Spring 2020 Full Academic Calendar

Calendar Date

Intersession

Full Term

Session I (8W1)

Session II (8W2)

Class Dates

January 2 - 21

January 22 - May 8

January 22 - March 12

March 30 - May 7

Last day to add/drop without academic/financial penalty

January 3

January 29

January 24

April 1

Last day to receive 100% refund

(No tuition credit issued after this date)

Last day to drop classes without instructor permission

January 3

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

January 4 - 15

January 30 - April 8

April 2 - April 28

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

January 15

Final exam

January 21

March 11 (MW classes)

May 6 (MW classes)

Undergraduate Admissions Deadlines 

Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020

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 2020 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 2020 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 re-enroll 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

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 p.m.

Final orientation and registration for new undergraduate students

Martin Luther King holiday (observed) - Classes do not meet

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 2020 degree candidates to reserve seat free of charge for May 2020 Commencement ceremonies

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

Saturday classes begin

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

Interim grades due by 5:00 pm

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

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

Session II MW (8W2) classes begin

Session II TTH (8W2) classes begin

Last day to submit a Spring 2020 Very Late Degree Application at the $100 late application fee applies to undergraduates only. Please visit the Graduate School Website for application deadlines and fees. 

Last day for Spring 2020 degree candidates to reserve seat free of charge for May 2020 Commencement ceremonies

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 file an application for degree for Summer 2020 Commencement without a fee applies to undergraduates only. Please visit the Graduate School Website for application deadlines and fees. 

First day to submit a Spring 2020 Rush Degree Application at the $150 late application fee applies to undergraduates only. Please visit the Graduate School Website for application deadlines and fees. 

First day for Spring 2020 degree candidates to reserve seat for May 2020 Commencement ceremonies at $100 fee

Last day to withdraw from full term classes with grade of W
(Request to withdraw should be submitted in SOAR by 5:00 pm.)

Last day to withdraw from Session II (8W2) classes with grade of W

Students requesting after May 1 will not be allowed to participate in the May Commencement ceremonies

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

Last day of full term classes

Last day to submit a Spring 2020 Rush Degree Application at the $150 late application fee applies to undergraduates only. Please visit the Graduate School Website for application deadlines and fees. 

First day to submit a Spring 2020 Extreme Exception Degree Application at the $250 late application fee applies to undergraduates only. Please visit the Graduate School Website for application deadlines and fees. 

Monday - Thursday, May 11 - 14

Thursday, May 14

Graduate School Commencement - Reed Green Coliseum, Hattiesburg campus

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

Undergraduate Commencement - Reed Green Coliseum, Hattiesburg campus

Please note changes:

9:00 a.m. (Undergraduate candidates in the College of Arts and Sciences)

2:00 p.m. (Undergraduate candidates in the Colleges of Business and Economic Development, Education and Human Sciences, Nursing and Health Professions)

Last day to submit a Spring 2020 Extreme Exception Degree Application at the $250 late application fee

Commencement - All Colleges
Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi

2:00 p.m. - Doctoral, Specialist, Master's and undergraduate degree candidates at Coastal operations

Residence halls close at noon