Exam Policies
Any violation of these policies should be brought to the attention of the Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, or the Honor Council Chairman or Secretary. Student violations are considered honor code violations which can result in suspension, dismissal, or other disciplinary action.
Exam Scheduling
A student has the right to take an examination at the time for which it is scheduled and the examination shall be held at that time unless rescheduled at a time during the examination period with the consent of the Dean and all affected students. The Dean may, in his discretion for exceptional hardship, postpone examinations in individual cases. Final examinations in close proximity to one another do not constitute exceptional hardship unless: (1) a student is scheduled for two examinations beginning within 24 hours of one another; or (2) a student is scheduled for three examinations on three consecutive days. If the Dean postpones an examination in an individual case, it will be the responsibility of the student and the instructor to arrange an alternate time for taking the examination.
Comments
For example, if a student is scheduled to take an examination at 8:00 a.m. on Day 1, and at 8:00 a.m. on the following day, a hardship exists. However, an examination scheduled for 8:00 a.m. on Day 1, and at 2:00 p.m. on the following day does not constitute a hardship. The examination schedule has been drafted to eliminate conflicts among the courses with the five highest enrollments. As a result, hardships will ordinarily not be granted with respect to the five courses with the highest enrollments for the semester. Please refer to the current exam schedule for details on how this applies to the current semester.
Exam Monitoring
All examinations will be monitored by the faculty member in his/her discretion or by a staff person assigned by the Dean. The monitor is the professor's representative in the class and should be treated with the same respect and authority. Students will not talk with any other student during the course of the examination without the instructor's permission. If a student does not stop on time, the monitor should note this on the exam and report it to the Registrar.
Exam Materials
Students are not permitted to bring anything into the examination room other than the materials required for the examination as specified in advance by the faculty member.
Early Exams
No final exams may be given or handed out to a class (take-home exams) prior to the last day of classes of any semester. Also, no hardship examination may be scheduled prior to the regularly scheduled examination. However, an exception to this rule may apply to third year students during the spring semester when only they may schedule a hardship examination prior to the regularly scheduled examination.
Anonymous Grading by Exam Numbers
No later than one week prior to the examination period, an anonymous exam number will be assigned by the Registrar's Office to each student for that exam period. The exam numbers will be available in the Registrar's Office. Students should be sure to pick up their exam number prior to exams.
Each number will be different for each student and will be confidential as no professor will have any knowledge of any student's number. The number will be used by the student to identify his or her exam paper. The faculty member presiding over the exam shall request the students not to sign their names or otherwise identify themselves on their exams except by their exam number.
Exam Grading Policy
Anonymous Grading - All exams must be graded anonymously.
Hardship Exam Policy
A minimum of five exam periods are set aside for make-up exams due to hardship during the regular examination period. All examination hardship petitions must be approved by the Associate Dean, Academic Affairs (or his representative). Hardship petition forms are available from the Registrar's Office; and, after completion by the student, the petition is to be submitted to the Registrar's Office. The petition will then be reviewed by the Associate Dean, Academic Affairs (or his representative) for approval. If approved, the student will be notified. The professor will be informed of the number (amount) of students who have been granted permission to hardship the exam at a particular time. The identity of these students will NOT be disclosed to the professor, but will remain anonymous according to policy. Only after a request has been completely evaluated and approved by the Associate Dean, Academic Affairs (or his representative) will a student be exempted from a scheduled exam. The deadline for submission of a petition will be set each semester by the Registrar.
Only where special circumstances warrant will a hardship exam be scheduled on a day other than a hardship day. Examples of special circumstances include medical emergencies or a death in the family. If special circumstances exist, it is the responsibility of the student and the professor to make other arrangements for taking the exam, which must then be approved by the Dean's Office. The professor is responsible for administering, monitoring, and collecting "special case" hardship examinations.
