Faculty Senate Minutes, February 20, 2001

Millersville University, Faculty Senate

Attachment A Faculty Senate Minutes February 20, 2001

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE GUIDELINES

The final exam schedule for the fall semester is developed by the Registrar's Office based on the following guidelines:

Exams periods are scheduled Tuesday through Saturday as follows:
- Period 1 8-10 a.m.
- Period 2 10:15-12:15 p.m.
- Period 3 12:30-2:30 p.m.
- Period 4 2:45-4:45 p.m.
No finals are scheduled during the last exam period on Friday afternoon because of graduation rehearsal.
No Saturday afternoon exams, if possible.
Exams scheduled on Saturday morning should be for meeting times with the least number of students enrolled (ex. MWF 4:00).
Students should not have more than 3 exams scheduled in the same day (the technology to implement this guideline is not available).
The final exam for Monday evening courses is scheduled for Friday evening.
Exams for Teusday, Wednesday, and Thursday evening courses are scheduled on the same night as the regular class.
Exams for Saturday classes, if any, are scheduled on Saturday from 12:30-2:30 p.m.
An attempt is made to schedule final exams so that students who have back-to-back classes on MWF or TTh do not have back-to-back finals on the same day. An attempt is made to distribute finals for the most popular meeting times throughout the week so they do not all fall on the same day.

Final exams for all MWF courses in fall 2000 were scheduled in the 10 exam periods available in the morning on Tuesday through Saturday. Finals for TTh courses were scheduled during the two afternoon periods on Tuesday through Thursday (6 exam slots).

In response to Faculty Senate suggestions, an attempt will be made in fall 2001 to switch the two MWF exams scheduled for Tuesday morning in fall 2000 to another time so that students will not have their last class on Monday and their final on the next day.

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