2025-2026 Calendar for Faculty is located at Academic Affairs for Faculty Team
For All Faculty:
- Faculty have endorsed using Moodle as the Dashboard for every course, as a single place where students can find course materials (syllabus, course policies, information on office hours, and links to all major assignments and readings).
- A graded assignment must be returned to students by the 6th week of classes: By policy, all students should receive feedback on a significant, graded assignment within the first 6 weeks. This offers an opportunity to give timely feedback before the 6-week drop deadline.
- For your Office Hours: Please avoid 4-6pm block reserved for extracurricular activities (athletics, performance groups etc).
- See the Conscientious Religious Observance Policy with a link to the Conscientious Religious Observance Notification Form for submitting requests for exemptions, and a Religious Holidays Calendar.
- Students may withdraw from a course after the 6th-week drop deadline until the 12th-week of classes. Students may withdraw from one course, up to 1.25 credits, at any time through the 12th week of classes, as long as their total remaining credits are 3.0 or above. This may be done without documentation of extenuating circumstances. Note that because federal government guidelines define courses as ‘attempted’ after 6 weeks, if a student withdraws from a course after 6 weeks, it will be noted as a ‘W’ on their transcript.
For Academic Advisors:
- Students may enroll in IDPT 398: Teaching Apprenticeship more than two times, but there will be an additional credit added to graduation requirements. Another option for students is to audit the course.
- Students are permitted to elect the equivalent of four courses (in addition to Senior Independent Study) graded S/NC out of 32 courses required for graduation. The minimum equivalent grade to earn S in courses graded S/NC is C-. First-Year Seminar in Critical Inquiry may not be graded S/NC. Transfer students are permitted to have one-eighth of the courses remaining to be taken at Wooster graded S/NC. Courses taken S/NC are not permitted in the major department/program, in the minor department/program, nor in courses exceeding the number in the major or minor unless specific exceptions to this regulation are stated by individual departments/programs.”
Campus Communication: Laws & Community Practice:
- As a non-profit, tax-exempt institution of higher education, federal law prohibits The College of Wooster from participating in any partisan political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office. Staff and faculty are free to participate in the electoral process when they are not on campus and are clear that they are not speaking on behalf of the College. However, all employees are prohibited from using College facilities (including email) to support a political party, PAC, or candidate for public office, or for the purpose of political fundraising.
- Avoid using student names in email subjects, especially if corresponding about a sensitive issue (in general, it’s better to provide less detail & follow up with a phone call to maintain everyone’s privacy).
Dates & Deadlines (see also the Calendar for Faculty linked above)
- See the Registrar’s Calendar for up-to-date Deadlines, Break, Reading, and Exam Schedules.
- How to Submit your I.S. in Three Steps
Need more Info or Assistance:
For questions about Academic Policy, contact Dean for Curriculum & Academic Engagement Jen Bowen, jbowen@wooster.edu.
If you are unable to teach for a period of time beyond a week (especially if you require assistance finding alternate arrangements), contact Dean for Faculty Development Sarah Sobeck, ssobeck@wooster.edu, and notify your Chair.