Spring 2025

Final Examination Dates

May 7-14, 2025

Last Day of Classes: Friday, May 2

Study Days: Saturday, May 3 – Tuesday, May 6

No final examinations may be scheduled on Study Days.

Final Examination Policy for all Fall and Spring Courses Scheduled in Standard Sessions

There are two “standard session” options for fall and spring classes. Courses in Standard Sessions include a scheduled final examination. Standard Session 061 does not include a scheduled final examination.

For all standard session courses, the last scheduled day of class is required instructional time. For courses scheduled in a Standard Session, a final examination or other final summative experience is required during the published final examination week. For courses scheduled in Standard Session 061, there is no final examination week.

Final examinations or other final summative experiences may not be scheduled during the Study Days period.

No deviations from the published examination period are permitted for courses scheduled in a standard session during the fall and spring semesters, unless faculty have authorization in advance from the Committee on Academic Policies and Procedures (CAPP). CAPP will not consider any faculty request for rescheduling a final examination without unanimous written consent of all students in the class. Contact the Registrar’s Office (213-740-4623 or registrar@usc.edu) for the request form and procedures.

Standard Session 001 Dates: 01/13/2025 to 05/02/2025
Finals Week: 05/07/2025 to 05/14/2025

Student Scheduling Conflicts

No student is permitted to omit or take early a final examination and no instructor is authorized to permit a student to do so.

Students should plan in advance to avoid scheduling conflicts in their final examinations. If a student is scheduled for two final examinations at the same time, the student should request to take one of the examinations on a different day or time. If a student is scheduled for more than two final examinations in one day, the student may request to take one of the exams on a different day or time. In either situation the student must contact the professors involved no later than two weeks prior to the scheduled examination date and request an accommodation. If an accommodation cannot be arranged, the student should contact the office of Academic Programs at academic.programs@usc.edu.

Faculty are reminded that grades are due 96 hours after the university-scheduled final examination day and time. Therefore, it might not be possible to accommodate late student requests for an alternate, makeup final examination after the published examination period.

Religious Observance Conflicts

When a final examination is scheduled at a time that conflicts with a student’s observance of a holy day, faculty members should accommodate a request for an alternate examination date and time. A student must discuss a final examination conflict with the professor no later than two weeks prior to the scheduled examination date to arrange an acceptable alternate examination date and time.

The student and/or professor may reach out to the Office of Religious Life (213-740-6110 or vasoni@usc.edu, Dean of Religious Life) for guidance.

Documented Emergencies

In the case of a documented emergency that occurs after the withdrawal date and/or during the final exam period, students should consult the professor about receiving a grade of Incomplete (IN) for the semester. Faculty and students alike should refer to the rules regarding the mark of Incomplete at the time of the request.

The Registrar’s recommended definition of emergency:

“An unforeseeable situation or event beyond the student’s control that prevents her from taking the final examination or final summative experience.” Based on this definition, a student may not request an IN before the withdrawal deadline. The rationale is that the student has the option to drop the course until the withdrawal date. The grade of IN exists so there is a remedy for illness or emergency, which occurs after the deadline to withdraw.

Class Start Time	Examination Day	Hour
8 or 8:30 MWF	Monday, May 12	11 a.m.-1 p.m.
9 or 9:30 MWF	Friday, May 9	8-10 a.m.
10 or 10:30 MWF	Monday, May 12	8-10 a.m.
11 or 11:30 MWF	Wednesday, May 7	11 a.m.-1 p.m.
12 or 12:30 MWF	Friday, May 9	11 a.m.-1 p.m.
1 or 1:30 MWF	Wednesday, May 7	2-4 p.m.
2 or 2:30 MWF	Monday, May 12	2-4 p.m.
3 or 3:30 MWF	Friday, May 9	2-4 p.m.
8 or 8:30 TTh	Wednesday, May 14	8-10 a.m.
9 or 9:30 or 10-10:50 TTh	Tuesday, May 13	8-10 a.m.
11 or 11:30 or 10-11:50 TTh	Tuesday, May 13	11 a.m.-1 p.m.
12 or 12:30 or 1 TTh	Wednesday, May 14	2-4 p.m.
1:30 or 2 or 2:30 TTh	Thursday, May 8	2-4 p.m.
3 or 3:30 TTh	Tuesday, May 13	2-4 p.m.
4 or starting after 4 but before 6 p.m.	4:30-6:30 p.m. first scheduled class period, May 7-14
6 or any class after 6 p.m. meeting once weekly	7-9 p.m. first scheduled class period, May 7-14
6 p.m. MW	Wednesday, May 7	7-9 p.m.
6 p.m. TTh	Thursday, May 8	7-9 p.m.
8 p.m. MW	Monday, May 12	7-9 p.m.
8 p.m. TTh	Tuesday, May 13	7-9 p.m.
Classes with first meeting on M or W or F	Same as MWF
Classes with first meeting on T or Th	Same as TTh
Saturday mornings only	Saturday, May 10	2-4 p.m.
Courses with both lecture and laboratory	According to the first lecture of the week
Laboratory courses without scheduled lecture before 4 p.m. and meeting for more than one hour	Last regular class period before May 2
Classes not scheduled to meet in one of the regular time periods listed above	Instructor check with Academic Counseling Services
Students with conflicting final examinations	Check with Academic Counseling Services

Exceptions

The Exceptions Schedule does not apply to class meetings beginning at 4 p.m. or later unless the examination time shown in the Exceptions Schedule begins at 4 p.m. or later.

Department and Course Number	Examination Day	Hour
Biological Sciences 220	Wednesday, May 7	8-10 a.m.
Business Administration 310, 312	Wednesday, May 7	8-10 a.m.
Computer Science 104, 585	Wednesday, May 7	8-10 a.m.
Business Administration 311, 311T	Thursday, May 8	11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Physics 135a, 151	Thursday, May 8	11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Accounting 371	Thursday, May 8	8-10 a.m.
Chemistry 105b, 108, 115b, 322b, 325b	Thursday, May 8	8-10 a.m.
Electrical Engineering 354	Thursday, May 8	8-10 a.m.
Business Administration 281, 425	Saturday, May 10	11 a.m.-1 p.m
East Asian Languages and Cultures 215, 222	Saturday, May 10	11 a.m.-1 p.m
French 120, 150, 220	Saturday, May 10	2-4 p.m.
Italian 120, 150, 175, 220	Saturday, May 10	2-4 p.m.
Mathematics 126, 127, 129, 226, 229	Saturday, May 10	11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Performance (Vocal Arts) 260, 261	Saturday, May 10	2-4 p.m.
East Asian Languages and Cultures 104, 106, 115, 117, 120, 122, 204, 215, 220, 222	Saturday, May 10	11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Electrical Engineering 109	Saturday, May 10	2-4 p.m.
German 101, 102, 201	Saturday, May 10	2-4 p.m.
Business Administration 280	Saturday, May 10	8-10 a.m.
Accounting 370	Monday, May 12	4:30-6:30 p.m.
Computer Science 102, 356, 570	Monday, May 12	4:30-6:30 p.m.
Physics 135b, 152, 153	Monday, May 12	4:30-6:30 p.m.
Biological Sciences 312, 330	Tuesday, May 13	4:30-6:30 p.m.
Computer Science 103, 121	Tuesday, May 13	4:30-6:30 p.m.
Electrical Engineering 457	Wednesday, May 14	4:30-6:30 p.m.
Computer Science 170, 270	Wednesday, May 14	7-9 p.m.
Accounting 430	Wednesday, May 14	8-10 a.m.
Mathematics 118, 125	Wednesday, May 14	8-10 a.m.