8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Monday to Thursday
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Friday

8:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday to Thursday
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday

• Exceptions, for sound academic reasons, may be made for make- up classes with the consent of the Dean of the Faculty.
• Classes during the 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. time period are scheduled only at the request of the department.
• Evening classes begin at 6:30 p.m. or 7:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. start time is possible only in exceptional cases with the approval of the Dean)
• Graduate and second- entry professional programs and scholar’s elective programming may have classes that deviate from this schedule from time to time based on the needs of the instructor or students.
• Class lectures, laboratories, tutorials, clinics and seminars always finish 10 minutes before the end times that appear in the Master Timetable, e.g., the timetable may indicate that a class begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 9:30 a.m. but, in fact, the class will end at 9:20 a.m. to allow students 10 minutes to get to the next class.

• Classes in the first term will begin on the Thursday following Labour Day.
• Classes in the second term will begin on the first Monday following January 2. Second term classes will begin no earlier than twelve days following the last day of the mid-year examination period.
• The last day of registration for either the Fall or Winter term will be seven days from and including the start date of the session (excluding weekends).
• Each term will be thirteen weeks in length, comprising at least 62 "lecture days."
• The first day of classes in the fall term in all teaching divisions should not be scheduled on the first or second day of Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish new year) or on Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), unless the cancellation of classes on those days results in a term of less than 62 “lecture days.” In that case, classes will proceed as usual.

• There will be at least one study day (including Saturdays and Sundays) between the completion of lectures and the first scheduled final examination.
• The final day of examinations will be no later than December 22 in the first term and April 30 in the second term.
• The final examination period will be at least 12 days in the first term and at least 17 days in the second term.
• No examinations are to be scheduled on Good Friday or Easter Sunday.
• No examinations are to be scheduled on the first two days of Passover unless the avoidance of those dates would extend the final examination period beyond the end of April. In years where examinations are scheduled on the first two days of Passover, affected students are required to request accommodation and arrange with their instructor(s) and/or Dean for an alternative examination.

• A Fall Study Reading Week will be scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. on Friday prior to Thanksgiving Monday and end at midnight on the subsequent Sunday.

4. Scheduling Spring Reading Week

• Reading Week will be scheduled to begin as of 6:00 p.m. on the Friday prior to the third Monday in February and end at midnight on the subsequent Sunday.

• The in absentia February Convocation will be scheduled for the last Friday in February.
• June Convocation ceremonies will be scheduled from Tuesday to Friday in the second full week in June and from Monday to Wednesday in the third week of June.
• October Convocation ceremonies will be scheduled on the last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in October.
  

Remembrance Day Policy
That two minutes of silence be observed on November 11 at 11:00 a.m. throughout the University and that, where this is not possible, two minutes of silence be observed between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon.

That students be permitted to be absent from class to attend a Remembrance Day Service, provided the instructor is informed in advance of the intended absence.

• For I, II and III year, a fall term shall comprise 14 weeks of classes plus a one week examination period* and a winter term would comprise 16 weeks of classes plus a three week examination period.
• For IV year, a fall term shall comprise 15 weeks of classes and a winter term would comprise 16 weeks of classes with final examinations interspersed in weeks 9 and 10 of that term.

1. Spring/Summer Sessions The Spring/Summer Session shall be comprised of three periods:
   • Twelve-week period - May to August (Summer Evening and Spring/Summer Distance Studies)
   • Six-week period - May to June (Intersession)
   • Six-week period - July to August (Summer Day)
   
2. The last day of online registration for Summer Evening and Spring/Summer Distance Studies, Intersession and Summer Day will be two days before the start of classes.
3. Scheduling of classes will be within the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 9:40 p.m. for the May/June period and 8:00 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. for the July/August period, and between the hours of 5:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. for the May to August period. No classes will be held on statutory holidays.
4. A first-term full (1.0) or half (0.5) course (comprising twelve or six weeks for Summer Evening and Spring/Summer Distance Studies and six weeks for Intersession and Summer Day) will begin:
   • for Summer Evening and Spring/Summer Distance Studies, on the first Monday in May after May 2
   • for Intersession, on the Monday following the first day of Summer Evening
   • for Summer Day, on the first Monday in July after Canada Day.
   
5. A second-term half (0.5) course for Summer Evening and Spring/Summer Distance Studies will begin six weeks after the start of the Summer Evening and Spring/Summer Distance Studies Session.
6. There will be two study days for Summer Evening, Summer Day and Distance Studies courses between the end of classes and the examination period (including weekends). For Intersession, there will be two study days.
7. Examinations for Summer Evening, Intersession and Summer Day will be held over two days and for Distance Studies, over four days.