Academic Calendar:  2012 

 
FALL 2012

Fall Session I

Fall Session II

Registration begins for
all students

Monday, June 4

Monday, June 4

 Intent to graduate 4 August 13 through 
September 10
August 13 through 
September 10

Classes begin 1

Monday, August 27

Monday, October 22

Late registration &   
drop/add period 3

First week of class        

First week of class 

Labor Day Weekend - No classes

Saturday, September 1
through Monday,
September 3

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Thanksgiving Holiday - No classes ---

Wed, November 21 
through Sunday,
November 25

Late drop 2, 3

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Withdrawal  3 

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Classes end

Saturday, October 20

Saturday, December 15

Commencement (University Park) 4

Saturday, December 22

Saturday, December 22

Calendar Footnotes

  See course listings for actual course start/end dates.
  Student action must be with the Registrar's Office
  3  These dates apply only to courses that begin and end as shown.  Contact the Registrar's Office for information on courses with other begin and end dates.  Starting with the first day of the class, a tuition penalty may be charged if the course is dropped.
  4   Graduation at Penn State Great Valley is held every spring.  See the Spring Academic Calendars for those dates. University Park will mail diplomas to the home addresses of the summer and fall graduates.