Graduate Catalog

2011 – 2012

Office of Graduate Studies and Extended Education
McKelvie Hall, 102 W. Rosedale Avenue
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383
Phone: 610-436-2943
Fax: 610-436-2763
gradstudy@wcupa.edu


Revised June 2011

Academic Calendar

FALL SEMESTER 2011

August 27-28 Residence halls open
August 29 Classes begin - 8 a.m.
Late Registration and Drop/Add
September 5 Labor Day (no classes)
September 29 Rosh Hashanah*
October 8 Yom Kippur*
October 10-11 Fall break (no classes)
November 23 Thanksgiving recess begins - 8 a.m.
November 28 Thanksgiving recess ends - 8 a.m.
December 10-11 Reading days
December 12 Last day of classes
December 13-17 Examination period
December 15 Commencement (undergraduate)
December 19 Commencement (graduate)

SPRING SEMESTER 2012

January 16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (no classes)
January 23 Classes begin - 8 a.m.
Late Registration and Drop/Add
March 12 Spring break begins - 8 a.m.
March 16 Spring break ends - 5 p.m.
April 6 Good Friday*
April 7 Passover*
May 4 Last day of classes
May 7-11 Examination period
May 12 Commencement (undergraduate)
May 14 Commencement (graduate)

Please consult the current course schedule and the University’s Web site www.wcupa.edu for the most up-to-date
calendars, including the one for summer and for 2012-13.

*Although the University will be in session, no examinations are to be administered on these major Christian and Jewish holy days. All members of the academic community are also expected to be considerate of and provide appropriate accommodations to students of other faiths when assignments, exams, and other course requirements fall on the major holy days of their religions.