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The final examination week is part of the regular academic program and must be incorporated into each instructor’s course plan for the semester. Final examinations are not the only legitimate type of culminating activity, and therefore, the instructor may choose an appropriate activity that conforms to course objectives.
The culminating activity shall take place only at the time and location assigned by the registrar. Unless granted an excused absence, the faculty member responsible for the course must be present to direct the culminating activity. Faculty members may require student participation in the culminating activity.
Faculty members who do not schedule or do not attend the culminating activity for a course may be subject to disciplinary action commensurate with unexcused absences. Once the final examination has been set by the registrar, changes and absences must be approved by the instructor’s dean. Faculty members are only obligated to offer a makeup in cases where officially scheduled exams are in conflict. (See Resolution of Final Examination Conflicts.)
NOTE: For stand-alone lab courses that assign letter grades or for lab sections assigned to lecture courses, final exams/culminating activities may be given the week prior to the registrar’s final exam schedule.
Maximum Number of Exams on One Day/Conflicts
A student may not be required to take more than three final exams periods on any one regularly scheduled examination day. For any exam period over three, a makeup must be scheduled by the instructor for the student, at his or her request, into another mutually agreeable regular final examination period. When a conflict exists the rules for resolving the final examination conflict apply. Faculty members who do not schedule or do not attend the culminating activity for a course may be subject to disciplinary action commensurate with unexcused absences.
Resolution of Final Examination Conflicts
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The higher-numbered course takes precedence. Thus, a student enrolled in ENGL 102 and MATH 325 would take the MATH 325 exam at the assigned time and the makeup in ENGL 102.
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If courses in conflict are the same level and number, an alphabetical determination by full name of the department, not its acronym, will be made. For example, a student enrolled in MATH (Mathematics) 350 and MGMT (Management) 350 would take the MGMT 350 exam at the assigned time and a makeup in MATH 350.
Any student who experiences difficulty in rescheduling under these policies should contact their Academic Dean of their primary major.
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