San Francisco Bay University (SFBU), in accordance with applicable Federal and State law and University policy, prohibits discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), creed, sex (including sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and gender expression), age (40 years and over in the employment context), marital status, national origin, citizenship status, employment status, income status, shared ancestry and ethnic characteristics, partnership status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), pregnancy (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), disability, political belief or affiliation, domestic violence victim status, military or veteran status, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under federal, state, and local law.
 
For additional information about the SFBU Policy on Prohibited Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation, please visit: www.sfbu.edu/title-ix-and-equity.

SFBU takes grievances very seriously. Students have the right to file a grievance that concerns SFBU, whether such grievances are with personnel, the course of study, general university policies, or other related matters. To learn more about the grievance process, refer to the Student Handbook.

 

SFBU adheres to the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements and provides reasonable accommodations for students who are otherwise qualified but have disabilities. Such disabilities may include learning disabilities, health impairments and other documented conditions.

Students who wish to discuss the availability of services for people with physical disabilities or temporary disabilities, or who wish to report barrier problems, should contact the Director of Counseling and Career Services.

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Academic freedom includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the right to free inquiry, expression, and discussion. Faculty are members of a learned profession and stewards of this educational institution. When they speak or write as citizens, they should be free from institutional censorship or discipline. As educators, they should remember that the public may judge their profession and their institution by their utterances. SFBU will not retaliate against faculty members for sharing their convictions and responsible conclusions with their colleagues and students in their teaching and writing; however, faculty should not incorporate controversial matter that has no relation to their subject into their teaching. Faculty members are not authorized to engage in offensive speech such as hate speech or sexual harassment.

SFBU follows federal guidelines regarding credit hours.

Pursuant to 34 C.F.R. §600.2, a credit hour is an amount of work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that is an institutionally established equivalency that reasonably approximates not less than –

1) One hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work each week for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester or semester hour of credit, or ten to twelve weeks for one-quarter hour of credit, or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time; or
2) At least an equivalent amount of work as required in paragraph (1) of this definition for other academic activities as established by the institution including laboratory work, internships, practica, studio work, and other academic work leading to the award of credit hours.
The above shall apply to both in-person and distance education modalities.

One hour of classroom = One contact hour

One contact hour = 50 minutes of instruction

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.

FERPA form to fill out