However, the following must be applied: Projects, papers, and speeches scheduled for completion during the last week (1 5th week) of classes must have been assigned in writing by the end of the eighth week. This stipulation refers to the project and its scope, but not the topic. Moreover, ALL requirements, except for the final exam, must be completed no later than Wednesday of the fifteenth week. However, if the instructor has assigned a project, paper, or speech by the eighth week to replace the final, then the project, paper, or speech may be completed any time in the 15th week of finals. The 3 exception to this is a class meeting one day a week on a Thursday or Friday for which all policies/requirements are shifted to either a Thursday or Friday, respectively.

Complaints about failure to follow the above outlined procedures should be made immediately. Complaints should first be made directly to the instructor of the course in which the violation has occurred or is likely to occur. This could be done by simply directing the instructor’s attention to this policy statement. If the problem cannot be worked out, the student may inform the President of SUN of the progress of the complaint and request aid in correcting the problem. If corrective actions are not taken within two days, the complaint should be submitted to the department chair or head by the student or the SUN representative on behalf of the student.

If the chair/head is unable or unwilling to resolve the complaint within two days, the complaint should be submitted to the College Dean, and if the Dean is unable or unwilling to resolve the problem within two days, the student, or the SUN representative on behalf of the student should appeal to the Office of Undergraduate Studies in the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. Resolving the complaint should in no case take longer than eight working days. The Fifteenth Week policy does not apply to classes offered by the College of Law. * The phrase “mutually agreeable to all parties concerned” entails the tolling: Mutually agreeable: the professor/instructor presents an alternative to the procedures listed above. He/she hen obtains in an anonymous method agreement or opposition from each student for three consecutive class periods. The process of obtaining agreement to the alternative procedure must be completed by the end of the twelfth week of the semester.

If no anonymous opposition is expressed on any of the three days, the professor/instructor may then choose to adopt the mutually agreeable procedures for finals week which would otherwise be prohibited under the above policy. However, in no case can an exam be scheduled after the end of the official exam period. A written record of this process should be maintained. Ђ All parties concerned: the professor(s)/instructor(s) for a given course/course section as well as all students enrolled in that course/course section