Section 5: Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Policies

5.3 Workload

The university requires that each member of the faculty perform a reasonable and equitable amount of work each year.

The normal maximum teaching responsibility of a full-time faculty member engaged only in classroom teaching is 15 credit hours each semester. The precise teaching responsibility of each individual will be based on such things as class size and the number of examinations, papers, and other assignments that require grading and evaluation. In addition, the number of different courses taught, and other appropriate considerations will be used to determine teaching responsibility.

Classroom teaching responsibility should be reduced by the department chair for justifiable reasons including

• student advising,
  
  
• active involvement in research and/or creative activities (with publications or other suitable forms of recognition),
  
  
• direction of graduate theses or dissertations,
  
  
• teaching non-credit courses or workshops,
  
  
• administrative duties, and
  
  
• institutional, professional, and/or public service.

The assigned workload for full-time non-tenure-track faculty may consist of a combination of teaching, advising, research / scholarship / creative activity, and institutional, professional, and/or public service depending on the needs of the unit.

Because the specific mix of these responsibilities varies by appointment, responsibilities are negotiated and determined annually by the department chair and faculty member, with review and approval of the dean and provost.