The following regulations govern final examinations for all students enrolled in courses and/or plans in the Faculty of Arts. These regulations also apply to students in part-time and special entry categories. Further details concerning University Examination Regulations can be found in Examination Regulations.
- When a final written examination is required it is normally held at the end of the course and is cumulative. Oral examinations may be required at the discretion of individual departments. The normal time for written examinations is two and one half hours.
- In all courses each student is required to submit, in such form and at such time as may be determined by the instructor, evidence of satisfactory participation in term work. The grades obtained for such work during the term may be used, in part or in whole, in determining final grades. At the discretion of the Department Chair concerned and of the Dean, a student may be barred from the final examination if the course requirements are not completed to the satisfaction of the instructor.
- For example, failure to write a final examination may be considered a failure to pass. A student who defaults a final examination, except for documentable extenuating circumstances, shall have no make-up examination privileges. If a student fails to write for medical reasons, documentation supporting these reasons will be required.
- No instructor shall be permitted to administer and no student shall be required to sit final examinations in the formal lecture period.
- Instructors may not hold major term tests in the last five teaching days of the lecture schedule in any term. Major term tests are those which account for more than 25% of the final course grade.
- Consult Examination Regulations for full information on University policy.