Fall 2024 Examination Schedule

Final Examination Week

Block Examinations

Block examinations are scheduled as shown below rather than by class day and time. Block examinations are listed by course prefix and number.

Monday/Wednesday/Friday Classes

* Please refer to the College of Engineering (COE) Schedule available in the COE Student Services Office or at https://www.eng.famu.fsu.edu/students/final-exam-schedule. In instances of schedule conflict between the main campus and the engineering campus, the main campus schedule will take precedence. The engineering instructor will accommodate/reschedule to resolve the conflict.

Tuesday/Thursday Classes

*Please refer to the College of Engineering (COE) Schedule available in the COE Student Services Office or at https://www.eng.famu.fsu.edu/students/final-exam-schedule. In instances of schedule conflict between the main campus and the engineering campus, the main campus schedule will take precedence. The engineering instructor will accommodate/reschedule to resolve the conflict.

University Final Examination Policy

Scheduling a final examination or a test in lieu of a final exam at any time other than the regularly scheduled final exam period is a violation of University policy.

Unless an exam is given during the final examination period, no test may be given during the last week of classes.

The final exam schedule is based on the standard class meeting times for Monday\Wednesday\Friday classes, and Tuesday\Thursday classes.

• “Block Exam” Classes. For classes that have a block exam scheduled, all class sections will have the examination on the assigned block exam day and time, regardless of the meeting schedule of the class sections during the semester.
• Regular Scheduled Classes. The exam period is determined by the start time of the first class meeting during the week. For example, Monday\Wednesday\Friday classes meeting during the first class period (8:00 a.m.) of the standard meeting times will have the exam schedule slot for the Monday, 8:00 a.m. class.
• Classes Meeting on Only One Weekday. The exam time is determined by the first standard meeting time that precedes or encompasses the start of the weekly class start time. For example, the exam time for a class that meets every Monday 5:00–8:00 pm. would be based on the standard Monday start time of 4:50 p.m.
• Classes Meeting Every Day at the Same Hour. These classes will hold examinations according to the time and day of the first scheduled class meeting of the week. For example, a class meeting for the first period on Tuesday and for the first and second period on Thursday will hold its examination at the time scheduled for the first period on the Tuesday/Thursday class listing.

Examination Policy for an Undergraduate Class Utilizing the Assessment Center

Classes that utilize the University Assessment Center for a block exam, or which are otherwise limited to specific days and times because of seating and scheduling constraints, will take precedence in the case of final-exam schedule conflicts. It is the student’s responsibility to identify such conflicts as early as possible and to notify all instructors in advance so that accommodations may be made.

Make-Up Examinations

The possibility of a conflict between final exam times exists, particularly for classes that meet in the evening or only once each week. It is the student’s responsibility to identify at the beginning of the semester if a conflict exists and make arrangements with the instructor to take the exam at an alternate time during the University’s official final-exam period. Make-up exams may be scheduled at any time during final exams week, between Monday at 7:00 a.m. and Friday at 5:00 p.m.

Exceptions to the Examination Policy for an Individual Undergraduate Student

Approval by the Academic Dean of the college in which the class is taught is required for an individual undergraduate student seeking an exception to the examination policy. The student must first receive written permission from the instructor that the instructor is willing to give a rescheduled final exam at a specified time within the exam week. The student must then petition the dean, giving the reason for the requested exception, and supported by the instructor’s written permission. The dean will then notify the instructor in writing if the approval is granted.

Rescheduled final examinations are permitted for an undergraduate student when justified by illness, official documented accommodations on record with the Student Disability Resource Center, conflicting examinations, three or more examinations within a twenty-four-hour period, or certain emergencies. Arrangements should be made prior to the scheduled exam. If a student misses the scheduled final examination and does not have approval in advance for a rescheduled exam within the final exam week, it is up to the instructor to decide if a make-up examination will be allowed. No special dean’s office permission is required.

In case of conflicting examinations, block examinations take precedence over examinations scheduled by class meeting time and higher enrollment classes take precedence over lower enrollment classes. In the case of conflicts that cannot be otherwise resolved, the class meeting earlier by day and time takes precedence over a class meeting later.

Exceptions to the Examination Policy for an Undergraduate Class

No instructor of an undergraduate class may give a final examination at a time other than that which appears on the web site of the Office of the University Registrar unless they are utilizing the University Assessment Center. Instructors who do not utilize the assessment center and need to deviate from the published exam schedule must obtain prior approval from the Undergraduate Policy Committee. Such approval must be requested, in writing, at least three weeks prior to the scheduled final exam. To reschedule a final examination without such approval places the instructor in jeopardy of administrative reprimand by his/her dean and the Vice-President for Academic Affairs.

Undergraduate Distance Learning Exams

If the instructor of an online class requires a final exam, the instructor shall have the prerogative to set the window during which a final exam is administered provided that the window is within the University’s official final exam period. A final exam window must be disclosed in the class syllabus. Rescheduled final examinations are permitted for an undergraduate student when justified by illness, official documented accommodations on record with the Student Disability Resource Center, conflicting examinations, three or more examinations in a twenty-four-hour period, or for certain emergencies. It is the student’s responsibility to identify if a conflict exists and to immediately make arrangements with the instructor to take the exam at an alternate time during the University’s official final exam period. If a student has such conflicts, the final exams of the student’s non-online classes shall have priority and the time of the online exam will be the first exam subject to adjustment. If such agreement cannot be achieved between the student and the instructor, then the academic deans of the units housing the various classes will consult to achieve agreement.

This explanation is intended only to clarify the existing University exam policy for online classes and all provisions of the University exam policy that do not conflict with what is stated above remain in effect.