Topic 3: Awards for National Language Proficiency Certification

  • Is it affected by teaching outside of the University?

    Apart from instructors who have applied for reduced teaching hours and new instructors with reduced teaching hours not eligible to teach outside of the University, whether other instructors can teach outside of the University is at the discretion of the department.

  • When a department or instructor supervises a student thesis, should the "teaching hours" system or the "directed study and independent study courses" system be implemented?

    The department or instructor supervising a student thesis should select one from the "teaching hours" system or the "directed study and independent study courses" system for implementation.

  • Can part-time instructors redeem their number of teaching hours?

    Thesis supervision teaching hours is a part of full-time instructors' basic teaching hours; part-time instructors cannot redeem their number of teaching hours.

  • How can I search for courses?

    1. Access the Course Information Systems for Full-time Programs. 
    2. Click “Schedule of Courses.” 
    3. Set the search criteria (e.g., Department, Program, course name keywords, etc.)
    4. After completing the search, you can view the course information and syllabus.
    5. Alternatively, you can click “List of Courses in English” to view the complete list of English-taught courses for the current semester at once.

  • If the student applies for leave of absence during the semester, resulting in a shortage of teaching hours for the instructor, how should the matter be handled?

    If the student applied for suspension of study after the course addition/cancellation period, it does not affect the original number of hours which can be redeemed by the instructor.

  • If a student under an instructor's supervision goes on a study exchange during one semester, can the hours of that semester still be redeemed?

    As exchange students are still enrolled at NTNU, their teaching hours can still be redeemed.

  • If a student under thesis supervision takes a leave of absence for the current semester, can the instructor still log the number of hours spent on that particular student for the current semester?

    If the student applied for taking a leave of absence before the course addition/cancellation period of the current semester, the instructor may not redeem the hours with respect to that student; if the student applied for taking a leave of absence after the course addition/cancellation period, it does not affect the original number of hours which can be redeemed by the instructor.

  • Can supervision hours provided to a student from another department be redeemed?

    Yes, the hours can be redeemed.

  • Can thesis supervision for continuing education students be counted as teaching hours?

    Teaching hours for continuing education classes cannot be included as a part of the instructor's basic teaching hours; therefore thesis supervision for continuing education students cannot be calculated as teaching hours.

  • If an instructor has taken a leave of absence in the previous semester, how are teaching hours for the next semester calculated?

    According to Paragraph 2 of Article 3 of the "Teaching Hours Guidelines": Instructors may reduce their average teaching hours by up to four hours in one semester and make up to the yearly average in the following semester, provided that such arrangements do not affect the teaching of the curriculum. Instructors who have taken reduced teaching hours must still teach an average of at least two credits (hours) each semester.