Getting Started at CSUDH

FACULTY HANDBOOK

NOTE: Please be advised, the Faculty Handbook is currently under review for revision. If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Faculty Affairs & Development at (310) 243-3766. 

Getting Started at CSUDH

• New Faculty Orientation
  • Obtaining an Official Campus Identification Card
  • Campus E-mail & IT Services
  • Benefits
    • Faculty Benefits
    • General Benefits
    • Open Enrollment
  • Accessing Your Courses in Blackboard Learning Management System
  • Getting Your Office
    • Assigned by Department Chair
    • Office Key Request
    • Personnel & Work-Related Policies
    • College and Department Contacts
    • Payroll Services Faculty Information and Pay Information
    • Campus Maps & Parking
    • CSUDH Emergency Contact Information
      • Campus Emergency Procedures
• Teaching
  • Academic Calendar
  • Attendance Policy
  • Absence and Class Cancellation Guidelines
  • Absence Management
• Travel Forms
• Syllabus Content: Learn about constructing a CSUDH Syllabus, Scoring Rubrics, Assessment, and High-Impact Practices at Academic Affairs Assessment Resources & Tools website.
• Making My Instructional Materials Accessible: Web Development and Accessibility and About Accessibility at CSUDH
• Assessment of Student Learning website offers a variety of tools and resources in support of the Assessment of Student Learning processes.
• Academic Integrity, Plagiarism , and What is Copyright
• Academic Field Trips: Field Trip Policy, Faculty Liability, Academic Field Trip Participatory List, Accident Report and a variety of other forms are available at the Risk Management/Environmental Health and Occupational Safety under Risk Management
• Grades
  • Grades and Grade Points
  • Grading Policy & Appeals
  • Incomplete Grades
• Student's Academic Records: Admissions & Records provides information, deadlines, and forms regarding access or change of information regarding academic records. The Admission & Records website for Student Records provides the following: Scholastic Probation & Disqualification, Adding or Dropping/Change of Program, Auditing a Class, Declaring/Changing Your Major or Minor, Change Your Name/Address, Complete Term Withdrawal, Credit/No Credit, Your Diploma, FERPA, Grades and Grade Points, Applying for Graduation, Incomplete Grade Change, Petition, Planned Educational Leave (Undergraduate and Graduate), Repeat and Cancel, Time Conflict, and Transcript Request.
• University Policies: Each semester the Class Schedule provides the University Policies. Also refer to Admissions & Records regarding Student Academic Records. Within the Class Schedule you will find University Policies regarding: Academic Integrity, Academic Petition for Exception, Campus Health and Safety, Campus Smoking Policy, Change of Name or Address, Consumer Information, Drops and Withdrawal Policy, Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, Immunization Requirements, Information Technology Services & Resources and Electronic Mail System Services, Instructional Computing Lab, Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy, Possession and Consumption of Alcohol, Possession of a Firearm on Campus, Protection of Intellectual Property, Repeat and Cancel, Sexual Assault Policy, Statement on Drug Free Schools and Campuses, and Student Grievance Procedure.
• Instructional Technology support services provides workshops and technology support for individual faculty.
• Library
• Office Hours Policy [AA2005-04)
• Perceived Teaching Effectiveness (PTE) Policy
  • Procedures for Instructional Technology Support Services
  • Probationary Faculty Instructional Technology Support Services
• Student disAbility Resource Center
• Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR)
• Independent Study Courses
• Scholastic Probation & Disqualification
• Course Repetition
• Student Grievance Procedure
• Intellectual Property Policy [PDF]
• Repeat and Cancel Policy