Policies, Forms, and Funding

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  • Bylaws
  • Teaching
  • Technology
  • Office Closings
  • Grants
• Forms

Policies

Bylaws

• College and Department Bylaws

Teaching

Policy for Teaching Load Credit For Graduate Thesis and Project Directors

(July 2, 2012)

Teaching responsibilities associated with directing graduate theses and graduate projects can require a substantial amount of time and expertise from faculty members. In response, the College of Liberal Arts awards teaching load credit for full members of the graduate faculty who direct a master’s thesis or a master’s project.

Qualifications

• A full-time BUFM who teaches a full teaching load, as identified in the department workload plan and who meets the School of Graduate Studies’ qualifications; or
• A full-time BUFM who teaches less than a full teaching load, as identified in the department workload plan, due to administrative assignments and who meets the School of Graduate Studies’ qualifications; and,
• The student’s successful completion of the thesis or project.

Teaching Load Credit

• A faculty member may earn a one-course reduction when he or she has directed a total of 21 graduate semester credit hours related to graduate theses or graduate projects.
• The hours may be accumulated over several years, e.g., a faculty member may direct six hours in year one, twelve hours in year two, and three hours in year three.
• Quarter credit hours will be converted to semester credit hours by multiplying the number of quarter credits by .66
• Faculty members applying for a course reduction must fill out the application form
• The course reduction
  • must be taken upon the mutual agreement of the faculty member and the faculty members’ home department chair;
  • may be granted during the academic year, not including summer terms; and,
  • is limited to one course per term

Teaching Load Reduction for Graduate Thesis-Project Director Criteria (PDF)

Fillable Teaching Load Reduction Form (PDF)

Team Teaching

Faculty wishing to develop a team-taught course should present a one-page proposal describing course content and faculty responsibilities to the chair(s) of their department(s). Chairs will forward recommended courses to the Associate Dean who will give final approval to courses appropriately fulfilling college and university priorities for curricular and faculty development.

The college will count the course as a regular load course for both faculty members when:

1. The course is a special-topic offering rather than a routinely offered class, and
2. The course is offered for the first time

Subsequent offerings of the course must also have a minimum enrollment of 40 students to count as regular load courses for both faculty members.

Team Teaching Policy (PDF)

Technology

University Policies dealing with Technology:

• Wright State University IT Security Policy
• World Wide Web
• Wright State University Network
• Responsible Use of University Computing Resources

Faculty Computer Initiative

Faculty Computer Initiative (PDF)

Office Closings

Process for Closing Offices

Ideally, department offices would remain open during the workday. Practically, there will be times when a staff member or student worker is not available. These should be minimized, but if they are necessary please follow the following procedure:

• Notify the COLA office that you will be closed.
• Put the office phone on voice mail or, with agreement from the recipient, forward the phone to another office.  If you are using voice mail make sure the message indicates how long it will take to get a response.
• If the office will be closed for more than a day, put a vacation message on the email that indicates where people should go for assistance.
• Put a notice on the door indicating how long the office will be closed. Indicate where the visitor can go for help. This can be the COLA office.
• If there is no one in the outer office but there are faculty available and willing to respond to visitors, leave the door open and put a bell and sign on the desk.
• If there is no office staff and the office door is locked but faculty need to have office hours, consider buying a battery operated doorbell that can be placed outside the door with a sign.

Grants

• Guidelines for Dean's Fund Diversity grants
• Guidelines for Experiential Learning grants

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Forms

• Leave Request Form (PDF)
• Outside Employment Form (PDF)
• Professional Development Fund Request Form (PDF)