The university requires that midterm grades be assigned to students in most undergraduate courses and that these grades be based on appropriate written evidence of achievement. Midterm grades are assigned mid-way through the fall and spring term, as per the deadline in the University Academic Calendar. The undergraduate courses in which faculty have the option to assign a midterm grade are these: Ensemble; Exchange; Marquette-Led Study Abroad; Workshop/Institute/Studio; Practicum/Clinical/field Experience/Student Teaching; Internship/Externship; Independent Study/Research; Senior Capstone; Senior Project; Senior Thesis. If midterm grades will be assigned in these courses, the instructor will include this information in his/her syllabus distributed at the beginning of the term.

Midterm exams are scheduled during the regular lecture period on the exam day listed below. The midterms are designated by the days of the week that the lecture meets and the hour the lecture begins. For example: a class that meets during the term on MWF and begins at 9 a.m., has its midterm exam on Friday October 14, 2022, from 9-9:50 a.m.

Fall Session 1 (Regular Academic Session)

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Laboratory, quiz or discussion sections in Session 1

If any course has an associated laboratory, quiz or discussion section, the instructor is free to schedule the examination during that period.

Session 1: all evening (4 p.m. or later) and weekend classes

Midterms are given during the last class session of the midterm week, October 13-19.

All other sessions

Midterms are held when half of the session is complete.