Dec 08, 2025

News/Notes for Undergraduate Academic Advisors: Finals Exam Week - Fall 2025 | Did You Know? Repeating a Course | Calculator to Determine Semester or Cumulative GPA

Finals Exam Week - Fall 2025
  • See the Final Exam Schedule: Fall 2025 for all classes that begin on or during the standard class meeting time.
  • Courses Not Provided for in the Examination Schedule:
    • Examinations will be given Friday, December 19, 2025 or during the last meeting of the class. The last final exam time is December 19, 2025 from 3 - 4:50 p.m.
  • Second Half Semester Courses:
    • Second-half semester courses will continue to meet during Finals Week as originally scheduled and are not included in the Final Exam Schedule.
  • Requesting a Change in the Examination Schedule (for students):
    • Student requests to take final examinations at times other than as scheduled will be granted for only the most urgent reasons. Excessive examination load, or three exams on one day, is a justifiable reason for a change.
    • To request a change, a student must:
      • Seek approval from their instructor AND department head to arrange a different final exam time via email or in person communication.
      • A request to change all exams must be approved by the Office of the Executive Vice President & Provost. 

An academic student request is not required to be submitted to arrange a different time for one or more separate final exams.

The information listed above is listed correctly on the Final Examination Schedule site but will be updated on the specific Final Examination Schedule Fall and Spring sites as soon as possible.

Did You Know? Repeating a Course
  • From the UNI Catalog when determining a student's cumulative grade index:
    • All coursework attempted at this university shall be the basis of computation with these exceptions for students enrolled as graduates or undergraduates.
    • If a student repeats successfully a course they have failed, only the grade received for the successful completion will be included in figuring the cumulative grade point.
    • If a student repeats a course they have successfully completed, the grade received the last time the student takes the course will be used in figuring the grade index even though the last grade may be lower than the grade received previously.
    • The student's transcript of record will show every time the course is taken and the grade earned.
Calculator to Determine Semester or Cumulative GPA
  • The Office of the Registrar has a GPA Calculator on its website for use by students or academic advisors.
  • Why might the GPA Calculator be helpful?
    • Calculate a projected Cumulative GPA or Major/Minor GPA based on expected grades earned.
    • Calculate an adjusted Cumulative GPA or Major/Minor GPA based on repeating a course to improve a grade.
    • Calculate a GPA for any subset of a student's total graded hours. Examples include:
      • To calculate a GPA for the last 60 hours of undergraduate work, which is often requested by graduate schools.
      • To calculate a GPA for selected courses by departments needing to make admission decisions.
  • What information do you need to have?
    • Starting point GPA
      • If computing a GPA for one semester only, or if you do not have a GPA, enter 0.00
      • If calculating a Cumulative GPA based upon predicted or current semester's grades, enter the current cumulative GPA
    • Graded Hours - Total number of hours reflected in your starting point GPA.
      • Note: Hours for which a grade of F was received and the course has not yet been repeated must be included.
    • Grade - The letter grade expected or actually earned for a particular class(es)
    • Number of Credits - The number of credit hours for each particular class(es) being considered for the calculation.
  • What if I am calculating a GPA based upon repeating a course already completed?
    • Based upon a scenario of a 3 credit hour course being repeated with an original grade of F and an anticipated grade of B:
      • Enter a negative three (-3) in the "F" number of credit hours
      • Enter a positive three (3) in the "B" number of credit hours
  • How do I use the GPA Calculator?
Is Your Student Questioning their Current Major?
  • Help them Pivot with Purpose by referring them to the Office of Academic Advising. Advisors offer personalized support to help students explore:
    • Major, minor, and certificate options | Reasons for changing majors (e.g., lack of interest, career goals, academic challenges) | Self-assessments like FOCUS 2 or Strong Inventory | Goal-setting and decision-making strategies
  • Encourage students to schedule an appointment or complete the Academic Discuss Your Major Options Request Form.
  • As a faculty or staff member, you can complete this referral form to start the outreach to a student considering changing their major.
Institutional Academic Advising Vision & Mission Statement (revised Spring 2016) [See Academic Advising Mission, Vision, Goals & Outcomes webpage]
  • Vision Statement: UNI aspires to create the best possible advising experience for each student.
  • Mission Statement: Academic Advising is a critical component of the teaching and learning environment at UNI. Advising is a personalized educational experience, empowering students to explore, articulate and achieve their academic, career and life goals.