MFA Academic Calendar

• 2018-2019 PDF

MFA Residency Schedule

• Summer 2018: July 31 – August 9
• Winter 2019: January 3 – 12
• Summer 2019: July 31 – August 9
• Winter 2020: January 3 – 12

FAFSA Deadlines

• 2018/2019 FASFA Available for Filing: Oct. 1, 2017
• 2019/2020 FASFA Available for Filing: Oct. 1, 2018

Fall 2018
Independence Day observed (college closed)	July 4, 2018
Mandatory MFA Residency Move In	July 31, 2018
Last day to drop with 100% refund	July 31, 2018
New Student Orientation for New MFA students	July 31, 2018
MFA Residency Begins/Tuition Due	August 1, 2018
Check-Out – MFA-Interdisciplinary Arts	August 6, 2018
Check-Out – MFA-Creative Writing	August 9, 2018
MFA Summer Residency Ends	August 9, 2018
Final Grades Due for Residency Courses	August 12, 2018
Semester Official Start	August 20, 2018
Instruction Begins for Correspondence Courses	August 20, 2018
Last Day to Drop with 100% for Full-Term Courses*	August 26, 2018
Labor Day (College Closed On-Ground Courses)	September 3, 2018
Last Day to Change Grade Status or Withdraw from a Full-Term Course without Academic Penalty	October 29, 2018
Nevada Day Recess (College Closed On-Ground Courses)	October 26, 2018
Veterans Day – Observed (College Closed On-Ground Courses)	November 12, 2018
Thanksgiving Break (College Closed On-Ground Courses)	November 19-23, 2018
MFA Instruction Ends	December 16, 2018
Semester Official Ends	December 16, 2018
Final Grades Filed with Registrar	Wed, Dec 19, 2018 by noon
Administrative Offices Closed	December 17, 2018 – January 1, 2019
*Drop/Withdrawal and Refund Policy Full-term courses (courses 10 weeks or more) that are dropped before or during the first week of the term, all tuition and refundable fees are refunded. Short-term courses (courses less than 10 weeks) that are dropped on or before the first day of instruction receive 100% refund. During the withdrawal period, tuition is refunded at a pro rata amount based on the time attended up to 60% of the term.

Spring 2019
MFA – Creative Writing and Interdisciplinary Arts/Tuition Due	January 1, 2019
MFA – Creative Writing and Interdisciplinary Arts Residencies Begin	January 3, 2019
Last day to drop with 100% refund	January 3, 2019
Check-Out for MFA – Creative Writing and Interdisciplinary Arts	January 12, 2019
MFA – Creative Writing and Interdisciplinary Arts Residencies End	January 12, 2019
Final Grades Due for Residency Courses	January 15, 2019
Martin Luther King (college closed on ground courses)	January 21, 2019
Semester Official Start	January 22, 2019
Instruction begins for Correspondence Courses	January 22, 2019
Presidents Day (College Closed On-Ground Courses)	February 18, 2019
Spring Break (College Closed On-Ground Courses)	March 18-22, 2019
Last day to Change Grade Status or Withdraw from a Full-Term Course without Academic Penalty	April 1, 2019
Commencement	May 18, 2019
MFA Instruction Ends	May 19, 2019
Semester Official Ends	May 19, 2019
Final grades filed with Registrar	May 22, 2019
*Drop/Withdrawal and Refund Policy Full-term courses (courses 10 weeks or more) that are dropped before or during the first week of the term, all tuition and refundable fees are refunded. Short-term courses (courses less than 10 weeks) that are dropped on or before the first day of instruction receive 100% refund. During the withdrawal period, tuition is refunded at a pro rata amount based on the time attended up to 60% of the term.