Dear Students,
As we come to the end of the spring
semester, the Deans’ Office for Advising and Support wants to update you
about final exam information and academic resources. We also want to
remind you what to do if you experience anything that impacts your
ability to complete work for your courses and final exams.
One of the most important things to remember if you are experiencing difficulties is to reach out to your instructor and/or Class Dean. Your class dean is available to discuss your specific situation and offer advice and options.
Academic Resources
| • | | Personal Librarians:
As you complete your final assignments for this semester, contact
Barnard Library’s research and instruction team (Personal Librarians)
for any support needed around research-based assignments, including
senior projects. Librarians are available for individual consultations
about ways to access online research materials and meet citation
requirements for your papers and projects. Personal Librarians can
assist in finding e-books, full-text articles, and open access sources. |
| • | | Center for Engaged Pedagogy: The CEP has put together helpful guides for time management, active reading strategies, and a resource map that points you to various supports. |
| • | | Center for Accessibility Resources & Disability Services (CARDS):
Students who are registered with the Barnard Center for Accessibility
Resources & Disability Services (CARDS) and have accommodations
should be in touch with CARDS as needed to ensure that their
accommodations align with end-of-term assignments. If a faculty member
has specific questions about how to implement accommodations in their
courses, CARDS is available for individual consultation at cards@barnard.edu. |
| • | | Deans’ Office Walk-in Hours (exam week only): If
you have an emergent situation and need to consult with a dean during
exam week, stop by the Deans’ Office for Advising and Support in 105
Milbank any time from 9:00am-5:00 pm (Friday, May 9 through Thursday,
May 15, not including weekend days) to see the available dean on call. |
FINAL EXAMINATION INFORMATION:
All students and instructors are expected to follow the official exam schedule.
If you find yourself with an exam conflict (two exams at the same time)
or exam hardship (defined as three exams within a 24-hour period or
four exams within a 48-hour period), you should fill out this form.
Individual faculty members have
discretion to allow or deny requests to take an exam at a time different
than originally scheduled. If you need assistance with communicating
with an instructor, you may contact your Class Dean.
DEFERRED EXAMS:
Students may defer an exam due to illness or personal emergency on the day of the exam. If you need to request a deferral, you must:
a) Email your instructor, copying your class dean, on the day of the exam requesting a deferred exam.
b) You must also submit an official request for a deferred exam in Slate. You will need to upload an approval email from your instructor when you submit the Slate form.
c) Deferred exams will be given on Friday, September 5, 2025 and Monday, September 8, 2025.
After submitting the Request for a Deferred Exam form, you will receive
a confirmation email. It is your responsibility to check the
registrar's website and your Barnard email the previous week for the details of your deferred exam.
Please be aware that deferred exams cannot be requested in advance of exam week. For more information, visit https://barnard.edu/registrar/grades-exams and scroll down to "Final and Deferred Exams."
ILLNESS DURING EXAM:
If you become ill during an examination:
a) inform the proctor
b) hand in the exam, and
c) call Primary Care Health Services at 212-854-2091 to make an appointment.
If you've completed less than 40 minutes
of a two-hour exam or less than one hour of a three-hour exam, you
qualify for a deferred exam (see above.) If you leave the exam more than
40 minutes into a two-hour exam or more than an hour into a three-hour
exam, you'll be graded on the basis of the work you've completed to that
point.
INCOMPLETES:
Incompletes are to be given only in cases
of illness, personal emergency, or other compelling circumstances. If
you need to request an Incomplete, and the instructor is amenable,
please be in touch with your faculty member via email to obtain their
approval. From there, you will need to submit an Incomplete Request Form
in Slate. You will need to upload email confirmation from your
instructor when you submit the Slate form. Note that these requests
should be received by Thursday, May 8 (the end of Reading Period).
As a reminder, the official College deadline for completing Spring 2025 Incomplete coursework is Tuesday, September 2, 2025.
Individual faculty may also set an earlier deadline for the work to be
completed. Please note that incompletes apply only to coursework
exclusive of the final examination. For more information, visit https://barnard.edu/registrar/grades-exams and scroll down to "Incomplete Grades."
GRADES:
Final grades are indeed final. Grades may
be changed only in cases of clerical error or in the rare event that
the instructor needs to reevaluate the work of the entire class. Grades
may not be recalculated on the basis of reexamination or the submission
of additional or revised work.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND THE BARNARD HONOR CODE:
As you write papers or complete exams,
whether in a proctored environment or in the comfort of your residence
hall or off-campus residence, keep the College's Honor Code (https://barnard.edu/honor-code)
in mind. Under pressure, it can sometimes be tempting to make a
regrettable decision, such as using untrustworthy and undocumented
sources, collaborating on an exam, not following proper citation methods
on a paper, or claiming someone else's work as your own. Doing
something that might violate the Honor Code is NEVER the way to respond
to a difficult or pressured academic situation. There's always a better
choice. Please also be aware that any misrepresentation of your
circumstances in order to obtain an exam deferral or an incomplete is a
violation of the Honor Code. An additional word of caution: it is your
responsibility as a student to be aware of your professor’s individual
stance on the use of generative AI (ex. ChatGPT). If you are not sure
about whether the use of generative AI is permitted in a course, you
must consult with your instructor for additional guidance before using
generative AI. Note that the Honor Code states that students must
responsibly use electronic, print and other resources.
ACADEMIC STANDING:
Please be advised that all students should be aware of Barnard’s academic standing policy
(please scroll down on this page to “Academic Standing and Degree
Progress”) and how incomplete grades, deferred exams and/or withdrawal
grades may impact a student’s academic standing. To discuss your
academic standing, please contact your Class Dean.
We wish you all the best as you complete your work for the semester, and hope you have a restful, restorative summer.
Sincerely,
Holly Tedder
Dean for Academic Planning and Class Advising
