Know Your End-of-Semester Academic Rights

[Corinn Herrick, UA Committee on Education]

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*.



*Please 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 exams are allowed after *December 4th*

•   For classes with finals, no assignments can be due after December 4th

•   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, violations 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/

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*
<violations at mit.edu>.



Thanks for taking the time to check your syllabi. Hopefully, we can help if
there are any issues. Please see below for a summary of the violation rules
for the undergraduate class.



Best,

Corinn Herrick,

Chair, 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 4th.

- No assignment due after December 4th.

- Optional Self-Study assignments can be assigned between December 4th and
December 10th (the last day of classes). 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 4th.

- Only one assignment due between December 4th and the last day of the
class (which may be before December 10th!)
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