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<span style=""><b>From: </b></span><span style="">Josephine Durkin <Josephine.Durkin@tamuc.edu><br>
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<span style=""><b>Subject: </b></span><span style=""><b>Re: Faculty Workload Policy</b><br>
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<span style=""><b>Date: </b></span><span style="">November 6, 2024 at 2:04:49 PM CST<br>
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<span style=""><b>To: </b></span><span style="">Yasemin Atinc <Yasemin.Atinc@tamuc.edu>, Stephen Starnes <Stephen.Starnes@tamuc.edu>, Stephen Furlich <Stephen.Furlich@tamuc.edu>, Brad Klypchak <Brad.Klypchak@tamuc.edu>, Brandon Randolph-Seng <Brandon.Randolph-Seng@tamuc.edu>,
 Carlos Bertulani <Carlos.Bertulani@tamuc.edu>, Carrie Klypchak <Carrie.Klypchak@tamuc.edu>, Dongmei Cheng <Dongmei.Cheng@tamuc.edu>, Hongmei Jia <Hongmei.Jia@tamuc.edu>, Hunkar Gizem Yesilyurt <HunkarGizem.Yesilyurt@tamuc.edu>, Jason Davis <Jason.Davis@tamuc.edu>,
 Jeanette Vaughan <Jeanette.Vaughan@tamuc.edu>, Jimmy Womack <James.Womack@tamuc.edu>, Julee Walker DMA <Julee.Walker@tamuc.edu>, Julia Ballenger <Julia.Ballenger@tamuc.edu>, Kelly Featherston <Kelly.Featherston@tamuc.edu>, Leslie Ekpe <Leslie.Ekpe@tamuc.edu>,
 Maggie Salem <Maggie.Salem@tamuc.edu>, MaryJo Dondlinger <MaryJo.Dondlinger@tamuc.edu>, Mei Jiang <Mei.Jiang@tamuc.edu>, Nikolay Sirakov <Nikolay.Sirakov@tamuc.edu>, Omar Elariss <Omar.El.Ariss@tamuc.edu>, Ozum Yesiltas PhD <Ozum.Yesiltas@tamuc.edu>, Rusty
 Fox <Rusty.Fox@tamuc.edu>, Tami Morton <Tami.Morton@tamuc.edu>, William Kuracina <William.Kuracina@tamuc.edu>, Adam Northam <Adam.Northam@tamuc.edu>, Zachary Palmer <Zachary.Palmer@tamuc.edu>, Avril Knox <Avril.Knox@tamuc.edu><br>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">Attached is the workload policy on the CHSSA site. </div>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">The Department of Art is currently in the process of revisiting our workload policy. We will be meeting to discuss this later this month, and I will report back once an updated version is available. </div>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">Short version:</div>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light","Helvetica Light",sans-serif,"Helvetica Light",EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols; font-size:13.3333px">All,
 or most full-time </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light","Helvetica Light",sans-serif,"Helvetica Light",EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols; font-size:13.3333px">faculty in the
 Department of Art (VisCom in Dallas and all art classes in Commerce), as well as non-tenure track faculty,<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light","Helvetica Light",sans-serif,"Helvetica Light",EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols; font-size:13.3333px">exceed </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light","Helvetica Light",sans-serif,"Helvetica Light",EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols; font-size:13.3333px">the
 current workload policy through </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light","Helvetica Light",sans-serif,"Helvetica Light",EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols; font-size:13.3333px">studio
 classes, lecture courses or a  combination of lecture and studio courses (depending on area of concentration and scheduling).</span><br>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">Currently, our three credit hour studio courses (Commerce Campus) are twice as long as standard lecture courses (we currently meet for about 5.75 contact hours each week for each, three-credit class) - so a typical 4/4
 lecture course  load plus research and service would equate to a 2/2 studio course load (plus research and service). </div>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">Historically, and also, currently, faculty exceed the CHSSA workload via course equivalent. Each full-time faculty member teaches a 3/3 or 3/2 - both well over the equivalent contact hours, in addition to individual
 graduate meetings, reviews, etc. Plus research and service. Due to the overage, graduate work (individual studio visits with students and reviews) straddles and/or falls into the service category, as it is unpaid teaching, unless a faculty member is running
 a graduate course beyond studio visits and reviews with grads.</div>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">Non-tenure track faculty (teaching only) teach a 4/4 (contact hours are double as they are studio courses - so well beyond a 5/5). </div>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">Again, we are in the process of revisiting our workload policy while simultaneously workshopping new course rotations. I appreciate the recommended examples provided yesterday, and will share these as we work on
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">Any questions, please let me know!</div>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">Thank you,</div>
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<font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>Yasemin Atinc<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, November 6, 2024 2:10:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>Stephen Starnes; Stephen Furlich; Brad Klypchak; Brandon Randolph-Seng; Carlos Bertulani; Carrie Klypchak; Dongmei Cheng; Hongmei Jia; Hunkar Gizem Yesilyurt; Jason Davis; Jeanette Vaughan; Jimmy Womack;
 Josephine Durkin; Julee Walker DMA; Julia Ballenger; Kelly Featherston; Leslie Ekpe; Maggie Salem; MaryJo Dondlinger; Mei Jiang; Nikolay Sirakov; Omar Elariss; Ozum Yesiltas PhD; Rusty Fox; Tami Morton; William Kuracina; Adam Northam; Zachary Palmer; Avril
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<b>Subject:</b><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>Fwd: Faculty Workload Policy</font>
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<div dir="ltr">Per our conversation yesterday, I am forwarding you Dr. Starnes’s findings on workload policy.</div>
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<div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>Stephen Starnes <<a href="mailto:Stephen.Starnes@tamuc.edu">Stephen.Starnes@tamuc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>October 31, 2024 at 1:23:29 AM GMT+3<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>Zachary Palmer <<a href="mailto:Zachary.Palmer@tamuc.edu">Zachary.Palmer@tamuc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>Yasemin Atinc <<a href="mailto:Yasemin.Atinc@tamuc.edu">Yasemin.Atinc@tamuc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Faculty Workload Policy</b><br>
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<div style="margin:0in; font-size:12pt; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">I have finally read through the Faculty Workload Policies that I received. Of the 27 departments, 8 did not respond to my request for information over their policy.</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0in; font-size:12pt; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">It looks like the majority of department’s have not constructed a policy to fit their own department. Most seem to simply resort to the general University or
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<div style="margin:0in; font-size:12pt; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">A handful of departments (maybe 3-4 it seems), have somewhat explicit policy stating course reductions can be had for significant scholarly, administrative, or
 service work. After the course reduction, documentation must follow to demonstrate that the time was used productively.</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0in; font-size:12pt; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">The departments whose policy seems to be the best (most explicit in defining workload), based on those sent to me, seem to be History, Political Science, Physics
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