Spring 2019 Full Academic Calendar

Calendar Date

Intersession

Full Term

Session I (8W1)

Session II (8W2)

Class Dates

January 3 - 23

January 24 - May 1

January 24 - March 18

March 19 - May 1

Last day to add/drop without academic/ financial penalty

January 4

February 1

January 28

March 21

Last day to receive 100% refund

(No tuition credit issued after this date)

Last day to drop classes without instructor permission

January 4

All approved drops will result in grade of W within these dates

January 5 - 16

February 2 - April 4

March 22 - April 12

Last day to make an add/drop course request or withdraw from the University and receive a grade of W

January 16

Final exam

January 23

March 7 (TTH classes)

May 1 (MW classes)

Undergraduate Admissions Deadlines 

Thursday, Jan. 17

Deadline for spring freshman admission – Please see Office of Admissions for more information.

Freshman students who intend to enroll at Southern Miss for the Spring 2019 semester must be offered admission on or before this date.

Deadline for spring transfer admission – Please see Office of Admissions for more information.

Transfer students who intend to enroll at Southern Miss for the Spring 2019 semester must be offered admission on or before this date.

Deadline for spring readmission – Please see Office of Admissions for more information.

Previously enrolled students who intend to reenroll must be offered admission on or before this date.

Previously enrolled students who are on admissions or academic suspension must submit all necessary documentation by this deadline in order to be considered for readmission.

Advisement dates 

Academic dates 

Last day to add/drop Intersession classes without academic or financial penalty and receive 100% tuition credit

Last day to drop Intersession classes without grade of W

Final orientation and registration for new undergraduate students

Residence Halls open

Last day to clear academic suspension through the student's respective college. Clearance forms must be submitted to the Registrar's Office by 4:00 pm.

Martin Luther King holiday (observed)

Last day and final exams for Winter Intersession classes

Classes begin

Late registration and add/drop begin ($50.00 late registration fee)

First day for Spring 2019 degree candidates to reserve seat free of charge for May commencement ceremony.

Saturday classes begin

Last day to add/drop Session I (8W1) classes without academic or financial penalty and receive 100% tuition credit

Last day to drop Session I (8W1) classes without grade of W

Last day to add/drop full term classes without academic or financial penalty and receive 100% tuition credit

Last day to drop full term classes without grade of W

All approved drops for full term classes assigned a grade of W

Last day to withdraw from Session I (8W1) courses with grade of W

Last day of and final examinations for TTH Session I (8W1) classes

SPRING BREAK HOLIDAY (day and night classes do not meet)

Last day of and final examinations for MW Session I (8W1) classes

Session II TTH (8W2) classes begin

Session II MW (8W2) classes begin

Last day to add/drop Session II (8W2) classes without academic or financial penalty and receive 100% tuition credit

Last day to drop Session II (8W2) classes without grade of W

Last day to submit a Spring 2019 Very Late Degree Application at the $100 late application fee.

Last day for Spring 2019 degree candidates to reserve seat free of charge for May commencement ceremony.

Last day to file application for degree for summer 2019 commencement without a fee

First day to submit a Spring 2019 Rush Degree Application at the $150 late application fee.

First day for Spring 2019 degree candidates to reserve seat for May commencement ceremony at $100 fee.

Last day for Spring 2019 degree candidates to reserve seat for May commencement ceremony at $100 fee.

Students requesting after April 18 will not be allowed to participate in the May ceremony.

Last day of and final examinations for MW Session II (8W2) classes

Last day of full term classes

Last day to submit a Spring 2019 Rush Degree Application at the $150 late application fee.

First day to submit a Spring 2019 Extreme Exception Degree Application at the $250 late application fee.

Monday - Thursday, May 6-9

Thursday, May 9

Graduate School Commencement - Reed Green Coliseum

6:00 p.m. - Doctoral, Specialists, Master's degree candidates

Undergraduate Commencement - Reed Green Coliseum

9:00 a.m. - College of Arts & Sciences and College of Nursing & Health Professions

2:00 p.m. - College of Business & Economic Development and College of Education & Human Sciences

Last day to submit a Spring 2019 Extreme Exception Degree Application at the $250 late application fee.

USM Gulf Coast Commencement - MS Gulf Coast Coliseum
10:00 a.m. - Doctoral, Specialists, Master's and undergraduate degree candidates on Gulf Coast campus

Residence halls close at noon