Spring 2008 Quarter Deadlines, Office of the Registrar

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Registration Appointments: On or after this date, continuing students use GOLD to list their spring 2008 registration appointment times.

February 6-16, 2008

Registration: Registration for continuing undergraduate and graduate students. Register using GOLD at the designated appointment time to obtain best possible priority for class level.
Financial Aid, Loan, and Scholarship Unit Requirement: No spring financial aid, loans, or scholarships will be credited to your BARC account until you are registered in sufficient units. Undergraduates must be registered in a minimum of 6 units. Graduate students must be registered in a minimum of 4 units.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Graduate Intercampus Exchange: Last day for graduate students to file intercampus exchange applications for spring quarter with the Graduate Division.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Continuing Undergraduate Registration Deadline: Continuing undergraduate students who register after this date will be assessed a $50 late registration fee. (Students in the College of Creative Studies classes will be charged the $50 late registration fee if registration is completed later than Monday, March 31.)

Monday, February 18, 2008

Holiday: Presidents' Day holiday.

Late February, 2008

New and Returning Students: Registration begins for new and returning students.
Financial Aid, Loan, and Scholarship Unit Requirement: No spring financial aid, loans, or scholarships will be credited to your BARC account until you are registered in sufficient units. Undergraduates must be registered in a minimum of 6 units. Graduate students must be registered in a minimum of 4 units.

February 25-April 14, 2008

Graduation Declarations and Commencement Reservations: First day for undergraduates to use GOLD to declare candidacy for the spring 2008 degree and make commencement reservations.
Seniors with at least 164 units completed or in progress during the winter 2008 quarter are eligible to make a reservation for a spring 2008 commencement ceremony using GOLD. During pass 1, seniors can only make a reservation for the ceremony to which their major is assigned.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Financial Aid, Loan, and Scholarships: Deadline for continuing, new, and returning students to apply for 2008-2009 UCSB financial aid (UC Grant, Cal Grant A or B, Supplemental Grant, Perkins Loan, and Work-Study). Students should be sure to get a Certificate of Mailing.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Continuing Graduate Registration Deadline: Continuing graduate students who register after this date will be assessed a $50 late registration fee.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Undergraduate Fee Payment Deadline: Fee Payment Deadline for undergraduate students.
Undergraduate students who still have a balance due must pay or defer this balance, to avoid a $50 late payment fee. Students may view their account balance at https://www.mybarc.ucsb.edu.
Direct Deposit Refunds: all students, including new and graduate students, will have their financial aid refund checks mailed beginning March 21. See Special Instructions for Financial Aid, Loan, and Scholarship Students for more information about refund checks.
Continuing Undergraduate Class Space Deadline: In order for continuing undergraduate students to maintain registered status and protect class space, all "now due" charges listed on the March BARC statement must be paid by this date. Students who did not receive a March BARC statement by March 1 should view their BARC account balance on the student BARC website at mybarc.ucsb.edu, or contact the Billing Office for the amount of "amount due" charges. Students whose payment is received after this date are subject to losing their registered class space. Notification of failure to meet this deadline will be sent to U-Mail addresses.
After this date, registration for undergraduate students will not be processed without prior payment of fees.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Graduate Students: Last day to Advance to Doctoral Candidacy and pay $65 Advancement fee.
Last day to file a thesis or dissertation using fees paid winter 2008. Degree will be officially conferred in spring 2008.

Monday, March 31, 2008

Spring 2008 quarter begins.
Pre-instructional activities: counseling, testing, academic advising.

Monday, March 31, 2008

Spring 2008 instruction begins.
New and Returning Students Registration Deadline: Registration deadline for new and returning students. After this date new and returning students will be assessed a $50 late registration fee.
Graduate Fee Payment Deadline: Fee payment deadline for graduate students. Graduate students who still have a balance due must pay or defer this balance by 4 p.m., to avoid a $50.00 late payment fee. Graduate students who are not paid will not be allowed to continue with registration until fee payment is made.
Petitions: Office of the Registrar begins processing schedule adjustment petitions. Photo ID required. All other schedule adjustment transactions, including adding classes using approval codes, should be completed via GOLD.
CCS Students: Last day for College of Creative Studies students taking only CCS courses to register for spring 2008.
Residency: Reclassification petition accepted from students seeking in-state fees for the upcoming fall term.
Address Confirmations or Updates: Confirmation/updates of your addresses should be processed through use of GOLD. If you are employed by the university you must also update your address separately with your employing department.

Friday, April 4, 2008

Schedule Adjustment Fee: Last day for all students to drop courses without a $3 fee per drop transaction .
Add Deadline: Last day for all students to add courses without a course approval code .

Drop Writing Courses: Last day for undergraduate students to drop Writing 1, 1E, 1LK, 2, 2E, 2LK, 50, 50E without petition .
Late Registration Deadline: Late registration ends for all students. Lapse in status as a student in the university will occur unless fees and all other financial obligations have been paid, registration has been completed, and blocks on registration (if any) have been cleared. Enrollment
will not be accepted after this date.
Graduate Leave of Absence: Last day to file for leave of absence with Graduate Division for spring 2008.

Friday, April 11, 2008

Schedule Adjustment Fee: Last day for all students to add courses without paying $3 fee .
Grading Option Adjustment Fee: Last day for all students to change grading option without paying $3 fee .

Monday, April 14, 2008

Graduation Deadline: Last day to declare candidacy for the spring 2008 undergraduate degree using GOLD.

April 21-May 23, 2008

Commencement Reservations: Seniors with at least 164 units completed or in progress during the spring 2008 quarter are eligible to make a reservation for a spring 2008 Commencement ceremony using GOLD. During Pass 2, seniors can make a reservation for any open ceremony or switch a previous reservation to any other open ceremony. Reservations must be made by May 2 in order to have your name included in the Commencement book.

Friday, April 18, 2008

Add Deadline: Last day for all students to add classes at the Office of the Registrar by 4 p.m. or via GOLD by 6:45 p.m.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Drop Deadline: Last day for undergraduates in the Colleges of Letters and Science and Engineering to drop classes at the Office of the Registrar by 4 p.m. or via GOLD by 6:45 p.m.

Friday, May 2, 2008

End of first half of quarter.
The Fall 2008 Schedule of Classes will be available in the bookstore in early May.

Friday, May 16, 2008

Grading Option Deadline: Last day for undergraduates in the Colleges of Letters and Science and Engineering to change grading option in courses from passed/not passed to letter-grade or vice versa at the Office of the Registrar by 4 p.m. or via GOLD by 6:45 p.m.

Friday, May 23, 2008

Undergraduate Commencement Deadline: Last day for undergraduates to make commencement reservations. Reservations are made using GOLD.

Monday, May 26, 2008

Holiday: Memorial Day holiday

June 2-6, 2008

Dead Week. Examinations are strongly discouraged and mandatory non-instructional activities require advance approval from the Office of Student Life.

Friday, June 6, 2008

Spring 2008 instruction ends.
Graduate & CCS Students: Last day for graduate students and students in the College of Creative Studies to drop courses or change grading options at the Office of the Registrar by 4 p.m. or via GOLD by 6:45 p.m.
Withdrawal: Last day for undergraduates in the Colleges of Engineering and Letters & Science to submit a petition for complete withdrawal.

June 7-13, 2008

Final Exams: Click here for Spring 2008 Final Examination Schedule.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

CCS Commencement: College of Creative Studies Commencement.

Friday, June 13, 2008

Spring 2008 quarter ends.
Degree Candidates: Degree candidates must have all transfer work and coursework completed no later than this date for current quarter graduation.
Graduate Students: Deadline for Graduate students to present theses and dissertations to Graduate Division to receive a spring 2008 degree.
Incomplete Petitions: Last day to submit Incomplete petitions with instructor signature at the Office of the Registrar by 4 p.m.

June 14-15, 2008

Commencement: Commencement.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Grades: Spring 2008 grades available on GOLD.

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