In as much as a week of the students’ time each semester is devoted to final examinations, the following policies have been established, to insure that proper emphasis is placed upon the examinations:
- A final examination schedule is published at the beginning of each semester.
- The school dean/department chairman is to see that each faculty member adheres to this schedule.
- Any special arrangements desired by the faculty member are to be made with the school dean/department chairman and approved by the vice president for Academic Administration.
- All final examinations are to cover a substantial segment of the semester’s material.
- Because certain classes may not lend themselves to final examinations, permission may be given to substitute another learning experience for a final examination; such permission is valid until the Catalog description of the course is altered.
- The school dean/department chair and the vice president for Academic Administration have the privilege of requesting that a faculty member submit copies of his/her final examination to them for scrutiny.
- Faculty are not to honor students’ requests for exceptions to the examination schedule unless the requests have been approved according to the policy outlined in the university Catalog.
- The faculty member is responsible for establishing the grading system he/she desires to use and for making it clear to students before actual instruction begins. Official grade records are to be turned in according to the deadline for grade submission as communicated by the Records and Advisement Office. The faculty member is responsible for evaluation of student achievement and no one else is authorized to alter grades given. The faculty member will retain the students’ final examinations and attendance and examination records for at least four months after the final grades are given.