Faculty Help Desk
Welcome to the Letters & Science Faculty Help Desk. This site provides quick answers to your pressing questions about teaching at Berkeley. To view the questions, click on each topic below; then click on the questions to view the answers.
For additional information or for a more wide-ranging set of issues relevant to faculty members, we recommend the Office of Educational Development's Faculty Guide.
Some of the policies cited are specific to L&S and are marked with an 
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Enrollment
Issues include: adding students, waitlists, Impaction, class size, concurrent enrollment
Deadlines
Issues include: class schedule changes, course calendar
Grades
Issues include: incompletes, changes and grievances, grade option issues (pass/not pass), assigning grades, reporting grades, midterm status reports, exams, record keeping
Confidentiality
Issues include: posting student grades, parent requests, accessing student files, using email, and more
Academic Difficulty
Issues include: finding help for students who need assistance with writing or other subjects, probation and dismissal
Student Conduct
Issues include: prevention and resolution, cheating, plagiarism, other conduct problems
Special Arrangements for Students
Issues include: disabled students, re-entry students, sports, music, and other extra-curricular activities, student parents, transfer students
Enrichment
Issues include: media and instructional technology, libraries-pedagogy courses, internships and careers, undergraduate research, teaching and traveling
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