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.

Term	Start and end dates	Date your schedule is posted in PAWS
Fall	December 9-23, 2023, including Saturdays	Mid-October
Winter	April 10 to 29, 2023, including Saturdays	Mid-February
Spring Quarter 1	May 30 to June 1, 2023	Two weeks before the exam period begins
Spring Quarter 2 and Spring Term	June 23, 26 and 27, 2023	Two weeks before the exam period begins
Summer Quarter 3	July 25 and 26, 2023	Two weeks before the exam period begins
Summer Quarter 4, Summer Term and Multi-term	August 18, 21 and 22, 2023	Two weeks before the exam period begins

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. 

Distance education classes: If you are taking a class through the Distance Education Unit (DEU) with a scheduled final exam in Saskatoon, and are unable to write your examination in Saskatoon, you must apply for a regular or special examination centre (certain criteria applies). If you are writing your final exam in Saskatoon do not complete an application form. Learn more about distance exams. 

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.

Term	Date	Date your schedule is posted in PAWS
Fall 2022	February 21-24, 2023	Three weeks before
Winter 2023	June 12-16, 2023	Three weeks before
Spring and Summer 2023	September 16, 2023	Three weeks before

 

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.

Exam Type	Cost
Deferred	$40 per examination
Supplemental	$60 per examination
Special Deferred (scheduled if a deferred is missed and another authorized)	$80 per examination
Special Supplemental (scheduled if a supplemental is missed and another authorized)	$100 per examination
Off-campus location*	an additional $25 per examination, and any additional invigilation fees and international courier fees, if applicable
Re-read fee	$20 per examination

*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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