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A faculty member at Colgate is expected to participate acti= vely in the life of the college, both inside and outside of the classroom. = The responsibilities of faculty members for teaching and advising students,= scholarly activity, and service to the University community cannot easily = be divided, counted, and credited. The following is then intended to serve = as a guideline for faculty members. Questions should be directed to departm= ent chairs or division directors.
1. Teaching Loads and Load Credits The nor= mal teaching load is five units (or =E2=80=9Cload credits=E2=80=9D) per yea= r with no more than three load credits in a single semester. The teach= ing of one course usually equals one load credit, although the Dean=E2=80= =99s Advisory Council has approved the following standards:
a. With prior approval from the Division Di= rector and Associate Dean of Faculty, a faculty member may earn two load cr= edits for courses with an enrollment limit of at least 70 students and an a= ctual enrollment of 60 or more students.
b. Load credit for team-taught classes will= normally depend on the level of the course. Two load credits will normally= be given for a 100 or 200 level course with 50 or more students, a 300 lev= el course with at least 40 students, or a 400 level course with at least 25= students. Faculty should secure approval from the appropriate division dir= ector prior to scheduling a team taught course,
c. Laboratory sessions receive fractional l= oad credit: 1/3 if regularly scheduled for less than three hours per week, = 1/2 if regularly scheduled at least three hours per week.
d. In the event that a faculty member earns= more or less than the expected load over a given year, an adjusted teachin= g assignment should be arranged by the faculty member, department chair, an= d division director within the following academic year. Over- and under-loa= d credits may not be carried over for more than one year without prior perm= ission from the Division Director and Associate Dean of Faculty.
With prior approval from the Associate Dean of the Faculty,= courses taught by full-time faculty beyond the usual five may be compensat= ed at 10 percent of the faculty member's current salary (with an upper and = lower limit that changes annually). Because overload teaching may detract f= rom a faculty member's scholarly time, compensated overloads should occur n= o more than once every three years.
Load credit is also earned for certain administrative assig= nments, such as department chair or division director, subject to rule= s established by the Dean of the Faculty. Load credits may only be earned i= n the fall or spring terms.
In addition to the regular classroom responsibilities, it i= s assumed that members of the faculty will be willing to supervise a l= imited number of undergraduate independent study and/or honors projects. No= rmally, a faculty member should not supervise more than five such projects = in any one term.
= 2. Load Cards At the be= ginning of each term, faculty members complete load cards providing data on= courses taught, the number of students in each, office hours, and location= of classes. Load cards should be completed and returned to department chai= rs for review. The load cards will then be sent to division directors, who = will forward them to the Dean of the Faculty.
= 3. Scheduling of Teaching Respon= sibilities Advance planning of teaching responsibilities is essent= ial in order to adequately staff the various University academic programs. = Such planning is usually done two years in advance on a tentative basis. Sc= heduling of teaching responsibilities is primarily the task of department c= hairs, working with faculty and leaders of other University programs.
4. Academic Advising Every student a= t Colgate has two advisers, a faculty academic adviser and an administrativ= e adviser. The general responsibility of faculty advisers is to help studen= ts formulate and fulfill their academic plans. To meet this advising goal, = faculty are asked to assume responsibility for discussing and processing ac= ademic record forms in areas such as course registration, course withdrawal= , and academic leaves of absence.
a. First-Year Student and Sophomore Advising The student=E2=80=99s first-year seminar instructor will become their aca= demic adviser for the student=E2=80=99s first two years. One of the princip= al goals of advising for first-year students is to insure that students, in= consultation with their first-year seminar instructor, begin to plan their= academic program for the next three terms. The Colgate curriculum features= a wide variety of choices for students, and the multitude of programs, req= uirements, and options may tend to overwhelm the beginning student. Careful= planning in consultation with the student=E2=80=99s academic adviser is es= sential if the student is to take full advantage of the range of educationa= l experiences offered by Colgate.
Special attention should be = paid to designing a program of study which will permit the student to satis= fy general education requirements, complete prerequisite courses for partic= ular concentrations, study groups or pre-professional programs (especially = in the health sciences), and explore a number of different disciplines in t= he liberal arts.
If the first-year seminar in= structor will be on leave or away from campus for other reasons for one or = more of the following terms, the seminar instructor, with the assistance of= their department chair, will reassign the students to another adviser with= in the same department. Each transfer student is assigned an academic advis= er based upon that student=E2=80=99s projected class year, area of interest= and projected concentration and in consultation with academic departments,= the administrative adviser to transfer students, and the Associate Registr= ar.
b. Junior and Senior Advising Students sele= ct an official =E2=80=9Cconcentration=E2=80=9D or major no later than March= of the sophomore year, prior to Early Course Registration for the fol= lowing fall term (for details on selecting a concentration, see Section IV.= A.3). Faculty members also serve as academic advisers for juniors and senio= rs in the department of concentration, and assist students in making postgr= aduate plans.
= 5. Office Hours Each me= mber of the faculty is expected to post and keep reasonable and regular off= ice hours during the term (three to four hours/week is a minimum).
= 6. Other Responsibilities In addition to their teaching and advising responsibilities, faculty mem= bers are expected to participate in the necessary work of departmental, div= isional, and college-wide committees and groups. First-year faculty do not = normally serve on University or Faculty committees, but do participate in d= epartmental meetings and in meetings of the Faculty. Elections to Universit= y and Faculty committees are held at Faculty Meetings. The Faculty Nominati= ng Committee generally attempts to survey faculty members=E2=80=99 interest= s in particular governance units prior to making nominations.