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Overview of Teaching Reminders for Faculty

Curriculum Planning

Recommended Course Instruction Modes

When setting up a course, instructors may choose from the following instruction modes: Chinese-taught, English-taught, or Conditionally English-taught.

If you are prepared to teach the course in English, please select the English-taught mode from the start. This facilitates learning for international students and supports departments in recruiting international students.
Alternatively, you may select the Conditionally English-taught mode. After the add/drop period, if there are no international students enrolled, you may then consider switching to Chinese instruction.


 

Syllabus Submission

To submit your syllabus, please visit this link.

 

Class Time Arrangement

Standardized Class Schedule Usage

No Time Change for Required Courses

  • The class times of required courses for undergraduate programs (including concentrations) are fixed and must not be changed.

Make-up Class Scheduling

  • Classes should be conducted according to the scheduled class hours. If instructors are unable to teach due to conference travel or other reasons, make-up classes should be arranged. Please inform students of any adjustments as early as possible. It is recommended to review any unavailable teaching periods at the beginning of the semester to facilitate early planning.

 

Adjusting Class Time

If instructors wish to adjust the scheduled class time but are concerned about potential schedule conflicts for enrolled students, they may use the system-provided tool to view students’ enrollment in other courses and carefully consider the new time slot.
Please note that the data shown in the system reflects enrollment statistics from the previous course selection phase and will not update in real time during ongoing selection periods.

Steps for rescheduling a course

 

X-Class Teacher Interface

Students are generally not permitted to take two time-conflicting courses. However, under certain conditions, they may request to enroll in both, as long as one of the courses is designated as an X-Class.

Please visit this page for information on how instructors can manage and approve X-Class requests.

 

 

Course Offering Guidelines

Enrollment Limit

Instructors may set an enrollment cap (maximum number of students) based on classroom capacity and teaching needs.
When doing so, please consider slightly raising the cap or opening additional sections to accommodate student demand.
For reference, you may ask your department secretary to provide the following numbers:

  • Expected number of transfer students

  • Number of students who have chosen your department as their minor, double major, or specialization

 

Large-Class Courses

  • For large-enrollment courses, if a class exceeds 80 students, the course credits will be calculated at 1.5 times the standard rate.
  • If enrollment exceeds 150 students, the credits will be calculated at twice the standard rate.

 

Course Cancellation Criteria After Add/Drop Period

Minimum Enrollment Requirement for Undergraduate Courses

  • Courses taught by full-time faculty: Will be canceled if fewer than 5 NTHU students are enrolled.

  • Courses taught by part-time faculty: Will be canceled if fewer than 10 NTHU students are enrolled and the university must pay hourly wages.

  • Elective PE courses: Will be canceled if fewer than 20 NTHU students are enrolled (excluding required PE for freshmen, adaptive PE, and varsity team courses).

Minimum Enrollment Requirement for Graduate Courses

  • Will be canceled if fewer than 3 NTHU students are enrolled.

Exceptions

  • Courses such as project-based learning, research projects, and undergraduate theses are exempt.

  • Courses that have been approved for offering through departmental petitions are also exempt.

 

Credit Load for Full-Time Faculty

Explanation of Full-Time Faculty Teaching Credit Calculation Principles

 

Avoiding Course Cancellation

  • After the course selection period begins, course cancellations should be avoided.
  • For undergraduate required courses (including general education, physical education, and language courses), applications for cancellation must include meeting minutes from the departmental curriculum committee. The cancellation will only be approved upon review and authorization by the Vice President for Academic Affairs.

 

Teaching & Technical Support

Course Evaluation

At the end of each semester, the university conducts a course evaluation survey for all courses.

 

Teaching Feedback Mailbox

 

Course Recording Participation

  • Participation in the University’s OpenCourseWare (OCW) recording project will result in the credited teaching hours for that course being counted as double. (Responsible Unit: Center for Teaching and Learning Development)
  • For faculty participating in the University’s Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) program, the Center for Teaching and Learning Development will initiate the process to deduct teaching credits during the academic year in which the course is produced.

 

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