Policies for Course Load and Faculty Compensation

for

Summer, 2005

1. For faculty who were full-time during AY 04-05, the per-credit-hour compensation will be 3.00% of contract salary for Academic Year 04-05.

2. Compensation rate for part-time instruction is as follows:

min max

Graduate courses $ 900 $ 1080 per credit-hour

Undergraduate courses $ 600 $ 900 per credit-hour

3. Limitations related to teaching load and compensation:

a. normal maximum of 10 cr hrs

b. compensation limited to 1/3 the prior academic year salary (BoR policy), and

c. teaching load of up to 12 cr hrs with written justification and Dean approval

4. The upper limit on student enrollment in a given section of a course will be at least as high as limits used during the previous fall and spring semesters for the same course.

5. Minimum class size for compensation at 3.00% :

a. lectures: 19 students for undergraduate and 12 students for graduate courses,

b. laboratory sessions: 16 for undergraduate and 12 for graduate courses.

6. Prorating for courses with fewer than the number of students prescribed in item 5:

a. undergraduate lectures will be prorated at 1/19 of 3.00% per student,

b. undergraduate laboratories will be prorated at 1/16 of 3.00% per student,

c. graduate lecture or lab will be prorated at 1/12 of 3.00% per student.

7. Undergraduate courses with fewer than 10 students or graduate courses with fewer than 7 students will be permitted only for extenuating circumstances related to student needs. Requests for such courses must be submitted in writing for approval by the Dean.

8. A faculty member with weighted average class size of 23 or more can receive the 3.00% compensation rate for all courses regardless of individual class size. Weighted average size is defined as (total student-credit-hours in all courses taught by the faculty member) divided by (total credit hours being taught by the faculty member). E.g., one 3-hr course of 12 plus a 2-hr course of 42 would yield weighted average of [(3*12)+(2*42)]/(2+3) = 24, so this faculty member would be paid for 5 credit hours at 3.00%, or a total of 15% of academic year salary. The use of weighted averaging is valid only when applied the total compensated teaching load of a faculty member.

10. Compensation will be based on enrollment as of 8:00 am of the first day of classes for Summer term.

11. The following special considerations will be given for laboratories:

a. Lab sessions will be compensated independently of the lectures in a course.

b. Each 2-hr laboratory will be compensated as 1.00 credit hour.

c. Each 3-hr laboratory will be compensated as 1.30 credit hours.

b. If a given course has multiple laboratory sections, then compensation for each laboratory section will be subject to the rules for class size and prorating. (E.g., a 3-3-4 course has 25 students, 16 in lab section A and 9 in lab section B. Lab A would pay the max rate of 3.00% for 1.30 cr hrs. Lab B would be prorated at 9/16 of 3.00% for 1.30 cr hrs. Note that, although this is a 4-credit course, the faculty member would actually be paid for 5.5 credit hours, 1.30 cr hrs of which would be prorated.)

12. Commitment date: The first day of class for Summer, 2005, will be Tuesday, May 17. The latest date for faculty to commit to teaching a course for Summer 2005 will be Friday, May 13. If, by May 13, the assigned faculty member has not committed to teach the course, the Department Chair will make alternative arrangements for instruction or cancellation of the course.

13. Pay Dates: The minimum compensation for a given course will be based on the enrollment in that course at noon on Friday, May 13. The maximum compensation will be based on enrollment at the deadline for students to add classes.