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Section G
Responsibilities of Teaching Faculty

7.00

Ensuring an Appropriate Educational Environment
Faculty members have the responsibility of ensuring an educational environment that promotes academic excellence. All individuals have the right to a positive secure environment, one in which persons can realize their potential as intellectual, social, political, economic and creative beings.

Each faculty member will provide for students a statement of expectations and standards for ensuring an educational environment. This may be accomplished in a discussion format during the first class period and/or in writing as part of the course outline.

Students who do not comply with the faculty members' stated expectations of classroom behavior may have their registration in the course canceled by the faculty member, through the process outlined in section 4.25 of the Academic Code.

7.01

Course Outlines
During the first week of classes, a course outline is to be given to each student enrolled in a course. Three copies are filed in the division offices.

7.02

Content of Course Outlines
Outlines must specify:

(a)

Course title, prefix designation (e.g., ARTS 100), credit hours of course prerequisites, date (which semester) and class hours.

(b)

Name of instructor, office location and office hours.

(c)

General objectives of course, and when possible, exit skills and other specific objectives.

(d)

Grading and evaluation system (including weighting of each component, e.g. 20 percent quizzes, 30 percent tests, etc.), list of term assignments such as papers, survey or research, intent to post grades by student numbers.

(e)

Attendance policy.

(f)

Estimated expenses for required field trips, if any.

(g)

Appropriate educational environment policy.

When appropriate, inclusion of the following should be considered:

(a)

An outline of each session including: objectives of the session (knowledge, skills and/or attitude value-type objectives); assignments, exams to be given; final examination date with any special instructions; and special instruction for field trips, films and materials needed for a particular session.

(b)

Help or make-up sessions, names of student tutors available, names of outside resource people or resource areas.

7.09

State law requires that any student in an institution of higher education who is unable to attend classes on a particular day or days because of his/her religious beliefs is to be excused from any examination or any study or work requirements. State law also stipulates that we have the responsibility to make available equivalent opportunities to make up work missed because of these absences and that students have the obligation to make up any work missed.

 

 

7.10

Course Grades
Each student enrolled in a course shall receive a grade. These grades are forwarded by faculty to division offices on official forms provided by the registrar, within deadlines established by the registrar.

 

 

7.20

Final Examinations
Faculty members are expected to inform their division dean whether or not they will give final examinations. Faculty members will be expected to state their final examination policies in their course outlines. Final examinations are to be administered during the period so designated and a copy of any final examination must be filed in the division office.

 

 

7.30

Safety
Students and employees, under the direction of a faculty member, must be informed of safety hazards. Faculty must ensure that appropriate safeguards are in effect, that proper medical attention is sought in case of accident or injury, and that accident report forms are filed within 24 hours if the circumstances so warrant.

 

 

7.40

Field Trips
A request to conduct a field trip must be approved by the division dean eighteen (18) days prior to the trip.

7.41

Whenever a trip removes students from other courses or scheduled activities, faculty in charge will place a notice in SUNY Cobleskill BULLETIN seven (7) days prior to the trip giving date and time of trip and names of participating students.

7.42

Field trips will not be scheduled during the last week of classes unless approved in writing by the vice president for academic affairs.

7.43

Field trips that affect student attendance in any other class shall be taken during non-class periods, on weekends, or during vacation periods whenever possible. No field trips should exceed two days of classes. Every effort should be made to avoid taking field trips during the first week of each semester, thus permitting each instructor to get his/her course started in an appropriate manner. (See Section E, 5.24)

 

 

7.44

Faculty Academic Advisement Guidelines for Exchange/Study Abroad Programs
The guidelines listed below are designed to help faculty effectively advise students who wish to study at an institution abroad and receive credit at SUNY Cobleskill for the experience. These guidelines have been developed so students' overseas studies will complement their programs of study at SUNY Cobleskill.

1.

A student interested in studying abroad should apply to a College-approved program early in the spring semester of the freshman year if the student is in an associate's degree program. A student in a bachelor's degree program may apply during the sophomore year. To be eligible to study abroad, a student should have completed the freshman year at SUNY Cobleskill and must have a minimum GPA of 2.5.

2.

Before a student applies for a particular exchange/study abroad program, the student should consult his/her academic advisor to determine the educational appropriateness of the chosen institution overseas. An overseas institution will be appropriate for study if courses offered there satisfy the requirements of academic programs and or general education studies at SUNY Cobleskill. Students and advisors should be aware that academic calendars might not always coincide.

3.

The academic advisor should then refer the student to an International Academic Programs Committee member in that program area. (Note: The International Academic Programs Committee is a college-wide academic committee that reports to the deans.)

4.

The committee member advising the student should contact the Registrar's Office for a pre-evaluation of courses that the student wishes to enroll in abroad. This will ensure that the course credit earned overseas can be transferred back to SUNY Cobleskill. Note that transferability must initially be determined by the appropriate academic department(s). Committee members should check with academic departments when issues of transferability arise.

5.

The complement of courses taken at a host institution abroad should ordinarily carry a total value of 12 to 15 credits for a semester-long program, three to 12 credits for a summer program and up to three credits for an intersession program.

6.

Students should be aware that if they do not follow the stated recommendations, the College cannot guarantee that courses taken at an institution abroad will have their credits transferred back to SUNY Cobleskill.