Yale Summer Session and Yale University

Yale Summer Session 2012 Summer Faculty Handbook
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. FOREWORD 1
II. YALE SUMMER SESSION
A. A Brief History of Yale Summer Session 1
B. An Introduction to Yale Summer Session’s Organization and Staff 2
C. How We Fit In: Yale Summer Session and Yale University 3
D. The Summer and the Academic Year: Comparisons and Misconceptions 4
III. ACADEMIC POLICIES
A. Credit 5
B. Full-time Enrollment 5
C. Grades 6
D. Final Grades and Transcripts 6
E. Course Changes – Adding or Substituting a Course 7
F. Course Changes – Dropping a Course or Withdrawal 8
G. Incomplete Coursework 8
H. Auditing 9
V. SUMMER TEACHING
A. Pre-session Planning
1. Sequence of events, calendar, deadlines 9
2. Proposing new courses, course approval process 10
3. Meeting times 11
4. Syllabi 11
5. Classroom requests and media needs 12
6. Supplies and reimbursables 12
7. Class size, minimums and maximums 13
8. Field trips 13
9. Book orders 14
10. Prerequisites and admissions 14
11. Brief overview of class composition 15
12. Pre-course assignments 15
13. Course advertising 15
B. In-session
1. Session overview, deadlines 16
2. Class lists 16
3. Shopping period 16
4. Enrollment, course changes, add/drop 16
5. Attendance, absences, dean’s excuses 17
6. Auditing 17
7. Academic Advising 17
8. Executive Committee and disciplinary cases 17
9. Examinations, post-session work 17
10. Incomplete work 18
11. Office hours and office space 18
12. Classroom problems 18
13. Technology, Media Services 18
14. Student problems 19
15. Classroom visits 19
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