Course Resources

Course Syllabi Statements

The following resources for students, faculty, and staff support UND’s commitment to provide a safe and welcoming educational environment for all. Faculty are encouraged to consider including in course syllabi the following statements or posting this link on your syllabus so students can view the statements.

Notice of Nondiscrimination

It is the policy of the University of North Dakota that no person shall be discriminated against because of race, religion, age, color, gender, disability, national origin, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, veteran’s status, or political belief or affiliation and the equal opportunity and access to facilities shall be available to all. Concerns regarding Title IX, Title VI, Title VII, ADA, and Section 504 may be addressed to Donna Smith, Director of Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action and Title IX Coordinator, 401 Twamley Hall, 701.777.4171, UND.EO.TitleIX@UND.edu or the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Dept. of Education, 500 West Madison, Suite 1475, Chicago, IL 60611 or any other federal agency.

Disability Access Statement

Contact your course instructor to request disability accommodations, discuss medical information, or plan for an emergency evacuation.

To get confidential guidance and support for disability accommodation requests, students are expected to register with DSS at Disability Services, 280 McCannel Hall, or 701.777.2664.

Reporting Sexual Violence

If you or a friend has experienced sexual violence, such as sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence or stalking, or sex-based harassment, please contact UND’s Title IX Coordinator, Donna Smith, for assistance: 701.777.4171; donna.smith@UND.edu or go to Title IX.

Faculty Reporting Obligations Regarding Sexual Violence

It is important for students to understand that faculty are required to share with UND’s Title IX Coordinator any incidents of sexual violence they become aware of, even if those incidents occurred in the past or are disclosed as part of a class assignment. This does not mean an investigation will occur if the student does not want that, but it does allow UND to provide resources to help the student continue to be successful at UND. If you have been the victim of sexual violence, you can find information about confidential support services at Title IX.

Ensure Accessibility

To comply with the latest accessibility guidelines, documents posted online, including, but not limited to, Adobe PDF files, Microsoft Word documents, Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, and online flipbooks, must be screen-reader friendly.

For directions on how to make your syllabus and other course materials accessible, go to Blackboard > Services > Atomic Learning > Creating an Accessible Syllabus (for technical assistance with Atomic Learning, contact UND Tech Support at UND Tech Support).

Religious Observances

UND is home to a diverse student body, including cultural and religious diversity. As such, please be mindful of holidays and religious observances, as well as possible weekly worship observances, when scheduling significant course assignments, such as examinations or extensive projects.

At the beginning of the semester, instructors may remind students to speak with them privately to request reasonable accommodations for classroom assignments and/or examinations to allow them to observe religious holidays and/or events. An adapted calendar of holidays and religious observances for the upcoming academic year and additional religious and spirituality resources are available. The calendar lists many, though likely not all, days of religious or similar observance of the faiths most likely to be represented at UND. Please feel free to use these resources as a starting point for collaborative conversations about religious observations and course schedules. For additional information and/or resources, please reach out to Student Diversity & Inclusion at studentdiversity@und.edu.

Final Exam Policy

No undergraduate student should be obliged to write three or more finals on the same day. If the student has three or more finals scheduled the same day, the student wishing an accommodation regarding final exams should contact their instructors by the deadline to establish a mutually acceptable time to reschedule one or more of the exams. A student who is absent from a regularly scheduled examination without an excuse considered valid by the instructor is normally given an F for the course. If the excuse is valid, the policy on incompletes will apply. See full policy here.

Intersession Courses

Goal

To provide students with opportunities to take courses or engage in study-abroad during the 3-week timeframe between Fall and Spring semesters.

Things to Consider

Courses offered must meet the same learning outcomes as regularly scheduled semester-long courses if students are to earn the same credit (e.g., a 3-credit course requires 37.5 hours of instruction over those three weeks). Intersession courses must be offered online.

1. We encourage 1-credit topical courses as a way to allow students to explore one topic in depth for that time.
   1. If that topic aligns with an Essential Studies special emphasis area (Advanced Communication, Analyzing Worldviews, Diversity of Human Experience, or Quantitative Reasoning) ES validation may be possible.
2. Other institutions in the North Dakota University System (NDUS) may also offer intersession courses that students can take collaboratively. NDUS would like to reduce or eliminate any duplication thereby increasing the variability of opportunities for all students across the system.
3. Intersession is linked to the Spring semester in terms of the transcript and financial aid for students.
   1. This creates some potential issues and therefore we do not want to offer too many intersession sections until we have the process down.
4. We encourage any study abroad opportunities to be faculty-led and include a 1-credit pre-departure (to be completed during the Fall semester and led by the Study Abroad office) and an additional 1-credit to be taken during the spring semester. This allows students to enroll in 1 credit for the intersession and spend that time traveling and experiencing the opportunity. Assessment/debrief for the experience can be done during the spring semester (e.g., papers, discussions, etc.).
5. The college of record for the course will pay for instructional costs and so may have enrollment minimums. Check with your college office.

Are you interested in offering an intersession course or faculty-led study abroad experience during the intersession?

Submit a request to offer an intersession course here. Please be sure to include a memo of support from your Department Chair. Deans and VPAA representatives will approve requests and work with advisors to market the course opportunities.