomplete Deadline for Spring 2003, Incomplete Grades Default to Permanent Grade

March

1-3, Monday-Wednesday, March 8, Monday — IBC, JSS, MYP, & SBMP Midterm Examinations; no SSB-Uptown or YC Non-Jewish Studies Tests
4, Thursday — Fast of Esther, Wilf Campus, No Classes after 1:00PM; Midtown, No Classes
5- 7, Friday-Sunday — Purim Vacation, No Classes
15-19, Monday-Friday — Period to file for P/N Grade
24, Wednesday — Last Day for Title IV Refund Calculation
29, Monday — Last Day to Drop a Course5  — Wilf Campus

April

2, Friday – Last Day for Submission of Transfer Transcripts and Supporting Materials for Spring 2004 Evaluation
4-14, Sunday-Wednesday — Passover Recess (April 9 [Nissan 18], Friday — Rabbi Samuel Belkin and Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Yahrzeits)
15, Thursday — Classes Resume
16, Friday — Last Day to Drop a Course5  — Midtown Campus
18, Sunday – Yom HaShoah, Regular Classes
26, Monday — Israel Independence Day,  Wilf Campus: No YC or SSSB Classes;  Midtown: No Classes

May

4, Tuesday – Wilf Campus Follows Sunday Schedule after 3:00 PM, YC Classes Meet Starting 3:00PM, Special Schedule;  IBC, JSS, MYP, and SBMP Follow Regular Tuesday Schedule
4-7, Tuesday-Friday, May10, Monday, Midtown Campus Reading Period (Laboratories Continue)4
 5-11, Wednesday-Tuesday – Wilf Campus Reading Period (Laboratories Continue)4, Does Not Affect  IBC, JSS, MYP, & SBMP Schedule
6, Thursday, May 10-11, Monday-Tuesday — IBC,JSS,SBMP Finals; No SSB-Uptown or YC Non-Jewish Studies Tests
9, Sunday,  Last MYP Session until June 1
10, Monday, MYP Finals
11-May 14, Tuesday-Friday, May 17–19, Monday-Wednesday, Midtown Campus -- Spring Semester Final Examinations
12-14, Wednesday-Friday, 16–19, Sunday-Wednesday, Wilf Campus — Spring Semester Final Examinations
20, Thursday — Commencement Exercises
26-27 – Shavuot – No Classes (May 25-27, MYP Special Learning Program)

June

1-30 – MYP Shiurim Continue

July

5, Monday — SSSB and SCW Incomplete Deadline for Spring 2004
30, Friday — Last Day to Apply for September Degree

August

31, Tuesday — Last Day to Complete Requirements (all grades in) for September Degree

 

NOTES:

1. Students are advised to submit their applications for graduation to the Registrar at registration and not wait until the deadline.

2. With written permission of the instructor and school dean or director, students may enter a class up to two weeks later.

3. Nov. 26 on the Wilf Campus or Dec. 9 on the Midtown Campus is the last day to drop a course without notation on the record.  YC/SSSB drops require the dean’s permission at any time; SCW drops require the dean’s permission only after Dec. 9. For all drops, the proper forms must be filed in the Registrar’s Office.

4. Reading Period is the 14th contact week of the semester.  Classes meet at the discretion of instructors; No exams or finals may be given; Laboratories meet.

5. Mar. 29 on the Wilf Campus or Apr. 16 on the Midtown Campus is the last day to drop a course without notation on the record. YC/SSSB drops require the dean’s permission at any time; SCW drops require the dean’s permission only after Apr. 16. For all drops, the proper forms must be filed in the Registrar’s Office.