Accountancy and Management Information Systems

Faculty Resources

Faculty Resources

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   Contact Information

DePaul University
School of Accountancy and Management Information Systems
1 East Jackson Boulevard, Suite 6000
Chicago, Illinois 60604-2287
Telephone: 312/362-8770
Fax: 312/362-6208
E-mail: accountancy@depaul.edu

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Director
Kevin Stevens
kstevens@depaul.edu		 Coordinator of Faculty & Curriculum
Phillip Chomiak
pchomiak@depaul.edu
Director's Assistant
Sarah Musto
smusto@depaul.edu		 Program Coordinator
Brian Maj
bmaj@depaul.edu
Assistant to Director
Timothy Lockyer
tlockyer@depaul.edu		 Office Manager
Patricia Gorzycki
pgorzyck@depaul.edu
   

   Department Services

  • Copy Privileges: To obtain access to faculty/staff copy machines, see office staff and provide your seven digit ID number located on your ID card. Copies can be made by faculty in the department copy room or at any of the Loop campus locations.

  • Mailboxes: A mailbox is provided for each faculty member and should be used to receive student materials, university distributions, and incoming mail. See office staff for a mailbox assignment and key.

  • Supplies: General office supplies are provided for faculty use. DePaul's office and technology supply vendors include CDW and Staples. If you have a specific supply or technology need, contact the office staff for assistance.

  • Department access: To obtain access to the department outside normal business hours, see office staff and provide your seven digit ID number located on your ID card. During winter break, university operations are reduced to minimum staffing and employees must be listed with Public Safety to access the building.

  • Parking: The Loop campus does not have dedicated parking facilities. However, many nearby parking facilities offer a reduced rate for DePaul students, faculty and staff. Contact Parking Services at 773/325-7275 for a current list of participating parking facilities.

  • ID Cards: ID Card Services is located in DePaul Center Room 9200 and can be reached at 312/362-5959.

   Class Rosters

To view your current class roster, visit Campus Connection. Select For Instructors →  Faculty Center.

Class rosters are available once your instructor information has been scheduled. Students appear once registration begins (the sixth week of the quarter.) To view previous or upcoming courses, select For Instructors →  Faculty Center, then "change term" to select a different quarter.

   Classroom Assignments

Classrooms are assigned within 1 week prior to the start of each quarter and are immediately posted to your class roster when available.

Classroom preferences should be entered at least 4 weeks prior to the start of each quarter. Preferences include components such as standard technology (computer/project); white boards or black boards; multiple writing boards; long tables or individual chairs; etc. To enter your preferences, visit Campus Connection and select For Instructors → Instructor Resources → Faculty Profile. Room preferences should be resubmitted each quarter to ensure that your needs are met.

   Closed classes & Waitlists

If a student approaches you with a request to add a closed class or after the last day to add classes, please direct the student to the respective college office for advising.

  • Kellstadt Graduate School of Business: DePaul Center 7900, 312/362-8810
  • Commerce Undergraduate Program Office: DePaul Center 8500, 312/362-5358

Students who are not officially enrolled or who are still on a waitlist should not attend class. Permitting this may cause a seating issue for those who are officially on the roster.

Visit the Academic Calendar for start/end dates and add/drop dates.

Waitlists in Campus Connection enable students to be auto-enrolled if other students drop or swap classes without needing to revisit Campus Connection for an open seat. If a student is successfully auto-enrolled before the add deadline, they will be notified immediately by the university. If students have general questions about how waitlists operate, refer them to DePaul Central in 9100.

   Late drops & late withdrawals

Requests for late drops or late withdrawals should be referred to the respective college office for advising:

  • Kellstadt Graduate School of Business: DePaul Center 7900, 312/362-8810
  • Commerce Undergraduate Program Office: DePaul Center 8500, 312/362-5358

If you encounter a student in your class that experiences medical or extenuating personal circumstances which prevents them from successfully completing the term, please refer them to the Dean of Students Office to discuss whether or not their situation warrants an appeal for a late withdrawal or late drop.

If the student's situation warrants an appeal, they must complete the form available at the website above. The student will be required to provide a letter of support from the faculty member. The faculty letter must state that they give permission for the late withdrawal and must be on the faculty member's department letterhead and signed.

   Final Examinations

For final exam times, visit the Academic Calendar.

It is University policy for a faculty member to proctor his or her own exam. In the event that a faculty member cannot proctor the exam at the scheduled time, the faculty member must seek approval from the appropriate chairperson or director. Only university-related business approved ahead of time or a medical circumstance may excuse a faculty member from proctoring an exam.

   Make-up Tests

Final Exams

  • If a student demonstrates evidence of extenuating circumstances that prevents attendance at the designated final exam time, the student must seek the approval of the instructor.
  • The department will provide the conference room at a designated make-up session following the normal final exam week. This time will be announced near the end of each quarter.
  • The faculty member should deliver the completed form above and a copy of the exam to the department.
  • Students are not monitored by the department staff.

Other exams

  • The faculty member should deliver the completed form above and a copy of the exam, test, or quiz to the department.
  • Department space is limited and students are not guaranteed conference room privacy to make up a quiz or test. Students are not permitted in a private office without direct supervision by a faculty member.
  • Tests may only be administered during the hours below. The student must arrive with sufficient time to complete the test before closing.
    • Academic Year: M-Th 9-5, F 9-4
    • Summer: M-Th 9-5, F 9-2
  • Students are not monitored by the department staff.

   Grade Rosters, Grade Changes, and Incompletes

Grade Rosters: During final exams, grade rosters are made available for faculty to enter grades. For grading deadlines, visit the Academic Calendar. It is critical that grades be entered before this deadline to avoid repercussions to student degree progress, registration, degree conferral, and other university processes.

Grade Changes: Grades may be changed on the basis of an academic integrity decision, calculation error, data entry error, or change from an IN (incomplete), M (missing), or R (in progress) grade. To enter a grade change, visit Campus Connection and select For Instructors → Faculty Center.

Incomplete Grades: An IN grade is a temporary grade indicating that the student has made satisfactory progress in a class leading up to the final exam week but is unable to take the final exam or submit the final assignment due to extenuating circumstances. Students who meet these criteria should be referred to either the department office or the Dean’s Office. After the student has completed the coursework, follow the steps above for a grade change.

   Coursework Retention

Student-related academic records include unclaimed exams, papers or projects, attendance rosters, grade books. In accordance with the Grade Challenge requirements, these must be kept until at least the end of the term following the one in which they were produced (records produced in Spring Quarter must be kept until the end of Autumn Quarter). The department guideline is for faculty to keep these materials for at least two quarter following the course in the event that any student work needs to be revisited.

Documents that contain personally identifying information of students should be shredded.

Documents that do not contain student-related information or personally identifying information may be recycled or disposed of as regular waste at any time.  This can include non-student related and unofficial correspondence, copies of course handouts, personal copies or drafts of various documents.  

   Book Orders

The department will typically order books for all standardized courses, i.e. courses that use the same textbook: Introduction to Accounting (ACC 101/102), Financial Accounting (ACC 500),  Financial Reporting (ACC 304, 305, 306, 541, 543), Auditing & Assurance Services (ACC 372, 374, 547, 550, 620), Management Information Systems. All other courses should be ordered.

Loop Campus Courses

  • Online: Visit the Barnes & Noble Loop Campus Bookstore and click "Faculty" at the top. This is the preferred method and will ensure order confirmation and timeliness of order placement.
  • In Person: Visit the Barnes & Noble textbook department on the lower level of the DePaul Center.
  • E-mail: Write to bookstores@depaul.edu with your name, course, section, and book information.

Distance Learning or Suburban Campus Courses

These courses do not use Barnes & Noble for orders or purchasing. Write to MBS Account Manager Matt Redig at mredig@mbsdirect.net and include:

  • Campus
  • Course, Section
  • Book title, author, edition
  • ISBN
  • Estimated enrollment

   Publisher Representatives

For desk copies and course material assistance, faculty are encouraged to contact the respective publisher's representative directly.

Publisher Representative Common Textbooks
Cengage

TBD

 Needles, Financial & Managerial Acct
Hoffman, West Federal Taxation
McGraw Hill Bryan Sullivan
bryan_sullivan@mcgraw-hill.com		 Garrison, Managerial Acct
Hoyle, Adv Financial Acct
Whittington, Principles of Auditing
Haag, Management Info Systems
Pearson Ken Shipbaugh
ken.shipbaugh@pearson.com 		Horngren, Cost Acct
McNurlin, Info Sys Mgmt in Practice
Wiley Jay Beck
jbeck@wiley.com		 Kieso, Intermediate Acct
Whittington, CPA Review
CCH Patrick Cummings
patrick.cummings@wolterskluwer.com		 CCH, Federal Taxation
Thomson Reuters David Franco
david.franco@thomsonreuters.com		 Tax courses
Gleim Alex Henao
alex.henao@gleim.com		 Tax courses

 

   Blackboard

Visit Blackboard to post documents for students, engage in online discussions, contact your students, post grades, conduct learning assessments, and more.

All courses are automatically provided with a Blackboard course site. The default setting is set to "unavailable" allowing faculty to prepare course materials before making the site available to students. To make the course available, log in to Blackboard and select the course name. Then, select Control Panel →  Settings →  Course Availability. Students are automatically added to your Blackboard course within 24 hours after registering for that course.

Blackboard Request Forms are available for the following requests:

  • Add a User – request to add a teaching/graduate assistant, staff, or faculty member to your Blackboard course. To use this request, you will need the individual's full name, DePaul ID number, telephone number, and e-mail address.
  • Course Copy – request materials be copied from a previous Blackboard course to your current Blackboard course
  • Course Combine – request one Blackboard course site for multiple sections of the same course

The Blackboard Help Site contains resources and information on getting started with your course site. For assistance, contact blackboard@depaul.edu and include your course and section number.

   Faculty Lab

A computer lab for faculty use is available in the library on the 10th floor of the DePaul Center. The lab is commonly used for training sessions by Instructional Technology Development but is open for general faculty use if a training session is not being held. A high-speed document scanner is available in the faculty lab for converting materials to Adobe PDF format.

Your ID card is needed for lab access. View library hours or contact ITD at itd@depaul.edu for assistance with lab resources, software, and course technology integration.

   E-mail

All faculty are provided a DePaul e-mail account and are encouraged to use these for contact with students, faculty, and staff. DePaul e-mail can be checked online from any location at http://outlook.depaul.edu.

If you choose to use an alternate e-mail address, be sure to enter this in Campus Connection. Select Demographic Portfolio →  E-mail Addresses.

DePaul uses a message security service called Postini to provide protection from virus-detected messages and junk e-mail. A daily summary of messages filtered spam control is sent to your DePaul e-mail address. For more information, visit http://is.depaul.edu/communication/email/spam.asp.

   Voicemail

The voice messaging system is connected to Microsoft Outlook and can be checked through your office computer or by visiting Outlook webmail at http://outlook.depaul.edu.

To check voicemail from your office phone, dial 2-5000. Enter your password. If you do not have your password, call the TCC at 312-362-8765 to have it reset.

To check voicemail off campus, dial 312-362-5000. Press #. When prompted, enter your five digit mailbox number. When prompted, enter your password.

   Employee Reimbursements

Occasionally, faculty may incur expenses related to teaching, development, conference attendance, or office supplies and materials. These costs may be reimbursed by the department by completing the General Reimbursement Form.

Contact the director or the budget manager for guidance on appropriate reimbursement prior to submission.