For the purposes of this policy:
Academic unit shall mean a Faculty, college, school, department, institute or centre.
Course shall mean course of instruction, namely, a structured series of classes or a sustained period of instruction that corresponds with a course description set out in the Academic Calendar.
Course instructor shall mean the member of the University’s teaching staff who has primary responsibility for the organization and operation of the course.
Course section shall mean the particular scheduled offering of a particular course into which a student is registered.
Syllabus shall mean the document provided by the course instructor which communicates the course instructor’s course design to students including organization, policies, expectations, and requirements.