Scope:

This policy applies to:

Tenured faculty

• Tenure-track faculty
• Full-time non-tenure-track instructional faculty

All academic units must implement this policy in a manner consistent with SACSCOC requirements for faculty sufficiency, oversight, and credential alignment.

Definitions:

Student Credit Hour (SCH)

A unit of instructional production representing one student enrolled in one credit hour.

Faculty Workload Unit (FWU)

A comprehensive measure incorporating SCH production, research activity, and service responsibilities (including program assessment, accreditation and faculty performance evaluation requirements).

Policy Provisions:

Faculty Sufficiency and Assignment (SACSCOC 6.2c)

The University shall ensure that:

• Faculty workloads support adequate coverage of all programs and courses
• SCH assignments reflect sufficient instructional staffing
• Faculty are not assigned workloads that compromise instructional quality or student learning

Standard Workload Distribution (SACSCOC 6.3)

Faculty workloads shall include:

• Teaching: 60%
• Research/Scholarship: 20%
• Service: 20%
• Workload expectations must be:
• Clearly defined
• Consistently applied
• Subject to regular evaluation

Teaching Workload (SCH Framework)

Annual SCH Expectations

These ranges ensure:

• Adequate course coverage (SACSCOC 6.2c)