Common use of Standard Teaching Assignment Clause in Contracts

Standard Teaching Assignment. The teaching assignment for each full-time faculty Member excluding those hired at the rank of Lecturer shall be 15 course credits per year or the equivalent. The teaching assignment for each full-time faculty Member hired at the rank of Lecturer shall be 18 course credits per year or the equivalent. One 3-hour labs with a distinct preparation is the equivalent of a 3-credit course. A 3-hour lab without a distinct preparation is the equivalent of one half of a 3-credit course. For example, one course and the lab associated with the course shall be equivalent to six (6) course credits in any one term. One course and two labs associated with the course shall be equivalent to seven and one half (7.5) course credits in any one term. No Member shall be required to teach more than nine (9) course credits in any one term, unless a minimum of six (6) of those course credits are labs.