Resources for Faculty

To ensure the best faculty advising and support possible, here are some links to important information and resources from academic advising, the provost and the course catalog.

From the Office of Academic Advising

• Advising Syllabus: A document outlining expectations for the Advising Office, faculty advisors and student advisees.
• Faculty Advising Award: This award recognizes and rewards the commitment, dedication and energy that faculty devote to academic advising — formally and informally, within and outside their departments, within and outside their classrooms. 
• Orientation Advising Checklist: Important information and dates related to advising first-year and transfer students during Orientation.
• Enrollment Considerations: A list of considerations, including AP/IB credits, minimum units, foreign language placement, and major planning.
• Degree Requirements Self-Audit: A document to help students informally track completion of non-major degree requirements.
• Progress Reports: Here are answers to faculty members' frequently asked questions about Progress Reports and how to submit them.
• Advising Library: Additional resources related to working with students in classes, supporting students academically and non-academically, and guiding students through the twists and turns of college life.
• NACADA Resources: NACADA, a global community for academic advising, has a number of resources for faculty including information about core values and developmental academic advising.

From the Office of the Provost

Important Academic Policies: A memo articulating policies concerning academic honesty, class attendance, progress reports, course expulsion, course withdrawal, final exams, grace/reading periods, incompletes, grades, and other areas of faculty and student concerns related to the conduct of courses

Final Exams, Incompletes, and Grades: A delineation of policies concerning the navigation of coursework completion at the end of the semester

Final exam adjustments during finals week are only made for extenuating circumstances (such as significant health issues or family death). Students should consult impacted faculty and the Deans immediately if such issues arise. Note that travel or work do not constitute extenuating circumstances for final exam adjustments.

The semester officially ends at 4:30 p.m. on the last day of final exam week. No work may be expected or submitted after that time UNLESS there are extenuating circumstances (such as significant health issues or family death) and incompletes have been formally requested and granted. Students should consult impacted faculty and the Deans immediately if such issues arise.