Undergraduate Studies
The following schedule contains the dates prescribed by the University Senate for academic activities. Dates relating to fee payment, cancellation of course selections, late charges, and other fees or charges will be published in the Important Dates and Deadlines section of the Registration Website (carleton.ca/registration).
Note: below is the 2010-2011 academic year. For information about the 2011-2012 year, please visit the 2011-2012 Calendar here.
The academic year is divided into three terms:
Summer term: May - August
Fall term: September - December
Winter term: January - April
Courses are offered in the following patterns:
Early summer: May - June
Late summer: July - August
Full summer: May - August
Fall term: September - December
Winter term: December - April
Fall/winter: September - April
Courses are offered during the day and the evening.
Fall Term 2010
September 1, 2010
- Last day for receipt of applications from potential fall (November) graduates.
September 6, 2010
- Statutory holiday, University closed.
September 7, 2010
- Fall term begins.
September 7-8, 2010
- Academic Orientation. All students are expected to be on campus. Class and laboratory preparations, departmental introductions for students, and other academic preparation activities will be held.
September 8, 2010
- Orientation for Teaching Assistants.
September 9, 2010
- Fall and fall/winter classes begin.
September 22, 2010
- Last day for registration.
- Last day to change courses or sections for fall/winter and fall term courses.
September 30, 2010
- Last day to withdraw from fall term and fall/winter courses with a full fee adjustment.
- Last day for receipt of applications for review of final grades in summer term courses.
October 1 - 2, 2010
- Summer deferred final examinations to be written
October 8, 2010
- University Day at Carleton. Undergraduate classes suspended.
- December examination schedule (fall term final and fall/winter mid-terms) available online.
October 11, 2010
- Statutory holiday, University closed.
October 15, 2010
- Last day for receipt of applications for admission to a degree program for the 2011 winter term from applicants whose documents originate from outside Canada or the United States.
November 12, 2010
- Last day to submit, to the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities, Formal Examination Accommodation Forms for December examinations.
November 15, 2010
- Last day for receipt of applications for admission to a degree program for the 2011 winter term.
November 22, 2010
- Last day for tests or examinations in courses below the 4000-level before the final examination period (see Examination Regulations in the Academic Regulations of the University section of this Calendar).
December 1, 2010
- Last day for receipt of applications from potential winter (February) graduates.
December 6, 2010
- Fall term ends.
- Last day of fall-term classes.
- Last day for academic withdrawal from fall term courses.
- Last day for handing in term work and the last day that can be specified by a course instructor as a due date for term work for fall term courses.
- Last day for receipt of applications for degree program transfers for winter term.
December 7-8, 2010
- No classes take place.
December 9-22 (including Saturdays), 2010
- Final examinations in fall term courses and mid-term examinations in fall/winter courses will be held. It may be necessary to schedule examinations during the day for classes held in the evening and vice versa.
December 22, 2010
- All take home examinations are due on this day.
December 25 to 31, 2010
- University closed.
Winter Term 2011
January 3, 2011
- Winter-term classes begin.
January 14, 2011
- Last day for registration for winter term courses.
- Last day to change courses or sections for winter term courses.
January 31, 2011
- Last day for withdrawal from winter term and winter portion of fall/winter courses with full fee adjustment.
- Last day for receipt of applications for review of final grades in fall-term courses.
February 1, 2011
- Last day for receipt of applications for admission to the Bachelor of Architectural Studies and the Bachelor of Social Work degree programs for the 2011-12 fall/winter session.
February 18, 2011
- April examination schedule available online.
- Fall-term deferred examinations will be written.
February 21, 2011
- Statutory holiday. University closed.
February 21-25, 2011
- Winter Break, classes suspended.
March 1, 2011
- Last day for receipt of applications from potential Spring (June) graduates.
- Last day for receipt of applications to the Bachelor of Humanities, Bachelor of Industrial Design, Bachelor of Information Technology (Interactive Multimedia and Design, Bachelor of Journalism, and the Bachelor of Music degree program for the 2011-2012 fall/winter session.
March 11 , 2011
- Last day to submit, to the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities, Formal Examination Accommodation Forms for April examinations.
March 23, 2011
- Last day for tests or examinations in courses below the 4000-level before the final examination period (see Examination Regulations in the Academic Regulations of the University section of this Calendar).
April 1, 2011
- Last day for receipt of applications for admission to a program (except Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Bachelor of Humanities, Bachelor of Industrial Design, Bachelor of Information Technology (Interactive Multimedia and Design), Bachelor of Journalism, Bachelor of Music, and Bachelor of Social Work), for the 2011-2012 fall/winter session, from candidates whose documents originate outside Canada or the United States.
April 5, 2011
- Winter term ends.
- Last day of fall/winter and winter-term classes.
- Last day for academic withdrawal from fall/winter and winter-term courses.
- Last day for handing in term work and the last day that can be specified by a course instructor as a due date for term work for fall/winter and winter-term courses.
April 6, 2011
- No classes take place.
April 7 - 21 (including Saturdays), 2011
- Final examinations in winter term and fall/winter courses will be held. It may be necessary to schedule examinations during the day for classes held in the evening and vice versa.
April 21, 2011
- All take home examinations are due on this day.
April 22, 2011
- Statutory holiday. University closed.
May 1, 2011
- Last day for receipt of applications for admission to the Child Studies program for the 2011-2012 fall/winter session.
June 1, 2011
- Last day for receipt of applications for admission to a program (except Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Bachelor of Humanities, Bachelor of Industrial Design, Bachelor of Information Technology (Interactive Multimedia and Design, Bachelor of Journalism, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Social Work and Child Studies program) for the 2011-2012 fall/winter session from mature applicants, from those presenting post-secondary education qualifications and from those transferring from other universities in Canada or the United States, and from applicants with high school qualifications from Canada and the United States.
June 13-23 (may include evenings and Saturdays), 2011
- Fall/winter and winter term deferred final examinations will be held.
June 15, 2011
- Last day for receipt of applications for internal degree transfers to allow for registration for the 2011-2012 fall/winter session.
June 30, 2011
- Last day for receipt of applications for review of final grades in fall/winter and winter term courses.
Summer Term 2011
March 1, 2011
- Last day for receipt of applications for admission to an undergraduate degree program for the summer 2011 term.
May 1, 2011
- Last day for receipt of applications for undergraduate degree program transfers for the summer 2011 term.
May 6, 2011
- Deadline for fee payment or assignment of funding to ensure payment is processed to your account without incurring a late charge.
May 9, 2011
- Early summer and full summer classes begin.
- May 16, 2011
- Last day for registration and course changes for early summer courses.
- Last day for registration and course changes for full summer courses.
May 23, 2011
- Statutory holiday. University closed.
May 31, 2011
- Last day to withdraw from early summer courses with full fee adjustment.
- Last day to withdraw from full summer courses with a full fee adjustment.
- Last day to submit to the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities, formal Examination Accommodation Forms for June examinations.
June 20, 2011
- Last day of early summer classes for non-Engineering students (NOTE: Full summer classes resume July 4).
- Last day for handing in term work and the last day that can be specified by a course instructor as a due date for term work for courses that end on this day.
- June 21, 2011
- Last day for academic withdrawal from early summer courses.
- Last day for handing in term work and the last day that can be specified by a course instructor as a due date for term work for courses that end on this day.
- Last day for Early Summer classes for Engineering students.
- June 13-23 (may include evenings and Saturdays), 2011
- Fall/winter and winter term deferred final examinations will be held.
- June 24-29 (including Saturday), 2011
- Early summer examinations will be held. It may be necessary to schedule examinations during the day for classes held in the evening and vice versa.
June 30, 2011
- Final deadline for summer term fee payment.
July 1, 2011
- Statutory holiday. University closed.
- July 4, 2011
- Late summer classes begin. Full summer classes resume.
- July 11, 2011
- Last day for registration and course changes for late summer courses.
- July 22, 2011
- Last day for withdrawal from late summer courses with full fee adjustment.
- July 29, 2011
- Last day to submit to the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities, Formal Examination Accommodation Forms for August examinations.
- August 1, 2011
- Statutory Holiday. University closed.
- August 15, 2011
- Last day of late summer and full summer classes for non-Engineering students.
- Last day for handing in term work and the last day that can be specified by a course instructor as a due date for term work for courses that end on this day.
August 16, 2011
- Last day for academic withdrawal from late summer and full summer courses and any other courses that end this term.
- Last day of late summer and full summer classes for Engineering students.
- Last day for handing in term work and the last day that can be specified by a course instructor as a due date for term work for courses that end on this day.
August 18-23 (including Saturday), 2011
- Summer examinations will be held. It may be necessary to schedule examinations during the day for classes held in the evening and vice versa.
September 30, 2011
- Last day for receipt of applications for review of final grades for summer term courses.
September 30, October 1 (including Saturday), 2011
- Summer term deferred final examinations will be held.