1. NO MAJOR TESTS IN FINAL WEEK OF CLASSES

• Regular tests and quizzes should not be held during this week, nor should assignments be added which must be done during this week.  Term assignments identified at the beginning of the semester to be turned in during this week and scheduled lab tests are appropriate.  The principle is for students to be able to plan time for final examination preparation during this week and to have time to complete scheduled assignments such as semester term projects and lab examinations during this week.  Exceptions must be approved in advance by the department head and the dean of the college in which the course is taught.
• See Academic Regulation at: http://www.ncsu.edu/provost/academic_policies/exams/reg.htm
  
  

• Final examinations should be given in all courses other than other than individual research, seminar, tutorial, or studio courses. Exemptions may be granted by the teacher upon prior approval is obtained from the department head.
• See Academic Regulation at: http://www.ncsu.edu/provost/academic_policies/exams/reg.htm
  
  

• Examination periods are scheduled for three hours, and examinations must be given within these scheduled periods. Exceptions require approval by the dean of the college in which the course is taught.
• See Academic Regulation at: http://www.ncsu.edu/provost/academic_policies/exams/reg.htm
  
  

• No student is required to take more than three final examinations in a 24 hour period.  Should the scheduled examinations result in this situation for an individual students, the student must consult Registration and Records for schedule verification and to obtain a form approving an alternative examination time for the course designated by the student.  The form is to be presented to the teacher in the course for noting the alternative exam date and time, and the student must return the signed form to Registration and Records.
• See Academic Regulation at: http://www.ncsu.edu/provost/academic_policies/exams/reg.htm
  
  

• Teachers are not required to return final examinations to students. However, if they elect not to return final examinations to students, teachers must retain the examination at least until mid-semester of the next regular semester and must, during that period permit the student to schedule time to review the examination at a mutually convenient time.  In cases for which the teacher is not on campus in the next regular semester, the department head is expected to make reasonable efforts to assure that the examinations are maintained in the department and to make provision for scheduled student review. However, such opportunity to review examinations not being available is not a basis for reexamination.
• See Academic Regulation at http://www.ncsu.edu/provost/academic_policies/exams/reg.htm
  
  

• Subject to the approval of the department head and dean of the college in which a course is taught, a senior who would graduate at the end of a given but for the grade earned in a single course earned within the immediate past 12 months may be given a reexamination and have the reexamination grade, if higher than the original course grade, replace the course grade. The reexamination grade can only be C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, or F. This provision may be utilized only once and only for one course.
• See Academic Regulation at http://www.ncsu.edu/provost/academic_policies/exams/reg.htm
  
  

• All courses and all students in courses are subject to the use of the +/- grading scale.  Teachers are responsible to determine the performance recognizable by each grade.
• See Academic Regulation at:  http://www.ncsu.edu/provost/academic_policies/grading/reg.htm
  
  

• The IN grade must only be given in cases in which the student was unable to complete work, not due to her own negligence, in a course when the student's record in the course supports a projection that passing the course is possible upon completion of the work. It is NOT a substitute for an F or an LA.  An IN is only appropriate when the student's record in the course is such that the successful completion of particular assignments, projects, or tests missed as a result of a documented serious event would enable that student to pass the course.  INs must be made before the end of the next regular semester in which the student is enrolled and in no case before the end of 12 months after the IN is awarded.  Make up work is to be limited to accomplishing the work not completed.
• See Academic regulation at: http://www.ncsu.edu/provost/academic_policies/grading/reg.htm
  
  

• The LA grade is to be given only in emergency cases where it is not possible for the instructor to complete the determination of the grade by the deadline.  It is not interchangeable with the IN and it is the teacher's sole responsibility to remove the grade with the determined grade.  It results in students receiving grade reports that are not final and is expected to be corrected by the teacher within a few days.
• See Academic Regulation at: http://www.ncsu.edu/provost/academic_policies/grading/reg.htm