Faculty of Social Sciences Code of Conduct and Guidelines for Instructional Sessions

• During the Conduct of any class, there should no talking and / or activity which disturbs the assembly and affects the orderly functioning of the proceedings.

• Cell phones, pagers and alarms of any sort must be turned off during classes. Anyone needing to use a phone must leave the classroom.

• There must be no eating and drinking during any lectures, neither should any garbage be left in classrooms.

• Classes are required to end five minutes before the hour to facilitate students’ attendance at consecutive classes elsewhere.

• All chalk / white boards or other aids to instruction should be cleaned / removed at the end of any class.

• Delay in commencement of classes or the cancellation of classes must be appropriately notified in due time to avoid unnecessary dislocation and frustration.

• Student representatives for each course are to be selected by the end of the fourth week of classes.

• While formal evaluation of coursework by students will take place at the end of the semester, a short interim evaluation will be conducted by mid-semester to give faculty some feedback on how their teaching is being received.

January 2004