Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-10 - Policy on Attendance of Students › Section 3339-10-03 - Examinations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Final
			 examinations or other evaluative substitution
Final examinations are expected in all undergraduate courses
				unless other evaluative substitute procedures have been approved by the
				department chair or dean of the division. Final examinations or duly approved
				substitutions may be completed during the appropriate final examination days
				following the end of each sprint, semester, or term, as noted in the academic
				calendar. Neither final examinations nor tests of fifty minutes or of greater
				length shall be given during the seven calendar days preceding the first study
				day of the final examination period at the conclusion of fall or spring
				semester. The above regulations do not apply to laboratory final examinations.
				No final examination, including a laboratory final examination, may be given
				during study days. Exceptions to these rules require the approval of the
				department chair, academic dean, and the provost.
(B) Schedule changes for final examinations
			 or other evaluative substitution
No student shall be required to take four or more  scheduled final examinations in any twenty-four-hour period
				or three or more scheduled final examinations in a
				given day. If a student has four or more final examinations in any
				twenty-four-hour period, or three or more scheduled
				final examinations in a given day, then one of those examinations
				(or two of those examinations, if the student has five
				or more examinations in a twenty-four hour period or four or more examinations
				in a given day) may be changed to a later time with the consent of the
				instructor, or to an earlier time with the consent of both the instructor and
				the dean of the academic division in which the course is given. In cases where
				a student is scheduled for four or more final examinations in any
				twenty-four-hour period or for three or more final
				examinations in a given day and no agreement as stated above can be
				reached, the provost shall be empowered to make necessary adjustments.
An individual student's final examination may not otherwise be
				rescheduled except in extraordinary circumstances beyond the student's control,
				in which case an attempt should be made to reschedule the examination at a
				later time rather than an earlier time if possible. Rescheduling an examination
				in such cases to a later time requires the consent of the instructor; advancing
				to an earlier time requires the consent of the instructor, the department
				chair/program director, and the dean of the academic division in which the
				course is given.
During final examinations week, an instructor may not
				reschedule a regularly scheduled class examination except in extraordinary
				circumstances, in which case an attempt should be made to reschedule the
				examination at a later time rather than an earlier time if possible.
				Rescheduling any class final examination requires the instructor to obtain the
				consent of the department chair/program director and the dean of the academic
				division in which the course is given.
(C) Examinations and additional class
			 requirements during the semester
Examinations and additional class requirements given other than
				during scheduled class meetings and the final examination periods do not take
				precedence over regularly scheduled classes or final examinations. In order
				that students might avoid scheduling conflicts, such examinations and
				additional class requirements should be scheduled on a course management system
				prior to the beginning of a semester. If it becomes necessary during the
				semester to hold an examination or class requirement other than during the
				scheduled class meeting, the instructor should search for a time which does not
				conflict with other scheduled courses in which any of his or her students are
				enrolled. For students whose participation in regularly scheduled classes
				precludes attendance at the additional examination or class requirement time,
				it is the responsibility of the instructor requiring the examination and/or
				additional class requirement to provide an alternative meeting time.
(D) Preparation of examinations
Examinations should not be repeated from year to year in
				identical form. No undergraduate student shall be employed to type or reproduce
				any examination questions. After an examination has been reproduced, the
				instructor must make sure that the reproduction office has returned all copies
				and other evidence.
(E)
			 Administering examinations
Whenever there is congestion in a classroom during hour
				examinations, the chair of the department should, if possible, assign more than
				one proctor.
Whenever feasible each student should be seated so that vacant
				chairs surround him or her or alternate examinations should be given to
				students sitting side by side. Whenever possible, the office of the university
				registrar will assign larger rooms upon request.
(F) Proctoring of examinations
Every test, quiz and examination shall be carefully proctored.
				A proctor may consider it his or her right to require students to deposit all
				textbooks, notebooks, and loose paper of any sort in the front of the room
				whenever the full period is devoted to a test.