School of Music
Dates & Deadlines

 

This page contains important dates and deadlines specific to operations and academics in the LSU School of Music. Not all university-level dates and deadlines are necessarily represented on this calendar. Please consult the official LSU Academic Calendar for an exhaustive listing of all dates and deadlines across the LSU system.

This page was last updated on August 21, 2023.

Fall 2023

Meetings in bold are mandatory.

August

14

CMDA DEI Workshop: Culturally Responsive Teaching
Loneka Battiste, part 1
1:00-4:30, MDA 301

15

University-wide New Faculty Summit, 8:00-3:30
Auditorium, Huey P. Long Field House

CMDA DEI Workshop: Culturally Responsive Teaching
Loneka Battiste, part 2
1:00-4:30, MDA 301

15-19

CMDA Boot Camp

16

CMDA College Faculty & Staff Meeting
9:00-10:00, Recital Hall

Music History Diagnostic Exam, Online, 10:00-11:00

Research Faculty Roundtable, 1:00-2:00, SoM VMH Boardroom

Performance Faculty Roundtable, 2:00-3:00, SoM 114

17

Graduate Student Welcome Orientation, Recital Hall, 8:30-10:00

CMDA New Faculty Orientation (pt. 1)
12:45-4:30, SoM VMH Boardroom

Music Advisory Committee Meeting, 1:30-2:30, MDA 251
(Executive Conference Room)

Music Theory Diagnostic Exam, 1:00-3:00, SOM 115

18

SoM Faculty/Staff Meeting (General)
9:00-10:15, MDA 247

SoM, Faculty meeting (NASM Self Study)
10:30-11:45, MDA 247

CMDA New Faculty Orientation, (pt. 2, lunch incl.)
12:00-4:30, SoM VMH Boardroom

21

Classes begin

25

Syllabi due; email as attachments to Kaitlin Richard, krichard1@lsu.edu

30

Last day to drop courses without receiving a W, 4:30

Final date for Degree Only resolution of editors’ corrections to theses and dissertations, 4:30

31

Last day to add courses or make section changes, 4:30

Final date for submitting to the graduate school Application for Degree to be awarded at fall commencement, to Paloma Gonzalez by 4:30 p.m.

Final date for submitting to the graduate school Request for Final defense (comprehensive exam, thesis/dissertation defense) for degrees to be awarded at fall commencement, 4:30 p.m.

 

September

1

Spring & Summer 2024 course offerings to Byo (from area heads)

Music Advisory Committee Meeting, 1:30-2:30

4

Labor Day Holiday: Campus closed

8

General exam questions due to Trey Davis, 4:30

13, 14, 15

Doctoral general exams (written portion)

21

Faculty Meeting, 1:30-2:30

22

Sabbatical applications due to Academic Affairs via LSU Elements system

 

October

5, 6

Fall Holiday

12

Tenured Faculty Meeting 1, 1:30-2:30 (P&T)

17

Mid-semester grades due, 9:00 am

19

Tenured Faculty Meeting 2, 1:30-2:30 (P&T)

26

Faculty Meeting, 1:30-2:30

 

November

1

Recommendations for P&T and 3rd Year Review due to Byo

2

Final date for submitting to the graduate school committee examination reports and uploading committee-approved theses and dissertations for those graduating in December 2023. This includes Non-Thesis Reports, to Paloma by 3:30 pm.

Final date for dissertation title changes

3

Last day to drop courses or resign from the University, 4:30

Deadline for submitting studio recital and recruitment/engagement events for Spring 2024 semester. Use Event Request Form, 4:30pm

4

LSU + Kids Orchestra “Making Music with the LSU Tigers”

16

Faculty Meeting, 1:30-2:30

Grad School: Final resolution of Editors’ Requested Corrections to Theses & Dissertations and Final defense reports for non-thesis students due

17

Deadline to submit marketing information for Spring 2024 events at 4:30pm.

21

Non-Tenure Review Committee Mentor and Peer Reviewer reports due to Byo

22-24

Thanksgiving Holiday: Campus closed. Classes end at 12:30pm, 11/22

29- Dec 3

Concentrated study period

 

December

2

Classes end

Graduate School: Last day to submit grades for Incompletes from Spring or Summer previous semesters

4-9

Final exams

12

Grades due, 9:00 am: Degree candidates

13

Grades due, 9:00 am: Non-degree candidates

14

Music Advisory Committee Meeting, 10:00 am

Grad School: Defense deadlines for degree-only graduates in spring semester

15

Commencement Day

 

Spring 2024

Week of January 8

Opening Faculty Meetings

January 16

Classes begin

January 20

Audition Day 1

January 27

Audition Day 2

April 8-10

NASM Site Visit

April 15

CMDA Research Expo