Guidelines
- Please write reviews that you would consider useful and informative to both students and faculty. We would like this website to serve as a helpful resource to all.
- Be specific. Talk about subjects that matter such as lecture style, exam quality, or grading policies. Do not use this site as an open forum to only vent complaints; please be fair in your reviews.
- Reviews containing profanity, name-calling, or accusations of crimes or misdeeds will not be posted. Any submissions with inappropriate language will be deleted immediately.
Mission Statement
To provide a service for students to evaluate their
past and present professors at the University of
Southern California, thus allowing them to make more
educated decisions on their coursework selections
while simultaneously offering a source of feedback for
faculty and their departments.
Philosophy
The primary purpose of senatecourseguide.com is to serve
as an informational tool for students and faculty. In
recent years, the University of Southern California
has seen a steady increase in the academic quality of
its students. This website aids students in
formulating class schedules of appropriate academic
rigor and learning experience, thus enabling the
university to better meet the diverse academic needs
of the student body. Because the University of
Southern California is committed to the education of
its students, it is important that all avenues of
promoting knowledge be made available to students to
support their academic growth.
The role and mission of the University of Southern
California states, "Our first priority of as faculty
and staff is the education of our students, from
freshmen to postdoctoral, through a broad array of
academic, professional, extracurricular and athletic
programs of the first rank...We strive constantly for
excellence in teaching knowledge and skills to our
students, while at the same time helping them to
acquire wisdom and insight, love of truth and beauty,
moral discernment, understanding of self, and respect
and appreciation for others." In addition, the
university has stated in its strategic plan that it
seeks to develop activities in the area of faculty by
"nurtur[ing] and recruit[ing] outstanding faculty . .
. who will enthusiastically teach undergraduates as
well as graduate students". This website provides a
venue through which faculty can be informed of their
effectiveness in achieving the university's goals on
an ongoing basis.
The USC Student Senate vision statement reads, in
part, "With the goal of promoting open communication
among the students, the faculty, and the
administration, Student Senate will function as the
voice of the undergraduate student body. As an
organization existing to provide students with the
services of advocacy and activities, we will represent
and reflect the interests of the constituencies, and
foster relationships with the students and
organizations to provide a unified voice for the
students of this university." In response to
continuing interest from the student body, the Student
Senate seeks to enable students to openly communicate
with each other and with faculty as they use this
online resource.
The USC Student Senate strives to hold university
members to the highest standards in the usage of this
website, and all users of the website will be kept to
the ideals of the honor system. Reviews should be
constructive and beneficial in concord with the USC
Student Senate's vision of the website as a useful
tool for both students and faculty.
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