University and School of Philosophy
Spring 2008 Semester Schedule
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Monday, January 14 Classes Begin
Tuesday, January 15 January Faculty Meeting
***Thesis topics for meeting due to Office of the Dean by the 14th
***Dissertation topics for meeting due to Office of the Dean by the 1st
Monday, January 21 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (University Holiday)
Tuesday, January 22 Administrative Monday (Monday Classes to be held this day rather than Tuesday Classes
Wednesday January 23 Last day to Register or Add/Drop courses for the Spring Semester
Tuesday, January 29 Patronal Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas; 12:00 p.m. classes cancelled / 1:00pm classes will start at 1:35pm.
Wednesday, February 6 Ash Wednesday
February Faculty Meeting
***Thesis topics for meeting due to Office of the Dean by the 5th
***Dissertation topics for meeting due to Office of the Dean by Jan. 23rd
Friday, February 15 Spring Lecture Series; Location: Aquinas Hall Auditorium (2 – 5 p.m.)
Richard Cross, University of Notre Dame
Duns Scotus's Cognitive Psychology
Monday, February 25 – Interim Freshman Grades Due
Friday, February 29
Friday, February 29 Mid-Term
Last day to resolve Incompletes.
Last day to change status to Audit
Spring Lecture Series; Location: Aquinas Hall Auditorium (2 - 5 p.m.)
G.R.F. Ferrari, University of California, Berkeley
Socratic Irony as Pretence
Monday, March 3 - Spring Break
Friday, March 7
Monday, March 10 Classes resume
Tuesday, March 11 March Faculty Meeting
***Thesis topics for meeting due to Office of the Dean by the 10th
***Dissertation topics for meeting due to Office of the Dean by Feb. 26th
Friday, March 14 Spring Lecture Series; Location: Aquinas Hall Auditorium (2 – 5 p.m.)
Lawrence Dewan, O.P., Dominican College, Ottawa
Thomistic Metaphysics as an Example of the Greek Heritage of Early Christianity
Thursday, March 20 Holy Thursday (University Holiday)
Friday, March 21 Good Friday (University Holiday)
Monday, March 24 Easter Monday (University Holiday)
Tuesday, March 25 Registration for Fall 2008 begins.
Thursday, March 27 - Doctoral Comprehensive Exams;
Location: Nursing-Biology Bulding, Room B054 (9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.)
Friday, March 28
Monday, March 31 Last day to request pass/fail option (undergraduate only)
Wednesday, April 2 Last day to withdraw from courses with a “W"
Friday April 4 Spring Lecture Series; Location:
Caldwell Hall, Msgr. Stephen Happel Room (2 - 5 p.m.)
Terry Pinkard, Georgetown University
Freedom and Forms of Life in Hegel's Thought
Tuesday, April 8 April Faculty Meeting
***Thesis topics for meeting due to Office of the Dean by the 7th
***Dissertation topics for meeting due to Office of the Dean by Mar. 26th
Friday, April 11 Graduate Language Exams; Location: TBA
(9:00 am - 12:00 pm.; 2:00 - 5:00 pm)
Thursday, April 17 Founders Day (University Holiday)
Wednesday, April 30 Reading day; no classes on this day.
Friday, May 2 Last day of classes.
Final date to deposit theses and dissertation for May graduation
Saturday, May 3 – Reading period
Monday, May 5
Tuesday, May 6 - Final examination period
Saturday, May 10
Monday, May 12 Grades for graduating students due by 12:00p.m.
Tuesday, May 13 Grades for students due by 3:00p.m.
May Faculty Meeting
***Thesis topics for meeting due to Office of the Dean by the 12th
***Dissertation topics for meeting due to Office of the Dean by the Apr. 29th
Friday, May 16 Baccalaureate Mass.
Saturday, May 17 Commencement and Graduation
Monday, May 19 Summer Session 2008 begins
Monday, May 26 Memorial Day (University Holiday)
Last Revised 27-Feb-08 10:40 AM.
