Academic Progress, Probation, Suspension, and Dismissal

For policy on satisfactory academic progress, probation, suspension, and/or dismissal, please refer to the individual college chapters of this bulletin.

Midterm Assessments for Students

All students receive an assessment of their work at mid-semester, shortly after midterm exams. It indicates where they stand and, if they are in danger failing, urges them to make the necessary adjustments to better their performance. Once midterm assessments have been compiled, first-year students’ advisers arrange individual meetings with the students to review their progress.

Midterm Appraisal

Students are responsible for learning their academic standing at midterm. Students who withdraw after the deadline for withdrawing will receive a grade of WF for the course.

Final Examinations

Final examinations will be administered in each course, except in special cases where a final project is pedagogically appropriate. The day, time, and room for the final examination are scheduled by the Office of the Registrar. The current version of the final exam schedule will be posted by the Registrar during the semester. For evening courses in any college/school, final examinations are scheduled for the same day, time, and room as the course itself.

Faculty are not allowed to move their final exams to the last days of class or to the reading period. Take-home exams must be distributed in a timely fashion during the last week of classes and the due date should be no earlier than the regularly scheduled examination date. Faculty are required to meet with their students during the time scheduled for the final examination, whether the final is actually given during that time or is a take-home exam.

If a student has a conflict of examinations, he or she should notify and arrange with the instructor to take one exam at another time within two weeks of the final exam date. For example, it is recommended that students have a maximum of two exams per day (excluding evening courses). If a student anticipates the need to miss a final exam, this should be worked out in advance with the instructor and in consultation with the appropriate class dean/associate dean.

Deferred Final Examination

Absences from final exams are not permitted unless there is a documented grounds for excused absence as noted in the Attendance & Excused Absence Policy.

In such an instance, students should submit an Excused Absence Request and expect to receive an ABS grade.