Transylvania uses a modified calendar called a "4-4-1 system." The academic year is divided into three parts: two regular terms (fall and winter) and a one-month term in May. An August term also is required for entering first-year students.
A regular term is 14 weeks long, and students normally take four courses.
During the four-week May term, students concentrate on one class and often get their first taste of international study. Many May term courses are team-taught and are highly interdisciplinary.
The three-week August term is an academic and cocurricular program that prepares entering first-year students for academic success and personal growth and earns them one course credit. Students read and discuss books and participate in student-life programs that orient them to college.
Students must complete August term their first year, and three May terms during their time at Transylvania. A fourth May term is optional.
| August 2012 | ||
|---|---|---|
| August 10 | Friday | New students arrive on campus |
| August 11 - 12 | Saturday - Sunday | Orientation for new students |
| August 13 | Monday | Class begins |
| August 31 | Friday | Last day of class |
| Fall 2012 | ||
| September 2 | Sunday | Returning students arrive on campus |
| September 3 | Monday | Labor Day Holiday- No Classes/Offices Closed |
| September 4 | Tuesday | Classes begin |
| September 7 | Friday | Last day to add a first-half course |
| September 10 | Monday |
Last day to add a full-term course Last day to change a grade option Tuition Charges become final |
| September 12 | Wednesday | Last day to drop a first-half course |
| September 24 | Monday |
Last day to drop a full-term course Last day to withdraw from a first-half course |
| October 12 | Friday | Midterm Progress Reports Due |
| October 15 - 16 | Monday - Tuesday | Fall Break |
| October 17 - 19 | Wednesday - Friday | May Travel Course Registration |
| November 2 | Friday | Last day to withdraw from a full-term course |
| November 12 - 16 | Monday - Friday | Registration for Winter & May 2013 Terms |
| November 22 - 23 | Thursday - Friday | Thanksgiving Holidays |
| December 7 | Friday | Last day of regular classes |
| December 10 | Monday | Reading Day |
| December 11 - 14 | Tuesday - Friday | Final Exams |
| Winter 2013 | ||
| January 7 | Monday | Classes begin |
| January 9 | Wednesday | Last day to add a first-half course |
| January 11 | Friday |
Last day to add a full-term course Last day to change a grade option Tuition Charges become final |
| January 17 | Thursday | Last day to drop a first-half course |
| January 21 | Monday | Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - No Classes/Offices Closed |
| January 25 | Thursday | Last day to drop a full-term course |
| February 15 | Friday | Midterm Progress Reports Due |
| February 20 | Wednesday | Second-half courses begin |
| February 22 | Friday | Last day to add a second-half course |
| March 1 | Friday |
Last day to withdraw from a full-term course Last day to drop a second-half course Incomplete grades from Fall term due |
| March 8 | Friday | Residence halls close at 5:00 PM for Spring Break |
| March 11 - 15 | Monday - Friday | Spring Break |
| March 17 | Sunday | Residence halls re-open at 12:00 PM |
| April 1 - 4 | Monday - Friday | Registration for Fall term 2013 |
| April 12 | Friday | Last day of regular classes |
| April 15 | Monday | Reading Day |
| April 16 - 19 | Tuesday - Friday | Final Exams |
| May 2013 | ||
| April 24 | Wednesday | Classes begin |
| April 25 | Thursday |
Last day to Add/Drop a course Last day to change a grade option |
| May 2 | Thursday | Last day to withdraw from a course |
| May 21 | Tuesday | Last day of classes - Final Exams |
| May 25 | Saturday | Commencement |
| May 27 | Monday | Memorial Day Holiday - Offices Closed |
| 2013 Summer Session | ||
| June 10 | Monday | Classes begin |
| June 11 | Tuesday |
Last day to Add/Drop a course Last day to change a grade option |
| June 21 | Friday | Last day to withdraw from a course |
| July 4 | Thursday | Independence Day Holiday - No Classes/Offices Closed |
| July 12 | Friday | Last day of classes - Final Exams |
Transylvania University admits students regardless of age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, national origin, or any other classification protected by federal or state law or local ordinance.
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