Last Week of Classes

Practical laboratory tests, make-up examinations, and regularly scheduled short quizzes are the only tests permitted for day classes during the week of classes preceding finals week. Evening classes have their final exams on the last meeting of the class preceding finals week. Instructors are allowed to submit a petition to the chair of their department or division, within the first week of classes, requesting a test to be given during the week before finals (commonly referred to as “dead week” or the “last week of classes”). Without exception, this petition must be submitted to and approved by the chair of the department or division prior to the end of the first week of classes, and if approved, the examination must be indicated in the syllabus. Any tests given during the last week of classes are not permitted as a substitute for a final exam and/or project.