Report of the Faculty Policy Committee's
Subcommittee on Examination and Term Regulations

APPENDIX E

Current Regulations on Scheduling Academic Exercises and on Evening Examinations

Rules and Regulations of the Faculty

2.12

Exercises shall, in general, be held between 9 A.M. and 5 P.M. Monday through Friday. Exercises shall begin five minutes after and end five minutes before the scheduled hour or half-hour. It is the intent of the Faculty that for undergraduate subjects there shall be no required academic exercises between 5 P.M. and 7 P.M. Monday through Friday and between 1 P.M. Saturday and 8 A.M. Monday. Exceptions may be made with the concurrence of the Committee on Academic Performance.

2.83

One unit of credit toward degree requirements represents approximately one hour per week of lecture, exercise, or preparation for one term. Unit designations of courses normally shall be multiples of three units. No instructor shall require more outside work than can be satisfactorily performed under ordinary working conditions in the preparation time assigned to the course by students of average capacity, adequate preparation, and reasonably good habits of work; and, in order that this rule may be practically enforced, each instructor is expected from time to time to ascertain the amount of outside preparation actually given to each of his or her courses by students whose work is of passing grade.

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Policy on Evening Examinations/Quizzes in Undergraduate Subjects

An evening examination is defined as a written exercise (quiz) that is not given in a regular class period and begins at or after 7:00 pm. It must be the equivalent of a quiz that could be given in a normal class period.

• It is the intent of the Faculty that evening examinations be used only to ease the time pressure on students of examinations given during a regular class period, and not as a means of adding to the number of class periods in a term. Therefore, during the week that an evening examination is given, a regularly scheduled class hour (lecture or recitation) shall be canceled; or, alternatively, no homework shall be assigned for that week.
   
• There is a need for times when evening classes and undergraduate seminars can be scheduled free from potential conflict with evening examinations. Therefore, no evening examinations or review sessions are to be scheduled on Monday evening, and faculty are urged to avoid scheduling examinations and review sessions on Wednesday evening.
   
• When possible, evening examinations should be scheduled through the Schedules Office three weeks before Registration Day so that dates can be included on students' class schedules for planning purposes during the registration process. In any event, faculty must announce the schedule of any evening examinations during the first week of the term.
   
• Students who have a conflict between a scheduled evening examination and other scheduled academic or extracurricular activities will be provided with an examination at an alternate time.
   

Term Regulations Distributed by Chair of Faculty (Spring, 1999)

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CLASS TIMES In accordance with the Regulations of the Faculty Section 2.10, exercises should, in general, be held between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Exercises begin five minutes after and end five minutes before the scheduled hour or half-hour. No undergraduate academic exercises may be required between 5 and 7 p.m., Monday through Friday without the prior approval of the Committee on Academic Performance (CAP). This rule also covers "optional" sections that students may feel obliged to attend. It also means that asking students to shift a scheduled class into this time slot is not acceptable.

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EXAMINATIONS The policy on evening quizzes/examinations for daytime classes states that 1) evening examinations should be the equivalent of a quiz that could be given in a normal class period; 2) a regularly scheduled class period should be canceled or no homework should be assigned for the week during which an evening examination is given; 3) there should be no examinations on Monday evenings, and preferably not on Wednesday evenings; 4) evening examinations should be scheduled through the Schedules Office; and 5) alternate evening examinations should be provided for students who have conflicts with scheduled academic or extracurricular activities.