8.15 Final Examinations

University Final Examination Policy Provides:

1. Final examinations in all undergraduate courses are discretionary within any given department.

2. All students enrolled in an undergraduate course having a final examination, including graduating seniors and graduate students, are required to take the examination at the time scheduled.

3. The scheduling of a final examination or a test in lieu of a final examination at any time other than the regularly scheduled final examination period is a violation of University policy.

4. A test covering a portion of the semester's work which is given in lieu of a final examination, "a unit test," must be given in the regularly scheduled examination period.

Courses meeting every day at the same hour and classes meeting for more than one time period will hold examinations according to the time and day of the first scheduled class meeting of the week. For example, a class meeting for the first period on Tuesday and for the first and second periods on Thursday will hold its examination at the time scheduled for the TTH first period.

Exceptions to the Examination Policy for an individual undergraduate student:

Approval by the appropriate academic dean is required for any change in examination time for an individual undergraduate student. The student must first receive written permission from the instructor if he/she is willing to give a make-up examination at a specified time within the exam week. The student then must petition the dean, giving the reason for the requested exception, and supported by the instructor's written permission. The dean will then notify the instructor in writing if approval is granted.

Make-up examinations are permitted for an undergraduate student when justified by illness, conflicting examinations, more than three examinations in a 24-hour period, or for certain emergencies. Arrangements should be made prior to the Scheduled Exam.

In case of conflicting examinations, group examinations take precedence over examinations scheduled by class meeting time. In the case of conflicts which cannot otherwise be resolved, the course listed first in the Schedule takes precedence over a course listed afterward.

Exceptions to the Examination Policy for an undergraduate class:

No instructor of an undergraduate course may give a final examination during the separate examination period at a time other than that which appears in the printed Directory of Classes unless he/she has obtained prior approval from the Undergraduate Policy Committee. Such approval must be requested, in writing, at least three (3) weeks prior to the scheduled final examination. To schedule a final examination without such approval places the instructor in jeopardy of administrative reprimand by his/her dean and the Vice President for Academic Affairs.