Repository: UIHistories Project: Student Regulations - Undergraduates - 1960 [PAGE 22]

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he has made at least " C " in the examination. No official record is made of failures in these examinations. (h) Proficiency examinations are provided without fee. (i) The examinations in rhetoric ordinarily are given each semester during the freshman orientation period. Examinations in other subjects ordinarily are given early in each semester. Information concerning these examinations may be obtained from the Dean of Admissions and Records or from the department concerned. &MA (j) A proficiency examination may not be taken to raise a grade or to remove a failure in a course. 36. Entrance Examinations (a) Entrance examinations may be taken to remove specific deficiencies for admission. . (b) No matriculated student may take entrance examinations after beginning his second year in the University. 37. Semester Examinations (a) Examinations must be taken at the close of each the semester in all subjects except \iv< ter on the work of those the character of which renders it unnecessary or impracticable. (b) Only the dean of the student's college may authorize deferment of a final examination. A student who has pursued a study with a class in the University and who must miss a scheduled final examination should report this fact the dean of his college as soon as possible and before the examination is given. For satisfactory reasons he may be " excused'' by the dean of his college and examined by the instructor at his convenience. Absence from such an exam* ination for any other cause is reported as a grade of "absent" in the course and counts as a failure. (c) A grade of "excused" which is not removed during the first semester completed by the student following the giving of such a grade automatically becomes a grade of 38. Special Examinations (a) Special examinations may be had only upon the recommendation of the head or chairman of the department