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CURRENT MINISESSION DATES

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A course taught during the min session is NOT considered part of a faculty member’s teaching load for the previous or following semester.  A faculty member can only teach four hours per mini session.

 

MINISESSION CLASS ENROLLMENT POLICIES AND PAY SCHEDULE

Minimum enrollment: 15 for undergraduate and 10 for graduate courses.
Maximum enrollment: to be determined by department and college.

The pay schedule for faculty teaching alternative learning courses will vary according to enrollment.

a. Faculty pay for undergraduate and graduate alternative learning courses that meet minimum enrollment (15 for undergraduate and 10 for graduate courses)

• Professor out-of-load $1,400 per credit hour
• Associate Professor out-of-load $1,200 per credit hour
• Assistant Professor out-of-load $1,100 per credit hour
• Instructor $1,000 per credit hour
• Adjunct $875 per credit hour

 

b. Faculty pay for alternative learning courses that have the following enrollments:

Undergraduate classes with 10 to 14 students enrolled

For an undergraduate course with 10 to 14 students enrolled, the faculty member would receive compensation of:

• Professor out-of-load $93.33 per student per credit hour
• Associate Professor out-of-load $80.00 per student per credit hour
• Assistant Professor out-of-load $73.33 per student per credit hour
• Instructor $66.67 per student per credit hour
• Adjunct $58.33 per student per credit hour

Approval from the Chair/Director and Dean will be required.

Graduate classes with 6 to 9 students enrolled

A graduate course with 6 to 9 students enrolled, the faculty member would receive compensation of:

• Professor out-of-load $140.00 per student per credit hour
• Associate Professor out-of-load $120.00 per student per credit hour
• Assistant Professor out-of-load $110.00 per student per credit hour
• Instructor $100.00 per student per credit hour
• Adjunct $87.50 per student per credit hour

Approval from the Chair/Director and Dean will be required.

c. Faculty pay for classes with both undergraduate and graduate components

If a course has both an undergraduate and graduate component, the course pay will reflect the component of which the majority of students are enrolled. In the event of 50/50 enrollment, the faculty pay will reflect the higher scale.

For alternative learning classes with undergraduate enrollments of fewer than 10 students and graduate classes with fewer than 6 students, the chairs/directors must initiate a memo to the Provost through their Dean detailing why it is critical that the courses be taught (for example, the course is only taught once per year and several students need it to graduate within a given time period). The Dean and the Provost will review the requests and make a final decision as to whether the course will be offered.

WHEN WILL I GET PAID FOR TEACHING MINISESSION?

If you teach a spring minisession (December and January) class, you will be paid at the end of January.

If you teach a summer minisession (May) class, you will be paid at the end of June.

If you teach a fall minisession (August) class, you will be paid at the end of September.

Minisession payments will be added to your regular check.  If you don’t teach in the summer, you will receive a special check in June.

CLASSROOM SCHEDULING

Classroom scheduling for Minisessions will be done in the traditional manner through Ad Astra.