Final Examination Schedules
Prep (Dead) Week
Please Note: No examination (unit or final) may be scheduled seven calendar days prior to the first scheduled day of semester examinations.
Semester final examinations are scheduled by the Committee on Academic Policy and Procedures. Once the final examination time for a course is published on the web under "Course Schedules," it may be changed only with the concurrence of the university provost. Faculty members may assign take-home examinations, projects, papers or other media in lieu of a written final examination. In such instances, the deadline for submittal of the alternative assessment may not be earlier than the end of the scheduled final examination period for the course.
Except for honors, problems, seminar, reports, research, laboratory practical, language, studio and fine arts
performance classes, the last examination (either unit or comprehensive) must be given during the final examination
period published on the web. No examination (unit or final) may be scheduled seven calendar days prior to the first
scheduled day of semester examinations.
(FSM 5/13/03)
Fall & Spring
A final examinations week during which no regular courses meet is scheduled at the end of the fall and spring terms. Final examinations are given during this period.
Summer
Final examinations for summer courses occur during the last week of each course at the course time and location.
Except for honors, problems, seminar, reports, research, laboratory practical, language, studio and fine arts performance courses, the last examination (either unit or comprehensive) in a course must be given during the final examination week specified by the Committee on Academic Policies and Procedures. Courses may have take-home examinations, projects, papers (excluding term papers), or other media, in lieu of written final examinations as the last evaluation instrument in the course. In such instances, a deadline for submission of the alternative assessment may not be earlier than the ending time of the course's scheduled final examination.