Faculty of Science

IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO STUDENTS WRITING FINAL EXAMINATIONS FOR COURSES OFFERED BY THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE

1. Always bring your student card at every exam.
2. Know the section of the course you are registered in.
3. During an examination, students must not have in their possession recording and communications devices which have not been previously authorized, including cellular phones.  These devices should be turned off and brought to the front and/or back of the exam room as would all other materials in their possession (backpacks, books, etc.).  Students in possession of such a device will be subject to an accusation of academic fraud.
4. The calculators allowed during final examinations of the Faculty of Science are:  the Texas Instruments. TI-30, TI-34, Casio fx-260 and fx-300, scientific and non programmable.
5. If you arrive more than 30 minutes late for an exam, you will not be allowed to write the exam.  If this happens to you, report right away to the Office of Undergraduate Programs of the Faculty of Science, room 172 of Gendron Hall.
6. The final examination timetable is on the web site of the University. The timetable of the final exams of the science courses is also posted in Marion and Gendron Halls. It is very important to check and re-check the dates of your exams, as errors in reading the examination timetable are not accepted reasons to defer a final exam.
7.
If the final exam of a science course is held in more than one room, how do I know in which room to go?

You must consult the final examination timetable posted in Marion and Gendron Halls and on the web site of the Faculty of Science
 
It will show by alphabetical order of surname the rooms assigned for each exam.

  • Example:  CHM 1321 C;
  • GYM E: A – JOH
  • GYM F: JON - Z
8.
Random-seating - Final exams of science courses written in the gym, on the ice rink and in some classrooms
  • The gyms are identified  - A and B, C and D, E and F
  • The ice rink area is identified SCS 1, SCS 2, SCS 3
  • The seats in each gym are identified with numbers 1  to 154
  • The seats on the ice rink area are identified with  numbers 1 to 190
  • The back of the seats in some classrooms are also identified with numbers
Random-seating:  when you write a science final exam in a gym, on the ice rink or in some classrooms you are assigned a seat and to find which seat has been assigned to you, you must first know in which gym, ice rink or classroom you are writing. 

At the back of the gym, the ice rink or classrooms, the list of random-seating is posted by course and by section. Find your name and next to it you will see the seat assigned to you.

  • The gyms and the ice rink open half an hour before the start of the exams
  • When you arrive in the gym or the ice rink, remain silent, put your bags and coats at the front or at the back of the gym or the ice rink, find out where you should sit and get prepared.
9. Sick on the day of the exam?
 
You have to be really sick to miss a final exam!....
If the medical problem is not foreseeable, students must notify the academic secretariat of the faculty where they are registered and submit a medical certificate bearing the date of the absence within five working days of the exam date or the assignment deadline, except if extenuating circumstances prevent them from doing so; these circumstances must be documented.
 
If you choose to go to the University of Ottawa Health Services, let the receptionist know that the purpose of your visit is regarding an exam deferral.
 
Students who write an examination during the period of disability specified on the medical certificate cannot later plead illness to appeal their examination results.

For more details look at the regulations on the following web site - Justification of absence from an examination or of late submission of assignments http://web5.uottawa.ca/admingov/regulations.html
10. At the start of the exam, one of the proctors will verify your student card and will request your signature on the attendance sheet.
11. At the end of the exam, one of the proctors will pick up your exam and/or exam booklet(s) and will indicate on the attendance sheet the number of exam booklets returned.  It is in your best interest to make sure that the right number of exam booklets is properly indicated.

 
Good luck with your final exams!