Examinations
Policy on Scheduling Final Examinations - 1K1
All final examinations are to be given at the time and place indicated in the schedule prepared by the Office of the Registrar. No final examination for a class may be rescheduled without the consent of the department chairperson, the appropriate dean and the Registrar.
The final examination schedule shall be rotated on an academic term basis, beginning with fall 1984. This policy will not change the time-frames in which exams are currently scheduled, but will rotate the day on which a given examination is held. Evening and weekend classes are exempt from a rotating schedule.
Final examinations are held during specified periods normally from Saturday through Friday of the last scheduled week of the term. In the event that the University is closed during a day (or part of a day) of final examinations, the examinations scheduled for that time will be rescheduled by Academic Scheduling. Academic Scheduling will determine appropriate means to inform students and faculty of the revised schedule. In the event of rescheduled exams, grade turn-in for faculty will be extended one day beyond the last rescheduled examination day.
Examinations will be rescheduled to minimize conflict for students and faculty as well as with facilities. Any conflicts which do arise will be resolved by Academic Scheduling in the Office of the Registrar.
Students who have three or more final examinations scheduled for the same day, or who have two examinations scheduled for the same time should take the following actions to arrange a solution.
- Contact their instructor to arrange a solution for rescheduling one or more of the exams.
- If they are unable to arrange a solution by contacting their instructors, the student must submit a request for change to the Academic Scheduling Manager at least two weeks prior to the first day of the final exam period. This request is available on the Registrar's website.
Academic Scheduling will work with the instructor to reschedule the student's examination so that the student will have no more than two final exams on any one day or resolve a final examination conflict.
Approved by Chancellor effective 6/26/26
This policy was issued on July 1, 2026, replacing the July 20, 2004 version.
Document Reference: 1K1
Origin: CC 14-74/75; CC 7-83/84; OP 4/10/91; PVC 1/17/96; CC 36-00/01; CC 2-25/26
