Four is a bad number for Cranston Murphy.

Murphy, a junior pre-sociology major, has four classes and four finals on the fourth day of finals week.

On Thursday of finals week, Murphy is scheduled to take finals at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., noon and 4 p.m. Anthropology, math and psychology back -to-back and a communication final following close behind.

“That sucks,” was Murphy’s response to his finals schedule. “When you have that many [finals] it gets boring; you fall asleep studying for four finals more than for one.”

For Murphy and other students with a similar plight, there is a way out.

Finals are scheduled based on the first class meeting of the week, said Robin Hendricks, assistant director for the Office of Records and Registration.

“If you have three [finals] in the same day, you can elect, with approval, to have one moved,” Hendricks said.

The final for the class with the highest level can be moved with the instructor’s permission, Hendricks said.

Gretchen Bisplinghoff, assistant communication professor, said she asks any of her students requesting to move their finals what courses they are taking and to bring a copy of their schedule.

Although she allows students to move finals, she usually changes the exam.

“Typically I give a make up; it covers the same material but it approaches it differently,” Bisplinghoff said.