Notice on Fall 2021 Academic Operations
As confirmed COVID-19 cases escalate and the government implements social distancing phase 4 from July 12 until August 8, the latest CAU Academic Board meeting was held and determined academic operations plan for the first half of 2021 fall semester.
1. Operation Schedule
1) Sep 1(Wed) ~ Oct 26(Tue), 2021, phase 3
2) Academic operations guideline for latter half of 2021 fall semester is to be notified in late September.
- The direction of academic operations may be changed depending on the government’s social distancing measures along with the plan for college student vaccination.
2. Guidelines on Academic Operations
1) All of the undergraduate theory classes should be offered remotely.
2) Lab experiment or practice-based ones may be offered in person subject to approval of the dean.
3) Graduate classes may be conducted in person subject to approval of the dean.
3. Other
Students will be evaluated using an absolute grading scale, and grades for retaken courses can be awarded up to A grade regardless of the year of admission.
Guidelines on 2021 Fall Semester Academic Operations
Gov’t guideline |
Phase 0 |
Phase 1 |
Phase 2 |
Phase 3 |
Phase 4 |
New COVID-19 cases per day |
Return to normal |
Capital area:below 250
Nationwide:below 500 |
Capital area:over 250
Nationwide:over 500 |
Capital area:over 500
Nationwide:over 1,000 |
Capital area:over 1,000
Nationwide:over 2,000 |
Fall 2021 class operations |
Full in-person |
Partial in-person |
Partial in-person |
Partial in-person |
Full remote |
Class |
Theory |
Major requisite
Major basic |
In-person |
In-person |
30 students or so: in-person
(In-person & remote) |
Remote |
Remote |
Other |
In-person |
30 students or so: in-person
(In-person & remote) |
30 students or so: in-person
(In-person & remote) |
Remote |
Remote |
Practice-based |
In-person |
In-person |
In-person |
Remote
In-person(college dean approval) |
Remote |
Graduate school |
In-person |
In-person |
15 students or so: in-person
(In-person & remote) |
Remote
In-person(graduate school dean approval) |
Remote |
Exam |
In-person |
In-person exam for in-person class, remote exam for remote class
(at the discretion of professors) |
Remote
In-person(college dean approval) |
Remote |
Grading |
Relative |
Relative grading B type |
Absolute |
Language exam certificates |
Applicable |
Exempted |
July 27, 2021
Provost