Spring 2025 Final exam information – including final exam room schedule

May 8, 2025

Dear Faculty,

This semester, the final exam period runs Friday, May 16- Thursday, May 22, 2025.  The final exam room schedule can be viewed here.

Each semester we remind you that final exams may not take place outside the final examination period.

Although some students and instructors might prefer to administer the final before the exam period begins, we may not do this because:

(1)  Students should not have to study for a final that will take place on days that they are still attending and doing assignments for other classes;

(2)  The New York State Education Department specifies the minimum number of contact hours per credit; we meet the minimum by including the final exam period; therefore, no final exams may be administered during regularly scheduled classes, including during the last sessions of the semester; and

(3)  Students deserve the number of classroom hours they have paid for.

(4) Students may not be able to access needed tutoring because the SACC tutoring schedule is based on the final exam schedule.

Please note that students regularly report that when their instructor asked if changing the date to another was ok, they felt pressure (from peers or the instructor) to agree despite conflicts.

A similar message will be sent to students by the end of this week, asking them to contact Associate Dean of Students Dr. Annie Virkus-Estrada if they have a concern about an off-schedule exam.

Ethan Webster

Registrar
Office of the Registrar
Baruch College, City University of New York