Course Loading Guidelines. This section contains guidelines for assigning appropriate ELU for faculty instructional effort. These guidelines cover typical course situations. However, these must be viewed as guidelines and not dictates due to the variety of instructional settings and pedagogical approaches requiring different levels of development, support, and maintenance. Discussions regarding additional ELU loading for individual courses should occur during the course planning process. The Director(s) and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (or designee), in consultation with the Program Chair or Coordinator and program faculty, will determine the ELU associated with each course. Deviations from the guidelines may be recommended by the Director, or Program Chair or Coordinator, and approved by the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (or designee) based upon the type of instruction involved, as well as the needs of the program or institution. When additional ELU loading is granted under the following provisions: course development, high instructional demand courses, writing intensive courses, team-taught courses or advising, the faculty member receiving the additional ELU loading will report on the outcome(s) of work performed for the additional loading as part of the Faculty Professional Annual Report (FPAR). a. Normally, one ELU equals one contact hour of lecture, recitation, discussion, etc. For example, a 4-credit course including two 1-hour and 50-minute lectures (~4 hours of lecture) is typically loading at four (4) ELU. b. Course development: When program or institutional needs require development of new courses or preparations, major redesigns of existing courses, or preparation for laboratory/studio or online/hybrid courses that justify an unusual amount of extra research and/or preparation, ELU (teaching release) may be assigned. Release for course development is not automatic, but shall be determined by the Director(s) and Program Chair or Coordinator in consultation with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (or designee). Any ELU assigned shall be proportional to the anticipated additional effort required (equivalent to approximately 35 hours for the term). A faculty member receiving additional ELU loading under this provision will report on the outcome(s) of work performed for the additional loading as part of the Faculty Professional Annual Report (FPAR). c. Laboratory and studio courses: Laboratory and studio sections without a preparatory and with intensive setup and/or management requirements, as determined by the Director, will be loaded one ELU per contact hour of laboratory or studio (e.g., upper division laboratory and studio sections requiring setup by instructor). All other laboratory and studio sections will be loaded 3/4 ELU per contact hour of laboratory or studio (e.g., laboratory and studio sections with a preparatory, laboratory and studio sections subsequent to a section of the same course previously prepared that term). For example, if a faculty member is scheduled to teach three 3-hour labs with the same course number, for which they are responsible for setting up the lab, they would be loaded one ELU per contact hour for the first lab (or 3 ELU in this example) and 3/4 ELU per contact hour for subsequent labs (or 2.25 ELU for the second and third labs in this example). The faculty member would be loaded a total of 7.5 ELU for the three 3-hour labs. d. Variable credit courses: When a course is offered for variable credits, the loading will be determined based upon the student credit hours (SCH) where 40 SCH is approximately equivalent to 10 undergraduate students in a 4-credit course. For example, if a variable credit course enrolls 20 students with a total of 30 SCH, the course would load at 3 ELU (or 1/10th of the SCH). Alternative course loading as outlined in this section may apply. e. Individualized courses: Requests for individualized courses through the irregular registration process are not automatic and the approval of and loading (ELU) for these courses is subject to the approval of the Director, in consultation with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (or designee), with input from Program Chair or Coordinator and faculty member. Sections will be loaded at 0 to 1/5th of the normal ELU per student for up to the normal ELU. • Capstone, practica, thesis and research courses with a high level of instructor time commitment are typically loaded at the 1/5th-1/8th rate. • Reading and conference courses are typically loaded at the 1/10th rate. • Internships with outside advisors and hard-numbered courses are typically loaded at the 1/10th-1/15th rate. • In some cases, where the efforts of the faculty member are negligible or the faculty member is compensated in another manner, courses may carry 0 ELU loading. A Director is responsible for working with the faculty member, in consultation with the Program Chair or Coordinator, to determine the appropriate loading. For irregular registrations, the ELU loading for such courses are documented on the irregular registration form through the Enrollment Services Center. f. Online courses: Hybrid or online courses will be loaded similarly to traditionally delivered courses and all other loading guidelines in this Article will apply. g. Low enrollment courses: Undergraduate courses are subject to cancellation when enrollments fall below
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Course Loading Guidelines. This section contains guidelines for assigning appropriate ELU for faculty instructional effort. These guidelines cover typical course situations. However, these must be viewed as guidelines and not dictates due to the variety of instructional settings and pedagogical approaches requiring different levels of development, support, and maintenance. Discussions regarding additional ELU loading for individual courses should occur during the course planning process. The Director(s) and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (or designee), in consultation with the Program Chair or Coordinator and program faculty, will determine the ELU associated with each course. Deviations from the guidelines may be recommended by the Director, or Program Chair or Coordinator, and approved by the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (or designee) based upon the type of instruction involved, as well as the needs of the program or institution. When additional ELU loading is granted under the following provisions: course development, high instructional demand courses, writing intensive courses, team-taught courses or advising, the faculty member receiving the additional ELU loading will report on the outcome(s) of work performed for the additional loading as part of the Faculty Professional Annual Report (FPAR).
a. Normally, one ELU equals one contact hour of lecture, recitation, discussion, etc. For example, a 4-credit course including two 1-hour and 50-minute lectures (~4 hours of lecture) is typically loading at four (4) ELU.
b. Course development: When program or institutional needs require development of new courses or preparations, major redesigns of existing courses, or preparation for laboratory/studio or online/hybrid courses that justify an unusual amount of extra research and/or preparation, ELU (teaching releaserelease or ELU added to the faculty member’s bank) may be assignedassigned or a stipend may be paid. Release for course development is not automatic, but shall be determined by the Director(s) and Program Chair or Coordinator in consultation with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (or designee). Any ELU assigned shall be proportional to the anticipated additional effort required (equivalent to approximately 35 hours for the term). A faculty member receiving additional ELU loading under this provision will report on the outcome(s) of work performed for the additional loading as part of the Faculty Professional Annual Report (FPAR).
c. Laboratory and studio courses: Laboratory and studio sections without a preparatory and with intensive setup and/or management requirements, as determined by the Director, will be loaded one ELU per contact hour of laboratory or studio (e.g., upper division laboratory and studio sections requiring setup by instructor). All other laboratory and studio sections will be loaded 3/4 ELU per contact hour of laboratory or studio (e.g., laboratory and studio sections with a preparatory, laboratory and studio sections subsequent to a section of the same course previously prepared that term). For example, if a faculty member is scheduled to teach three 3-hour labs with the same course number, for which they are responsible for setting up the lab, they would be loaded one ELU per contact hour for the first lab (or 3 ELU in this example) and 3/4 ELU per contact hour for subsequent labs (or 2.25 ELU for the second and third labs in this example). The faculty member would be loaded a total of 7.5 ELU for the three 3-hour labs.
d. Variable credit courses: When a course is offered for variable credits, the loading will be determined based upon the student credit hours (SCH) where 40 SCH is approximately equivalent to 10 undergraduate students in a 4-credit course. For example, if a variable credit course enrolls 20 students with a total of 30 SCH, the course would load at 3 ELU (or 1/10th of the SCH). Alternative course loading as outlined in this section may apply. When a graduate course is offered for variable credits, the loading will be determined based upon the student credit hours (SCH) where 28 SCH is approximately equivalent to 7 graduate students in a 4-credit course. For example, if a variable credit course enrolls 5 students with a total of 21 SCH, the course would load at 3 ELU for course (or 1/7th of the SCH). Alternative course loading as outlined in this section may apply.
e. Individualized courses: Requests for individualized courses through the irregular registration process are not automatic and the approval of and loading (ELU) for these courses is subject to the approval of the Director, in consultation with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (or designee), with input from Program Chair or Coordinator and faculty member. Sections will be loaded at 0 to 1/5th of the normal ELU per student for up to the normal ELU. • Capstone, practica, thesis and research courses with a high level of instructor time commitment are typically loaded at the 1/5th-1/8th rate. • Reading and conference courses are typically loaded at the 1/10th rate. • Internships with outside advisors and hard-numbered courses are typically loaded at the 1/10th-1/15th rate. • In some cases, where the efforts of the faculty member are negligible or the faculty member is compensated in another manner, courses may carry 0 ELU loading. A Director is responsible for working with the faculty member, in consultation with the Program Chair or Coordinator, to determine the appropriate loading. For irregular registrations, the ELU loading for such courses are documented on the irregular registration form through the Enrollment Services Center.
f. Online courses: Hybrid or online courses will be loaded similarly to traditionally delivered courses and all other loading guidelines in this Article will apply.
g. Low enrollment courses: Undergraduate courses are subject to cancellation when enrollments fall below 10. If a course is cancelled for this reason, the faculty member may be offered the opportunity to maintain full FTE during that term. If it is necessary to offer a low enrolled course, ELU loading for sections with fewer than ten students are typically reduced at a rate of 1.25% for each percentage point below 90% enrollment. The number of students is determined by the enrollment at the end of the 4th week of the term. For example, if a course is normally loaded at 4 ELU, then a low enrolled section will be loaded at 4 ELU for nine or more students and 3.5 ELU for eight students [(8/10*100 - 90) x 0.0125 x 4 = -0.5 reduction in ELU]. A 2-credit course that runs with five students would load at 1.0 ELU [(5/10*100 – 90) x 0.0125 x 2 = -1.0 reduction in ELU]. Fractional ELU are possible. Although for scheduling purposes, programs should target 10 or greater students per course, graduate courses are subject to cancellation when enrollments fall below 7. If it is necessary to offer a low enrolled course, ELU loading for sections with fewer than seven students are typically reduced at a rate of 1.25% for each percentage point below 90% enrollment. The number of students is determined by the enrollment at the end of the 4th week of the term. For example, if a course is normally loaded at 4 ELU, then a low enrolled section will be loaded at 4 ELU for seven or more graduate students, 3.79 ELU for six students [(6/7*100 - 90) x 0.0125 x 4 = -0.21 reduction in ELU], 2.36 ELU for four graduate students, etc. Fractional ELU are possible. Undergraduate and graduate courses enrolling less than five and four students respectively, are typically offered through irregular registrations and loaded according to section C.2.e.
h. High instructional demand courses: Program or institutional needs may place an unusually high demand on instructional time. For example: ● Courses requiring significant student contact outside of class, such as weekly meetings to oversee individual or small group assignments, or mentoring graduate projects in 400/500 or 500-only courses. ● Courses requiring frequent critical review and/or feedback, such as writing-intensive courses. ● Courses requiring extensive preparation during the term, such as community-based learning courses that require ongoing coordination with multiple outside agencies. ● Large enrollment courses where the added enrollment significantly increases time spent on grading assessments and/or with students out of class. [Note the intent here is to address courses which are designed and anticipated to be large, not for courses which are enrolled at higher enrollments than originally anticipated; see (i) below.] ● Courses with formats or delivery methods that require significant additional preparation or student contact throughout the term, such as highly individualized courses or some hybrid and online courses. Assigning additional ELU for high demand courses is not automatic, but shall be determined by the Director in consultation with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (or designee) with input from the Program Chair or Coordinator and faculty member. Additional ELU awarded shall be proportional to the anticipated additional effort required (equivalent to approximately 35 hours of work).
i. Over-enrolled courses: Courses are over-enrolled when enrollment exceeds the class size maximum, as established by the Class Maximums document (see below). Over-enrollments will be credited ELU when they exceed 110% of the Class Maximum. If the 4th week enrollment is less than or equal to 110% of the class maximum, no additional ELU shall be awarded. If a course is more than 10% over-enrolled, then additional ELU shall be awarded at a rate of 2.5% for each percentage point above 110% enrollment. For example, if a 4-credit course with a Class Maximum of 30 students enrolls 33 students, or less, no additional ELU is assigned. If this course enrolls 35 students, then this course would be loaded at 4.67 ELU [(35/30*100 - 110) x 0.025 x 4 = 0.67 additional ELU]. Class Maximums will be established by each program for each class in the program’s curriculum. After considering best practices and pedagogy for the course delivery, enrollment patterns over previous years, and facility constraints, programs can propose updated maximums. Programs or Directors can propose updated maximums. After consultation with Program Chairs or Coordinators and Directors, the Class Maximums will be approved by the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (or designee). After establishment of the maximums, instructors may choose to increase their maximums without additional loading, if, for example, they change the pedagogy for the course. Decreases to class maximums will be assessed by the appropriate Director(s) with the Program Chair’s or Coordinator’s support. All requests are subject to final approval by the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (or designee).
j. Writing intensive courses: Courses deemed “Writing Intensive” are those courses for whom a significant and integral portion of the course is accomplished through various types of writing, and for whom a central measure of student success in the course is determined by an evaluation of student writing. Such courses should aim to expect approximately 15-20 pages of student writing, and are courses that require substantial instructor feedback informing the drafting, writing, and revision of student work. Courses designated as writing intensive may receive additional ELU loading (see “h.”). High instructional demand courses”) or may have a lower student enrollment maximum than otherwise expected. A faculty member receiving additional ELU loading under this provision will report on the outcome(s) of work performed for the additional loading as part of the Faculty Professional Annual Report (FPAR).
k. Team-taught courses: Involvement of more than one faculty member in instruction and evaluation can take two extremes (fully integrated versus fully modularized). To the extent that a course exhibits characteristics of both a modularized and integrated format, they shall be loaded at an appropriate balance between the two extremes described below. Loading in all cases shall reflect effort. Fully integrated: These courses require a high level of coordination among instructors and that all instructors must be present and involved in the majority of the class sessions (e.g. interdisciplinary courses). This method of instruction involves significant effort from all parties. Each faculty member may be awarded up to the normal ELU associated with the course for their participation in the delivery of that course. Completely modularized: In these courses, each instructor teaches one or more segments or modules that are not necessarily connected to other modules. In this instance, loading would be directly related to time (e.g., one-third of a 3-credit course would be one ELU). A faculty member receiving additional ELU loading under this provision will report on the outcome(s) of work performed for the additional loading as part of the Faculty Professional Annual Report (FPAR).
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Course Loading Guidelines. This section contains guidelines for assigning appropriate ELU for faculty instructional effort. These guidelines cover typical course situations. However, these must be viewed as guidelines and not dictates due to the variety of instructional settings and pedagogical approaches requiring different levels of development, support, and maintenance. Discussions regarding additional ELU loading for individual courses should occur during the course planning process. The Director(s) and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (or designee), in consultation with the Program Chair or Coordinator and program faculty, will determine the ELU associated with each course. Deviations from the guidelines may be recommended by the Director, or Program Chair or Coordinator, and approved by the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (or designee) based upon the type of instruction involved, as well as the needs of the program or institution. When additional ELU loading is granted under the following provisions: course development, high instructional demand courses, writing intensive courses, team-taught courses or advising, the faculty member receiving the additional ELU loading will report on the outcome(s) of work performed for the additional loading as part of the Faculty Professional Annual Report (FPAR).
a. Normally, one ELU equals one contact hour of lecture, recitation, discussion, etc. For example, a 4-credit course including two 1-hour and 50-minute lectures (~4 hours of lecture) is typically loading at four (4) ELU.
b. Course development: When program or institutional needs require development of new courses or preparations, major redesigns of existing courses, or preparation for laboratory/studio or online/hybrid courses that justify an unusual amount of extra research and/or preparation, ELU (teaching releaserelease or ELU added to the faculty member’s bank) may be assignedassigned or a stipend may be paid. Release for course development is not automatic, but shall be determined by the Director(s) and Program Chair or Coordinator in consultation with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (or designee). Any ELU assigned shall be proportional to the anticipated additional effort required (equivalent to approximately 35 hours for the term). A faculty member receiving additional ELU loading under this provision will report on the outcome(s) of work performed for the additional loading as part of the Faculty Professional Annual Report (FPAR).
c. Laboratory and studio courses: Laboratory and studio sections without a preparatory and with intensive setup and/or management requirements, as determined by the Director, will be loaded one ELU per contact hour of laboratory or studio (e.g., upper division laboratory and studio sections requiring setup by instructor). All other laboratory and studio sections will be loaded 3/4 ELU per contact hour of laboratory or studio (e.g., laboratory and studio sections with a preparatory, laboratory and studio sections subsequent to a section of the same course previously prepared that term). For example, if a faculty member is scheduled to teach three 3-hour labs with the same course number, for which they are responsible for setting up the lab, they would be loaded one ELU per contact hour for the first lab (or 3 ELU in this example) and 3/4 ELU per contact hour for subsequent labs (or 2.25 ELU for the second and third labs in this example). The faculty member would be loaded a total of 7.5 ELU for the three 3-hour labs.
d. Variable credit courses: When a course is offered for variable credits, the loading will be determined based upon the student credit hours (SCH) where 40 SCH is approximately equivalent to 10 undergraduate students in a 4-credit course. For example, if a variable credit course enrolls 20 students with a total of 30 SCH, the course would load at 3 ELU (or 1/10th of the SCH). Alternative course loading as outlined in this section may apply. When a graduate course is offered for variable credits, the loading will be determined based upon the student credit hours (SCH) where 28 SCH is approximately equivalent to 7 graduate students in a 4-credit course. For example, if a variable credit course enrolls 5 students with a total of 21 SCH, the course would load at 3 ELU for course (or 1/7th of the SCH). Alternative course loading as outlined in this section may apply.
e. Individualized courses: Requests for individualized courses through the irregular registration process are not automatic and the approval of and loading (ELU) for these courses is subject to the approval of the Director, in consultation with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (or designee), with input from Program Chair or Coordinator and faculty member. Sections will be loaded at 0 to 1/5th of the normal ELU per student for up to the normal ELU. • Capstone▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, practica, thesis and research courses with a high level of instructor time commitment are typically loaded at the 1/5th-1/8th rate. • Reading and conference courses are typically loaded at the 1/10th rate. • Internships with outside advisors and hard-numbered courses are typically loaded at the 1/10th-1/15th rate. • In some cases, where the efforts of the faculty member are negligible or the faculty member is compensated in another manner, courses may carry 0 ELU loading. A Director is responsible for working with the faculty member, in consultation with the Program Chair or Coordinator, to determine the appropriate loading. For irregular registrations, the ELU loading for such courses are documented on the irregular registration form through the Enrollment Services Center.
f. Online courses: Hybrid or online courses will be loaded similarly to traditionally delivered courses and all other loading guidelines in this Article will apply.
g. Low enrollment courses: Undergraduate courses are subject to cancellation when enrollments fall below 10. If a course is cancelled for this reason, the faculty member may be offered the opportunity to maintain full FTE during that term. If it is necessary to offer a low enrolled course, ELU loading for sections with fewer than ten students are typically reduced at a rate of 1.25% for each percentage point below 90% enrollment. The number of students is determined by the enrollment at the end of the 4th week of the term. For example, if a course is normally loaded at 4 ELU, then a low enrolled section will be loaded at 4 ELU for nine or more students and 3.5 ELU for eight students [(8/10*100 - 90) x 0.0125 x 4 = -0.5 reduction in ELU]. A 2-credit course that runs with five students would load at 1.0 ELU [(5/10*100 – 90) x 0.0125 x 2 = -1.0 reduction in ELU]. Fractional ELU are possible. Although for scheduling purposes, programs should target 10 or greater students per course, graduate courses are subject to cancellation when enrollments fall below 7. If it is necessary to offer a low enrolled course, ELU loading for sections with fewer than seven students are typically reduced at a rate of 1.25% for each percentage point below 90% enrollment. The number of students is determined by the enrollment at the end of the 4th week of the term. For example, if a course is normally loaded at 4 ELU, then a low enrolled section will be loaded at 4 ELU for seven or more graduate students, 3.79 ELU for six students [(6/7*100 - 90) x 0.0125 x 4 = -0.21 reduction in ELU], 2.36 ELU for four graduate students, etc. Fractional ELU are possible. Undergraduate and graduate courses enrolling less than five and four students respectively, are typically offered through irregular registrations and loaded according to section C.2.e.
h. High instructional demand courses: Program or institutional needs may place an unusually high demand on instructional time. For example: ● Courses requiring significant student contact outside of class, such as weekly meetings to oversee individual or small group assignments, or mentoring graduate projects in 400/500 or 500-only courses. ● Courses requiring frequent critical review and/or feedback, such as writing-intensive courses. ● Courses requiring extensive preparation during the term, such as community-based learning courses that require ongoing coordination with multiple outside agencies. ● Large enrollment courses where the added enrollment significantly increases time spent on grading assessments and/or with students out of class. [Note the intent here is to address courses which are designed and anticipated to be large, not for courses which are enrolled at higher enrollments than originally anticipated; see (i) below.] ● Courses with formats or delivery methods that require significant additional preparation or student contact throughout the term, such as highly individualized courses or some hybrid and online courses. Assigning additional ELU for high demand courses is not automatic, but shall be determined by the Director in consultation with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (or designee) with input from the Program Chair or Coordinator and faculty member. Additional ELU awarded shall be proportional to the anticipated additional effort required (equivalent to approximately 35 hours of work).
i. Over-enrolled courses: Courses are over-enrolled when enrollment exceeds the class size maximum, as established by the Class Maximums document (see below). Over-enrollments will be credited ELU when they exceed 110% of the Class Maximum. If the 4th week enrollment is less than or equal to 110% of the class maximum, no additional ELU shall be awarded. If a course is more than 10% over-enrolled, then additional ELU shall be awarded at a rate of 2.5% for each percentage point above 110% enrollment. For example, if a 4-credit course with a Class Maximum of 30 students enrolls 33 students, or less, no additional ELU is assigned. If this course enrolls 35 students, then this course would be loaded at 4.67 ELU [(35/30*100 - 110) x 0.025 x 4 = 0.67 additional ELU]. Class Maximums will be established by each program for each class in the program’s curriculum. After considering best practices and pedagogy for the course delivery, enrollment patterns over previous years, and facility constraints, programs can propose updated maximums. Programs or Directors can propose updated maximums. After consultation with Program Chairs or Coordinators and Directors, the Class Maximums will be approved by the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (or designee). After establishment of the maximums, instructors may choose to increase their maximums without additional loading, if, for example, they change the pedagogy for the course. Decreases to class maximums will be assessed by the appropriate Director(s) with the Program Chair’s or Coordinator’s support. All requests are subject to final approval by the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (or designee).
j. Writing intensive courses: Courses deemed “Writing Intensive” are those courses for whom a significant and integral portion of the course is accomplished through various types of writing, and for whom a central measure of student success in the course is determined by an evaluation of student writing. Such courses should aim to expect approximately 15-20 pages of student writing, and are courses that require substantial instructor feedback informing the drafting, writing, and revision of student work. Courses designated as writing intensive may receive additional ELU loading (see “h.”). High instructional demand courses”) or may have a lower student enrollment maximum than otherwise expected. A faculty member receiving additional ELU loading under this provision will report on the outcome(s) of work performed for the additional loading as part of the Faculty Professional Annual Report (FPAR).
k. Team-taught courses: Involvement of more than one faculty member in instruction and evaluation can take two extremes (fully integrated versus fully modularized). To the extent that a course exhibits characteristics of both a modularized and integrated format, they shall be loaded at an appropriate balance between the two extremes described below. Loading in all cases shall reflect effort. Fully integrated: These courses require a high level of coordination among instructors and that all instructors must be present and involved in the majority of the class sessions (e.g. interdisciplinary courses). This method of instruction involves significant effort from all parties. Each faculty member may be awarded up to the normal ELU associated with the course for their participation in the delivery of that course. Completely modularized: In these courses, each instructor teaches one or more segments or modules that are not necessarily connected to other modules. In this instance, loading would be directly related to time (e.g., one-third of a 3-credit course would be one ELU). A faculty member receiving additional ELU loading under this provision will report on the outcome(s) of work performed for the additional loading as part of the Faculty Professional Annual Report (FPAR).
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