Overview of Academic Scheduling

Data resulting from the scheduling process at the West Lafayette campus, as well as scheduling data gathered from the regional campuses, form the basic input to a number of studies and reports. These reports are used for internal operations as well as for reporting to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education and other public agencies.

Final Examination Scheduling

The Office of Space Management and Academic Scheduling is responsible for preparing a sixteenth week schedule in accordance with the policies prescribed by the Educational Policy Committee of the University Senate. The policy is to schedule a two hour meeting time for each class during the 16th week of the session, commonly referred to as the final examination period. The goal in developing this schedule is to minimize direct conflicts, minimize the number of students having more than two exams on one day, and minimize the number of back-to-back exams for students.

Over 130,000 student class meetings are scheduled within the thirty prescribed 2-hour class periods in the sixteenth week.

We now provide on-line access to final examination information for all courses offered by the university.

Evening Examination Scheduling

Scheduling of evening examinations is prompted primarily by the desire of some departments to give course examinations for their large multiple division courses. Also, some faculty feel that the normal 50-minute daytime period is insufficient to properly take their tests. This reason particularly applies to graduate level courses.

We now provide on-line access to evening examination information for courses offered by the university.