2011-2012 Academic Year Calendar
The following calendar lists important dates for the 2011-2012 academic year at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison.
Year 1 and 2
| Fall Semester 2011 | |
|
Madison Moving Day |
August 15 |
|
Year 1 orientation and classes begin |
August 16 |
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Year 2 classes begin |
August 16 |
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Labor Day holiday |
September 5 |
|
Year 1 White Coat Ceremony |
September 18 |
|
Rosh Hashanah * |
September 29 |
|
Yom Kippur * |
October 8 |
|
Thanksgiving recess |
November 24-27 |
| Year 1 and 2 classes end | December 16 |
| Spring Semester 2012 | |
|
Semester begins |
January 9 |
|
Martin Luther King Jr. holiday |
January 16 |
|
Spring recess |
March 31-April 8 |
|
Good Friday * |
April 6 |
|
Passover * |
April 7 |
|
Honor and awards ceremony |
May 17 |
|
Year 1 and 2 classes end |
May 18 (tentative) |
|
Medical school commencement |
May 18 |
| Start of year 3 and 4 | July 9 (tentative) |
* In accordance with Faculty Document 488a, faculty are asked not to schedule mandatory exercises on these dates.
Year 3 and 4
| Fall Semester 2011 | |
|
Semester begins |
July 1 |
|
M3 Transitional Clerkship |
July 1 |
|
Labor Day 3 |
September 5 |
| Rosh Hashana 2 |
September 29 |
| Yom Kippur 2 |
October 8 |
|
Core Day |
October 14 |
|
Thanksgiving 1 |
November 24-27 |
|
Semester ends |
December 16 |
| Spring Semester 2012 | |
|
Semester begins |
January 9 |
|
Martin Luther King Jr. holiday 3 |
January 16 |
|
Core Day |
February 24 |
|
Passover 2 |
April 7 |
|
Good Friday 2 |
April 6 |
|
Core Day |
May 4 |
|
Semester ends |
May 18 |
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Commencement |
May 18 |
|
Memorial Day 3 |
May 28 |
| M3 YEPSA exam | First week of June |
1 M3 Thanksgiving: Wednesday at 5pm through Sunday
1 M4 Thanksgiving: Follow schedule of clerkship
2 See * under Year 1 and Year 2
3 Holiday for all students