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Curriculum ResourcesPolicies and ProceduresPrerequisites and Co-Requisites Lower Division Student Academic Progress Course and Teaching Evaluations (CATE) Student and Faculty Academic Rights and Responsibilities
Welcome to Temple University. Please take a few minutes to review new policies designed to guide your academic progress. The complete policies are available on the Temple website at http://policies.temple.edu and further information is available in the Undergraduate Bulletin, http://www.temple.edu/bulletin/.
Temple E-Mail: All students are required to obtain a Temple e-mail address and follow guidelines for University use of e-mail; the policy establishes your Temple e-mail account as an approved channel of communication for sending you official University notifications and important information. (policy #04.74.11) Registration: Students must be appropriately registered for courses. Students not on the published grade list may not receive a grade or credit for a course. Use your OWLnet screens to confirm your billing and registration status. If you add or drop a course or revise your class schedule, check OWLnet to make sure that your registration record is accurate. Be warned, if you are registered for a course but don’t attend, you will be billed for the course and your instructor should post a final grade of “F.” (http://www.temple.edu/bulletin/) Course Syllabus: Instructors are required to supply a detailed syllabus explaining course rules and expectations for courses in which you are enrolled. The content requirements for course syllabi are enumerated on the policy website. (policy #02.78.13) Prerequisites and Co-Requisites: All course prerequisites or co-requisites must be clearly indicated in the course syllabus. They are also indicated in the online and printed Undergraduate Course Descriptions. The University has the right to cancel the registration of any student who has not satisfied the prerequisites or co-requisites for any course in which the student has enrolled. When in doubt, consult with your advisor.
Instructor Office Hours: Full-time faculty are urged to hold a minimum of three office hours per week and to schedule one hour immediately before or after one of the scheduled class meeting times for each course. Adjunct instructors are required to schedule one office hour per week for each class they teach and should schedule that hour either immediately before or after one of the scheduled class meeting times for that course. Make it a point to talk with your instructors about your academic work and progress. (policy #02.78.12 ) Lower Division Student Academic Progress: Instructors in lower division freshman and sophomore courses will provide evaluations of student progress by the end of the fifth week of class. It is your instructor’s responsibility to complete and return an early report indicating satisfactory or unsatisfactory progress for each student. You will receive your mid-semester ratings on your OWLnet account. (policy #02.10.15) Withdrawal from Classes: Beginning in fall 2003, no student may withdraw from a course after the ninth week of classes or week four of a summer session. A student may not withdraw from the same course more than once. A student may withdraw from no more than five courses during the duration of an undergraduate career. Students thinking about withdrawing from a course should consult with their instructor and must receive approval from their academic advisor. (policy #02.10.14) Incomplete Course Work: Instructors submitting a grade of “I” (Incomplete) for students must file, with the department, a written agreement describing the nature of the work to be completed and the completion deadline. The instructor must report a default grade that will be entered if the student’s work is not completed or if the instructor does not change the “I” grade within one year. (policy #02.10.13) Repeating a Course: Beginning in fall 2003, the calculation of grades for a repeated course changed. Instead of only the highest grade being used to calculate grade point average, all grades for the repeated course except the lowest will be used for GPA calculation. All grades will appear on the transcript. (policy #02.10.12) Course and Teaching Evaluations (CATE): Each course (with few exceptions) is required to employ a standard form for student evaluation of courses and teaching. Please fill out the CATE forms thoughtfully at the end of your course. (policy #02.78.14) Academic Warning: Students exhibiting good academic performance have GPAs of 2.0 or above (a ‘C’ average). A student with a cumulative grade point average below 2.00 and fewer than 30 cumulative credits – or a semester grade point average below 2.00 with any number of cumulative credits – will be placed on Academic Warning. Students on Academic Warning will not be permitted to register online and must receive the approval of their academic advisor for course registration. (policy #02.10.11)
Academic Probation: Academic Probation is a sanction given to students whose cumulative grade point average (CGPA) is below 2.0 after having accumulated 30 credits or more. (policy #02.10.11)
Academic Dismissal: Academic Dismissal will be determined by a system of deficiency points that will allow you to track your academic performance more easily. Please review material on the policy website or in the Undergraduate Bulletin to familiarize yourself with this way of representing academic performance. (policy #02.10.11)
Reinstatement and Readmission: Students who have been dismissed for poor academic performance may apply once only to be a Conditional Status student. After completing rigorous course work successfully, such students may return to good standing. Students dismissed a second time may only apply for readmission five years after their last enrollment. (policy #02.10.11)
FERPA Waiver: An online waiver process under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) allows students to use OWLnet to elect to keep their parents or other designees informed about their academic progress and disciplinary record. You can exercise your waiver and sign-up using your OWLnet account. (policy #03.20.11)
Student Services Office Hours: All University offices directly serving students will maintain uniform business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.). (policy #04.31.11)
Student and Faculty Academic Rights and Responsibilities: Freedom to teach and freedom to learn are inseparable facets of academic freedom. The University has adopted a policy on Student and Faculty Academic Rights and Responsibilities which can be accessed through the following link: http://policies.temple.edu/getdoc.asp?policy_no=03.70.02 (policy #03.70.02)
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