In-Person Classes Remain the Default Arrangement in Fall

From an email circulated this morning:

To: Faculty and Department Chairs

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What you need to know:

*Fall 2022 classes will be held in person

*Limited exceptions to onsite instruction for COVID-19 related accommodations

*Online course requests should follow Senate policies

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Dear Colleagues:

Classes for Fall 2022 will be held in person. The following exceptions to onsite instruction in Fall 2022 have been authorized by the Graduate and Undergraduate Councils of the UCLA Academic Senate:

Allowable Exceptions to Onsite Instruction:

Instructor ADA or COVID-19 Related Accommodations or Workplace Adjustments approved through Insurance and Risk Management.

During time periods in which indoor masking is either recommended or required by either UCLA or Los Angeles County, department chairs are authorized to allow courses involving foreign language instruction to be taught via synchronous, remote instruction for the duration of the University or County recommendation or requirement only. This exception applies to language courses only, and no scheduling justification request is required in such cases.

Notes:

Requests to create online versions of existing courses or propose new courses in online format should follow the procedures outlined in the Undergraduate Fully Online Course Approval Policy and in the Graduate Distance Education Course Approval Policy.

Per existing Senate policy, approval is not required to offer undergraduate courses in “hybrid” form. “Hybrid” in this context is defined as a course having at least one hour of pedagogically significant in-person contact with the instructor of record per week (not counting office hours or secondary sections). For graduate courses in hybrid modality, however, Senate approval is required.

Students with documented disabilities will be provided appropriate and reasonable course accommodations per the recommendations of the Center for Accessible Education, in a collaborative process involving the instructor.

The Councils will continue to reassess the need to extend exceptions to onsite instruction beyond Fall 2022, on a quarter-by-quarter basis.

Sincerely,

James Bisley, Chair, Graduate Council

Kathy Bawn, Chair, Undergraduate Council 

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