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LEE UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOK & CONSTITUTIONLast Revised: May 9, 2014Credit Hour PolicyPolicy: A semester credit hour is defined by Lee University as approximately 50 minutesof class work or faculty instruction per week for approximately fifteen weeks of thesemester. Additionally, the average minimum requirement for out-of-class work is theequivalent of two hours per credit hour, per week for the fifteen-week term. Practices forawarding credit hours in various academic activities are consistent with commonlyaccepted practices in higher education and are reviewed by the various bodies in thecurriculum approval process to ensure compliance and consistency.Purpose/Definition: For several decades, the federal government has relied on creditsas a measure of student academic engagement as a basis of awarding financial aid.Because of the significance of the awarding of credit for coursework or experiences, aninstitution is obligated to ensure that credit hours awarded for courses and programsconform to commonly accepted practices in higher education.Lee’s definition of a credit hour is comparable to the Federal definition of the credit hour.“In accord with federal regulations, a credit hour is an amount of work represented inintended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that is aninstitutionally established equivalency that reasonably approximates (1) not less than onehour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours out of classstudent work each week for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester or trimesterhour of credit, or ten to twelve weeks for one quarter hour of credit, or the equivalentamount of work over a different amount of time, or (2) at least an equivalent amount ofwork as required outlined in item 1 above for other academic activities as established bythe institution including laboratory work, internships, practica, studio work, and otheracademic work leading to the award of credit hours.”Procedures: As stated in the Lee University Faculty Handbook, credit hours for eachcourse are determined within the curriculum development process.References:1. Lee University. FACULTY HANDBOOK: ACADEMIC POLICIES ANDPROCEDURES.http://www.leeuniversity.edu/uploadedFiles/Content/publications/FacultyHandbook.pdf2. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges. (2012).RESOURCE MANUAL FOR THE PRINCIPLES OF ACCREDITATION:FOUNDATIONS FOR QUALITY ENHANCEMENT.http://www.sacscoc.org/pdf/Resource%20Manual.pdf3. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges.CREDIT HOURS: Policy Statement.http://sacscoc.org/pdf/081705/Credit%20Hours.pdf7 - 12 Academic Policies and Procedures
_LEE UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOK & CONSTITUTIONClassroom ProceduresSyllabus DistributionThe official syllabus, with the addition of the teachers’ office hours, telephonenumber, e-mail address, attendance policy, methods of student evaluation, and dailycourse guide with specific assignments and due dates must be distributed to studentswithin the first two weeks of class. (Posting the syllabus on the course Web page is anappropriate method of distribution.) A copy of this individualized version of the filesyllabus should also be submitted to the department chair at the beginning of eachsemester.Class DevotionsTeachers are expected to open each class with prayer, scripture reading or briefdevotional comments. The format for this time is left to the individual teacher’s discretion;however, time for class devotions should not be excessive.Students with DisabilitiesEach syllabus should include an official statement concerning students withdisabilities, and teachers should encourage such students to identify themselves to theteacher and to the Academic Support Program Office. Teachers must work withAcademic Support to ensure proper testing and instruction for students with learningdisabilities An academic accommodation plan will be developed for all students whocontact the Academic Support Office and are identified as having a learning or physicallydisability. The plan will be sent to the teacher to assist in modification of instruction andevaluation.If a student’s classes are located in buildings which are not accessible to the studentevery effort is made to accommodate the student without impacting the classroomexperience. The student should be directed to the Director of Academic Support who willcomplete a Class Schedule Revision form identifying any classes that need to berelocated to a building that is handicap accessible. The form is submitted to the Office ofAcademic Affairs where a search is made for an open classroom. The size of the class,the teacher’s schedule and the type of class must be taken into consideration. When anaccessible room is identified, the class is moved. If there are no unassigned rooms tomeet the need, a class is selected whose location can be switched with the class thatneeds special access. The department secretary and the faculty member(s) are informedof the change, and the room changes are entered into the Colleague system.While every attempt is made to accommodate all special needs, some classes, suchas chemistry labs, cannot be relocated due to OSHA regulations. In those cases, theinstructor will work with the student to establish alternatives to class attendance. Also,with a limited number of computer labs on campus, students may need to adjust theirschedules if a move cannot be made.Class RollsTeachers can access their class rolls through the WebAdvisor any time after preregistration.After the last day to add, faculty members will receive the official roll sheetfor the class. This should be carefully checked, corrected and returned to the Registrar’sOffice with the teacher’s signature. Any student who is attending the class but does notappear on the roll sheet must be sent to the Registrar’s Office to complete the registrationprocess. If the name of a student who has not attended the class appears on the sheet,the teacher should make a note of this when the sheet is returned to the Registrar’sOffice. The corrected official roll sheet will be used as the grade report sheet for the7 - 13 Academic Policies and Procedures
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