2002-2003 Academic Calendar

June 26-30 AOA Annual Meeting

June 24-29 Residents' Clinic

OD-3 Break Week

June 29 OD-4/Quarter 1, Rotation 1 Ends

July 1-6 OD-4 Break Week

July 1-Aug 2 OD-3 Second Summer Session

July 4 Independence Day, University Holiday

July 8 OD-4/Quarter 1, Rotation 2 begins

July11-13 FOA Annual Meeting

July 25-28 Florida State Board Exams, Modified Davie Clinic 7/26

Davie Clinic Closed (OD-3 & OD-4) 7/27 & 7/28

Aug 11 Registration/Orientation Day (Family)

Aug 12 OD-2 & OD-3 classes begin

Aug 12-16 OD-1 classes begin, no labs, special orientation

Aug 5-7 Residents' Clinic

Aug 6-7 NBEO Part I (OD-3)

Aug 17 Last day of OD-4/Quarter 1, Rotation 2

Travel day for off-site externship

Aug 19 OD-4/Quarter 2, Rotation 1 begins

In-house Orientation

Sept 2 Labor Day, University Holiday, Clinics Closed

Sept 7 Rosh Hashanah, University Holiday, Clinics Closed

Sept 16 Yom Kippur, University Holiday, Clinics Closed

Sept 28 Last day OD-4/Quarter 2, Rotation 1

Sept 30 First day OD-4/Quarter2, Rotation 2

Oct 9-15 OD-1, 2, 3 Mid-term Examinations

Residents' Clinic

Oct 11 Faculty Retreat

Nov 9 Last Day OD-4/Quarter 2

Nov 10-12 Fourth Year Congress

Nov 12 Compliance Training, Classes & Clinics Canceled

Nov 13 Orientation for In-house OD-4 Clinics

First day OD-4/Quarter 3, Rotation 1

Travel day for off-site externships

Nov 27 Last day of classes before Thanksgiving

Nov 28-30 Thanksgiving Weekend, University Holiday, Clinics Closed

Dec 3-13 OD-1, 2, 3 Final Examinations

Dec 9 NBEO Study Day (OD-4)

Dec 10-11 NBEO Part II, OD-4 Clinics Canceled

Dec 12-16 American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting

Dec 13- Jan 1 Winter Recess

Dec 24 University Holiday, University closed at Noon, Clinics Closed

Dec 25 Christmas, University Holiday, All Clinics Closed

Dec 31 University Holiday, University closed at Noon, Clinics Closed

Jan 1, 2003 New Year's Day, University Holiday, All Clinics Closed

Jan 6 Classes & Clinics begin

Jan 4 Last day OD-4/Quarter 3, Rotation 1

Jan 6 First Day OD-4/Quarter 3, Rotation 2

Jan 20 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, University Holiday, All Clinics Closed

Feb 15 Last day OD-4/Quarter 3, Rotation 2

Travel day for off-site externships

Feb 17 OD-4/Quarter 4, Rotation 1 begins

In-house Orientation

Feb 20-24 SECO, Modified Clinics

March 6-12 OD-1, 2, 3 Mid-term Examinations

March 20-21 OD-2 Proficiency Exams, Clinics Closed

March 29 Last day OD-4/Quarter 4, Rotation 1

March 31 First day OD-4/Quarter 4, Rotation 2

April 14-19 Spring Recess, Residents at Davie only

April 18 Good Friday, University Holiday, Clinic Closed

April 23 Last day of classes for OD-3

April 24- May 1 OD-3 Final Examinations

April 29 Last day of classes for OD-1 & OD-2

May 1- May 9 OD-1, 2 Final Examinations

May 12-14 New OD-3 (Class of 2005) Clinic Orientation

May 15-16 Proficiency Re-Examinations

May 17 Last day OD-4/Quarter 4

May 19 New OD-4 (Class of 2004) Externship begins

Quarter 1, Rotation 1 - In-house Orientation

May 19 OD-3 Summer Session 1 begins

May 22 Senior Day/Graduation Rehearsal

May 24 Senior Award Dinner

May 25 Graduation

May 26 Memorial Day, University Holiday, Clinics Closed

*All re-examinations for the Fall and Winter terms will be administered in Summer 2003 (dates to be announced).