Chapter VI Contents: [ VI.1 L&S Student Academic Affairs ] [ VI.2 L&S SAA Staff ] [ VI.3 Academic Advancement Program ] [ VI.4 L&S Advising Service ] [ VI.5 Bradley Learning Community ] [ VI.6 Cross-College Advising Service ] [ VI.7 Letters and Science Career Services ] [ VI.8 S.O.A.R. ] [ VI.9 Student Records ] [ VI.10 Degree Audit Reporting System ] [ VI.11 Academic Misconduct ] [ VI.12 Accommodation of Religious Belief ] [ VI.13 Policy & Guidelines on Nondiscrimination ] [ VI.14 Summary Blocks/Final Exams ] [ VI.15 Multi-Section Courses ] [ VI.16 Chadbourne Residential College ] [ VI.17 Deleted Section] [ VI.18 First-Year Interest Groups ] [ VI.19 Pathways to Excellence Programs and Services ] [ VI.20 African American Student Academic Services ] [ VI.21 American Indian Student Academic Services ] [ VI.22 Chicano/a Student Academic Services ] [ VI.23 Southeast Asian American Student Academic Services] [ VI.24 Summer Collegiate Experience ] [ VI.25 Undergraduate Research Scholars ] [ VI.26 Grading Policies ] [ VI.27 The Grading System ] [ VI.28 Grade Change Procedure ] [ VI.29 Student Appeals of Grading ] [ VI.30 Grade Disputes ] [ VI.31 Distinction: in the Major, in the Thesis ] [ VI.32 Scholarships ] [ VI.33 Major Declaration Form ]

UWS 22 holds that "students' sincerely held religious beliefs shall be reasonably accommodated with respect to scheduling all examinations and other academic requirements." Exams and requirements include any course requirement made by the instructor that will be considered in the course. For the fall 2007 semester the policy specifically identifies Rosh Hashanah (Tuesday, 30 September 2008) and Yom Kippur (Thursday, 10 October 2008) as such days. Please note that Jewish holidays and observances begin at sunset on the evening preceding the given date and some holidays are celebrated over more than one day. Please mark these days on your calendar and do not schedule mandatory exercises on these dates.

The claim of a religious conflict should be accepted at face value. A great variety of valid claims exist for religious groups and there is no practical, dignified, and legal means to assess the validity of individual claims. As our campus becomes increasingly multicultural, there are bound to be conflicts between mandatory academic requirements and religious observances other than those noted above. A listing, though not exhaustive, is available on-line at www.interfaithcalendar.org. A copy of this listing can be obtained from the Secretary of the Faculty's Office, 133 Bascom.

Last reviewed: August 29, 2007