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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 2024

July

1

Application Deadline for Fall Semester

August

15

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

17-18

Orientation for new seminarians

 

19-23

“Our Daily Bread” Intensive Spirituality Week for seminarians

 

21

Candidacy

 

26

Fall Semester weekday courses begin

September 

2

Labor Day (no classes)

 

12

Deacon Promises

 

19

Dolle Lecture

 

27

Faculty Study Day; Long Weekend (no classes)

October

2

Marten Homiletics Lecture and Workshop

 

12-13

Graduate Theology Program Open House
 

16

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

21

Long Weekend (no classes)
 

26

Diaconate Ordination

November

1

Solemnity of All Saints (no classes)

4

Spring Semester registration opens

15

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

23-Dec. 1

Thanksgiving Break

December

2

Fall Semester weekday classes resume
 

5-6

Final exam days for Fall Semester weekday courses
 

6

Last day of class before Christmas break; Fall Semester online classes conclude;
IV Configuration Graduation Day

7-19

III and IV Configuration Capstone Pilgrimage (Rome)

8

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (no classes)

30

Registration deadline for all Spring Semester courses

7 - January 5

Christmas Break

 

Spring Semester 2025

January

6-17

January Interterm for seminarians

18-24

Retreat week for seminarians

27

Spring Semester weekday classes begin

February

6

Thomas Lecture

 

10

GTP-Summer registration opens

 

13

Ministries: Installation of Lectors and Acolytes

 

17

President’s Day (no classes)

 

22-23

Graduate Theology Program Open House

 

25

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

March

5

Ash Wednesday (no classes)

 

21

Solemnity of St. Benedict (no classes)

 

27

Fr. Cyprian Davis Lecture

31

STB Degree Program Application Deadline for II Configuration

April

7

Fall Semester registration opens

 

11

Last day of weekday classes before Easter break

12-21

Easter Break

 

15

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

 

22

Spring Semester Weekday and online classes resume

May

8-9

Final exam days for Spring Semester weekday courses

9

Graduate Theology Program Spring Semester online classes conclude;
Final day of Spring Semester

 

10

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