Re: exam schedules

Peggy Womble (pwomble@SUN1.WAYNE.CC.NC.US)
Thu, 9 Jan 1997 15:00:03 -0500

At Wayne CC, we have scheduled all of our exams in 3 days (recently
changed to 2 days). They are scheduled by day and time and are 2 hour
blocks. With the conversion to semesters this summer, our new calendar
will have a 5 day period for exams.

On Thu, 19 Dec 1996, Sharon Killian wrote:

> My school, a Tech Comm College, has historically used the last three
> days of each quarter for exams. These exams are scheduled for a two
> hour block. nly the classes which meet 3 or more times a week use the
> schedule. Classes that only meet 1 or 2 days a week are expected to
> give their exams on the last regularly scheduled class meeting.
>
> The Academic Affairs Committee is now discussing changing this to
> accommodate the Allied Health programs which have trouble scheduling the
> necessary clinical hours for their programs. They cannot afford to give
> up those last three days of the quarter.
>
> I would like to know what kind of exam schedules other schools use.
>