26 Faculty Handbook – August 2022 Semester Examination Policy 1. The term "examination" is understood to mean a meaningful and academically rigorous culminating activity or written or oral examination. 2. The first and last periods of each final examination day have been reserved for testing multiple sections of the same course. Professors who so desire shall reserve these time periods by making arrangements with the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs the previous semester. Multiple sections of three or more shall have priority. 3. Face-to-face evening class (5-10 p.m.) examinations shall be given at the regular class meeting time during semester examination week. 4. Online class examinations must be scheduled sometime during final exam week, beginning with the Sunday prior to final exam week and culminating at 5:00 pm CT on Friday of final exam week. Online exams scheduled to be taken synchronously must follow the university’s official final exam schedule. Faculty members have the option to make the online final exam or culminating activity available to students over the course of several days within the final exam week, to accommodate the schedules of online learners. 5. Students may request exception to the examination schedule only if they are scheduled for more than three examinations in any one-day or if there are personal emergencies. Students must provide written approval from the professor to the appropriate college/school dean, who will then notify the professor of his/her final approval. Arrangements for taking an examination other than at the regularly scheduled time must be made by the student and the professor at least one week in advance, with the exception of emergency situations. 6. Because face-to-face classes meet several times each week, the university’s official final exam schedule refers to the first meeting of the class. Classes scheduled over two or more class periods will be tested according to the first period scheduled (i.e., classes meeting 9:30 to 10:45 TT will be tested during the block assigned to 9:00 classes meeting regularly on Tuesday). 7. If other than the regularly assigned room is to be used, space must be cleared through the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. 8. Final exams and culminating activities cannot be scheduled during the week preceding the examination schedule (the last week of classes). Each professor must announce in class and post on the Learning Management System (LMS) the day, hour, and location of the final exam or culminating activity at least one week before the first date of final exams on the university’s official final exam schedule. Faculty teaching online courses must include specific details regarding online final exams and culminating activities in the course syllabus and on the Learning Management System (LMS), including proctoring information, if applicable.
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