Traditional Academic Catalog 2023-2024 > Academic Regulations and Procedures > Final Examinations

Final Examinations

Final exam periods are scheduled by Academic Affairs. Students are required to take exams as scheduled, to inform family of the final exam schedules, and to ensure that personal matters (e.g. travel, vacations, work, weddings) accommodate the final exam schedule. 

Exceptions - Multiple Exams on One Day

Students who are scheduled for more than two final exams on the same day may request to have the excess over two rescheduled. The form, available on the Student Portal, should be submitted to Academic Affairs (academic.affairs@mvnu.edu), as follows:

1. The student will submit the request on the required form no later than noon Monday the week prior to the first day of exams.
2. Academic Affairs will consult with the professor(s) as needed to decide which exam(s) reasonably can be moved, if any.
3. The student must work with each professor to find a reasonable way and time frame for the exam to be taken.
4. Academic Affairs has final word on approval, and the decision may not be appealed.

Exceptions - Other

Other exceptions to this policy may be granted only by Academic Affairs (academic.affairs@mvnu.edu) and are not at the faculty member's discretion. Any request for an exception must follow this process:

1. The student will submit the request in writing, including the reason for the request and noting the name of the course, the professor for the course, and the original time of the exam to be rescheduled by no later than noon Monday the week prior to the first day of exams.
2. Academic Affairs will consult with the professor as needed and decide, subsequently notifying the student and the professor.
3. If the rare exception is granted, the student must work with the professor for a reasonable way and time frame for the exam to be taken.
4. Academic Affairs has final word on approval, and the decision may not be appealed.

Emergencies

In the event of an emergency the day of the exam, the student should notify the professor as soon as possible when safe to do so. The professor will consult with Academic Affairs, which will make the final determination.

Note: Courses that meet the first half of the semester will have final exams on the last day of the course. Courses that meet the second half of the semester will have final exams in accordance with the final exam schedule. Final examinations in Summer Learn are scheduled for the last day of class.