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Spring 2024 FAS Final Exam Schedule
View the Spring 2024 Final Exam Schedule with locations
We schedule exams in accordance with your final assessment form (FAINFO) submission. We require FAINFO from all courses, not just those requiring final exams, except for 300(0) level courses. The exam schedule is subject to change. If your course is not listed on the schedule, and you plan on holding a three-hour seated exam, please email exams@fas.harvard.edu.
Tentative Fall 2024 FAS Final Exam Schedule
View the tentative fall 2024 final exam schedule (schedule is subject to change until registration and add/drop closes). We will communicate the final Fall 2024 schedule by the third week of the fall term.
There are two ways to access your Final Assessment form:
- Under the Teaching/Advising tab in my.harvard, navigate to the My Courses section and click the Final Assessment button (view detailed instructions) or
- Use the Final Assessment link on your course’s Canvas website
Reminder about the exam period: Instructors and students are expected to plan their schedules so they are on campus through the last day of exam period.
- Exam/Final Deadlines appear in the my.harvard Course Search a few weeks before each semester begins. Deadlines are subject to change until the Final Exam Schedule is published.
- Final exams must adhere to the times assigned by the FAS Registrar’s Office.
- You are advised not to make any travel plans until the official Final Exam Schedule is published, as you are expected to be available for the duration of the Final Exam Period.
Administering Final Exams
You are responsible for proctoring and administering your final exams. Instructors must:
- Confirm final exam media requirements with Education Support Services (ESS).
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Pick up bluebooks and exam packets. Materials are available for pickup during Reading Period from the academic department offering the course. Make sure your exam packet contains the appropriate materials for your course:
- Instructions and resources for administering the exam, including attendance slips, exam announcements, and the bathroom and incident reports.
- Appropriate number of exam packets. Your course should receive one packet per exam room. For example, if your course has 2 exam rooms, you should have 2 exam packets.
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Report absences after the exam.
- Report absences on the my.harvard Teaching/Advising tab using the Exam Roster button next to your class.
- Mark the check box next to students who were absent from the final exam.
- Do not mark students as absent if they were exempt from taking the final exam.
Reading Period is intended to be a time for students to reflect, review, and synthesize what they have learned during the semester. Protect this educational purpose by following these rules:
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You may not:
- Assign new material during Reading Period.
- Conduct regular instruction during Reading Period, except for intensive language courses.
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You may:
- Conduct sections, review sessions, and make up class sessions.
- Assign short, regular assignments during the first three days of Reading Period that address material covered in the last two weeks of classes (such as problem sets or response papers) .
- Assign culminating course assignments starting the fourth day of Reading Period, such as final papers, take-home exams, projects, or individual or group presentations.
- Culminating course assignments must be due on or before the course’s Exam Deadline.
The FAS Registrar’s Office schedules, administers, and provides proctors for out of sequence (OOS) final exams. This includes students with testing accommodations, academic conflicts, religious conflicts, and others. The Registrar's Office will communicate OOS details to faculty once the schedule is set. You must upload the exam and detailed instructions in my.harvard at least 2 business days prior to an OOS exam.
Midterm Exams
As of Spring 2024, the FAS Registrar's Office and Disability Access Office will be piloting a testing center for students with exam accommodations. More information can be found here.
If you need bluebooks for your midterm exam please email exams@fas.harvard.edu 5-7 days in advance of the exam to make arrangements.
Student Illness During Exams
- If a student becomes ill during a seated and proctored final exam as part of the main schedule and is unable to continue, they should call Harvard University Health Services (HUHS) and follow their instructions.
- Before leaving the classroom, the student and instructor must complete an "Exam Discontinuation Form" documenting the student’s early departure and their agreement not to access course materials while at HUHS.
- Once the form is complete, the instructor should place the student's unfinished exam in the provided envelope, seal the envelope containing the exam, and retain the sealed envelope.
- The student should inform their Resident Dean of the circumstances and the instructor should email the Exams Office.
- The instructor or course staff should deliver the sealed, incomplete exam to the Exams Satellite Office at 305 Sever Hall as soon as possible. Pick-up can be arranged if needed.
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Per the Illnesses During the Examination policy in the handbook, a student who is present for any part of an examination is never entitled to a makeup exam. The student must complete the exam as soon as they are released from HUHS via the following options:
- If the student is released from HUHS Urgent Care and the remaining exam time falls within business hours, the student must immediately report to the Exams Satellite Office (Sever 305). The Exams team will have the sealed exam from the instructor; and the student can finish the exam under the supervision of an exam proctor.
- If the student is released from HUHS Urgent Care but the remaining exam time would extend outside of business hours, the student should contact the Exams Office (exams@fas.harvard.edu) and their Resident Dean and the exams office will make arrangements to administer the remainder of the exam the next day at Sever Hall (within 24 hours of the start of the exam).
- Graduating seniors who are ill should notify both their Resident Dean and the Exams Office, and the Exams Office will schedule a make-up exam for them as soon as possible.
