Almost every class has a final exam at the end of the semester. Finals are given during the week after the last day of classes each semester. The Time Table provides a final exam schedule. Large undergraduate lectures often combine sections for a final exam. The Daily Illini prints these special exam schedules several weeks before finals.
Most classes also have a mid term examination near the middle of the semester.
There may be additional test quizzes and small papers throughout the semester. These are designed to assure that students are doing their work and to determine how much they are learning. Some teachers will give take home examinations either as final exams or during the semester. You are expected to take them home and work on them. Take-home exams are more detailed, and you are expected to synthesize and summarize your knowledge instead of just copying things out of your textbooks and class notes.