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The following definitions of work year, work week, and teaching load define the faculty's responsibilities to students and the University.

Work Year

The normal full-time faculty appointment year is nine (9) months, as specified in the academic calendar.

Work Week on Campus

Instructional faculty meet a significant part of their responsibilities, such as class preparation, service and professional development, off campus. However, formal teaching and/or support responsibilities, along with the need to be available to work with students and other University personnel, require a faculty member's presence on campus for a significant time period each week.

In addition to assigned teaching responsibilities, exclusive of overload, and availability on campus for service and other responsibilities, full-time instructional faculty must hold office hours for student consultation and office according to the following specifications:

• Full-time instructional faculty are to hold no fewer than eight (8) office hours per week, with no more than fifty percent (50%) of those hours offered remotely, normally spread over 3 days, regardless of course delivery method.
• Full-time faculty serving in fully remote roles are to schedule no fewer than eight (8) office hours per week, normally spread over 3 days, with one hundred percent (100%) of those hours offered remotely.
• Faculty with a reduced instructional load will schedule office hours on a prorated basis according to contact hours per week.
• Music, art, and nursing science faculty who meet with students individually on a regular basis are to schedule no fewer than five (5) office hours per week for student consultation and assistance.
• Faculty may offer all hours remotely if a remote work policy has been approved by the Dean overseeing their department. These office hours are exclusive of overload. Faculty are expected to make reasonable accommodations for students who request meetings outside of posted office hours to support student success. This policy does not supersede or replace expectations related to academic advising and registration responsibilities.

Teaching Load

The normal teaching load for full-time instructional faculty will be twelve (12) credit hours per semester or twenty-four (24) credit hours per academic year. Exceptions to the policy are listed below:

1. In cases involving studio teaching, such as in art and music, where contact hours exceed credit hours, the contact hours will not exceed an average of eighteen (18) class contact hours per semester or thirty-six (36) class contact hours per year, even if fewer than twelve (12) credit hours per semester are produced.

2. In cases involving laboratory instruction, such as in natural sciences, agriculture, and technology, the laboratory hours will be equated to credit hours on the basis of a 1:1 ratio.

3. In cases involving activity-type teaching, such as physical education, where class contact hours exceed credit hours, the contact hours per semester will not exceed an average of fifteen (15) class contact hours per semester or thirty (30) class contact hours per year, even if fewer than twelve (12) credit hours per semester are produced.

4. In cases involving a substantial number of clinical or open laboratory teaching hours, such as in nursing science, where class contact hours exceed credit hours, the normal load will consist of an average of twenty-two (22) hours per week of combined teaching and/or student conference office hours.

All full-time teaching faculty will normally be assigned full teaching loads each semester, unless there are administratively approved reductions for non-teaching assignments. If full teaching loads are not available, faculty members will be assigned other administratively approved responsibilities in order to provide a full workload.