School of Music
Dates & Deadlines

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

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

CMDA Boot Camp

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

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

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

Classes begin

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

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

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.

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

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

Labor Day Holiday: Campus closed

General exam questions due to Trey Davis, 4:30

Doctoral general exams (written portion)

Faculty Meeting, 1:30-2:30

Sabbatical applications due to Academic Affairs via LSU Elements system

Fall Holiday

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

Extended Meeting, 2:30-3:30 (Full Faculty)

Mid-semester grades due, 9:00 am

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

Faculty Meeting, 1:30-2:30

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mentor and Peer Reviewer reports due to Byo

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

Concentrated study period

Classes end

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

Final exams

Grades due, 9:00 am: Degree candidates

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

Music Advisory Committee Meeting, 10:00 am

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

Commencement Day

Opening Faculty Meetings

Classes begin

Audition Day 1

Audition Day 2

NASM Site Visit

CMDA Research Expo