Your December Exam Checklist

Please use the Student Absence Portal to submit a request for consideration for your final examination as soon as possible. Requests must be submitted no later than 48 hours after the missed assessment and must include supporting documentation for your absence. Please note, undocumented absence cannot be submitted for final exams.

Re-writing exams, or having the value re-weighted on a retroactive basis, is not a standard policy – and is typically determined through academic counselling. Should you decide to write your original exam, please be prepared to accept the mark you receive.

For more information, see examinations.

Carefully consider the implications of postponing exams or delaying handing in work. For example, a delay in completing your work may impact you if you are expecting to graduate in June or, if you are continuing your studies next year, may impact the timing of your course registration appointment. Check with your academic counselling office to confirm potential impacts.

You are encouraged to make appropriate decisions based on your specific circumstances, recognizing that minor ailments are not normally an appropriate basis for academic consideration.

If you have two exams scheduled in the same time slot and neither is a Business course (i.e. two exams scheduled at 2:00pm on the same day), you will have received an email to your Western account. Details will be provided on how to proceed and the appropriate people to contact.

If you have multiple exams within a short timeframe, please see the information available relating to a “Multiple Exam Situation” on the following page.

The Registrar’s Office schedules mid-year tests (during the December period) and final exams only.

Mid-Year Test: For the purpose of this schedule, a mid-year test is a test that takes place in December for a full-year course. A Final Exam: For this schedule, a final exam is the evaluation that takes place at the end of a course (December final exams are scheduled for half-year courses).