Requirement of Midterms & Final Examinations
University of California Academic Senate Regulation 770 and 772, regulates final examinations.
UC Davis Academic Senate Policy, 538, regulates examinations. The Committee on Courses of Instruction (COCI) provides additional guidance on options for the delivery of final examinations
Scheduling of Final Examinations in Virtual Courses
An instructor of a virtual 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. Virtual courses also have the option to offer an online final exam or a take home exam. Instructors should notify their students of the mode and day/time of the final exam 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 Regulation, 538 (E & 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 Davis Division Regulation 528 and the Committee on Courses of Instruction Credit by Examination Policy.
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.