Final Examination Dates
May 6-13, 2015
Last Day of Classes: Friday, May 1
Study Days: Saturday, May 2 – Tuesday, May 5
No final examinations may be scheduled on Study Days.
Instructions
- ALL INSTRUCTORS MUST ADHERE TO THE FINAL EXAMINATION SCHEDULE. No deviations from this schedule are permitted for those classes having a final examination unless authorized in advance by the Committee on Academic Policies and Procedures (CAPP). Except under extremely extraordinary circumstances, final examinations should not be rescheduled for a date prior to the first day scheduled for final examinations. CAPP will not consider any request for rescheduling final examinations without unanimous written consent of all students in the class. No student in a course with a final examination is permitted to omit or anticipate a final examination, and no instructor is authorized to permit a student to do so. For graduate courses having a final examination, the examination will be during the final examination period according to the final examination schedule. Rescheduling of final examinations must be approved by the dean of the academic unit for sound academic reasons.
- Plan in advance to avoid scheduling conflicts in your final exams. If you are scheduled for two final exams at the same time, you should request to take one of the exams at a different time. If you are scheduled for more than two final exams in one day, you may request to take one of the exams on an alternate date. In either situation you must contact the professors involved to request accommodations. If accommodations cannot be arranged, you should contact Testing Services at testing@usc.edu or (213) 740-7166 for assistance.
- Please check the EXCEPTIONS schedule below to see whether or not any of your classes are included.
Make-Up Final Examinations Policy
When a final examination falls at a time that conflicts with a student’s observance of a holy day, faculty members must accommodate a request for an alternate examination date at a time that does not violate the student’s religious creed. A student must discuss a final examination conflict with the professor no later than two weeks prior to the scheduled examination date to arrange an acceptable alternate examination date.
| Classes Meeting | Examination Day | Hour |
|---|---|---|
| 8 or 8:30 MWF | Monday, May 11 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. |
| 9 or 9:30 MWF | Friday, May 8 | 8-10 a.m. |
| 10 or 10:30 MWF | Monday, May 11 | 8-10 a.m. |
| 11 or 11:30 MWF | Wednesday, May 6 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. |
| 12 or 12:30 MWF | Friday, May 8 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. |
| 1 or 1:30 MWF | Wednesday, May 6 | 2-4 p.m. |
| 2 or 2:30 MWF | Monday, May 11 | 2-4 p.m. |
| 3 or 3:30 MWF | Friday, May 8 | 2-4 p.m. |
| 8 or 8:30 TTh | Wednesday, May 13 | 8-10 a.m. |
| 9 or 9:30 or 10-10:50 TTh | Tuesday, May 12 | 8-10 a.m. |
| 11 or 11:30 or 10-11:50 TTh | Tuesday, May 12 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. |
| 12 or 12:30 or 1 TTh | Wednesday, May 13 | 2-4 p.m. |
| 2 or 2:30 TTh | Thursday, May 7 | 2-4 p.m. |
| 3 or 3:30 TTh | Tuesday, May 12 | 2-4 p.m. |
| 4 or starting after 4 but before 6 p.m. | 4:30-6:30 p.m. first scheduled class period, May 6-13 | |
| 6 or any class after 6 p.m. meeting once weekly | 7-9 p.m. first scheduled class period, May 6-13 | |
| 6 p.m. MW | Wednesday, May 6 | 7-9 p.m. |
| 6 p.m. TTh | Thursday, May 7 | 7-9 p.m. |
| 8 p.m. MW | Monday, May 11 | 7-9 p.m. |
| 8 p.m. TTh | Tuesday, May 12 | 7-9 p.m. |
| Classes with first meeting on M or W or F | Same as MWF | |
| Classes with first meeting on T or Th | Same as TTh | |
| Saturday mornings only | Saturday, May 9 | 2-4 p.m. |
| One-unit courses with one hour of lecture | Last regular class period before May 1 | |
| Courses with both lecture and laboratory | According to the first lecture of the week | |
| Laboratory courses without scheduled lecture before 4 p.m. and meeting for more than one hour | Last regular class period before May 1 | |
| Classes not scheduled to meet in one of the regular time periods listed above | Instructor check with Academic Counseling Services | |
| Students with conflicting final examinations | Check with Academic Counseling Services |
Exceptions
The Exceptions Schedule does not apply to class meetings beginning at 4 p.m. or later unless the examination time shown in the Exceptions Schedule begins at 4 p.m. or later.
| Department and Course Number | Examination Day | Hour |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting 370 | Thursday, May 7 | 8-10 a.m. |
| Accounting 371 | Wednesday, May 13 | 8-10 a.m. |
| Accounting 372 | Tuesday, May 12 | 4:30-6:30 p.m. |
| Biological Sciences 330L | Wednesday, May 13 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. |
| Business Administration 285a, 286a | Wednesday, May 13 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. |
| Business Administration 285b, 286b | Wednesday, May 13 | 4:30-6:30 p.m. |
| Business Administration 310 | Wednesday, May 6 | 8-10 a.m. |
| Business Administration 311 | Thursday, May 7 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. |
| Chemistry 105b, 115b, 322b | Thursday, May 7 | 8-10 a.m. |
| Computer Science 103 | Tuesday, May 12 | 4:30-6:30 p.m. |
| Computer Science 104 | Wednesday, May 13 | 8-10 a.m. |
| Computer Science 201 | Wednesday, May 13 | 4:30-6:30 p.m. |
| Computer Science 170, 270 | Wednesday, May 13 | 7-9 p.m. |
| Computer Science 585 | Wednesday, May 6 | 8-10 a.m. |
| East Asian Language Studies 104, 106, 115, 117, 120, 122, 204, 215, 220, 222 | Saturday, May 9 | 2-4 p.m. |
| Electrical Engineering 109 | Thursday, May 7 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. |
| Electrical Engineering 254, 352, 457 | Saturday, May 9 | 7-9 p.m. |
| Electrical Engineering 355 | Wednesday, May 6 | 8-10 a.m. |
| Electrical Engineering 577a | Thursday, May 7 | 8-10 a.m. |
| French 120, 150, 220 | Saturday, May 9 | 2-4 p.m. |
| German 101, 102, 201, 221 | Saturday, May 9 | 4:30-6:30 p.m. |
| Italian 120, 150, 220 | Saturday, May 9 | 2-4 p.m. |
| Mathematics 118, 125, 126, 226 | Saturday, May 9 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. |
| Physics 135b, 151, 152L, 153L | Monday, May 11 | 4:30-6:30 p.m. |
| Spanish 120, 150, 220, 240 | Saturday, May 9 | 4:30-6:30 p.m. |
Final Examinations Schedule Worksheet
Use the provided PDF file to avoid final examination scheduling problems. Mark the full examination time/day for each of your classes in the chart. If the sequence and spacing is not satisfactory, reconsider the meeting times of alternate sections. Check to see if your courses are listed in the Exceptions section.