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Student Right of the Week
Hi all,
Here is this week's Student Right of the Week (Article 10.2 of the McGill Charter of Student Rights):
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10.2 Every instructor shall provide students during the first week of lectures with a written course outline. This information should include, where appropriate:
(a) A description of the topics to be considered in the course,
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(b) A list of required and recommended readings and other materials,
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(c) A description of the means of evaluation to be used in the course,
(d) A statement regarding the right of every student to submit in English or in French written work that is to be graded (not applicable to courses in which acquiring proficiency in a language is one of the objectives).
(e) The instructor’s office hours for students, office location and telephone number for office appointments.
Were you aware that those annoying handouts our professors distribute each first class of the semester are actually mandated by university decree? Not only are they mandated, but a course at McGill cannot exist without having the syllabus on file that relates to that given course and the particular professor who teaches it. If ever you or one of your friends is in a course and the professor does not handout or otherwise distribute a syllabus to students, make sure to raise questions about it and demand this be done!
Knowledge is Power. Know your Rights!
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