Know Your End-of-Semester Academic Rights

[Jennie Zheng]

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Dear undergrads,

Believe it or not, MIT believes in some work-life balance. There are *rules
governing* when and how *tests and assignments* are given *near the end
of the semester*.

*P**lease check if your classes comply with MIT's rules* for end-of-term
tests and assignments. Your professors might not be aware of these rules!
You can find a *summary of the rules at the end of this e-mail*, but here
are a few examples:


   - No tests are allowed after December 5th
   - For classes with finals, no assignments can be due after December 5th
   - Take-home finals must be open-book and open-note

*Your professors should have given you a* *final** schedule of all exams
and major assignments by now!*

*If you think one of your classes is breaking a rule*, there are several
steps that you can take. If you are comfortable doing so, you can talk to
the professor directly.
You can also *report the violation *anonymously to the UA or to the Chair
of the Faculty. Please reach out *as* *soon as possible*.

Late in the semester, violation become increasingly difficult to resolve in
a matter that is fair to everyone.

To report a violation to the UA, please visit
http://ua.mit.edu/policy/violations/  <http://ua.mit.edu/policy/violations/>
To report a violation to the Chair of the Faculty, please email
exam-termregs at mit.edu

If you have any questions, please email violations at mit.edu.

Thanks for taking the time to check your syllabi. Hopefully, we can help if
there are any issues.

Best,
Jennie Zheng & Trevor Mulchay
Co-Chairs, UA Committee on Education

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*A Brief Summary of the Rules for Undergraduate Classes:*

*Classes with Final Exams:*
- No test given after December 5th.
- No assignment due after December 5th.
- Optional Self-Study assignments can be assigned between December 5th and
December 10th. However, these cannot count for a grade in any way, not even
as extra credit or as substitutes for earlier assignments.

*Classes without Final Exams:*
- No test given after December 5th.
- Only one assignment due between December 5th and the last day of the
class (December 10th)
- This one assignment may be both an oral and a written report if derived
from the same project.

*Take-home (ex camera) Finals:*
- Must be scheduled through the Registrar.
- Offered over one afternoon — beginning no earlier than 1:30 P.M. and
ending before 7:30 P.M.
- Students are allowed unrestricted use of resources.

*Excused Absences from Finals:*
A student may be excused from a scheduled final examination for reasons
of illness or significant personal problems. Undergraduates should contact
a dean in S^3
(http://web.mit.edu/uaap/s3/) if they wish to seek an excused absence.

A more comprehensive listings of regulations available at:
http://web.mit.edu/faculty/teaching/termend.html

Any violation can be reported anonymously at:
http://ua.mit.edu/policy/violations/  <http://ua.mit.edu/policy/violations/>

For more information, feel free to email: violations at mit.edu
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