Examinations

Requirement of Midterms & Final Examinations

University of California Academic Senate Regulation 770 and 772, regulates final examinations.

UC Davis Academic Senate Policy, 538(A), regulates examinations.

As of fall 2017, this regulation no longer requires that all exams (midterms and finals) given in an online course be proctored: http://academicsenate.ucdavis.edu/committees/committee-list/coci/policies-and-procedures.cfm#web

Scheduling of Final Examinations

An instructor of an online course has the option to offer their final exam in person and choose from one of the to-be-announced (TBA) final exam time slots. Online courses also have the option to offer an online final exam. Online exams can be scheduled at an alternative time and use Examity proctor. Instructors should notify their students by the first day of instruction. Class schedules that do not fall into the Final Exam Period Grouping are known as TBA finals.

Exam Accommodations

The Student Disability (SDC) manages Accommodated Exam Services for faculty and students.  For more information contact the SDC

UC Davis seeks to accommodate any student who, in observance of their religious creed, encounters an unavoidable conflict with a test or examination schedule. Refer to UC Davis PPM 210 for more information.

Other UC testing centers can be found at the Consortium of College Testing Centers, approved by the National College Testing Association (NCTA).

Midterm Examinations

Faculty can request a general assignment classroom for midterm examinations by completing the General Assignment Classroom Reservation form.

Changing a Midterm or Final Examination Date

UC Davis Academic Senate Policy, 538 (E and F), regulates changing midterm and final examination dates.

Students wishing to adjust their final exam schedule because of multiple exams on the same day may discuss their conflict with the instructors of the courses. Students are responsible for ensuring that they have not enrolled in courses with conflicting final examination times. There is no regulation mandating a change.

Release of Examination Materials

 UC Davis Academic Senate Policy 538 I, regulates examination materials. 

Credit by Examination

Academic credit by examination is available to students registered at the Davis campus under UC Davis Academic Senate Policy 528

If a student takes the examination during the summer, the credit will be awarded during the appropriate summer session. Students are required to pay the per-unit summer session fees for the unit credit being added by examination. Current summer session fees may be found at Summer Sessions Fees.

Form & Instructions

Credit by examination may be applied for in any course listed in the current General Catalog. The application must be approved by the instructor who will administer the examination and by the dean of the student’s college or school, in the case of an undergraduate student, or the Dean of Graduate Studies, in the case of a graduate student. The instructor will specify the examination date.

The application, if approved by the appropriate dean, is forwarded to the Office of the University Registrar, who issues to the student a permit for the examination and sends notice of the action to the instructor or examiner by whom the examination is to be conducted. The examination may not be taken until the permit has been issued.

Credit by examination is not available (a) if such credit would duplicate credit presented by the student for admission to the University; (b) in elementary courses in a foreign language which is the native tongue of the applicant; or (c) in subjects for which the University has no competent examiner.

Credit earned by examination may not be applied toward satisfaction of the General Education requirement.

The final result of a student’s work in an examination for credit shall be reported to the Office of the University Registrar in terms of the following grades: A, B, C, D, F, P, NP, S, U. The “I” grade (incomplete) is not acceptable. Optional P/NP or S/U grading is subject to approval by the appropriate dean.