MA/PhD Economics Academic Calendar

Fall Semester Spring Semester
Term I Term III  
Term II Term IV

New Student Orientation

August 24

New Student Orientation - Browne Center

Refund of tuition follows the University’s semester schedule.

Term I  (5 weeks)

August 27

Term I begins

August 27

Incoming MA and PhD Student Orientation

September 3

Labor Day Holiday, No classes held
Make-up class TBD

September 28

Term I classes end

Term II  (10 weeks)

October 1

Term II classes begin

October 12

Research Methods Workshop for MA Students.
November 12

Holiday - Veteran's Day, make up class TBD

November 19-21

Graduate Economics classes meet following normal schedule.

November 22-23

Thanksgiving Holiday – no classes.

December 14

Term II classes end 

December 17-20

MA & PhD Final Exams

Term III  (10 weeks)

January 2

Term III classes begin

January 21

Holiday -  Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Make up class dates TBD

March 8

Term III classes end

Term IV  (10 weeks)

March 18

Term IV classes begin

May 10

MA Capstone Paper Presentations

May 17

Graduate Hooding Ceremony

May 18

UNH Commencement - Durham

May 24

Term IV classes end