Faculty Workload and Workload Equivalents
All full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty of the department are expected to carry a maximum workload of twenty-four (24) credit hours per academic year. Full-time non-tenure track faculty members are expected to carry a maximum workload of thirty (30) credit hours per academic year. (See, relevant section of University Policy Register) The workload for each individual faculty member is assigned by the Chair with the approval of the Dean. The FAC shall advise the Chair on issues related to teaching assignments, class schedules and the appropriate application of workload equivalents. The Chair shall provide each faculty member with a statement of the faculty member's workload. For AY 2010-11, the maximum teaching-load policy shall be carried over from the previous handbook.
The following table codifies mandatory workload equivalencies that the Chair will assign each year. The Chair may also, in consultation with FAC, assign workload equivalencies for other specific duties that are considered essential to the academic mission of the Department.
Table 1. Workload Equivalents Table
|
Title/Name of Assignment |
Load Equivalent (Range) |
Frequency |
Brief Description of Duties |
|
Assistant to Chair |
3-6 |
Year |
The assistant to the chair carries out a wide range of functions assigned by the chair, e.g., assisting FEC, taking minutes at FAC and the Faculty Meting, etc. |
|
Graduate Studies Coordinator |
6 |
Year |
Overall coordination of graduate studies, including issues associated with: recruitment, retention, advising, funding, curriculum, course scheduling, etc. |
|
Undergraduate Studies Coordinator |
6 |
Year |
Overall coordination of undergraduate studies, including issues associated with: recruitment, retention, advising, curriculum, course scheduling, etc. |
|
MPA Coordinator |
6 |
Year |
Overall coordination of MPA degree, including issues associated with: recruitment, retention, advising, curriculum, course scheduling, assigning and communicating with adjunct faculty, developing and holding regular meetings with the MPA Advisory Board, coordinating and communicating with Everspring, reporting to NASPAA and maintaining records for accreditation, etc. |
|
Washington Program in National Issues |
9 |
Year |
Overall coordination of WPNI, including issues associated with: recruitment, advising, curriculum, internships, setting up briefings, etc. |
|
Columbus Program in State Issues |
9 |
Year |
Overall coordination of CPSI, including issues associated with: recruitment, advising, curriculum, internships, setting up briefings, etc. |
|
Productive research agenda |
12 |
Year |
Tenured, graduate faculty who have: 1. Satisfied 2 of the following 4 requirements: a. Served as a member (not Graduate Faculty Representative) of at least two KSU MA thesis or PhD dissertation committees (not necessarily to completion) in the past three years; b. Graded at least two qualifying examinations or field examinations during the past three years; c. Taught at least one graduate course (includes MPA courses) during the past three years (recognizing that 2 Independent Study sections or 5 Independent Study students will count as a graduate course for this requirement (and only for this requirement)); d. Participated in annual assessment of MPA Capstone projects at least twice in the past three years
2. Earned at least 30 FEC published research points (Section I.A of FEC Form) during the previous four years and nine months (See Appendix 1). |
|
Productive research agenda |
6 |
Year |
Tenured, graduate faculty who have: 1. Satisfied 2 of the following 4 requirements: a. Served as a member (not Graduate Faculty Representative) of one KSU MA thesis or PhD dissertation committees (not necessarily to completion) in the past three years; b. Graded at least one field examination during the past three years; c. Taught at least one graduate course (includes MPA courses) during the past three years (recognizing that 2 Independent Study sections or 5 Independent Study students will count as a graduate course for this requirement (and only for this requirement)); d. Participated in annual assessment of MPA Capstone projects at least once in the past three years
2. Earned at least 20 FEC published research points (Section I.A of FEC Form) during the previous four years and nine months (See Appendix 1). |
In the interest of maintaining a high standard of teaching and the desirability of faculty involvement in research and service activities, overload assignments are strongly discouraged. Overload assignments (i.e. workload assignments which total more than twenty-four (24) credit hours per academic year for tenured and tenure-track faculty and which total more than thirty (30) credit hours for full-time non-tenure-track faculty) will be made only in unusual circumstances. Such assignments require the agreement of the faculty member, and the approval of the Chair, following consultation with the FAC, and the Dean.