Since Faculty are expected to devote their full time to the College, they may undertake no regular outside employment without permission of the Dean of the Faculty. (Passed April 30, 1974)

During each semester, beginning in the Spring Term of 1975, there shall be a student evaluation of each course offered. The form of the questionnaire is left to the discretion of each department. The results from the student evaluation of each course shall be forwarded to the individual and the chair of the department. (Passed November 12, 1974)

Teaching Load

The regular teaching load for all full time Faculty members consists of 10 courses every two years, i.e., four regular academic terms in succession. The starting date for all the biennia in a department shall be shall be September 1 of the academic year. New Faculty will begin the biennium on September 1 of the academic year in which they are hired. Normally, the phasing of a biennium with the calendar will not change. No more than three courses may be taught each term; exceptions may occur only when unusual circumstances, e.g., unanticipated enrollments necessitate the formation of extra sections or laboratories; such exceptions are to be determined by the department chair or program director in consultation with the Dean of the Faculty and the Faculty member concerned. Such consultation and determination of exceptions shall take place within the context of guidelines established by the Faculty of the department concerned. In these cases, the best interests of the department and the College must be taken into account.

The following rules define the standard course:

I. Classes without laboratories:

A.All classes regularly scheduled for 150 minutes/week for the entire semester count as 1.0 course. Some classes meet for longer class times because of the nature of the work, [e.g., Math. 100], many dance classes or choir [Music 103, 104]; each such class will also count as 1.0 course.

B.Classes regularly scheduled for 75 minutes/week for the entire semester count as 0.5 course.

C.Classes regularly scheduled for 150 minutes/week for half the semester calendar count as 0.5 course.

D.Classes regularly scheduled for 300 minutes/week for the entire semester, when the additional meeting time is due to intensive work such as completing a year's work in a single semester, e.g., double-credit language classes, count as 2.0 courses.

E.Directing a major production in the performing arts, e.g., Theatre and Dance or Music, counts as 1.0 course.

F.Classes in Studio Arts regularly scheduled for 180 minutes/week for the entire semester calendar count as 1.0 course.

G.Physical Education classes scheduled for about 100 minutes/week for half a semester count as 0.25 course; in addition, acting as head coach for an entire season for one intercollegiate team, when such duties include recruiting, supervising daily practice and games, scouting and athletic counseling, counts as 1.5 courses; acting as assistant coach for an entire season for one intercollegiate team counts as 0.75 course.

II. Classes with laboratories or practica. When laboratories or practica are attached to a lecture section and bear the same number as that section followed by "L," then:

A.All lectures scheduled for 150 minutes/week for the entire semester count as 1.0 course.

B.Laboratories count as 1.0 course if

1. the single laboratory section enrolls all of the students from the lecture required or electing to be enrolled in the laboratory, or

2. there is more than one laboratory attached to a single lecture, and the number of students enrolled in each laboratory is 24 or greater.

C. Otherwise each laboratory counts as 0.5 course, except that in consideration of safety or important pedagogical values, the department chair and/or program director, in consultation with the Dean of the Faculty and the individual Faculty member, may decide to allow laboratory sections to count as 1.0 course each. Such consultation and determination of equivalencies shall take place within the context of guidelines established by the Faculty of the department concerned. In these cases, the best interests of the department and the College must be taken into account.

D. Each practicum [e.g., Engin. 115] counts as 0.25 course.

III.The administrative duties of department chairs, program directors, and the Secretary of the Faculty normally count as the equivalent of 1.0 course each semester.

IV.In any biennium in which a Faculty member takes a one semester sabbatical leave, the Faculty member will teach the equivalent of at least seven courses in the remainder of the biennium. In any biennium in which a Faculty member takes a one semester quadrennial leave, or other leave of absence, the Faculty member will teach the equivalent of at least eight courses in the remainder of the biennium; in any biennium in which a Faculty member takes two terms off (quadrennial leave and/or leave of absence), the Faculty member will teach the equivalent of at least sixcourses in the remainder of the biennium.

Exceptions:

1.A faculty member who combines a one-semester quadrennial or junior faculty leave with a leave of absence fully or partially funded by a non-Trinity grant or fellowship will teach the equivalent of at least five courses in the remainder of the biennium.

2.A Faculty member who elects to extend either a quadrennial leave or junior faculty leave over a full year and elects to teach only five courses in the designated biennium, may request that 40% of the contract salary be pro-rated over the year of leave.

(Revised May 4, 2004)

V.Teaching done on an optional, individual basis, and not regularly scheduled, e.g., independent studies, senior thesis, honors thesis, internships, will not normally count as part of the 10 courses/two years.

VI.In the event that special considerations lead to requests for an exception to the preceding rules for calculating a Faculty member's teaching load, it is the responsibility of the department chair or program director in consultation with the Dean of the Faculty and the Faculty member concerned to decide whether or not an exception will be permitted and to determine equivalencies between teaching assignments and courses. Such consultation and determination of equivalencies shall take place within the context of guidelines established by the Faculty of the department concerned. Examples of special considerations include the need for special laboratories or studios, an especially heavy load of individual study projects, unusually large enrollments, recurring small enrollments and exceptional ease or difficulty in preparation or teaching of a course. In these cases, the best interests of the department and the College must be taken into account.

(Passed April 30, 1974; Revised November 13, 1984; Revised June, 2002)