Final examinations should ordinarily cover two hours but should not exceed three hours.

Instructors teaching classes scheduled for Common Hour Exams shall request the students in these classes to report to them any conflict with any other examination not later than Monday, March 18, 2024. In case of a conflict, the department offering the Common Hour Exam is responsible for offering alternative accommodations to impacted students.

A student who has three final examinations scheduled by the Office of the University Registrar within a twenty-four-hour period or two scheduled at the same time may request his or her dean (or designee) for permission to have one of the scheduled examinations rescheduled. In all cases in which an examination is to be rescheduled, the instructor may reschedule that examination during the final examination period, but not later than the end of the following semester. Any petition for a change in the examination schedule because of the “three exams in a twenty-four hour” rule must be made to your dean’s office before the first day of the final examinations.

The only exceptions are for illness or other medically documented situations which places them on the infirmary list at Campus Health Services.

For family or personal emergency situations, College of Arts and Sciences students must contact their academic dean to request permission for an examination excuse and documentation will be required. Website: Final Exam Excuses. Students in professional schools must contact the dean’s office of their professional school.