Academic Affairs Calendar and Final Exam Schedule

The Academic Affairs Calendar is issued each July and lists the important due dates for Academic Affairs activities for the academic year. This calendar is available online at the web address above.

Final Exam Schedule – Common Questions:

When are final exams for 6 and/or 7.5-week courses?
When are final exams for 12-week courses?
When are final exams for online courses?
Why don’t we have any final exams in my course?
Why does my friend have their final exams one or two weeks before final exam week?

The College contract with faculty is for 168 days; 160 of those days are for the purpose of instruction, and 8 days are non-teaching days. When the academic calendar is planned, it must comply with the 168 days per United Faculty Agreement and assure that the required number of hours per class are met. For the 7.5, 12 and 15- week sessions, the week of finals is considered as part of the required 80 days of instruction. If final exams are not conducted during the 15^th week, the required number of contact hours has not been met, students are shortchanged in the amount of instructional time they pay for in fees, and faculty have not complied with the terms of the Faculty Collective Bargaining Agreement.

The following table should help clarify each semester’s last class and final exam dates:

Last Class Date and Final Exam Schedule, 2021-2022 Academic Calendar Year

Enacted in Section G July 2004 from existing policy; revised July 2009; reviewed June 2010; revised July 2013, July 2014; July 2015; July 2017; July 2018, July 2019; July 2020; July 2021