Faculty Handbook 2020-2021

SUNY College of Optometry

Faculty Handbook 2020-21

Leave of Absence..........................................................................................................................................50 Course Exemption ........................................................................................................................................50 Instructor Responsibility Regarding Cheating and Unethical Behavior............................................. 51 Retention of Examinations and Clinical Evaluation Forms ................................................................ 51 Grading............................................................................................................................................... 52 Didactic Course Remediation............................................................................................................. 53 Evaluation of Student Academic Performance.................................................................................. 55 Non-Matriculated Students ............................................................................................................... 59 GRADUATE PROGRAM IN VISION SCIENCE: GRADUATE CENTER FOR VISION RESEARCH AT THE SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY ...................................................................................................................... 61 I. Definitions and Procedures............................................................................................................. 61 II. Admissions ..................................................................................................................................... 67 III. Financial Aid, Awards, and Assistantships .................................................................................... 69 IV. Advisors......................................................................................................................................... 69 V. Registration and Maintenance of Matriculation ........................................................................... 70 VI. Grades, Probation, and Dismisal .................................................................................................. 71 VII. Graduate Courses and Credit ...................................................................................................... 74 VIII. Master of Science (M.S.) in Vision Science ................................................................................. 75 IX. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Vision Science ............................................................................. 79 ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES: EMPLOYMENT POLICIES AND PRACTICES ................................................ 84 A. General .......................................................................................................................................... 84 B. Affirmative Action.......................................................................................................................... 84 C. Faculty Financial Disclosure ........................................................................................................... 84 D. Faculty Hiring................................................................................................................................. 85 E. Faculty Appointment...................................................................................................................... 85 F. Grievance Procedures .................................................................................................................... 86 G. Human Resources Files.................................................................................................................. 86 H. Transfer Rights............................................................................................................................... 87 I. Termination of Service.................................................................................................................... 87 J. Retrenchment ................................................................................................................................. 87 K. Benefits .......................................................................................................................................... 87

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