FAS POLICY ON MISSED EXAMS
FAS policy on mid-terms and finals is described in Section 5.7 of the
FAS Handbook:
http://fas.sfu.ca/deans-office/administrative-docs/handbook/undergraduate/FAS5.7.html/
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The relevant sections are:
1. Normally, when a student misses a final examination, the N grade (incomplete) is awarded. However, in the event of illness, or for other compassionate reasons, the student may be given consideration in the course if supporting documentation is filed with the School Director (or Registrar) within four days of the date on which the examination was to have been written.
2. If the Director of a School accepts the request for consideration when a final exam has been missed due to illness or for other compassionate reasons, the following options are available.
3. The DE grade (deferred) may be filed pending final resolution of the
grade
according to one of the options below:
- The instructor may propose an alternative evaluation system in place
of the final examination for determination of a course grade on
a CR/F (credit/fail) basis.
- If the nature of the illness or other compassionate consideration
makes
it impossible for the student to complete an alternative evaluation,
the instructor may determine a final grade on an AE/F
(aegrotat pass/fail) basis.
- When circumstances warrant, an alternative written exam may be
scheduled
for determination of a final course grade on an A/B/C/D/F basis,
provided that the instructor has confidence that a second exam can be
accurately calibrated against the standard established by the missed
exam.
4. If a DE grade is not otherwise modified by the fifth day of classes of the semester or session immediately following the course, the grade is converted to F.
a). Normally, when a midterm examination is missed for any reason, the final exam grade will be used in its place.
b). Make-up midterm examinations are only available when both of the following conditions hold:
1. The course has no final examination or the midterm examination has been identified in the course grading scheme as mandatory.
2. The examination has been missed due to illness, or for other compassionate reasons, and the student has filed acceptable supporting documentation with the course instructor (or School Director) within four days of the date on which the examination was to have been written.
c) Make-up midterm examinations will be held within one week of the original examination or during the first week of the final exam period.