| California State University, Long Beach
Policy Statement
02-10
June 11, 2002
POLICY ON OFFICE HOURS This new policy was recommended by the Academic Senate on May 2, 2002
and approved by the President on June 4, 2002.
The purpose of office hours is to provide opportunities for student-faculty
interaction outside the classroom, so it is important for the office
hours of a faculty member to be predictable. Each instructional
faculty member is expected to hold one office hour for every class
taught, up to a maximum of four hours.Faculty who are expected to
hold 4 office hours a week may account for
up to one hour of this expectation through alternative forms of
access such as availability by appointment or through e-mail. Faculty
members are responsible for notifying their department office of
their scheduled office hours during the first week of instruction
each semester.
The office hours should be spread over the week and at times students
might reasonably expect to find the faculty member. The faculty
member's office hours, phone number, and email contact must be posted
by the door and announced in the syllabus. Exceptions to this policy
statement must be approved by the Dean of the College in question.
EFFECTIVE: Fall 2002 |
