Final Exams

The M-W-F sequence includes classes meeting M-W-F, M-W, or M-F, daily; or four times per week beginning Monday, except where a combined examination is scheduled.

The T-T sequence includes classes meeting T-T, Tuesday, or Thursday, or four times per week beginning Tuesday, except where a combined examination is scheduled.

The times indicated in the schedule grid below are for classes beginning at the standard class time. Classes that begin at non-standard times (such as M-W-F 3:30 p.m. or T-T 2:00 p.m.) should refer to the immediately preceding standard start time. Thus, M-W-F 3:30 p.m. class would use the M-W-F 3:00 p.m. start time when reading the exam schedule.

Final Examination Policies

All final examinations take place according to the schedule published in this Schedule of Classes. Examinations are to be held during final exam week and as outlined in the final exam grid below. If a final examination is not necessary for a class, the class shall meet for regular work at the scheduled examination time, including synchronous online classes, to meet the required contact time requirements.

For lecture and laboratory courses, the lecture hour determines the examination period. For laboratory courses, the first hour of meeting determines the examination period. Examinations will take place in the classroom where classes regularly met during the semester and at the time indicated in the examination schedule.

No final examinations should be administered for individual members of a class BEFORE the scheduled final examination.

Relief for more than two final examinations in any one day

Students who have more than one final exam can petition their deans to have the final examination(s) in excess of two exams in one day shifted to some other day of the final examination period, which is mutually convenient for both the students and the instructor(s).

The deadline for students to petition for relief from their final examination schedule if they have more than two final examinations in one day is April 11, 2025. Students should petition directly to the dean of the college of their major program.

Additional information regarding final examinations

If the final exam schedule results in conflicts in examination times for students, or if students petition to have examinations shifted as a result of their having more than two examinations in a single day, the following preference order determines which examinations will retain the time originally scheduled:

1. MTH 115, 119, 121, 122, 223, and COM 103 will retain the original exam time.
2. The class section with the highest enrollment will have next preference.
3. Then, the course with the lowest course number will have preference.
4. In some cases, combined examinations may cause conflicts or cause a student to petition for relief from more than two exams in one day. If a student has a conflict because of a combined exam, the instructor with the combined exam must offer the makeup exam.
5. Asynchronous online course sections need to make arrangements with students as to when to administer the final exam for the class. It is recommended all final exams are held during the posted final exam week.

If a course section is listed in the combined exam schedule, the exam for that course section will be given as outlined in the combined exam schedule below. Consequently, any regular final exam schedule, as outlined above, will not apply to that specific combined exam course section(s).

Combined Exams Room Schedule - Spring 2025 (May 8 - 14, 2025)