New Jersey City University Faculty Handbook
ACADEMIC STANDARDS
It is the policy of the University to provide a block of time at the end of each semester for the purpose of offering faculty and students a period for reviewing and evaluating the semester’s course work. The choice of whether or not to use this time for a written examination belongs to the individual faculty member. However, all faculty are expected to utilize with their students the time set aside for their classes in the examination schedule by the Registrar, whether or not a formal written examination is given during that time. Any faculty absence from this final evaluation week must be approved by the department chair/coordinator and the appropriate academic dean. The final class meetings of courses during the regular semester should not be used to give examinations since this would defeat the purpose of providing an examination week for students to prepare adequately for examinations and for faculty to have time to evaluate them.