Penn State Department of Statistics Teaching Manual--Index

Teaching Manual

This web page provides all faculty and instructors of statistics with information about teaching at Penn State. While the manual is primarily intended to introduce new faculty and instructors to details pertaining to teaching at Penn State, the information should also serve as a warehouse of teaching information to all faculty and instructors. An instructor can either access:

the entire manual

or any of the following topics individually:

Calendars and scheduling Semester calendars Class periods	Student enrollment and registration Taking a course (add/drop) Auditing a course (add/drop) Visiting a course Class lists	Departmental support Main office staff Computer support staff Teaching assistants Office supplies
Exams Evening exams Scheduling exam rooms Make-up exams Final exams Academic dishonesty Special needs students University Testing Services	Grading Grading system Posting grades Grade administration Correcting grades University Testing Services	Course materials Textbooks Course packets Course web sites
Student computing facilities	Classroom technology	Course syllabus
Course curricula	Teaching techniques	Student support services

Note on terminology

For the sake of simplicity, in this manual, an "instructor" means any individual who is responsible for teaching a class, regardless of his/her actual position (assistant professor, associate professor, instructor, senior lecturer, etc.) within the department.

Please submit corrections and recommendations to Laura J. Simon: lsimon@stat.psu.edu Last Updated: August 17, 1998