Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3342 - Kent State University
Chapter 3342-3 - Administrative Policies Regarding Academic Requirements
Section 3342-3-01.4 - Administrative policy and procedures regarding final examinations
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 3342-3-01.4
Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
(A) Purpose. All courses offered for credit require a substantial final examination.
(B) Intent and scope.
(1)
The
intent and scope of this policy applies equally to all departments, schools,
colleges and campuses of the university.
(2)
Final
examinations have an important function in the progression of students through
their courses of study. Final examinations are a vital element in students'
intellectual development.
(3)
The general nature of the final examination in each
course is a curricular responsibility of the department, or school, or college
without departments or schools.
(4)
Within the limits
of the course description, the content and weight of each examination is the
responsibility of the faculty member teaching the course, except where a block
final or standard final is established by the department, or school, or college
without departments or schools, in which case these matters are a
responsibility of the department, or school, or college faculty
collectively.
(5)
This policy applies to all Kent state university
courses offered for credit.
(6)
Monitoring and
enforcement of this policy is the responsibility of department chairs, school
directors, deans of colleges without departments and schools and campus
deans.
(C) Definitions.
(1)
As used in this
policy, "final examination" means a formal examination or an equivalent
appropriate activity used in evaluating student performance. In the case of
courses that do not meet as formal classes (e.g., individual investigations,
research, individual music instruction), or that do not use the lecture as a
standard format, alternative activities (e.g., research papers, performances,
presentations, portfolios) would be the norm. Other exceptions to the formal
examination should be rare and justified on pedagogical
grounds.
(2)
As used in this policy, "on ground" means a course
delivered in a traditional classroom setting to students in that classroom or
to students receiving synchronous transmission of the course to another
classroom location.
(D) Procedures for all campuses.
(1)
Final examination requirements for departments, schools
and colleges without departments and schools for individual courses are to be
established through normal curricular procedures, recorded on the basic data
sheet, and made available to faculty members.
(2)
Faculty members
are expected to include information regarding the nature and weight of the
final examination on the course syllabus. This information must be supplied to
all students in each course.
(3)
Students with
four
examinations scheduled for one
day may ask to
change the time of one
of the final examinations. Department chairs, school
directors, deans of colleges without departments or schools, or regional campus
deans may, in their discretion, grant relief to students with fewer finals
examinations on any one
day, if requested and if appropriate.
(4)
Final
examinations must be given at the officially scheduled time, day, and place as
published in the schedule of classes or through other official university
means. In rare and pedagogically justifiable cases, a faculty member may
request permission to change the time of a final examination. Such a change
cannot be made unless it is approved by the department chair, school director,
dean of the college without departments or schools or regional campus dean. If
approval is granted, the final examination must also be given at the
regularly-scheduled time for those students who prefer to take the final
examination at that time.
(5)
A period of at least two
hours is to be
allocated for each final examination period for on ground courses. Faculty
members are urged to make full use of that time to the extent appropriate based
on course credit hours. If students will not be given the full examination time
period to complete the final examination, such information must be supplied to
all students in the course on the course syllabus. Setting time duration for
online final examinations during finals week is the responsibility of the
faculty member teaching the course. Such information must be supplied to all
students in the course on the course syllabus.
(6)
Cancelled final
examinations (due to weather or other emergency) will be rescheduled for the
next available weekday(s) following the end of the regularly scheduled final
examination week.
(7)
Final examinations for online courses shall continue as
scheduled in the event of campus closures during final examination week. Should
this present a problem for an individual student, the student should contact
the online course instructor.
(E) Additional procedures for the Kent campus.
(1)
The registrar's office is responsible for constructing
and publishing the final examination schedule. Final examinations are to be
scheduled over a five-day week following the end of classes for fall and spring
semester. Final examinations are scheduled for the last day of class for summer
terms.
(2)
Departments, schools or colleges without departments or
schools may establish block finals through normal curricular procedures.
Requests for scheduling of block finals must be made of the registrar's office
and approved by the dean's office and the office of the provost at the time of
scheduling the classes which will be a part of the block final. All block
finals must be included in the final examination schedule. Times for make-up
exams must be scheduled for each block final examination to accommodate
students with schedule conflicts.
(F) Additional procedures for the regional campuses.
(1)
Specific
application and procedures appropriate to the regional campuses are to be
developed by each regional campus dean in consultation with the faculty at the
campus.
(2)
Final examinations given at the regional campuses must
be consistent with paragraphs (B), (C), and (D) of this rule.
Replaces: 3342-3- 01.4
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