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FACULTY INFORMATION ON TEACHING A COURSE
Persons teaching a course for EuNC on the campus or in one of the learning centres need to comply with the guidelines of the school. Because all courses offered could potentially become part of the BA curriculum of a student, it is of extreme importance that teachers understand the criteria, which they need to fulfil in teaching for EuNC.
1. Categories
Those teaching on the campus or in the learning centres will fall into one of these five categories: Full Time Faculty; Part Time Faculty; Adjunct Faculty; Local Faculty; Guest Lecturer. The document "EuNC Leadership Structures and Faculty" contains all the details.
2. Qualifications
EuNC lecturers need to have at least an M.A. degree, or its equivalent, in the field in which they teach. In some circumstances it is possible that a course is taught by a person who is experienced in this field, but who does not have an M.A. Degree. Such occasional exceptions are made on an individual basis, and requests need to be submitted to EuNC prior to the planning of the course. These persons will always work under the supervision of an approved faculty person, and will be considered assistants to these faculty members.
3. Approval
All lecturers need to be approved by the Academic Dean of EuNC with consent of the Overall Academic Council. All Lecturers need to submit the EuNC Lecturer Resume along with a transcript, or when this is not obtainable copies of the highest degree or diploma. They will receive approval for certain specific courses or certain academic areas, according to their qualifications and experience. Persons who are faculty members at an accredited school need to submit the EuNC Lecturer Resume only.
B. Course Syllabus
1. General Syllabus templates
All syllabi need to follow the general syllabus template designed for each particular course. These general syllabus templates are currently being developed, so in the meantime syllabi samples of courses taught are available on the faculty page of the EuNC website. In order to provide unity in the many courses offered at different locations by a variety of teachers, all syllabi need to follow this standardised format. The Blank Syllabus Template is available to develop the syllabus according to criteria in use by EuNC, which provides information in square parentheses. A few more words of explanation:
The Course Description and the Intended Educational Outcomes are set! They determine how the course needs to be taught. Every course is part of a programme and has a certain place in an overall design, which needs to be respected by whoever is teaching the course. This is of extreme importance because EuNC is, to a large degree, dependent on guest and visiting teachers.
Every course has one common assignment. This means that this assignment is exactly the same at every centre over a number of years and graded according to the same standards, so that the results can be used for comparing the work of our students. This assignment will be provided to the lecturer along with the grading rubric, and a Common Assignment Data Sheet.
2. ECTS
EuNC follows the European credit system, called European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS). This is a student-centred system based on the student workload required to achieve the objectives of a course or programme. The document ECTS and US Credit give further explanation of this system and its use at EuNC, and compares it to the US credit system. The ECTS system requires that every assignment states the estimate number of student work hours needed to fulfill this requirement. The document How to determine the hour Load? gives specific instructions.
3. Submission of the Syllabus
The syllabus of the specific course needs to be pre-approved by the office of the Academic Dean of EuNC. Every teacher needs to submit electronically his or her syllabus to the Registrar of EuNC 6 weeks prior to the start of the course (registrar@eunc.edu). For every course taught a separate syllabus needs to be submitted, even if the same course is taught a second time at a different location.
4. Approval of the Syllabus
The Academic Dean of EuNC will approve the syllabus, and may consult with the residential faculty. If necessary, the Academic Dean will correspond with the lecturer or Field or Learning Centre Coordinator about the syllabus before final approval is given.
5. Uploading the Syllabus in SonisWeb
After approval has been received, the lecturer will receive instruction on the use of SonisWeb, and needs to upload the final version of the syllabus in the instructional language in SonisWeb. An English version of the syllabus needs to be sent to the Registrar’s office. Instructions on the use of SonisWeb are available on the faculty page of EuNC’s website.
1. Creating the Grade Book
After having uploaded the syllabus in SonisWeb, the lecturer needs to create the Grade Book for the course. Specific instructions are provided on the faculty webpage of the EuNC website.
2. Enrolment/Grade Sheet
Enrolment for the campus is different than in the Learning Centres. At the campus, students enrol individually with the Registrar prior to the course, and therefore the Enrolment/Grade Sheet is available to the lecturer in SonisWeb prior to the start of the course. In the Learning Centres this is not always possible, and only after the first day of classes the names of all the students enrolled in the course will be available in SonisWeb. The Learning Centre Coordinator/Administrator is responsible for enrolling students.
3. Submission of Final Grade and Grade Book
Every grade for each assignment needs to be recorded in SonisWeb so that students can login to SonisWeb to check their grades in the course. No later than four weeks after the course has been completed, the lecturer needs to have finished all grading and uploaded them into SonisWeb. The system will then automatically calculate the final grade. When grading is finalised, the Registrar of EuNC (registrar@eunc.edu) needs to be informed that the grades can be made official.
4. Common Assignment
Every course has a common assignment. The lecturer needs to submit the Common Assignment Data Sheet to the Outcomes Assessment Coordinator. In the case this common assignment will be used for the Assessment of Outcomes, three samples of student work need to be submitted electronically as well. These three samples need to be a high score, a medium score, and a low score.
5. Incomplete Grade
An incomplete grade can be given to a student who has not completed all the work of the course for a legitimate reason. The work for the incomplete grade (“I”) must be completed within the timeframe established by the lecturer and should not go beyond 3 months from the date that the incomplete was given. In case an incomplete grade is given, the teacher and student need to fill out an Incomplete Grade Form. This form needs to be submitted to the Registrar.
5. Grading System
The academic work of the student is graded in accordance with the system maintained at EuNC with an equivalent points system from 1-100.
POINTS LETTER GRADE EXPLANATION
GRADE POINT
10.0 100
99 A 4.0 EXCELLENT. Ability to discern and
98 Analyse with scholarly treatment of
9.5 97 problems arising.
96
97
95
94
9.0 93------------------
92 SUPERIOR WORK. But lacking
91 A- 3.7 creative originality.
8.5 90------------------------------------------------
89 VERY GOOD WORK. Can argue
88 B+ 3.3 forward logically and thoroughly to a
8.0 87------------------ proposed solution of problems.
86
85 B 3.0 ABOVE AVERAGE. Ability to expose
84 and explore issues.
7.5 83----------------- COMPETENT WORK. Showing some
82 ability in analysis and solution of
81 B- 2.7 problems but more limited than the
above grades.
7.0 80------------------------------------------------
79 GOOD WORK. Showing limited
78 C+ 2.3 analysis of problem solving ability.
6.5 77------------------- Usually ability in only one of these areas.
76 AVERAGE WORK. Satisfactory
75 C 2.0 understanding and comprehension of
74 material with ability to apply facts in
6.0 73-------------------- arguments.
7.0 72 ADEQUATE WORK. Understands and
71 C- 1.7 comprehends material, little ability to
5.5 70------------------------------------- apply facts.
69 BELOW AVERAGE WORK. Ability to
68 D+ 1.3 answer with facts without demonstrating
5.0 67--------------------- real comprehension of material.
66
65 D 1.0 INADEQUATE WORK. Failure to grasp
64 meaning of the material and handle facts.
4.5 63---------------------
62 POOR WORK. Failure to show more
61 D- 0.7 than basic understanding of material.
4.0 60-----------------------------------------------
59 F 0.0 FAILURE. Does not obtain the
minimum and below standard. Shows
only a minimal familiarity with that standard.
D. Evaluation
1. Student Course Evaluation
During one of the final class sessions, all students will be asked to anonymously fill out a Student Course Evaluation. A designated person (other than the lecturer or any participant in the class) will collect all the evaluations and will make a summary, after the grades are submitted, for the lecturer and the Academic Dean’s office.
2. Lecturer Course Evaluation
Each lecturer needs to complete the Lecturer Course Evaluation relating to his or her experiences in teaching the course and send it to the Learning Centre Coordinator and the Academic Dean.
E. General EuNC Policies
The following are the most relevant policies of EuNC not specifically listed in the syllabus template. All policies can be found in the Academic Catalogue of EuNC.
1. Auditing Classes
Upon payment of the fee, students may enrol in most courses in any semester as an audit student. Language, laboratory, and activity courses cannot be audited. The person who audits a course is not permitted to take examinations, or to obtain credit for the course except by taking the course later through proper enrolment and meeting all requirements for credit. Students auditing classes must attend 2/3 of the class sessions before the course is entered on the transcript.
2. Withdrawal from a Course
Students may withdraw from a course with a “W”, provided they withdraw within the first part of the course (before 50% of the class sessions are offered). Students who find it necessary to withdraw from a course must speak to the lecturer and the Academic Dean or Learning Centre Coordinator.
3. Style Manual
EuNC has a Style Manual for all courses offered in English, to which all second, third and fourth level students at the campus should be familiar. The EuNC Style Manual provides the guidelines for writing a paper. Learning Centres operating in a language other than English may use a Style Manual for papers in their language.