Athletic events are not to be scheduled, except on weekends. Faculty are not to schedule field trips or major examinations. Major research papers should be assigned as early as practical in the semester and students should be encouraged to submit such papers before Reading Week. Take-home final examinations are due at the time scheduled for the final examination. There will be a final examination in all undergraduate courses where a final exam is considered by the faculty of a department to be appropriate.
Exceptions require prior approval of the dean of the college or school.
May 4, 2001. If there is difficulty fitting various courses into the published schedule, the instructor must choose the starting time of the closest examination period. A poll of the class should determine whether there would be an actual conflict. If insurmountable problems are encountered, the instructor must contact the department head or, if necessary, the dean. NAU's policy is that no student should be forced to take more than two final exams in a day.