Many CLAS courses schedule midterm assessments during their regular class meeting times, or assign midterm work that can be done on students' time (such as essays, projects, and online asynchronous tests). Some CLAS courses, however, need to administer midterm examinations in person, outside of those courses' regular meeting times.

CLAS courses are eligible to request a midterm examination scheduled outside of their regular class meeting time if they meet the following criteria:

The midterm examination must be administered in person.

AND at least ONE of the following:

• The course has over 200 students enrolled and needs more physical space for testing than for class meetings.

  OR

• The course is taught in multiple sections but needs all students across those sections to take the test at the same time.

  OR

• The course has over 50 students enrolled, meets for a 50-minute time block, and requires more time than 50 minutes for the midterm examination.

Requests for midterm examinations outside of regular class times can be submitted via the Exam Needs Tool in MAUI Offerings Planner in a manner similar to the final exam needs submission process. Evening midterm exam submission instructions are located on the MAUI Help page.

Submitting requests early increases the likelihood of securing preferred dates and times. Only individuals with offerings planner access for your department can submit evening midterm exam needs. This means that instructors will not be able to submit evening midterm exam needs unless they have offerings planner access.

Please also refer to the Office of the Registrar's policies regarding evening midterm examinations.

If you do not meet the criteria above and would like to request an exception to this policy, please email clas-curriculum@uiowa.edu. Your email should include:

• name and number of course
• expected enrollment 
• rationale for having exam(s) outside of scheduled class time