Student Evaluations and Examinations

Each faculty member is responsible for the evaluation that culminates in the assignment of a grade for each student at the end of each session of the academic year. As part of this evaluation process, each instructor will administer a sufficient number of examinations, specifically including the scheduled final examination, and require a sufficient number of papers or reports that an adequate supportive rationale for each grade may be established as a matter of record. Faculty members are required to keep final examination papers at least one year following the conclusion of each course.

The Final Exam Schedule is published on the TWU website. Students should be advised to check the examination schedule when they register for a class because the final examination date cannot be changed. The only exceptions to this rule are made when a student has three examinations on one day, presents proof of personal illness, or cites a family emergency that can be verified. In such cases, the student may petition the academic component chair or dean for examination change(s).

The two-hour period scheduled for the final examination is calculated in computing the minimum time for all classes. Therefore, individual instructors are not free to dismiss a class or part of a class from the final examination period. It is recognized that some classes (such as clinical, individual study, or practicum classes) may not have a cumulative final examination; but in all cases the instructor should be aware that the period assigned for the final examination is included in calculating the time required for the class.

In conducting examinations, instructors will make every reasonable effort to prevent scholastic dishonesty, including monitoring the students and taking steps to prevent inappropriate use of electronic devices such as cell phones, hand-held devices, or calculators.