Policies and Procedures for Instructors
1. Course Syllabus: In the first week of the term, instructors are
required to supply students a detailed syllabus explaining course rules and
expectations. The required items for your course syllabi are enumerated on the
policy website and include eleven categories of information. A copy should be
given to your departmental office. (policy #02.78.13)
2. Prerequisites and Co-Requisites: Official course prerequisites or co-requisites must be
clearly indicated in your course syllabus. They are published in the
Undergraduate Course Descriptions and online at http://webserv.adminsvc.temple.edu/tucourses/
.
If you are in doubt about the published prerequisites to be identified in your
course syllabus, consult with your departmental chair. Students who have not
satisfied the published prerequisites or co-requisites may have their
registrations cancelled and be removed from class. Send students who lack the
appropriate prerequisites or co-requisites to their advisers to correct their
course schedules.
3. Instructor Office Hours: Full-time faculty are required to hold a minimum of
three office hours per week and should 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. Please talk regularly with
your students about their academic work and progress in the course. (policy
#02.78.12 and also policy #02.72.11)
4. Registration: Students must be registered for the courses they
attend. Instructors should be concerned with two potential problems regarding
student registration. First, students appear on your class list but never attend
the class. If the student is still on your grade list at the end of term, your
only option is to give the student a grade of "F." Second, students attend the
class but are not on your class list. Send such unregistered students to their
academic advising office to correct their course schedules right away. Students
not on the published grade list may not receive grades or credit for the course.
In order to help keep track of students officially in your course, you can
request updated course rosters from your department or your Dean's Office.
(http://www.temple.edu/bulletin/)
5. OWLnet and
6.
7. Lower
Division Courses: Student Academic Progress: Beginning in spring 2004,
instructors in all courses numbered 0001-0099 will provide evaluations of
satisfactory and unsatisfactory student progress by the end of the fifth week of
class. If
you are teaching one of these courses, you will receive a ratings report,
similar to a grade list. It is your responsibility to schedule and return graded
assignments early enough to accommodate this report and to complete it by the
deadline. Students and advisers will receive the ratings electronically on
OWLnet. (policy #02.10.15)
8. Withdrawal from Classes: Beginning in fall 2003, no student may withdraw from a
course after the ninth week of classes. A student may not withdraw from the same
course more than once. A student may withdraw from no more than five courses
(taken after Sept. 1, 2003) during an undergraduate career. Students are
encouraged to discuss this option in advance with their instructor. To withdraw,
students must obtain an adviser's signature. Instructors will not be required to
sign withdrawal forms. (policy #02.10.14)
9. 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. An instructor will file an "I" (Incomplete) only if the
student has completed the majority of the work of the course at a passing level,
and only if the student's work for the course was not completed for reasons
beyond the student's control. (policy #02.12.13)
10. Course and Teaching Evaluations
(CATE): With few exceptions, each
instructor is required to employ a standard form for student evaluation of
courses and teaching. You should review the evaluation form when planning your
courses. Instructors should not be present while students are filling out the
CATE. The evaluation is not to be administered during final examinations.
(policy #02.78.14)
11. Grade
List Changes: Beginning in December
2003, instructors filling out grade lists should note important changes. All
students on your grade list should receive letter grades (A to F), unless you
are teaching a specially approved credit/no credit course. (The "NR" grade is no
longer an instructor's grading option.) Do not leave a student grade blank.
Instructors submitting "I" (Incomplete) grades must complete a departmental,
written agreement and enter a default grade to be assigned if the student's work
is not completed.
12. Uniform Hours for Office Providing Student
Services: When referring students, be
aware that all University offices directly serving students maintain uniform
business hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (policy #04.31.11)
13. Academic Warning: A student with a semester grade point average
below 2.00 will be placed on Academic Warning and will not be permitted to
register by telephone or online. All students on Academic Warning must receive
the approval of their academic adviser for registration. Students with fewer
than 24 cumulative credits will also receive an Academic Warning if their
cumulative GPA is below 2.0. (policy #02.10.11)
14. Academic Probation: Academic Probation is a sanction given to
students whose cumulative grade point average (cgpa) is below 2.0 after having
accumulated 24 credits or more. Students on Academic Probation at the end of the
spring grading cycle are not eligible for financial aid or university housing in
the next semester, unless they raise their cgpa to 2.0 or above by taking Temple
summer school courses. (policy #02.10.11)
15. Academic Dismissal: Academic Dismissal will be determined by a
system of deficiency points that will allow students to track their academic
performance more easily. If a student has been on probation in the previously
attended semester, has 24 credits or more, and has too many deficiency points,
the student will be dismissed. Please review material on the policy website or
in the Undergraduate Bulletin to familiarize yourself with this method of
representing academic performance. (policy #02.10.11)
16. Reinstatement and Readmission: Students who have been dismissed for poor
academic performance may apply for reinstatement after completing work
successfully on Conditional Status; dismissed students not approved for such
status may apply for readmission five years after their last enrollment. Rules
governing these applications are explained at the policy website and in the
Undergraduate Bulletin, http://www.temple.edu/bulletin/. (policy
#02.10.11)
Office of the Vice Provost for
Undergraduate Studies
500 Conwell Hall
http://www.temple.edu/vp_ugstudies/
Tel. (215)
204.2044
(Revised
8/17/04)