Please do not tell the student that you will drop them or that a drop is guaranteed. Refer the student to an advisor in Undergraduate Advising. Adding, dropping and changing grade options are done online. Prior to the deadline – Friday of Week 2, students are responsible for adding/dropping their courses/changing grade options through the WebReg application. Changes after 5:00 p.m. Friday of Week 2 deadline are done through Student Access. Students submit an online enrollment exception for review. Drops, adds or changes after the Week 2 deadline are only granted in extenuating circumstances. Undergraduate Advising reviews and renders decisions on these requests on behalf of the Associate Dean and in adherence to Academic Senate Policy 440.

Refer them to SEUA for more information.

UCI waitlists are set up to manage class enrollment fairly for all students. Please encourage any students who want to add your class to use the waitlist After Week 2, all adds and drops are managed via enrollment exceptions. After the deadline, refer students to our office for information on adding or dropping after the deadline – they have to meet certain criteria to be eligible.

Turnitin.com is a web-based plagiarism prevention and detection tool. Student work is checked against a database for any matches between submitted papers and any internet content or previously submitted work.

The first place to start is the Academic Integrity Website - https://aisc.uci.edu/ It breaks down how to report academic integrity violations and includes the form for reporting violations. It is CRITICAL that these cases are reported to the Office of Academic Integrity, so that their office can track multiple offenses by the same student. Often, the student gets a warning after their first offense, but sanctions become more severe for repeat offenders. The Academic Integrity Office won’t be able to properly discipline repeat offenders if faculty don’t report offenses.

The Office of Student Conduct has resources on their website - https://aisc.uci.edu/ and a reporting tool. If the student is acting in a violent, threatening or disruptive way, call the UCI Campus Police Department immediately at (949) 824-5222. If they are having a difficult time emotionally, the Counseling Center has licensed psychologists who can work with them - https://counseling.uci.edu/ The UCI Consultation Team (https://whcs.uci.edu/consultation-team) involves multiple departments and is designed to address situations that are especially complex and/or involve potential risks for members of the UCI community. A student has stopped showing up and isn’t responding to me. What should I do? If you are worried about a student’s safety, do call 911 and explain the situation to them. If they simply stopped responding but you’re not necessarily worried about their safety, you may fill out our SEUA referral form, which lets us know to reach out to them with resources and support - Student Referrals | Social Ecology Undergraduate Affairs

Great!  This website is a great resource to start - Learning Assistants at UCI | UCI Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation -  Additionally, you may reach out to our SE Faculty Advisor, Amy Dent, for consultation on how to use LAs – amy.dent@uci.edu.

Refer the student to the Disability Services Center at UCI to see if they are eligible for an accommodation. The student would initiate this request and then the DSC would reach out to you as the instructor to let you know if an accommodation is appropriate.

Unless it’s for a documented health/medical reason as determined by the Disability Services Center, you aren’t required to make your in-person class online. For equity reasons, we suggest simply teaching it in the modality that it is offered. Students have options and can plan accordingly.

Refer the student to SEUA for academic advising. There are appointments and ZotChat services available M-F 9-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:40 p.m. to answer these types of questions. If the student would like to make an appointment, they can do so on our website. 

If your course has B or X restrictions, you can access the codes on WebRoster. You would input the course information and academic quarter, which would then populate the course. To select the course, click on the grey box with the course code. Once the course is selected, you should see a link that says, “Authorization codes have been generated for this course”. As a reminder, B restrictions allow the student to drop the course with the same code you gave them to enroll, while X restrictions require different codes for each action. .

The Field Study Program is our School’s signature experiential learning opportunity. Through Field Study, students complete a minimum of 80 service-learning hours with one of 250+ approved community-based organizations, government agencies, and research and learning assistantship initiatives while concurrently enrolled in a 4-unit upper-division course. This structure allows students to bridge theory and practice, applying what they learn in the classroom to meaningful, real-world settings. Through this experience, students develop professional skills, explore potential career paths, and gain a deeper understanding of how social, environmental, psychological, and legal issues intersect in community settings. Field Study also strengthens connections between the university and community partners, emphasizing the School’s mission of engaged learning and public service. Faculty-led Field Study courses help students connect their internship experiences with the concepts and frameworks they study in the classroom. Through assignments, discussion, writing, and presentations, students reflect on their fieldwork, relate it to academic learning, and apply it to real-world contexts. The courses also emphasize professional development, with exercises that build core competencies, support career exploration, and prepare students for graduate study and the job market. The Social Ecology Curriculum Committee approved Student Learning Outcomes and Minimum Standards for Field Study, which are available at: https://fieldstudy.soceco.uci.edu/pages/minimum-standards. A Field Study faculty guide is available at: https://fieldstudy.soceco.uci.edu/pages/minimum-standards. It includes descriptions of Field Study courses, roles and responsibilities, policies, and academic requirements. .

Faculty teaching SOCECOL 195 guide students in connecting their internship experiences with classroom learning, facilitate reflection and discussion, and evaluate assignments such as papers, projects, and presentations. They also support students’ professional development and career preparation through targeted exercises and guidance. SOCECOL 195 is graded on a P/NP only basis. The minimum suggested standards for field study are available at: http://students.soceco.uci.edu/pages/field-study-minimum-standards 

SOCECOL 195W differs from SOCECOL 195 in that it fulfills the upper-division writing requirement and requires more instruction on writing and feedback on student work. While both courses integrate classroom learning with internship experiences, SOCECOL 195W places greater emphasis on advanced writing, research, and communication through more extensive and rigorous written assignments. If you have questions regarding the Field Study requirement, please contact the Director of Field Study, Dmitry Tsukerman (dtsukerm@uci.edu) or visit the field study website – fieldstudy.soceco.uci.edu. Scroll over the ‘Faculty’ tab to find instructor resources.

You can ask if they’d like to do research. Moreover, they could apply to be part of the Social Ecology Honors Program, which is a year-long program for students in their senior year, where you or another faculty member would mentor them in their research - https://students.soceco.uci.edu/pages/program-overview 

Ask about their research interests. If they are in line with yours and you have room, you could offer them a research assistant position. Also, you could connect them to colleagues or graduate students who share their interests. Refer them to your department website so they can look at faculty profiles and encourage them to reach out to other faculty. Refer them to UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program). .

Email the liaison for your department – see Undergraduate Advising Staff above.

To book rooms for these types of meetings, fill out this form: Room Request Form | Social Ecology Undergraduate Affairs. You will receive a confirmation email or follow-up email in 1-3 business days. Please note that classrooms can only be booked for discussion sections that are listed on the schedule of classes. For other meetings/labs, please book a department meeting room or Social Ecology conference room. 

Technically any instructor can book an active classroom, but instructors who have completed the Active Learning Certification have priority in those rooms. If you require an active classroom for your course, it is imperative that you have completed the certification because that will give you the best chance of booking an active room at an ideal time. .

UCI has classroom scheduling modules, which are the times that the Regsitrar’s office prefers we schedule courses. While courses can still be offered at off-module times, courses that are on-module get priority in classrooms. .

Changes in max capacity must be approved by your vice chairs first to ensure that they will not affect instructional support allocations. If this is approved and the room has the capacity, then the course scheduler can increase the capacity for you. .

What you are scheduled to teach, and the maximum capacity of your courses, is decided by the department. Please contact your vice chair for questions regarding these items. For questions about the day/time/room of your course, please contact the Social Ecology course scheduler, Jennifer Fisher (jennifaf@uci.edu) 

This can sometimes happen to off-module courses, and it just means that the Registrar was not able to assign the course a final exam time. If you need a classroom for your final exam, contact your course scheduler and they can book one for you, but it may not be the same room that the class is held in. .

Final evaluation results can be accessed after the deadline to submit final grades. You can access them here: EEE+ Evaluations | UCI.