Fall 2008 Final Examinations
Final exams for the fall semester
are scheduled for Monday, December 15 through Friday, December 19, 2008.
Students and faculty at Penn State Behrend are provided personalized final exam schedules. These schedules will be available after September 29, 2008 for the fall semester and will be available on the eLion system. Plans to leave campus at the end of the semester should not be made until the personalized final exam schedules are reviewed.
Final Exam Information
Final examinations (policy 44-00) fulfill two important academic objectives: student integration of instructional material and end-of-semester evaluation of student achievement. However, valid means other than the final examination also accomplish these objectives (e.g., term paper, final project report, take-home examination, etc.) Course instructors determine which of these methods is best.
In addition, course instructors are expected to:
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Offer a full schedule of instruction.
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Schedule no examinations during the last week of classes. (Quizzes and narrowly limited tests may be given.)
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Schedule final examinations during the established final examination period.
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When a final examination is not required, request the submission of an alternative means no earlier than the first day of the final examination period.
Final Exam Overload
A final exam overload situation exists if the Registrar's office has scheduled three exams in consecutive periods or within one calendar day (policy 44-25).
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Overload situations are identified on the student's final exam schedule.
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Students may elect to take their scheduled exams or request that a final exam be rescheduled.
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To request relief from an overload situation, students at Penn State Behrend should use the eLion "Final Exam Schedule" application.
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The Registrar's office determines which exam will be rescheduled and notifies the student and the instructor by email.
Evening Exams
The scheduling of evening examinations in any course offered before
5:30 p.m. is permitted only when all of the following conditions are
fulfilled:
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Consent is granted by the dean of the college in which the course is taught.
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Not more than four evening examinations are scheduled during the semester.
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The evening examinations are scheduled in advance by the Registrar's office and announced by the professor during the first week of classes.
In the case of a conflict between the evening examination and other
scheduled University activities, or in the case of more than one evening
examination per day, each student is permitted to make up the examination
without penalty.