COURSE MANAGEMENT POLICY
In a university setting, learning is a shared enterprise in which faculty and students come together in an environment influenced by their disciplines, academic programs, the University, broader intellectual traditions, and the values and priorities of the community at large. An academic course represents a discrete learning endeavour in which an intensive sharing of knowledge, expertise, experience, and perspective may occur.
The central purpose of course management policy is to provide a framework of common understanding for students and faculty concerning the structures, processes, objectives, and requirements that pertain to Ryerson courses. It recognizes the importance of diversity in learning and teaching styles and modes of course delivery while (a) defining the types of information that both students and faculty need in order to optimize the learning value of any given course, and (b) making it clear to students and faculty alike the principles and procedures that have been adopted by the University that bear upon the operation of academic courses. In a more general sense, course management policy seeks to reflect principles that are considered to be fundamental to good teaching and learning.
