Harvard School of Dental Medicine: Academic Calendar

ACADEMIC CALENDAR

FALL 2003

July 1	AGE Orientation and Registration
August 27-29	Orientation Year 1 DMD Students
September 1	Labor Day, HSDM closed
September 8	Fall Semester Advanced Graduate Core Courses begin
October 13, Columbus Day	HSDM closed
November 11, Veterans Day	HSDM closed
November, 27-28 Thanksgiving Recess	HSDM closed
December 1-2	NBDE Part II D.M.D. Class of 2004
December 25, Christmas	HSDM closed

SPRING 2004

December 20 - January 4	No classes for Year 1, 2, 3 and 4 D.M.D. students.* The Faculty Practice is open on reduced schedule.
January 1, New Year's Day	HSDM closed
January 2	HSDM reopens
January 5	Classes resume for Year 1, 2 3 and 4 D.M.D. students
January 19, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day	HSDM closed
January 26	Spring 2004 Advanced Graduate Core Courses begin
February 16, Presidents Day	HSDM closed
March 6-14	Spring break, D.M.D. Classes 2007 and 2006
March 20-28	Spring break, D.M.D. Class of 2005
March 27-April 4	Spring break, D.M.D. Class of 2004
May 28	D.M.D. Class of 2004 rotations and clinic ends
May 31, Memorial Day	HSDM closed
June 10	Commencement
June 11	D.M.D. Class of 2007 ends Year 1
June 18	D.M.D. Class of 2006 ends Year 2
June 30	Academic Year ends for Advanced Graduate Programs

FALL 2004

July 1	Orientation and Registration for Advanced Graduate Students
July 5, Independence Day observed	HSDM closed
July 15	NBDE Part 1 D.M.D. Class of 2006
July 23	D.M.D. Class of 2005 ends Year 3
July 24-August 1	Vacation D.M.D. Class of 2005
August 2	D.M.D. Class of 2006 begins Year 3 (tentative) D.M.D. Class of 2005 begins Year 4
August 30 (tentative)	D.M.D. Class of 2007 begins Year 2

* AGE students should check with their program directors regarding winter break. Year 4 D.M.D. students are subject to the vacation schedule of their rotation site and should check with the rotation site director regarding holidays.

PLEASE NOTE: The dates and information presented on this calendar are subject to change.