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Second Year Medical Students
2009 - 2010 Pre-Clinical and Clinical Program

2009 Event
Aug. 3 Block Seven Classes Begin
Aug. 31 & Sept. 2 Block 7A Exams
Sept. 7 Labor Day (Holiday)
Sept. 28 Block Seven Classes End
Sept. 30 & Oct. 2 Block 7B Exams
Oct. 3 - 4 Vacation
Oct. 5 Block Eight Classes Begin
Oct. 26 & Oct. 28 Block 8A Exams
Nov. 20 & Nov. 23 Block 8B Exams
Nov. 26 - 27 Thanksgiving (Holiday)
Dec. 11 Block Eight Classes End
Dec. 14 - Dec. 18 Block 8C Exams & Comprehensive Basic Science Exam
Dec. 19 - Jan. 3, 2010 Vacation

2010 Clinical Rotations

Schedule of 12-Week Rotations

Jan. 4, 2010 - March 27 3rd Quarter
March 29 - June 19 4th Quarter

Schedule of 8-Week Rotations

Jan. 4, 2010 - Feb. 27 4th Term
Mar. 1 - April 24 5th Term
April 26 - June 19 6th Term

Schedule of 4-Week Rotations/Electives

Jan. 4, 2010 - Jan. 30 7th Month
Feb. 1 - Feb. 27 8th Month
Mar. 1 - Mar. 27 9th Month
March 29 - April 24 10th Month
April 26 - May 22 11th Month
May 24 - June 19 12th Month

Schedule of 2-Week Rotations/Selectives

Jan. 4, 2010 - Jan. 15 13th Period
Jan. 18 - Jan. 29 14th Period
Feb. 1 - Feb. 12 15th Period
Feb. 15 - Feb. 26 16th Period
Mar. 1 - Mar. 12 17th Period
March 15 - Mar. 26 18th Period
March 29 - April 9 19th Period
April 12 - April 23 20th Period
April 26 - May 7 21st Period
May 10 - May 21 22nd Period
May 24 - June 4 23rd Period
June 7 - 18 24th Period

2010 Holidays (BCM observed), etc.

Jan. 1 (Friday) New Year's (Holiday)
Jan. 18 Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday (Holiday)
Feb. 15 Presidents' Day (Holiday)
April 2 Good Friday (Holiday)
May 31 Memorial Day
June 20 - July 5 Vacation

Note: Clinical rotation students will observe the designated holidays only if the clinical rotation to which they are assigned wishes to excuse them. Otherwise, students will be expected to fulfill clinical responsibilities. The College reserves the right to revise academic calendars or to re-designate the observance of holidays.

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