General Guidelines

  • Registration deadlines are always one month before classes begin.
  • Drop dates for weekend courses are the Friday before the first weekend.
  • Drop dates (without penalty) for online courses are one month before course begins.
  • Last day to withdraw from a weekday or online course is eight weeks after the first day of class.
  • Last day to withdraw from a weekend course is the Friday before the second weekend meeting.
  • Weekend and online course grades are due to the Registrar three weeks after the last class.
  • Weekday course grades are due to the Registrar one week after the last class day.
  • The last day to remove an incomplete grade is six weeks from the last day of class.
  • The most current course and workshop dates can be found at this link:
    https://www.saintmeinrad.edu/student-resources/course-schedules/

Fall Semester 2023

July

1

Application Deadline for Fall Semester

August

15

Summer MA Concluding Exercises due to Academic Dean; final projects/papers due to director

19-20

Orientation for new seminarians

 

21-25

Our Daily Bread” Intensive Spirituality Week for seminarians

 

23

Candidacy

 

28

Fall Semester weekday courses begin

September 

4

Labor Day (no classes)

 

5

Graduate Theology program Fall Semester online classes begin

 

21

Dolle Lecture

 

29

Faculty Study Day; Long Weekend (no classes)

October

4

Marten Homiletics Lecture and Workshop

 

14-15

Graduate Theology Program Open House

 

18

Graduate Theology Program Open House (online at 6:30 p.m. CT)

30

Spring Semester registration opens

November

1

Solemnity of All Saints (no classes)

15

Fall Semester MA Concluding Exercises due to Academic Dean; final projects/papers due to director

 

18-26

Thanksgiving Break

27

Fall Semester weekday classes resume

29

Fall Semester online classes conclude

December

4-5

Final exam days for Fall Semester weekday courses

 

5

Last day of class before Christmas break

 

8

Fall Semester online classes conclude

30

Registration deadline for all Spring Semester courses

6 - January 6

Christmas Break

 

Spring Semester 2024

January

8

January Interterm begins for seminarians;
Graduate Theology Program Spring Semester online classes begin

20-26

Retreat week for seminarians

29

Spring Semester weekday classes begin

February

8

Father Cyprian Davis Lecture

 

12

GTP-Summer registration opens

 

15

Ministries: Installation of Lectors and Acolytes

 

17-18

Graduate Theology Program Open House

 

19

President’s Day (no classes)

 

21

Graduate Theology Program Open House (online at 6:30 p.m. CT)

March

7

Priesthood Promises

 

14

Thomas Lecture

 

21

Solemnity of St. Benedict (no classes)

22

Last day of weekday classes before Easter break

23-Apr 1

Easter Break

31

STB Degree Program Application Deadline for II Configuration

April

2

Spring Semester Weekday and online classes resume

 

8

Fall Semester registration opens

15

Spring Semester MA Concluding Exercises due to Academic Dean;final projects/papers due to director

 

19

Long weekend (no weekday classes); Graduate Theology Program Spring Semester online classes conclude

May

9-10

Final exam days for Spring Semester weekday courses

10

Final day of Spring Semester

 

11

Graduation Day

July

1

Application deadline for Fall Semester

August

15

Summer MA Concluding Exercises due to Academic Dean;

final projects/papers due to director