HPD Student Handbook | 2019 - 2020

College of Medical Sciences 2019–2020 97 of discrimination, arbitrary or capricious action, and/or procedural irregularities. Students should seek solutions for grade disputes through the following administrative channels, in the order stated: • Grade disputes should be directed to the course instructor. • If the grade dispute is unresolved, the dispute can be appealed to the course director for review. • If the student is not satisfied with the result of the grade review, he or she can request a final review to be conducted by the department chair or designee. In all appeals regarding a grade dispute, the decision of the department chair or designee is final. Examinations Students are expected to arrive prior to the scheduled examination start time. Students reporting after the scheduled examination start time and/or not in dress code attire will not be allowed to sit for the exam and will be required to take a make-up examination (see Make-up Examinations). When an examination is administered electronically, students are required to arrive with their iPads ® appropriately configured to take the exam. Students arriving without their iPads ® will not be allowed to sit for the examination at that time. Once seated, a student may not leave his/her seat prior to the start of the examination unless accompanied by a proctor. Students are not permitted to write on the examination or in the examination booklet prior to the announced start of the examination, with the exception of providing the student’s name and required demographic information on the answer sheet. During the examination, a student may not leave his/her seat without permission from a proctor. A proctor will escort any student needing to go to the restroom during an examination. This proctor will ask the student to demonstrate that all pockets are empty prior to entering the restroom. The proctor will accompany the student into the restroom area and will assign the student to a restroom stall. The proctor will wait for the student in the restroom and will accompany the student back to the classroom. A student must leave the classroom upon completion of the examination. During any examination, a student will not be permitted access to any information or data not provided to the student by the examination proctors including, but not limited to, any access to a cellular phone, text, notes, or other non-approved materials, electronic or otherwise, and may not communicate in any manner with anyone inside or outside of the examination area except the proctors or faculty members present. Non-approved materials are any materials for which the student has not received prior permission from the course director or chief proctor to use during an examination. All examinations have a time limit. It is the student’s responsibility to complete all demographic information, examination answer form identification, and examination form answers on the optical character recognition (OCR, e.g. scantron ® ) form or any other testing instrument prior to the end of the allotted examination time. Any writing on any examination materials after time has been called by the chief proctor will be considered academic dishonesty and the student is subject to referral to the Student Progress Committee.