Attention Faculty and Students:
- All members of the academic community are responsible for meeting academic obligations scheduled throughout that period.
- Attendance
at all scheduled periods of instruction is expected and takes
precedence over attendance at common hour tests announced online in the
Scheduling website (http://scheduling.rutgers.edu)
- It is the policy of the University to excuse without
penalty students who are absent because of religious observances and to
allow the make-up of work missed because of such absence Examinations
and special required out-of-class activities shall ordinarily not be
scheduled on those days when religiously observant students refrain
from participating in secular activities. Absences for reasons of
religious obligation shall not be counted for purposes of reporting.
- Each
of the Common Hour Examinations found online on the Scheduling website,
has an alternate equivalent form to accommodate students with a
scheduled evening class which is in conflict.
- During
the 13th and 14th weeks of the semester tests of more than 30 minutes
duration may not be given except where a course gives more than one
hour test and a final. If there is no final examination in a course,
the last hour test must be given earlier than the 13th week or at the
hour scheduled for the final examination.
- Questions concerning the above should be referred to the academic dean responsible for the course involved.
Rules for Common Hour Examinations
The
following rules shall govern the conduct of Common Hour Examinations
and shall be enforced by the instructional deans of the faculties and
colleges offering the courses in which Common Hour Examinations are
given:
- The overall examination time will not exceed eighty (80) minutes.
- For each Common Hour Examination, students will be excused from an equivalent period of instruction.
- Departments must provide make-up and conflict examinations or other equivalent means of evaluating the student.
- The
make-up or conflict examination is given only to those students who
have another Common Hour Examination or a regularly scheduled class at
the same hour of an equally pressing reason supported by a documented
excuse that is acceptable to the instructor.
- Faculty should consider the Common Hour Examination schedule in planning additional class hour examinations in other courses.
- All room assignments and conflict or make-up dates for Common Hour Examinations must be declared through the Scheduling Office.
Rules for Final Examinations
- The following rules shall govern the construction of the examination schedule and the handling of examination conflicts.
- All
final exams must be scheduled during the official Final Examination
period as stated in the academic calendar except those approved by the
Dean of Instruction of the academic unit.
- Exam
periods will be three hours in length and will be scheduled at the
following hours: 8:00-11:00 AM, 12:00 Noon-3:00 PM, 4:00-7:00 PM, or
8:00-11:00 PM.
- Exams for courses regularly scheduled
in the evenings have priority in terms of space and time over group or
conflict exams which might also be scheduled in the evening. Students
enrolled in courses which are regularly scheduled in the evenings must
take those exams at their scheduled times.
- A student shall be said to have an exam conflict if that student has: 1) More than two (2) exams on one calendar day.
- More
than two (2) exams scheduled in consecutive periods (E.g.: a student
has exams scheduled for 4-7 PM and 8-11 PM on one day and 8-11 AM on
the following day).
- Two exams scheduled for the same exam period.
Students
having an exam conflict should contact the office of their college
dean. Students having an illness requiring medical attention or
conflict due to a religious observance, should contact the instructor
of the course(s) involved for information regarding the arrangements
for the make-up examination. The instructor may reschedule the
examination during the examination period and is responsible for
rescheduling, proctoring, and grading make-up examinations to
accommodate students who have conflicts.
If an instructor
desires verification of the absence from an examination, the students
must provide it. If they need assistance in providing it, they may
contact the appropriate Dean's Office of the College in which they are
enrolled.