Instructional Workload Protocols (As of 2/14/08)

LABOVITZ SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

INSTRUCTIONAL CONTACT HOUR LIMITS AND PROTOCOLS 2003-2006

A. Contact Hour Limits for SBE

Table 1

Contact Hour (CH) Limits

B. Protocols

In general, all courses offered by SBE will have CH equal to course credits.

CH for concurrent sections of a course are counted only once.

For shared courses, courses for which both or all faculty are present during instruction, the total CH shall not exceed the course credits by more than 50%.

Faculty Members chairing MBA Field Research Projects will be awarded 0.2 CH per Student Credit Hour (SCH) up to a maximum of 8 CH per AY for this effort. The CH will be assigned to the Member when the student registers for MBA 8994. The DGS/MBA Director will be responsible for allocating the total MBA 8994 CH to the appropriate faculty members.

1. Independent Study (recognized for effort not overload)

0.2 CH/SCH. A student working on a UROP project shall count for 0.34 CH over the official period of the project. Accrual of CH for independent studies shall be limited to 4 CH/semester.

Acct 3191
Econ 4991
FMIS 3991
MgtS 3491
MBA 8991

2. Internships/Field Studies

0.13 CH/student up to a maximum of 8 CH/Member/AY.

Acct 3096 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
Acct 3196 Accounting Internship
FMIS 3397 SBE Internship
MgtS 3397 SBE Internship
MgtS 4496 Management Field Studies
MgtS 3997 Management of Community Projects
Econ 4397 Half-time Internship
Econ 4497 Full-time Internship

NOTE: The following SBE courses with, e.g., "Seminar" or "Special Topics", in the title are offerings similar to traditional courses. Therefore CH assigned to instructors of these courses falls under the general structure of Contact Hours equal to the course credits.

Acct 4505 Seminar in International Accounting
Econ 3595 Special Topics
Econ 5012 Economic Education
FMIS 4995 Special Topics
MgtS 4480 Special Topics
FMIS 3980 Special Topics

SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS

INSTRUCTIONAL CONTACT HOUR LIMITS AND PROTOCOLS 2003-2006

A. Contact Hour Limits for SFA.

Table 1

Contact Hour (CH) Limits

B. Protocols

GENERAL

Internships: 0.13 CH/student
Concurrent Courses: count only once

Team Taught Courses: CH are split between the instructors proportionate to their share of the course.

Graduate Thesis Courses (SFA Plan B papers): Number of credits divided by 4 for each student registered.

Independent Study: 0.2 CH/SCH (maximum of 4 CH per faculty member per semester). SFA Practice: department routinely allows up to 5 students to enroll to study with each faculty member authorized to accept Independent Study students.

ART & DESIGN SPECIFIC

Studio (lecture/lab format) Courses:
3 cr = 220 min/week = 4.4 CH
Art 4899 1 cr = 3 CH

Art Education (lecture/lab format) Courses:
Art 3806 1 cr = 80 min/week = 1.6 CH
Art 3810 2 cr = 160 min/week = 3.2 CH
Art 3811 2 cr = 160 min/week = 3.2 CH
Art 3815 4 cr = 200 min/week = 4 CH

Graphic Design Services
Art 4972 3 cr = 220 min/week = 4.4 CH
Art 4976 3 cr = 220 min/week = 4.4 CH

Seminars
Art 8903 Art teaching practicum = 60 min/week = 1.2 CH
Art 3800 1.0 CH for course
Art 5795 treat as independent study
Art 8980 0.2 CH/SCH with maximum 4.4 CH per course

MUSIC DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC

Applied Study (1.5 clock hours = 1 CH)
1 cr = 30 min/week = 0.3 CH
3 cr = 60 min/week = 0.7 CH
piano: 2 cr = 45 min/week = 0.5 CH

Master Class/Group Lessons:
This is essentially a shared class. 1 CH divided by the number of faculty members responsible for the class.

Direction and Rehearsal of Large Ensembles:
(Bands, Orchestras, Choirs)
1 clock hour = 1 CH to a maximum of 5 CH awarded per ensemble per semester.

Rehearsal of Chamber Music Ensembles and Combos:
1 CH maximum per chamber ensemble or combo per semester.

Student Teacher Supervision:
0.45 CH for each student teacher supervised.

THEATRE DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC

Performance Courses: (Lecture-demonstration/lab)
50 minutes instruction = 1 CH
55 minutes instruction = 1.1 CH (Dance studio)
60 minutes instruction = 1.2 CH (Acting studio)

Design Courses:
50 minutes instruction = 1 CH
4 cr = 220 min/week = 4.4 CH

Practica:
1 cr = 150 min/week = 3 CH
2 cr = 300 min/week = 6 CH

Shared Course
For courses in which the instructors are both or all present during instruction, total CH shall not exceed the course credits by more than 50%.

Team Taught Courses:
Th 1099 Production Practicum 1 cr = 3 CH
Th 1199 Performance Practicum I 1 cr = 3 CH
Th 1699 Running Crew Practicum 2 cr = 6 CH
Th 3099 Theatre Practicum II 2 cr = 6 CH
Th 3699 Production Management 2 cr = 6 CH

FINE ARTS COURSES: FA 1300 & FA 5300
3 cr = 280 min/week = 5.6 CH

STUDENT TEACHING SPECIFIC

Supervision of one student teacher is assigned .67 CH to accommodate the time required to implement clinical supervision. For a student teacher placed more than 40 miles from UMD (or the Twin Cities), 1.00 CH will be assigned to accommodate travel time. For supervision of a
student teacher who has failed student teaching once and is attempting a second student teaching experience, .67 CH is assigned to accommodate the additional time and assistance which the supervisor must provide. For students who must repeat student teaching, the following applies:

0.67 CH if the student is placed within 40 miles of UMD or the Twin Cities;
1.11 CH if the student is placed beyond 40 miles from UMD or the Twin Cities.

Appropriate proration of CH for less than six visits per student shall be used.

Student Teaching classes are:

SpEd 5600
EdSe 4600
Educ 4650
ElEd 4600

SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PROGRAM

INSTRUCTIONAL CONTACT HOUR LIMITS AND PROTOCOLS 2003-2006

A. Contact Hour Limits for SSP.

Table 1

Contact Hour (CH) Limits

B. Protocols

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICE PROFESSIONS

INSTRUCTIONAL CONTACT HOUR LIMITS AND PROTOCOLS 2003-2006

A. Contact Hour Limits for CEHSP.

Table 1

Contact Hour Limits

B. Protocols

Lecture: a fifty-minute class period shall constitute one Contact Hour (CH).

Team Teaching: In instances where two instructors are assigned to one class; e.g., PEP 3970 Supervised Teaching: College, 1 cr, the Contact Hours associated with the class are split equally between the two instructors.

Independent Study is eligible for Contact Hour assignment using the following formula: 0.2 per student credit hour (SCH) up to 4 CH per semester. UROP projects will count as 0.34 CH per project. Independent Study and UROP projects can be used to raise CH to full load but cannot be used to warrant overload pay.

MEd Supervision: The supervisor will receive 0.2 x SCH when student enrolls in EHS 5990.

Doctoral advising: 1 CH per year for 2 years when a faculty member is appointed as advisor/committee-chair for an Ed.D. student.

Internships and Externships (Undergraduate): Shall use the formula 0.13 x # of students enrolled, not to exceed 4 CH per semester. Exceptions are noted in department specific protocols.

Shared Teaching: where two or more instructors are in the room at the same time shall have up to 150% CH. Courses taught in this fashion need to receive prior permission from the Dean.

COMMUNICATION SCIENCES & DISORDERS SPECIFIC

Academic Faculty

CSD 8099 - Plan B project - each faculty member shall receive 1 CH per Plan B project.

Clinical Internships - CSD 8297, CSD 8097, CSD 4197 - 1 CH per student per semester, maximum of 3.0 CH and average of three students per semester.

Externship - CSD 8197 - collegiate policy for student teaching supervision is 0.45 CH for each student supervised.

Clinical Faculty

Clinic Director - 2 CH per semester, 4 per year.
Clinical Internships - CSD 4197, CSD 8097, CSD 8297 - 1 CH per student per semester, maximum of nineteen students per semester for a fulltime position.

EDUCATION SPECIFIC

For most courses, one credit of assigned teaching equals one CH. Exceptions to this rule will be described below.

Supervision of one student teacher is assigned 0.67 CH to accommodate the time required to implement clinical supervision. For a student teacher placed more than 40 miles from UMD (or the Twin Cities), 1.00 CH will be assigned to accommodate travel time. For supervision of a student teacher who has failed student teaching once and is attempting a second student teaching experience, 0.67 CH is assigned to accommodate the additional time and assistance which the supervisor must provide. For students who must repeat student teaching, the following applies:

0.67 CH if the student is placed within 40 miles of UMD or the Twin Cities;
1.11 CH if the student is placed beyond 40 miles from UMD or theTwin Cities.

Student Teaching classes are:

SpEd 5600 SpEd 4600 EdSe 4600 Educ 4650
ElEd 4600 ECh 4600 ElEd 4650

Educ 5600 and ElEd 3425 are considered Internships and shall use the formula 0.13 x # of students.

For courses which include a practicum component, the instructor shall receive 1 additional CH beyond the number of credits for the course, if the course enrollment is 10 or larger. Courses with Practicum are listed below:

ECh 3010 ECh 3020 ECh 3030 ECh 3050 Educ1100
EdSe 3205 EdSe 3206 ElEd 1010 ElEd 3325 ElEd 3355
ElEd 4344 ElEd 4366 SpEd 3103 SpEd 3105 SpEd 3205
SpEd 5103 SpEd 5105 SpEd 5204 SpEd 5205 SpEd 5551
SpEd 5382 SpEd 5452 SpEd 5455

For EnEd 4343 the instructor shall receive 1 additional CH beyond the number of credits for the course.

HPER SPECIFIC

A laboratory component of any course will receive CH equal to clock hours scheduled.

PEP 5991 follows the CEHSP internship rule.

Activity Courses
The following 1 credit classes are activity courses. One CH per section:
PE 1200 1220 1300 1302 1304 1400 1402 1410 1414 1500
1502 1504 1506 1507 1508 1510 1511 1512 1530 1600
1601 1612 1613 1614 1616 1620 1702 1706 1708 1710

Methods Courses
The following 1 credit methods classes shall count as 2 CH:
PEP 1010 1020 1400 1504 1507 1700 1710
3501 3505 3506 3508 3509 3520

The following 2 credit methods classes shall count as 3 CH:
PEP 3126
PEP 1310 1600 3507

The following 2 credit outdoor recreation classes shall count as 3 CH:
REC 1202 1203 1204

The following 3 credit outdoor recreation classes shall count as 4 CH:
EnEd 4343 EnEd 4410 REC 2300

The following are American Red Cross methods classes:
PE 2240 shall equal 2 CH PE 2244 shall equal 3 CH

Practicums
CC 3997 is a practicum. The formula for computing is 0.1 multiplied by the number of students enrolled. This course cannot be used for overload.

PEP 4997 is a practicum. The formula for computing CH is 0.2 multiplied by the number of students enrolled. This course can be used for overload.

PEP 4996, Rec 4996, and Hlth 4996 are internships. The formula for computing CH is 0.25 x number of students enrolled.

PSYCHOLOGY SPECIFIC

The following courses are independent study courses and follow the formula 0.2 x SCH up to a maximum of 4 CH per semester (not to be used in overload pay):
Psy 3991 Projects in Psychology Psy 3994 Directed Research
Psy 3995 Research in Psychology Psy 3997 Honors Project
Psy 3998 Honors Research Psy 3999 Directed Instruction
Psy 5990 Graduate Project

Experimental lab courses shall count 1 CH for each 1 hour lab section (Psy 3021 & 3022).

Psy 3996 is considered an internship and shall follow this formula: 0.25 x # of students.

The Graduate Practicum counts as follows:
Psy 8101 Practicum: Developmental Outreach 5 (1 CH per student)
Psy 8297, 8497, 8697, 8897 Internship II: Individual 3 (.6 perstudent)
Psy 8197, 8397, 8597, 8797 Internship I: Group 3 (.6 per student)

Plan B
Psy 5061, 5062 Research Problems (.2 x SCH)

SOCIAL WORK SPECIFIC

Field I (SW 8801) and Field II (SW 8802) will count as 3 CH each semester when taught sequentially through the year. Field II (SW8802) taught as a block during spring only will count as 2.5 CH.

Fourteen (14) CH per year for Plan B supervision shall be distributed over eligible Social Work faculty.

Intro to Research (SW 8101) and Advanced Research (SW 8102) will count 2 CH each.
Project Seminar I (SW 8103) will count for one CH.
Project Seminar II (SW 8104) contact hours are part of the contact hours awarded for Plan B supervision.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

INSTRUCTIONAL CONTACT HOUR LIMITS AND PROTOCOLS 2003-2006

A. Contact Hour Limits for CLA.

Table 1

Contact Hour Limits

B. Protocols

General: 50 minutes of classroom contact will be assigned one Contact Hour (CH) and therefore, in CLA, the number of CH will usually equal the course credits.

For Internships: 0.13 CH/student, up to 8 CH/academic year.

CH for concurrent sections of a course are counted only once.

For team taught courses where only one instructor is with the class at a time, CH are split proportionately.

For shared courses, courses for which both or all of the faculty are present during instruction, the total CH shall not exceed the course credits by more than 50%.

Engl 5902 and Engl 5922 include a practicum component. If the enrollment is 10 or more, the instructor shall receive 1 CH beyond the number of credits for the course.

For Independent Studies the instructor shall receive 0.2 CH for each Student Credit Hour (SCH). For a student in a UROP project the instructor shall be credited with 0.34 CH over the official period of the project. Accrual of CH for independent studies shall be limited to 8 CH/year. Independent Study counts for load but not for overload.

For Seminars, the instructor shall receive CH equal to the course credits.

For Graduate Thesis Credit (8777 and 8888) the instructor shall receive 0.25 CH/SCH.

SPECIAL CASES:
Geography labs will normally have CH equal to course credits unless the instructor is not in the lab all of the time; in that case the CH are pro-rated.

STUDENT TEACHING SPECIFIC

Supervision of one student teacher is assigned 0.67 CH to accommodate the time required to implement clinical supervision. For a student teacher placed more than 40 miles from UMD (or the Twin Cities), 1.00 CH will be assigned to accommodate travel time. For supervision of a
student teacher who has failed student teaching once and is attempting a second student teaching experience, 0.67 CH is assigned to accommodate the additional time and assistance which the supervisor must provide. For students who must repeat student teaching, the
following applies:
0.67 CH if the student is placed within 40 miles of UMD or the Twin Cities;
1.11 CH if the student is placed beyond 40 miles from UMD or theTwin Cities.
Appropriate proration of CH for less than six visits per student shall be used.

Student Teaching classes are:
SpEd 5600 EdSe 4600 EdSe 5215 Educ 4650 ElEd 4600

SWENSON COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

INSTRUCTIONAL CONTACT HOUR LIMITS AND PROTOCOLS 2003-2006

A. Contact hour limits for CSE.

Table 1

Contact Hour (CH) Limits

B. Protocols

Independent study/research and UROP count in load but do not qualify for overload pay. This exclusion does not apply to Plan A or Plan B students.

Internships/Coops: 0.13 CH/student, maximum of 8 CH/AY.

Concurrent Courses: CH count only once.

Team Taught Courses: CH are split between the instructors proportionate to their time.

Shared Courses: When more than one instructor is present at the same time, up to 150% total CH can be allocated proportionately.

Graduate Students--Plan B:
Chemistry & Geology: 0.33 CH per paper/project for a maximum of 1.33 CH/student
Biology, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics & Statistics: 1.33 CH/student completion of Plan B.

Seminar: CH equals course credits except in Chem where it is 1 CH/course.

Independent Study/Research at undergrad and grad level: 1 CH/student/semester.

UROP and REU 0.67 CH/project.

Lab courses in which the instructor for the course is present at all of the lab hours: CH equals scheduled hours regardless of whether a TA is present. For Biology, if there are multiple sections with the instructor present full-time in one lab and supervising a GTA in the other lab sections, the instructor receives full scheduled hours for the one lab plus one additional CH for each additional lab.

For Labs/Recitations, of large lecture courses, run by TAs
If there is a scheduled weekly meeting with the TAs as a group:
1 plus 0.3 for each section taught by a GTA (Chem lab/rec=1 sec)
1 plus 0.6 for each section taught by an UGTA
If there is no weekly group meeting scheduled:
0.3 for each section taught by a GTA
0.6 for each section taught by an UGTA

BIOLOGY SPECIFIC

Undergraduate TAs are enrolled in Biol 3993. The faculty member will receive 0.13 CH for each person enrolled in this course but no additional instructional workload credit for these students as UGTAs.

Graduate Students--Plan A: 1 CH/term/student listed with a faculty member as adviser for a maximum of 4 per semester.

CHEMISTRY SPECIFIC

Chem 4242, 4641, 4642, 4434, 4632 CH = lecture hours + 1/2 scheduled lab hours.
Chem 4363, 4364 (2 cr) Instructor receives CH = 1/2 scheduled lab hours

Graduate Students--Plan A: .4/credit hour, maximum of 4/student over the course of the program. Ph.D. students--6 CH over the course of the program.

COMPUTER SCIENCE SPECIFIC

CS 1011, 1511, 1521, 2511, 2521 use the lab/recitation protocol. All other courses use CH=credit hours except for independent study, internship, thesis research, etc.

Graduate Students--Plan A: 1 CH/term/student listed with a faculty member as adviser for a maximum of 4 per semester.

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING SPECIFIC

ECE 4899, 4999 = 1 CH/student ECE 4951 = 5 CH

GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES SPECIFIC

Courses having scheduled field trips assign 1.0 CH for each 15 hours of field trip time, with a maximum of 10 hours of field trip time per day and 30 hours of field trip time per course. For the department as a whole, no more than 17 CH shall be assigned for field trips per year.

Graduate Students--Plan A: .4/credit hour, maximum of 4/student over the course of the program. Ph.D. students--6 CH over the course of the program.

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING SPECIFIC

Safe 6997 = .5 CH/student.

MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SPECIFIC

Math tutorial project: 0.13 CH/student to a maximum of 1 CH.
Math 1141, 3298, 3280, and all others with lab, and 1290 when it is taught in the small lecture format, CH = credit hours

Graduate Students--Plan A: .4/credit hour, maximum of 4/student over the course of the program. Ph.D. students 6 CH over the course of the program.

PHYSICS SPECIFIC

Physics tutorial project: 0.13 CH/student to a maximum of 1 CH.

Graduate Students--Plan A: .4/credit hour, maximum of 4/student over the course of the program. Ph.D. students 6 CH over the course of the program.