Article 5

ACADEMIC FREEDOM

It is the policy of the UBOT and UFF to encourage graduate assistants, in fulfillment of their assigned teaching responsibilities, to give their own interpretation of instructional materials used by them--whether self-chosen or prescribed by the teaching unit--within the bounds of knowledge and methodologies appropriate to the disciplinary field, under the guidance of the employing department or unit. In fulfilling assigned research duties, graduate assistants will be encouraged to exercise creativity and sound judgment in carrying out the theoretical, conceptual, and methodological design of the research under the guidance of the research supervisor. When the Graduate Assistant is primarily responsible for the course, the Graduate Assistant shall determine grades in accordance with UBOT College, and Department policies, if any.