Final exam regulations, Spring 2007

Rooms-Examinations except common examinations are given in the regularly scheduled classroom unless your instructor arranges for and announces a different room. Note to instructors: See Regulations Regarding Examinations, below.
Examination Scheduling Conflicts-You are required to take final examinations at the times shown. However, if you have examination conflicts or three exams within a 16-hour period, you may request adjustment with your college office and with your instructor. Such a request must be presented at least two weeks before the examination period begins.
If you miss a final, an I, an F, or an N is recorded, depending upon your standing at the time. To make up the exam, you must obtain the instructor's permission.
REGULATIONS REGARDING EXAMINATIONS
1. There shall be no variations from the University final examination schedule except by concurrence of the dean of the college and the director of scheduling. This prohibition also precludes moving a final examination from a scheduled time to study day or to the last or earlier meetings of the class, except laboratory final examinations which cannot be held in accordance with the regular final examination schedule.
All department requests for adjustment of final examination hours should be made on Form A163 by March 23 to permit publication of the change and orderly consideration of hardships. Additional common examinations may be requested on the same form, which is available in department offices.
2. Instructors requesting any variation from the official examination schedule must agree to give a special make-up examination to any student having examination conflicts or three examinations in one calendar day because of the change in hours.
3. Arranged examinations and authorized variations in published hours shall conform with the hour-periods shown in the examination schedules.
4. No variations from the University final examination schedule will be considered official until published in the Official Daily Bulletin in the Minnesota Daily.
5. Each college shall assume responsibility for making arrangements to spread out examinations for students who have more than two examinations scheduled in one day.
6. The following courses have been approved for a three hour final examination:

  • EE 3115 (sec 001);
  • Phys 1001W (sec 100), 1101W (sec 100), 1102W (sec 100), 1201W (sec 100), 1202W (sec 100, 200), 1301W (sec 100), 1302W (sec 100, 300, 400, 500), 1402V, 1905, 2303, 2601, 2605, 3071W, 4002, 4052W, 4211, 4511, 4611, 4911, 5002, 5012, 5081, 5402, 5701, 8011, 8013, 8312, 8502, 8702, 8712, 8850, 8902
  • Phsl 3051
  • PubH 3001, 3003, 3004

For this semester, three hour examinations will be scheduled on the half day that the corresponding two-hour exams would have been given: May 7 (01:30pm– 04:30pm); May 8 (08:30am-11:30am, 01:30pm-0430pm); May 9 (08:30am-11:30am, 01:30pm-0430pm); May 10 (08:30am–11:30am, 01:30pm–04:30pm); May 11 (08:30am–11:30am). Instructors need to submit an A123 form for approval to schedule a 3-hour exam if the course is not listed above.
Departments are also encouraged to request alternate seating only when it is necessary for proper administration of the exam. Requests for rooms for alternate seating must be submitted by the department office on an A123 form.
All A123 forms must be received in the Scheduling Office, 150 Williamson Hall, on or before March 9 . Notification of room assignments for all A123 forms received by March 9 will be sent to departments on or before April 10 .
7. University Senate policy decrees that no extracurricular events which require the participation of students may be scheduled from the beginning of study day to the end of finals week. Exceptions to this policy may be granted by the Senate Committee on Educational Policy. The Senate advises all faculty members that students who are unable to complete course requirements during finals week shall be provided an alternative and timely opportunity to do so.