POLICY ON OFFICE AND CONSULTATION HOURS I. Full-Time

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POLICY ON OFFICE AND CONSULTATION HOURS

Full-Time Faculty - All full-time faculty members, regardless of teaching

modality, shall maintain an average of at least five office and consultation hours

per week during which faculty members are available to either meet personally in

their offices (office hours) or communicate electronically (consultation hours) with

students. Full-time faculty members with reduced teaching assignments shall

maintain office and consultation hours consistent with the table below.

II. Part-Time Faculty - Although there is no specific requirement for office and

consultation hours for part-time faculty members, they should be reasonably

available to the students consistent with the table below.

III. Office Hours – Approximately sixty percent of office and consultation hours shall

be specifically posted to inform students when the professor is available for

advising without an appointment. This portion of office hours shall be face-to-face.

These office hours cannot be met, entirely or in part, by stipulating “by

appointment only.”

IV. Consultation hours – Approximately forty percent of office and consultation

hours can be available for email or other electronic communication with students.

V. Student notification - Posted office hours shall be on file in the department

office and shall be clearly communicated to students in the course syllabus by

posting at the assigned office of each faculty member and through electronic

means. Department chairs are responsible for ensuring that the office hours are

reasonably accommodating to student needs within the context of each faculty

member’s schedule. Faculty members shall notify the department when they are

unable to keep established office hours.

Credit Units Taught Minimum Office and Consultation Hours

>9 5

7-9 4

4-6 3

<4 2

DEFINITIONS

Office Hours: In-office, fixed-time hours of availability

Consultation Hours: Synchronous and/or asynchronous electronic communication such

as email

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Approved by the Academic Senate April 1992, April 25, 2011

Approved by the President May 1992

July 15, 2011