INDEX

Introduction
Table of Contents

Policies in Process

Preliminaries

Policies

1. Legal Authority and Governance

2. University-wide

3. Presidential Area

4. Academic Affairs

5. Business Affairs

6. Student Life

7. University Advancement

8. Administrative Services

Core Responsibilities of Faculty

Policy Statement

Normally, teaching assignments are made by the department chairperson or in the case of the School of Social Work the Director.

A full-time faculty member is obligated to teach during the contract period

a) eighteen credits of graduate courses; or
b) twenty-one credits consisting of nine credits of graduate courses and twelve credits of undergraduate courses; or
c) twenty-four credits consisting of three to six credits of graduate courses and the remainder of undergraduate credits; or
d) Twenty-four credits of undergraduate courses.

In addition, faculty members are obligated to carry out scholarly and service responsibilities expected of full-time faculty members as delineated in the Evaluation of Faculty policy.

A faculty member who wishes a contract in category b above must request this option in writing from the Vice President for Academic Affairs. The agreement, in writing, will include a delineation of how the faculty member will fulfill service responsibilities at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Administrative reductions in teaching load are granted at the time of appointment. They are reviewed at the time of re-appointment.

If a faculty member does not fulfill the contracted obligation to teach the required credit hours during a given semester, s/he must complete this obligation by teaching during the subsequent semester or during the summer sessions.

One credit hour ordinarily equals one clock hour. However, departments have determined fair equivalents in workload for those faculty members whose activities do not fit the conventional classroom lecture or discussion pattern; for example, those who supervise laboratories or studios, teach private music lessons, or supervise student teaching or student clinical practicum.

Faculty members are expected to spend at least five hours a week in their offices to be available for students and other advisees. These hours should be posted on the bulletin board nearest the office area and the department chairperson should be notified of the hours so assigned. The office hours of department heads are to be sent to the appropriate deans. Chairpersons and other faculty members with reductions for administrative purposes must schedule additional hours to cover these responsibilities.

Faculty members are expected to engage in academic advisement either by formal assignments or as a necessary supplement to classroom contracts. Therefore, they should know requirements as stated in the University catalogs before directing students.

Teaching is regarded as incomplete if it is limited to classroom and/or lecture hall.

Related Policies and Committees

Policy - Faculty Definition
Policy - Faculty Status
Policy - Evaluation of Faculty Members
Policy - Professional Ethics
Policy - Teaching Responsibility

History of the Policy

07/01/89 - Reaffirmed with publication of Faculty Manual 2.10.1
03/05/93 - Revision approved by the President as recommended by College Committee on Policy
07/01/03 - Editorial changes made to reflect academic restructuring