This page will archive communications from the Academic Senate regarding temporary adjustments to academic policy and other procedures due to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Guidance for Faculty: Instruction
- Academic Senate Update on Fall Instruction (September 7, 2021)
- Additional Considerations for Continued Remote Instruction (January 26, 2021)
- On the Unauthorized Distribution of Course Materials (September 28, 2020)
- How to Protect Canvas Course Content in Fall Quarter 2020 (September 25, 2020)
- Asynchronous Instruction (September 10, 2020)
- Fall Quarter Reminders and Updates (August 14, 2020)
- Faculty Home Network Guidance (University Hills) (August 13, 2020)
- Remote Teaching Tools – Privacy & Security Concerns (July 30, 2020)
- Final Exams & Flexibility (Updated Guidance) (June 2, 2020)
- Final Exams and Remote Proctoring (May 19, 2020)
- Final Exams and Messaging to Students and Parents (March 16, 2020)
- Educational Continuity and Faculty Ownership of Course Materials (March 11, 2020)
- COVID-19 and Educational Continuity (Academic Senate) (March 6, 2020)
Guidance for Faculty: Academic Personnel Information
- Final Call for Interim COVID-19 Research Recovery Program (December 14, 2022)
- Updates to Documenting COVID-19 Impacts in Merit and Promotion Files (September 19, 2022)
- COVID-19 Sabbatical Credit Return Request (August 29, 2022)
- ICRRP – Interim COVID-19 Research Recovery Program for Faculty, Fall 2022 Call for Applications (July 12, 2022)
- Systemwide Comment – Mitigating Impacts of COVID-19 on Faculty Working Group (May 24, 2022)
- Mitigating COVID-19 Impacts on Faculty Report (December 20, 2021)
- Interim COVID Research Recovery Program – January 2022 Call (December 3, 2021)
- Compendium of UCI Measures to Support Faculty Given COVID-19 Disruptions (November 1, 2021)
- New Faculty Funding Program to Support Recovery of Research/Creative Activity Impacted by COVID-19 (August 30, 2021)
- UC Approves Additional 80 Hours of Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL) (April 5, 2021)
- Update on Student Teaching Evaluations in Review Files (March 11, 2021)
- COVID-19 Stop the Clock Retroactive Pay Implementation (January 14, 2021)
- Documenting COVID-19 Impact in Merit and Promotion Files (November 16, 2020)
- Interim COVID-19 Modified Duties Shared Funding Program for Assistant Rank Faculty (November 10, 2020)
- COVID Stop the Clock Retroactive Pay (October 16, 2020)
- Sick/Paid Medical Leave for Childcare for Fall Quarter 2020 (September 23, 2020)
- COVID-19 Leave Options due to Daycare/School Closure (August 21, 2020)
- Faculty Update for 2020-21 Academic Year – Sent on Behalf of the Interim Provost and Vice Provost for Academic Personnel (June 30, 2020)
- Additional Guidance for Academic Review Due to COVID-19 Crisis (March 24, 2020)
- Academic Personnel Review and COVID-19 (March 18, 2020)
Temporary Undergraduate Policy Changes and Guidance
- Academic Senate Review of Online Courses (October 19, 2021)
- Approval of Online and Hybrid Courses through Winter 2022 (March 19, 2021)
- Undergraduate Pass/Not Pass Grading for Winter 2021 (January 12, 2021)
- Undergraduate Pass/Not Pass Grading for Fall 2020 and Winter 2021 (September 15, 2020)
- Council on Educational Policy Review of Final Exam Policy (May 26, 2020)
- Undergraduate Pass/Not Pass Grading Options for Summer Session 2020 (May 21, 2020)
- Guidelines for Waiving Prerequisites for Students Affected by COVID-19 Course Cancellations (May 20, 2020)
- Approval of Online Courses (May 19, 2020)
- Undergraduate Pass/Not Pass Grading Options for Spring Quarter 2020 (March 26, 2020)
Temporary Graduate Policy Changes and Guidance
- Ending Temporary Suspension of Senate Regulation 935. Final Examinations (June 17, 2021)
- Graduate Council Guidance on Grading for Academic Year 2020-2021 (June 11, 2020)
- Temporary Suspension of Senate Regulation 935. Final Examinations (May 20, 2020)
- Guidance on Flexibility for Graduate Course Offerings (May 20, 2020)
- UCI Academic Senate Statement on Graduate Admissions (April 2020)
Permanent Graduate Policy Changes
- Electronic Signatures for Final Degree Paperwork (January 15, 2020)