This update is provided for archival purposes only.
Public Health guidance and University of Waterloo operations may have changed. For the most up-to-date information, please visit our COVID-19 frequently asked questions.
Update for instructors in the Faculty of Environment
Things are moving rapidly as the university continues to respond to the evolving COVID-19 situation. I wanted to highlight a few aspects of the recent guidelines for graduate studies.
Update for instructors in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
In view of the most recent university update regarding COVID-19 (see https://uwaterloo.ca/coronavirus/), instructors will understandably be considering how students can complete sufficient course work and how final grades will be determined this term. I acknowledge that all members of the university community are experiencing notably increased stress during this time. UG associate deans have conferred to make some recommendations aimed to assist instructors.
I am writing to provide employees with important information regarding UWaterloo’s response to COVID-19. Earlier today, the President’s Office communicated that on-campus course activities have been suspended for one week, starting March 14.
We are suspending all activity for on-campus courses for one week, from March 14 to March 23. At the end of this suspension, all in-person course activity is cancelled until the end of term, including in-person final exams. Instructors are working on alternate ways to deliver remaining course work and exams/assessments.
Fully online courses will continue, but in-person exams for these courses are cancelled and may be replaced with alternative assessments.
On March 9, the University asked instructors to make contingency plans in case on-campus classes or exams must be cancelled. That memo required the University’s normal practice that changes to course requirements, as articulated in course outlines, are to be made with the consensus of all students registered in the course. In light of the current extraordinary circumstances I, as the Vice President, Academic, advise instructors of the following change to our practices that shall be effective immediately.
