Department Policy Statements

Electronic versions of the following approved department policy statements are available. All of these documents have been approved since January 2004. Paper copies of earlier policy statements are housed in the Office of Academic Labor Relations.

Approved policy statements

College of Arts and Sciences

DepartmentDocumentsApproved on
Biological Sciences

DPS

Workload

April 2, 2001

June 27, 2007

Chemistry July 30, 2012
Communication November 13, 2009
Comparative Religion

Summer workload

Workload

May 3, 2011

December 2010

Economics January 2024
English October 25, 2010
Geography January 20, 2011
Geosciences August 30, 2008
HistoryDPSDecember 2023
Institute of the Environment and SustainabilityDPSNovember 9, 2021
Institute for Intercultural and Anthropological StudiesDPSMarch 2023
Mathematics April 17, 2024
Philosophy

Promotion and tenure

Workload

March 21, 2005

June 8, 2005

Political ScienceDPSFebruary 29, 2016
Psychology May 2019
Public Affairs and Administration September 29, 2009
SpanishDPSAugust 2020
Sociology April 2019
Statistics June 2010
World Languages and LiteraturesDPSJuly 21, 2014

College of Aviation

DepartmentDocumentsApproved on
Aviation Approved April 25, 2012

Haworth College of Business

DepartmentDocumentsApproved on
Accountancy December 8, 2006
Business Information Systems October 2010
Management April, 2025
Marketing

Appointment and reappointment

Promotion

Sabbatical

Tenure

Tenure and promotion

Tenure track recruitment

Workload

April 2, 2007

October 2, 2012

October 2, 2012

October 2, 2012

October 2, 2012

October 2, 2012

November 2003

College of Education and Human Development

DepartmentDocumentsApproved on
Educational Leadership, Research and Technology April 2025
Family and Consumer Sciences August 30, 2008
Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies March 2013

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

DepartmentDocumentsApproved on
Chemical and Paper EngineeringDPSNovember 6, 2014
Electrical and Computer Engineering August 26, 2008
Industrial and Mechanical Engineering June 19, 2009
Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringDPSJuly, 2016

College of Fine Arts

DepartmentDocumentsApproved on
Dance March 28, 2012
School of Music 2020
Frostic School of Art November 10, 2017

College of Health and Human Services

DepartmentDocumentsApproved on
Blindness and Low Vision Studies July 11, 2012
Bronson School of Nursing March 28, 2012
Occupational Therapy July 19, 2012
Physical Therapy DPSNovember 19, 2018
Physician AssistantTerminal degrees

December 2003

June 5, 2007

School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs October 21, 2014
School of Social Work March 2023
Speech Pathology and AudiologyWorkloadDecember 2010

Others

DepartmentDocumentsApproved on
Career English Language Center for International Students August 1, 2013
University Libraries DPSAugust 2021