Exam preparation tips

1. Check your exam schedule in PAWS for room updates before you arrive at your exam as the assigned rooms may change. When checking your exam schedule, pay attention to the assigned room:
   • On-campus room: Takes place in person at the assigned campus room
   • Take-home exam due: Assigned due date/time for an exam with an extended window for completion. The instructor will provide details.
   • Course tools remote: Online or remote exam. The instructor will provide details.
     
     
2. For in-person exams: have suitable identification (student ID card or government-issued picture ID) available during all exams.

These dates are taken from the Academic Calendar, the official listing of major academic events and deadlines for the academic calendar year. Complete examination regulations are published on the University Secretary's website. College regulations on examinations are available in the college offices. For further details, contact the Exams Office. If you are required to write a final exam to pass a class, it should be stated in the class syllabus.

• Exam channel in PAWS
• Exam schedule (public)
• Exam schedule search (public)
• Deferred and supplemental exams
• Deferred and supplemental exam search

The date, time and location of your exam is listed in the My Exam Schedule channel in your PAWS account. 

If you are taking in-person classes (face-to-face or live streamed/televised) at the Saskatoon or Prince Albert campus or at a regional or affiliated college, and the exam is scheduled to be written in-person, it will be held at the applicable campus. 

Online classes:  In person exams are scheduled in Saskatoon for online classes delivered with support from the Teaching Innovation Team, Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning (typically W section classes). If you are unable to write your in-person examination in Saskatoon, you must apply for a regular or special examination centre (certain criteria applies). Review the syllabus for your online class for more information and visit the distance exam webpage to learn more.

Once posted, exam dates/times cannot be changed without the consent of the instructor and all the students in a class. You are responsible for attending final exams on their scheduled dates.

We will not accommodate a request to reschedule an exam unless it falls under one of the following exceptions. 

A student who is absent from a final examination through no fault of their own, for medical, compassionate, or other valid reasons, may apply for a deferred exam. An application must be made to an academic advisor in their college within three business days of the missed examination. The college may also ask for supporting documentary evidence or a Declaration of Absence form.

A student who becomes ill during a final examination or who cannot complete the final examination for other valid reasons must notify the invigilator immediately of their inability to finish.  The student may then apply for a deferred examination by contacting an academic advisor in their college.

Deferred exams: a deferred examination is the sitting of a final examination at a time other than the scheduled time and date. A deferred examination may be granted to a student who is not able to complete a final examination through no fault of their own, for medical, compassionate, or other valid reasons. These examinations are granted under regulations established by the college and subject to the Academic Courses Policy.

Supplemental exams: a supplemental examination is the re-writing of a final examination. A student may be granted a supplemental examination under regulations established by the college and subject to the Academic Courses Policy.

Special deferred and supplementals: the college may, under extenuating circumstances, grant a special deferred or supplemental examination to a student who submits satisfactory evidence of inability to be present at the deferred or supplemental examination under regulations established the Academic Courses Policy and the college.

Schedule

The Deferred and Supplemental exam schedule is posted approximately three weeks prior to the exam dates.

Cost

The non-refundable fee for all supplemental and deferred exams is charged when a student's application to write the exam is granted. In order to avoid interest charges, payment must be made prior to the last working day of the month in which approval for the examination is received.

*Students expecting to need specific software to write a deferred or supplemental exam must write the exam on campus with the University of Saskatchewan. For more information contact exams@usask.ca or your college office.

If you have concerns with how your instructor marked an exam you can appeal the mark within 30 days of it being made available to you.

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