Dates tentative as of April 16, 2018
May 21, 2018 | Victoria Day Holiday (University Closed) |
May 25, 2018 | Final date to drop May-June F section courses without academic penalty |
June 18, 2018 | Final date to drop May-August Y section courses without academic penalty |
July 3, 2018 | Final date to enroll in July-August S courses |
July 16, 2018 | Registration for fall session opens. Final date to drop July-August S section courses without academic penalty |
August 6, 2018 | Civic Holiday (University closed) |
August 24, 2018 | Recommended tuition fee payment deadline to ensure payment is received by the deadline of September 15 |
Sept 3, 2018 | Labour Day (University closed) |
September 5, 2018 | Registration for Graduate Level PolSci courses opens First day of MA and PhD Orientation |
September 6, 2018 | Joint Undergraduate/Graduate courses begin |
September 7, 2018 | TA Orientation Workshop #1 |
September 10, 2018 | Most formal graduate courses and seminars begin |
September 14, 2018 | Registration for Fall session ends |
September 24, 2018 | Final date to register for Fall/Full-Year courses |
September 28, 2018 | Final date to submit PhD theses to SGS to avoid the fee charges for 2016-17 |
October 8, 2018 | Thanksgiving Day (University closed) |
October 29, 2018 | Final date to drop fall session full or half courses without academic penalty |
December 4, 2018 | Last day of class for Fall session |
December 24, 2018 until January 4, 2019 | University closed for Holidays |
January 7, 2019 | Winter courses begin. Full-Year courses resume |
January 15, 2019 | Deadline to apply for graduate program Deadline to submit PhD thesis without fee payment for January session |
January 18, 2019 | Deadline for receipt of degree recommendations for MA students without fees being charged for January session (applies to only 2nd year+ students). Deadline to request degree conferral in absentia for March |
January 21, 2019 | Final date to add winter session courses |
February 18, 2019 | Family Day (University closed) |
February 19-22, 2019 | Reading Week (University is open but no classes) |
February 25, 2019 | Deadline to drop second-term or full-year courses without academic penalty |
April 3, 2019 | Classes end |
April 18, 2019 | Deadline for instructors to submit final grades to Grad Office for second-term and full-year courses for MA students convocating in June Deadline for final PhD theses submission for degrees to be conferred at June Convocation. Deadline for MAs to be recommended for graduation for degrees to be conferred at June convocation. |
April 19, 2019 | Good Friday (University closed) |
May 16, 2019 | Major Field Exams - Canadian, Comparative, Public Policy (tentative) |
May 17, 2019 | Major Field Exams - IR, Theory, Development Studies (tentative) |
August 22, 2019 | Major Field Exams - Canadian, Comparative, IR, Theory, Public Policy, Development Studies |