6.62 – Faculty Assignments – Summer Session

Summer teaching at the university is considered a privilege and not a right. Departments will use the following guidelines in determining summer teaching assignments within the department’s FTE summer allocation:

PART 1: PRIORITIES

1. The first priority must be student and program needs. As resources permit, courses needed by the students to complete programs in a timely fashion should be offered.
2. After student needs, continuing tenured and tenure-track faculty will have priority in teaching assignments.

PART 2: DEVELOPMENT OF DEPARTMENTAL POLICY

Departments will have the flexibility to develop their own policies after priorities #1 and #2 above have been met. The departmental policy must be written and available to all departmental faculty and other interested parties. The departmental policy must adhere to existing university policies, rules and procedures related to summer teaching (e.g., generally, faculty members will be employed in one 6-week period only).

PART 3: ALLOCATION AS RELATES TO DEPARTMENT HEADS

No summer session faculty allocation is used for 12-month department heads who teach in the summer.

PART 4: SCHEDULE

Two 6-week sessions will be scheduled between the end of the spring semester and the beginning of the fall semester. Colleges and departments offering courses numbered 450 and above, designed primarily to meet the needs of teachers have permanent approval to offer courses on a 5-week schedule. During the first summer session, the 5-week option schedule begins after the first week of instruction. In the second summer session, the 5-week option schedule ends after the fifth week of instruction. It is recognized that students may be registered in both 5-week and 6-week courses. Graduate students in a combined registration may not register for more than 6 credits.

PART 5: FACULTY TEACHING-NORMAL

Because the summer schedule must be prepared well in advance, and summer funding is always uncertain, early agreements regarding summer teaching must be identified as tentative. (No actual commitment is made until approvals are completed on an E-Hire Form Permission to Offer section). Full load for 6 weeks is 4.5 semester credits or equivalent. (For community college faculty the full load for 6 weeks is 6 semester credits or equivalent.)

PART 6: SALARY FOR SUMMER SESSION

(See ARP 7.34 – Faculty Compensation – Summer Assignments)