If another officially scheduled exam conflicts with a Math 131 exam, or in certain other circumstances (see below), you may qualify to take a make-up exam. No make-ups will be given just to accommodate personal travel plans.
No later than two weeks before the exam give your instructor a written request for a make-up that includes: your name and ID number; your section number and instructor's name; the reason for requesting the make-up exam; and documentation supporting your request.
If your make-up request is submitted in time and your lecture-section instructor deems the documentation adequate, your instructor will notify the Course Chair. A few days before the scheduled make-up exam, the Course Chair will notify you directly by e-mail, telling you the exam's location.
Your instructor will directly arrange any make-up exam allowed because of an emergency situation that prohibited your making an advance request or prevented you from taking the course-wide make-up.
If you have a mid-semester exam in another course at the same time as the Math 131 exam, then the Spire 5-digit class numbers of the two courses determine which is obliged to give a make-up. If the final digit(s) of the 5-digit class number for your Math 131 section is higher than the final digit(s) of the 5-digit class number for the other course, you are entitled to a make-up exam in Math 131.
For example, if the Math 131 class number is 59321 and the class number in the other course is 22204, then the other course should give the make-up (because 4 > 1). But if the Math 131 class number is 33321 and the class number of the other course is 99911 (with a tie in the final digit), then Math 131 should give the make-up (because 21 > 11).
To support your make-up request, provide documentation that:
This documentation may take the form of:
Ordinarily, evening classes meet Monday or Tuesday, when there is no conflict with our evening exams. If you do have a class scheduled during the time of a Math 131 exam, the instructor of the other course is supposed to excuse you from class and to make provision for make-up work there, if necessary.
However, you may request a make-up exam in Math 131 if:
To support your request, provide a written statement from the instructor of the conflicting class.
You are also entitled to a make-up exam if you are away from campus for official UMass travel.
To support your make-up request, attach written explanation by the relevant campus official for the necessity of your absence. Make-up due to religious observance
In the case of absence from an exam due to religious observance (see below), ask your instructor to provide the Course Chair with confirmation that you provided the specified notification at the beginning of the semester.
In case of a medical emergency, submit a statement from a medical professional that includes a phone number where the professional may be contacted. While it is your right not to disclose any details, the medical professional's statement must indicate that you were unable for medical reasons to take the scheduled exam. If advance notice is possible and not given, your instructor may refuse your request.
The last day of final exams is Thursday, May 10. No final exam make-ups will be given just to accommodate personal travel plans.
If an emergency or medical problem prevents you from taking the final exam, contact your instructor. If, as if often the case, it is not possible to arrange a special make-up before finals end, then request an Incomplete; otherwise, you may receive a course grade of F.
There are standard procedures to handle any official final exam conflict. A final exam conflict exists when, according to the official exam schedule, either
In that case, no later than two weeks before the final exam, provide your instructor with:
Your Math 131 instructor will verify the information and forward it to the Course Chair. Then your instructor or the Course Chair will notify you about the time and place of the make-up.
The make-up may have to be scheduled as late as the last day of final exams. Should the make-up time also be a conflict, you will need to request an Incomplete and then take a special written make-up exam, prepared by your instructor, at the start of the Fall semester.
In case of an emergency, medical problem, or other unusual circumstances that prevent you from taking a scheduled exam or doing other course work, contact your instructor, who will evaluate the reasons and determine whether and how to allow you to compensate for the absence.
To give prior notice of an unexpected absence from an exam or other class activity, you may:
If due to the nature of the emergency you yourself are unable to make contact by one of these methods, ask a friend or family member to do it for you.
If an emergency forces you to leave campus for at least a week, it is best to notify the Dean of Students (413-545-2684), who will verify the details and notify the instructors of all affected courses. Religious observance
If you will be absent from an exam or other Math 131 class activity because of religious observance, you must notify your instructor in writing, in advance of the absence, and at the beginning of the semester within one full week of your enrollment in the course. Special accommodation
If you need special exam accommodation, you must present documentation from Disability Services to your lecture section instructor no later than two weeks before the first exam for which the accommodation is required. Then it is your responsibility to contact directly the Coordinator for Exam Proctoring and Classroom Access, Office of Disability Services, about taking the exam. Disability Services will administer the exam to you during a time block that significantly overlaps the regular administration of the exam; typically this will be 6:00--9:00 p.m.
If you need other forms of special accommodation, e.g., for quizzes or the classroom situation, you should present documentation to your lecture section instructor.