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2005-2006 Academic Schedule

Admission deadlines are not included in the Academic Schedule. Please refer to the Admissions section of the Calendar for deadlines.

* Denotes fixed dates. When the dates occur on a Saturday or Sunday, the deadline automatically becomes 4:30 p.m. the previous Friday.

2005
April
5 Tues	Last day of clinical rotations for fourth-year Nursing April completion option
8 Fri	Last day of classes except Dentistry, Medicine, fourth-year Nursing, fourth-year Nutrition, fourth-year Pharmacy and all years Veterinary Medicine
11 Mon	Evening class final examinations begin
11 Mon	General Academic Assembly meeting
12 Tues	Second-term and two-term class final examinations begin
20 Wed	Last day of classes for first-, second-, and third-year Veterinary Medicine
21 Thurs	University Council meeting
22 Fri	Last day of classes for final-year Medicine
23 Sat	Final examinations begin for first-, second-, and third-year Veterinary Medicine
23 Sat	University Senate meeting
24 Sun	Last day of clinical rotations for fourth-year Veterinary Medicine
29 Fri	Last day of classes for first-year Dentistry and first-year Medicine
29 Fri	Last day for Master’s and Ph.D. students to submit thesis to bindery
29 Fri	Last day of final examinations for first-, second-, and third-year Veterinary Medicine
30 Sat	Last day of final examinations for all colleges except for Dentistry, first- and second-year Medicine, fourth-year Nutrition and fourth-year Pharmacy
May
2 Mon	First day of classes for fourth-year Nursing September and December completion options
2 Mon	Final examinations begin for first-year Dentistry and first-year Medicine
6 Fri	Last day of classes for fourth-year Nutrition and fourth-year Pharmacy
6 Fri	Last day of classes for fourth-year Dentistry
7 Sat	Graduation exercises – Business Administration Certificate Program
9 Mon	Faculty meetings
10 Tues	Faculty meetings
11 Wed	Faculty meetings
12 Thurs	Faculty meetings
13 Fri	Last day of classes for second- and third-year Dentistry and second-year Medicine
13 Fri	Last day of final examinations for first-year Medicine
16 Mon	Spring & Summer Session (Term 1 & Quarter 1) begins
16 Mon	Final examinations begin for second- and third-year Dentistry and second-year Medicine
18 Wed	Closing date for submitting requests to most colleges for Regular Session supplemental examinations
19 Thurs	University Council meeting
20 Fri	Last day of final examinations for first-year Dentistry
23 Mon	Victoria Day – University closed
25 Wed	Convocation
26 Thurs	Convocation
27 Fri	Last day of final examinations for second-year Medicine

June
3 Fri	Last day of final examinations for second- and third-year Dentistry
8 Wed	Spring & Summer Session (Quarter 2) begins
9 Thurs	Regular Session deferred examinations begin (second- and two-term classes)
16 Thurs	University Council meeting
30 Thurs	Spring & Summer Session (Term 1) ends

July
1 Fri	Canada Day – University closed
4 Mon	Spring & Summer Session (Term 2 & Quarter 3) begins
5 Tues	Closing date for applications for approved Regular Session supplemental examinations
27 Wed	Spring & Summer Session (Quarter 4 ) begins

August
1 Mon	Saskatchewan Day – University closed
2 Tues	Regular Session supplemental examinations begin for Law
18 Thurs	Orientation for first-year Medicine
19 Fri	Spring & Summer Session ends
19 Fri	Orientation for first-year Dentistry
22 Mon	Regular Session supplemental examinations begin except Law
22 Mon	Classes begin for all years Dentistry and first-, second-, and third-year Medicine
29 Mon	Classes begin for fourth-year Nutrition and all years Veterinary Medicine
31 Wed*	Closing date for submission of applications for Fall Convocation
31 Wed*	Final date for Master’s and Ph.D. oral examinations and submission of all documents required for Fall Convocation for all graduating Master’s and Ph.D. students
September
2 Fri	Spring & Summer Session Term 1 deferred examinations begin
5 Mon	Labour Day – University closed
5 Mon	Orientation
6 Tues	Orientation
6 Tues	Classes begin for Law, first-year Physical Therapy and third-year Nursing
7 Wed	Other classes begin
8 Thurs	Clinical rotations begin for fourth-year Nursing December completion option
16 Fri	Term 2 Spring & Summer Session deferred examinations
20 Tues	Last day for making changes in registration for first-term classes and for classes extending over both terms
20 Tues	Last day for Master’s and Ph.D. students to submit thesis to bindery
22 Thurs	University Council meeting
October
1 Sat	University Senate meeting
10 Mon	Thanksgiving Day – University closed
20 Thurs	University Council meeting
22 Sat	Fall Convocation
November
11 Fri	Remembrance Day – University closed
15 Tues*	Last day for withdrawing from first-term classes without academic penalty
17 Thurs	University Council meeting
25 Fri	Spring & Summer Session supplemental examinations
25 Fri	Last day of classes for third- and fourth-year Dentistry
28 Mon	Final Examinations begin for third- and fourth-year Dentistry
December
2 Fri	Last day of classes for first- and second-year Dentistry and first-, second- and third-year Medicine
5 Mon	Final Examinations begin for first- and second-year Dentistry and third-year Medicine
5 Mon	Last day of classes except for first-year Law, first-, second- and third-year Medicine and all years Veterinary Medicine
6 Tues	Last day of clinical rotations for fourth-year Nursing December completion option
6 Tues	Evening class final examinations begin
7 Wed	Last day of classes for first-year Law
8 Thurs	Other first-term final examinations begin
9 Fri	Last day of first-term final examinations for third- and fourth-year Dentistry and third-year Medicine
15 Thurs	University Council meeting
16 Fri	Last day of first-term final examinations for first- and second-year Dentistry
16 Fri	Last day of classes for first-, second-, and third-year Veterinary Medicine
18 Sun	Last day of classes for fourth-year Veterinary Medicine
21 Wed	Last day of first-term final examinations for first-, second- and third-year Veterinary Medicine
22 Thurs	Last day of first-term final examinations for all colleges except Dentistry, Law, Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
23 Fri	Last day of classes for fourth-year Nutrition
25 Sun to	University closed
31 Sat	University closed
2006
January
1 Sun	New Year’s Day – University closed
2 Mon	University closed in lieu of New Year’s Day
3 Tues	Classes begin for all years Dentistry, first-, second- and final-year (Phase D) Medicine and all years Veterinary Medicine
4 Wed	Classes resume except fourth-year Nutrition
4 Wed	Clinical rotations begin for fourth-year Nursing April completion option
5 Thurs	Classes resume for fourth-year Nutrition
17 Tues	Last day for making changes in registration for second-term classes
26 Thurs	University Council meeting

February
13 Mon	Regular Session deferred examinations begin (first-term classes)
13 Mon to	No classes – student mid-term break for all colleges except Veterinary Medicine
18 Sat	No classes – student mid-term break for all colleges except Veterinary Medicine
15 Wed*	Last day for withdrawing without academic penalty from classes extending over two terms
23 Thurs	University Council meeting
27 Mon	Midterm break for all years Veterinary Medicine begins

March
5 Sun	Midterm break for all years Veterinary Medicine ends
15 Wed*	Last day for withdrawing from second-term classes without academic penalty
16 Thurs	University Council meeting
31 Fri*	Closing date for submission of applications for Spring Convocation
31 Fri*	Final date for Master's and Ph.D. oral examinations and submission of all documents required for Spring Convocation for all graduating Master's and Ph.D. students

April
4 Tues	Last day of clinical rotations for fourth-year Nursing April completion option
7 Fri	Last day of classes except Dentistry, Medicine, fourth-year Nursing, fourth-year Nutrition, fourth-year Pharmacy and all years Veterinary Medicine
10 Mon	Evening class final examinations begin and second-term and two-term class final examinations begin
10 Mon	General Academic Assembly meeting
14 Fri	Good Friday – University closed
19 Wed	Last day of classes for first-, second-, and third-year Veterinary Medicine
20 Thurs	University Council meeting
21 Fri	Last day of classes for final-year Medicine
22 Sat	Final examinations begin for first-, second-, and third-year Veterinary Medicine
22 Sat	University Senate meeting
28 Fri	Last day of classes for first-year Dentistry and first-year Medicine
28 Fri	Last day for Master’s and Ph.D. students to submit thesis to bindery
28 Fri	Last day of final examinations for first-, second-, and third-year Veterinary Medicine
29 Sat	Last day of final examinations for all colleges except for Dentistry, first- and second-year Medicine, fourth-year Nutrition and fourth-year Pharmacy
30 Sun	Last day of clinical rotations for fourth-year Veterinary Medicine

May
1 Mon	First day of classes for fourth-year Nursing September and December completion options
1 Mon	Final examinations begin for first-year Dentistry and first-year Medicine
5 Fri	Last day of classes for fourth-year Nutrition and fourth-year Pharmacy
5 Fri	Last day of classes for fourth-year Dentistry
6 Sat	Graduation exercises – Business Administration Certificate Program
8 Mon	Faculty meetings
9 Tues	Faculty meetings
10 Wed	Faculty meetings
11 Thurs	Faculty meetings
12 Fri	Last day of classes for second- and third-year Dentistry and second-year Medicine
12 Fri	Last day of final examinations for first-year Medicine
15 Mon	Spring & Summer Session (Term 1 & Quarter 1) begins
15 Mon	Final examinations begin for second- and third-year Dentistry and second-year Medicine
17 Wed	Closing date for submitting requests to most colleges for Regular Session supplemental examinations
18 Thurs	University Council meeting
19 Fri	Last day of final examinations for first-year Dentistry
22 Mon	Victoria Day – University closed
24 Wed	Convocation
25 Thurs	Convocation
26 Fri	Last day of final examinations for second-year Medicine
June
2 Fri	Last day of final examinations for second- and third-year Dentistry
6 Tues	Spring & Summer Session (Quarter 1) ends
7 Wed	Spring & Summer Session (Quarter 2) begins
8 Thurs	Regular Session deferred examinations begin (second- and two-term classes)
15 Thurs	University Council meeting
29 Thurs	Spring & Summer Session (Term 1 & Quarter 2) ends
30 Fri	University closed in lieu of Canada Day
July
3 Mon	Spring & Summer Session (Term 2 & Quarter 3) begins
4 Tues	Closing date for applications for approved Regular Session supplemental examinations
25 Tues	Spring & Summer Session (Quarter 3) ends
26 Wed	Spring & Summer Session (Term 2 & Quarter 4) begins
August
7 Mon	Saskatchewan Day – University closed
1 Tues	Regular Session supplemental examinations begin for Law
18 Fri	Spring & Summer Session ends
21 Mon	Regular Session supplemental examinations begin except for Law
31 Thurs*	Closing date for submission of applications for Fall Convocation
31 Thurs*	Final date for Master's and Ph.D. oral examinations and submission of all documents required for Fall Convocation for all graduating Master's and Ph.D. students
September
1 Fri	Spring & Summer Session Term 1 deferred examinations begin

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