Fall 2008

The Art Department at UMass Lowell has continued to grow since the first graduating class in 1984 when there were approximately fifteen students in the B.F.A. program. During the 1980s, the department offered both the B.A. and B.F.A. degrees with a total enrollment of approximately 80-100 majors. In 1995, the department began offering only the B.F.A. degree with approximately 175 majors. Enrollments began to grow dramatically in 2000. The department starts the 2007/2008 academic year providing a professional degree experience for approximately 275 B.F.A. majors.

This fall the department starts the academic year with ten full-time faculty, fifteen adjunct faculty and a staff of four.

Alumni/alumnae who would like to share their professional activities with the UMass Lowell art department community can forward it to art@uml.edu. While we will try to include everything, the department reserves the right to select information that is of interest to art majors on a space and time available basis.

Fall 2008
(Art Major specific information in red)

August
30 Saturday *Residence halls open for new students
September
1 Monday *Labor Day (University closed)
*Residence halls open for returning students
3 Wednesday *Fall Classes Begin
*Drop-Add Period Begins.
9 Tuesday *Last Day for Undergraduate Students to Add a Course Without a Permission Number
*Last Day for Instructors to Publish Course and
Attendance Requirements for Class Members
16 Tuesday *Last Day to
(1) Add a Course with a Permission Number
(2) Drop a Course without Record,
(3) Change Enrollment Status from:
Audit to Credit;
Credit to Audit;
“Pass-No Credit” to Letter Grade, or
Letter Grade to “Pass-No Credit”
Note: No refund after this date
October
13 Monday *Columbus Day (University Closed)
15 Wednesday *Monday Class Schedule
21 Tuesday *Mid-Semester: At least one evaluation required in each
Course.
27 Monday *Faculty Advising Period Begins MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH YOUR ADVISOR. Students check ISIS for enrollment appointments.
*First day for seniors who anticipate completion of
Degree Requirements by the End of May or the end of
August to Confer with Faculty Advisors and to File
Programs of Baccalaureate Studies (DIG Forms)
November
7 Friday *Faculty Advising Period Ends
*Last Day for Seniors Who Anticipate Completion of
Degree Requirements by the End of May or the End of
August to Confer with Faculty Advisors and to File
Programs of Baccalaureate Studies (DIG form)
*** 11 Tuesday *Veterans Day Observed (University closed)
12 Wednesday *Last Day for Students to withdraw from courses with grade of
“W”.
*Enrollment for Spring 2009 courses begin using enrollment appointment dates obtained from student ISIS self service
21 Friday *Last Day for Students to Complete Work for Incomplete Spring
Semester and Summer Session (2008) Courses
26 Wednesday *Thanksgiving Recess begins 10:00 PM
27 Thursday *Thanksgiving
December
1 Monday *Classes Resume
5 Friday *Last Day for Faculty to Administer Quizzes and Examinations Prior to Final Examination Period
12 Friday *Last Day of Fall Semester Classes
*Last Day for Faculty to File Grades for Incompletes and Change of Course Grades for Spring Semester (2008) courses
15 Monday *Reading Day
16 Tuesday *Fall Semester Examinations Begin
22 Monday *Fall Semester Examinations End 6:00 P.M.
*Residence halls close at 6:00 P.M.
23 Tuesday *Make-up day for examinations postponed because of Weather.
*Winter Recess Begins
25 Thursday *Christmas
Note: In the event that examination days are postponed because of weather conditions, the first day of postponed examinations will be made up on December 23 (Tuesday). Additional postponed examination days will be made up sequentially on January 17 (Saturday), January 16 (Friday), etc.