TEST AND EXAMINATIONS
The last week of classes is called “dead week” and the purpose of dead week is to allow students to complete semester projects, to take lab tests, and to prepare for final examinations.  Faculty members should not give any additional tests or quizzes during this period.  In addition, faculty should not assign any papers or projects during the last week of classes unless the assignment is listed in the course syllabus.  Exceptions to this policy must be approved in advance by the department head and by the dean of the college involved.  Students should contact the appropriate instructor or department head if they believe an assignment is not in compliance with this regulation. See the R&R 2011 Spring Semester Academic Calendar at:  http://www.ncsu.edu/registrar/calendars/academicsprg.html and Academic Regulation at:  http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/academic_affairs/courses_undergrad/REG02.20.14.php

FINAL EXAMINATION POLICY
Except for research, seminar, tutorial, or studio courses, final examinations should be given in all courses. Exemptions may be granted by the faculty member responsible for a particular course or section provided prior approval is obtained from the department head. Exemptions may be applied to whole courses, sections, groups of students, or individual students, provided that these exemptions are applied equitably to the students in a particular course or section and comparable procedures are applied to all sections of multiple-sectioned courses. See Academic Regulation at: http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/academic_affairs/courses_undergrad/REG02.20.14.php.

FINAL EXAMINATION SCHEDULE 
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/policies/academic_affairs/courses_undergrad/REG02.20.14.php

THREE FINAL EXAMINATIONS IN 24 HOURS
No student is required to take more than two consecutively scheduled final examinations in a 24 hour period.  Should the scheduled examinations result in this situation for an individual student, 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 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/policies/academic_affairs/courses_undergrad/REG02.20.14.php

FINAL EXAM REVIEW POLICY
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 for at least one year and must, during that period permit the student to schedule time to review the examination at a mutually convenient time.  This guidance also applies to any course tests, term papers, and homework records that are not returned to students.  In cases for which the teacher is not on campus during 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 UNC-GA’s “University General Records Retention and Disposition Schedule, section GU228 at http://www/records.ncdcr.gov/schedules/unc_system_general_schedule.pdf
Also see NC State University’s  Academic Regulation at: http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/academic_affairs/courses_undergrad/REG02.20.14.php

REEXAMINATION FOR SENIORS 
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 semester but for the grade 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/policies/academic_affairs/courses_undergrad/REG02.20.14.php

GRADING SCALE
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/policies/academic_affairs/grades_undergrad/REG02.50.3.php

POSTING GRADES
Instructors are to remember to ask students for consent before posting grades. Instructors may also tell students to check their grades from the Department of Registration & Records web site using the TRACS LINK -- where final student grades are posted less than 24-hours after they are received.  The students also have access to grade distribution reports from this site.
See Academic Regulations at:  http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/academic_affairs/grades_undergrad/REG02.50.5.php

INCOMPLETE GRADES
The IN grade must only be given in cases in which the student was unable to complete work, not due to his or 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 up before the end of the next regular semester in which the student is enrolled and in no case may be made up more than 12 months after the end of the semester in which the IN is awarded, unless the teacher or department offering the course is not able to provide the student with an opportunity to make up incomplete work in which case the period can be extended. Make up work is to be limited to accomplishing the work not completed.
See Academic Regulation at: http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/academic_affairs/grades_undergrad/REG02.50.3.php

LATE GRADES
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/policies/academic_affairs/grades_undergrad/REG02.50.3.php

PROGRESS TOWARDS DEGREE WARNING LETTER TO STUDENTS
After grades are posted this semester, students who entered in the Fall cohort who did not register as full-time students (a minimum course load of 12 semester hours) for both Fall and Spring semesters and/or who did not successfully complete at least 24 semester credit hours that count toward graduation in their major will receive progress warning letters directing them to confer with their departmental advisers.  Through these students will be flagged for “Progress Warning” status, the academic units will have the authority to determine whether the flag remains or is waived for individual students.  The process for making those determinations will be coordinated by the academic associate deans in each of the colleges.

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