2008 Academic Year Dateline

Week beginning	Week	Session Details
31 December 07	Vacation	New Year's Day Public Holiday 1 January
7 January	Vacation	Quarter 1 Session (Q1)^ (non-standard session for GSB), Summer Session, 1st Half Year (1H) Session and 1st Research Session (R1) commence 7 January
14 January	Vacation
21 January	Vacation	Census date for Summer Session 25 January
28 January	Vacation	Census date for Q1 1 February Australia Day Public Holiday 28 January
4 February	Vacation
11 February	Vacation	Deadline for submission of deferred and Summer Session results for students graduating in April 15 February Summer Session finishes 17 February
18 February	Vacation	Inter session break finishes 22 February
25 February	1	Autumn Session commences UWSC Term 1 (T1)° commences
3 March	2
10 March	3
17 March	4	Good Friday Public Holiday 21 March Q1 Session finishes 23 March
24 March	5	Easter Monday Public Holiday 24 March
31 March	6	Census date for Autumn Session, R1, 1H and UWSC T1 31 March Quarter 2 (Q2)^ Session commences 31 March
7 April	7
14 April	8
21 April	9	Intra session break (21 - 25 April) Graduations commence 18 April Anzac Day Public Holiday 25 April Census date for Q2 25 April
28 April	10	Graduations finish 3 May
5 May	11
12 May	12
19 May	13
26 May	14
2 June	15	Stuvac (2 - 6 June) UWSC T1 finishes 8 June
9 June	16	Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday 9 June Examinations# commence 10 June Q2 finishes 15 June
16 June	17	Examinations#
23 June	18	Examinations# Quarter 3 (Q3)^ Session commences 23 June Examinations, Autumn Session, R1 and 1H finish 29 June UWSC Term 2 (T2)° commences 23 June
30 June	Vacation	Inter session break commences 30 June 2nd Half Year (2H) and 2nd Research (R2) Sessions commence 30 June
7 July	Vacation
14 July	*Vacation	Census date for Q3 Session 18 July
21 July	*Vacation	Inter session break finishes 25 July
28 July	1	Spring Session commences 28 July Census date for UWSC T2 31 July
4 August	2
11 August	3
18 August	4
25 August	5	Census date for Spring Session, 2H and R2 31 August
1 September	6	Q3 Session finishes 7 September
8 September	7
15 September	8	Quarter 4 (Q4)^ Session commences 15 September
22 September	9	Graduations commence 22 September Graduations finish 26 September Intra session break (22-26 September)
29 September	10	UWSC T2 finishes 5 October
6 October	11	Labour Day Public Holiday 6 October Census date for Q4 Session 10 October
13 October	12
20 October	13	UWSC Term N (TN)° commences 20 October
27 October	14
3 November	15	Stuvac (3 – 7 November)
10 November	16	Examinations# commence 10 November
17 November	17	Examinations#
24 November	18	Examinations# Examinations, Spring Session and Q4 Session finish 30 November Q4 Session finishes 30 November Census date UWSC TN 30 November
1 December	Vacation	Long Summer Session commences 1 December Inter session break commences 1 December
8 December	Vacation
15 December	*Vacation
22 December	Vacation	Christmas Day Public Holiday 25 December Boxing Day Public Holiday 26 December 2H and R2 Sessions finish 28 December
29 December	Vacation	New Year’s Day Public Holiday 1 January 2009 Census date Long Summer Session 9 January
5 January 2009	Vacation	Quarter 1 (Q1)^, 1st Research Session (R1), 1st Half Year Session (1H) and Summer Session commence 5 January Short Summer Session commences 5 January UWSC TN finishes 8 February Long Summer Session finishes 15 February Inter session break finishes 20 February

NOTE 1 * These weeks will be used for the scheduled deferred examinations. Precise dates will be confirmed in 2008, as required.

NOTE 2 # These weeks are part of the formal examination period. Students must be available in these weeks.

NOTE 3 ^ Quarter 1 is a non standard session for Graduate School of Business. Other “Quarter” sessions are also used by the Graduate School of Business.

NOTE 4 ° Terms 1, 2 and N are used for UWSCollege and for International offshore purposes.

The above dates are for sessions appropriate for the majority of students. Students enrolled in programs with special sessions, such as teacher education and medicine programs, and offshore and international students will need to consult their school regarding any special purpose dates.