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Academic Calendar

Orientation Week  

August 3-7, 2009

White Coat Ceremony

August 7, 2009

Period 1 Educational Block 1

Genes Molecules and Cells

Clinical Medicine, Communication Skills

Biostatistics and Descriptive Epidemiology

Medical Ethics and Dilemmas

August 10-October 6, 2009

Mid-course Exams

All courses

August 24, 2009

Labor Day Holiday, University Closed

September 7, 2009

Mid-course Exams                                

All courses

September 14, 2009

Exam Study Day

October 5, 2009

Final Exams

All courses

October 6, 2009

Period 1 Educational Block 2

Structure and Function

Clinical Medicine, Physical Diagnosis

Analytic Epidemiology and Evidence Based Medicine

 Health Care Systems

October 8-December 4, 2009

Mid-course Exams                                                    

All courses

October 26, 2009    

Mid-course Exams                                                                                             

All courses

November 10, 2009

Veteran's Day Holiday, University Closed       

November 11, 2009

Thanksgiving Holiday, University Closed       

November 26-27, 2009

Final Exam

All courses

December 3-4, 2009

Period 1 Educational Block 3

Microbiology and Infection

Clinical Medicine, Physical Diagnosis

Humanism, Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Culture and Health and Health Disparities

December 7-23, 2009

Mid-course Exams

Clinical Medicine, Physical Diagnosis

Humanism, Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Culture and Health and Health Disparities

December 23, 2009                

Final Exam                                                                    

Microbiology and Infection

December 23, 2009

Period 1 Educational Block 4

Cellular and General Pathology and Immunology

                  Clinical Medicine, Physical Diagnosis (cont)

                  Humanism, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (cont.)

                  Culture and Health and Health Disparities (cont.)

January 4-February 19, 2010

Mid-course Exams                                                                                                          

All courses

January 15, 2010    

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, University Closed        

January 18, 2010

Mid-course Exams                                                                                                          

All courses

February 1, 2010

Exam Study Day    

February 17, 2010

Mid-course Exams                                                                                                          

Clinical Medicine, Physical Diagnosis

                  Humanism, Complementary and Alternative Medicine

                  Culture and Health and Health Disparities

February 18, 2010

Final Exam

Cellular and General Pathology and Immunology

February 18, 2010

No Classes

February 19, 2010

Period 1 Educational Block 5

                  Basic Pharmacology

                  Clinical Medicine, Physical Diagnosis (cont.)

                  Humanism, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (cont.)

                  Culture and Health and Health Disparities (cont.)

February 22-March 19, 2010

Mid-course Exams

All courses

March 8, 2010

Exam Study Day    

March 17, 2010      

Final Exams                 

All courses

March 18, 2010

Spring Break

March 19-28, 2010

Period 2 Educational Block 1

Hematology/Oncology

                  Clinical Medicine, Physical Diagnosis

                  Health Care Economics

                  Death and Dying

                  Medicine and Society

March 29-April 12, 2010       

Mid-course Exams

Clinical Medicine, Physical Diagnosis

                  Health Care Economics

                  Death and Dying

                  Medicine and Society

April 12, 2010         

Final Exam

Hematology/Oncology

April 12, 2010

Period 2 Educational Block 2

Reproductive Medicine

                  Clinical Medicine, Physical Diagnosis (continued)

                  Health Care Economics (continued)

                  Death and Dying (continued)

                  Medicine and Society (continued)

April 13-May 7, 2010

Mid-course Exams
                   All courses

April 23, 2010

Mid-course Exams

Clinical Medicine, Physical Diagnosis

                  Health Care Economics

                  Death and Dying

                  Medicine and Society

May 7, 2010

Final Exam

Reproductive Medicine

May 7, 2010

Period 2 Educational Block 3

Gastroenterology and Nutrition

                  Clinical Medicine, Physical Diagnosis (continued)

                  Health Care Economics (continued)

                  Death and Dying (continued)

                  Medicine and Society (continued)

May 10-June 11, 2010

Mid-course Exams
All courses

May 24, 2010          

Memorial Day Holiday, University Closed       

May 31, 2010

Final Exam

All courses

June 10-11, 2010

Summer Break

June 12-August 1, 2010

Independence Day Holiday, University Closed

July 4, 2010

Period 2 Educational Block 4            

August 2-September 17, 2010

Labor Day Holiday, University Closed

September 6, 2010

Period 2 Educational Block 5

September 20- October 5, 2010

Period 2 Educational Block 6

October 7-23, 2010

Period 2 Educational Block 7

October 25-December 7, 2010

Veteran's Day Holiday, University Closed       

November 11, 2010

Thanksgiving Holiday, University Closed       

November 25-26, 2010

Period 2 Educational Block 8            

December 9, 2010-March 4, 2011

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