| First Day of Semester | 8/26 |
| First Day of Class | 8/26 |
| Labor Day: No class | 9/2 |
| Last day to drop without "W" | 9/9 |
| Term paper proposal due | 11/1 |
| Last day to drop course | 11/1 |
| Thanksgiving holiday No class | 11/28-29 |
| Term paper draft due | 11/22 |
| Last Day of Class | 12/9 |
| Dead Day | 12/11 |
| Term paper (final version) due | 12/11 |