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 2013 | ||
|---|---|---|
| August 9 | Friday | New students arrive on campus |
| August 10 - 11 | Saturday - Sunday | Orientation for new students |
| August 12 | Monday | Class begins |
| August 30 | Friday | Last day of class |
| Fall 2013 | ||
| September 1 | Sunday | Returning students arrive on campus |
| September 2 | Monday | Labor Day Holiday- No Classes/Offices Closed |
| September 3 | Tuesday | Classes begin |
| September 6 | Friday | Last day to add a first-half course |
| September 9 | Monday |
Last day to add a full-term course Last day to change a grade option Tuition Charges become final |
| September 11 | Wednesday | Last day to drop a first-half course |
| September 23 | Monday |
Last day to drop a full-term course Last day to withdraw from a first-half course |
| October 11 | Friday | Midterm Progress Reports Due |
| October 14 - 15 | Monday - Tuesday | Fall Break |
| October 16 - 18 | Wednesday - Friday | May Travel Course Registration |
| November 1 | Friday | Last day to withdraw from a full-term course |
| November 11 - 15 | Monday - Friday | Registration for Winter & May 2013 Terms |
| November 27 - 29 | Wednesday - Friday | Thanksgiving Holidays |
| December 6 | Friday | Last day of regular classes |
| December 9 | Monday | Reading Day |
| December 10 - 13 | Tuesday - Friday | Final Exams |
| Winter 2014 | ||
| January 6 | Monday | Classes begin |
| January 8 | Wednesday | Last day to add a first-half course |
| January 10 | Friday |
Last day to add a full-term course Last day to change a grade option Tuition Charges become final |
| January 16 | Thursday | Last day to drop a first-half course |
| January 20 | Monday | Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - No Classes/Offices Closed |
| January 23 | Thursday | Last day to drop a full-term course |
| February 14 | Friday | Midterm Progress Reports Due |
| February 19 | Wednesday | Second-half courses begin |
| February 21 | Friday | Last day to add a second-half course |
| February 28 | 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 7 | Friday | Residence halls close at 5:00 PM for Spring Break |
| March 10 - 14 | Monday - Friday | Spring Break |
| March 16 | Sunday | Residence halls re-open at 12:00 PM |
| March 31 - April 4 | Monday - Friday | Registration for Fall term 2013 |
| April 11 | Friday | Last day of regular classes |
| April 14 | Monday | Reading Day |
| April 15 - 18 | Tuesday - Friday | Final Exams |
| May 2014 | ||
| April 23 | Wednesday | Classes begin |
| April 24 | Thursday |
Last day to Add/Drop a course Last day to change a grade option |
| May 1 | Thursday | Last day to withdraw from a course |
| May 20 | Tuesday | Last day of classes - Final Exams |
| May 24 | Saturday | Commencement |
| May 26 | Monday | Memorial Day Holiday - Offices Closed |
| 2014 Summer Session | ||
| June 9 | Monday | Classes begin |
| June 10 | Tuesday |
Last day to Add/Drop a course Last day to change a grade option |
| June 20 | Friday | Last day to withdraw from a course |
| July 4 | Friday | Independence Day Holiday - No Classes/Offices Closed |
| July 11 | 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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