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Winter Final Exam Schedule

Winter 2025

March 15, 17-21, 2025

This exam schedule is for Lecture and Seminar sections of a course. Exams for activity, laboratory, and discussion sections are held during the last regular class meeting. One-unit lecture or seminar sections will have the final exam at the last regular class meeting to avoid scheduling conflicts. This includes one-unit lectures that are a component of a multi-component course.

  • Exams will be held in the regularly assigned classroom on the date and time indicated below. Synchronous exams will be held virtually on the date and time indicated below.
  • Lecture and Seminar sections meeting 4 or 5 days a week follow the MWF final exam time.
  • Common Final Exams may only be requested for 2 or more sections of the same course. See final exam policy guidelines.
  • Instructors requesting to change a final exam time must obtain approval from the Department Head/Chair and the College Dean at least 2 weeks prior to the final exam week.
  • Common Finals may be requested for the Saturday preceding Final Exam Week.
  • Request Common Final Exam
  • Lecture or seminar sections that meet in more than one lecture room during the quarter will need to contact University Scheduling at 756-2461 to identify the room for the final exam.

 

Exam Times for Asynchronous Class Sections
Faculty teaching asynchronous courses are strongly encouraged to give asynchronous final assessments. Doing so has several advantages:

  • It helps students who chose to take an asynchronous class because they have an inflexible or unpredictable work schedule.
  • It helps students who chose to take an asynchronous class because classes are in the middle of the night in their time zone. 
  • It prevents time conflicts with other finals.

If a synchronous final must be given, faculty can choose to give said final on the Saturday preceding finals week using a standard final exam time block (7:10-10:00 AM, 10:10-1:00 PM, 1:10-4:00 PM, or 4:10-7:00 PM) or in one of the 7:10-10:00 PM time slots M, T, W, or R of finals week. 

Students should be informed of the time and date of the final exam as soon as possible, and no later than the first day of class. 

If a student has a time conflict between a final for a synchronous/in-person course and an asynchronous course, the instructor of the asynchronous course must offer the student an alternate time to take the final exam. 

Revised text: April 2021

Winter 2025 Final Exam Schedule PDF (Opens in new window)


Monday/Wednesday or Monday/Wednesday/Friday or Wednesday/Friday or Monday/Friday

or Classes Meeting 4 or 5 Days Per Week

Class Start Time Exam Day Exam Date Exam Time
7:10am or 7:40am Friday March 21 7:10am –10:00am
8:10am Monday March 17 7:10am –10:00am
9:10am Wednesday March 19 7:10am –10:00am
10:10am Wednesday March 19 10:10am –1:00pm
11:10am Friday March 21 10:10am –1:00pm
12:10pm Monday March 17 10:10am –1:00pm
1:10pm Wednesday March 19 1:10pm – 4:00pm
2:10pm Friday March 21 1:10pm – 4:00pm
3:10pm Monday March 17 1:10pm – 4:00pm
4:10pm or 4:40pm Wednesday March 19 4:10pm –7:00pm
5:10pm or 5:40pm Friday March 21 4:10pm –7:00pm
6:10pm or 6:40pm Monday March 17 4:10pm –7:00pm
7:10pm or 8:10pm Wednesday March 19 7:10pm –10:00pm

Tuesday/Thursday Classes

Class Start Time Exam Day Exam Date Exam Time
7:10am or 7:40am Tuesday March 18 7:10am –10:00am
8:10am Thursday March 20 7:10am –10:00am
9:10am or 9:40am Thursday March 20 10:10am –1:00pm
10:10am Tuesday March 18 10:10am –1:00pm
12:10pm Thursday March 20 1:10pm – 4:00pm
1:10pm or 1:40pm Tuesday March 18 1:10pm – 4:00pm
2:10pm Tuesday March 18 4:10pm – 7:00pm
3:10pm Thursday March 20 4:10pm – 7:00pm
4:10pm or 4:40pm Thursday March 20 7:10pm –10:00pm
5:10pm or 5:40pm Wednesday March 19 7:10pm –10:00pm
6:10pm or 6:40pm Tuesday March 18 7:10pm –10:00pm
7:10pm Tuesday March 18 7:10pm –10:00pm
8:10pm Friday March 21 7:10pm –10:00pm

Monday Only Classes

Class Start Time Exam Day Exam Date Exam Time
5:10pm or 5:40pm Friday March 21 4:10pm –7:00pm
6:10pm Monday March 17 4:10pm –7:00pm
7:10pm Monday March 17 7:10pm –10:00pm
8:10pm Monday March 17 7:10pm –10:00pm

Tuesday Only Classes

Class Start Time Exam Day Exam Date Exam Time
5:10pm or 5:40pm Tuesday March 18 7:10pm –10:00pm
6:10pm Tuesday March 18 7:10pm –10:00pm
7:10pm Tuesday March 18 7:10pm –10:00pm
8:10pm Tuesday March 18 7:10pm –10:00pm

Wednesday Only Classes

Class Start Time Exam Day Exam Date Exam Time
5:10pm or 5:40pm Wednesday March 19 7:10pm – 10:00pm
6:10pm Wednesday March 19 7:10pm – 10:00pm
7:10pm Wednesday March 19 7:10pm – 10:00pm
8:10pm Wednesday March 19 7:10pm – 10:00pm

Thursday Only Classes

Class Start Time Exam Day Exam Date Exam Time
5:10 or 5:40pm Friday March 21 7:10pm – 10:00pm
6:10pm Friday March 21 7:10pm – 10:00pm
7:10pm Friday March 21 7:10pm – 10:00pm
8:10pm Friday March 21 7:10pm – 10:00pm

Common Final

A student who is unable to attend the common final due to a conflict with another course’s final shall be permitted to arrange an alternate assessment time with the instructor. This arrangement should be done as early in the term as possible.

Exam Day Exam Date Exam Time
Monday March 17 7:10pm –10:00pm
Tuesday March 18 7:10pm –10:00pm
Wednesday March 19 7:10pm –10:00pm
Thursday March 20 7:10pm –10:00pm
  • 1 unit lecture or seminar sections will have the final exam at the last regular class meeting to avoid scheduling conflicts.
  • Finals for activity, laboratory, and discussion sections are held during the last regular class meeting.
  • Requests for common or alternate finals must be submitted 2 weeks prior to the start of finals and is dependent upon room availability.

Last edited 05/22/2024

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