Effective January, 2007

Relevant BSU Policy 5354-A

SSPA Official Faculty Workload Policy

Official faculty, both tenured and tenure-track, shall adhere to the provisions of BSU Policy 5354-A, Workload for Official Faculty.

In addition, SSPA faculty shall also:

• participate effectively in each of the three major divisions of the workload – teaching, scholarship, and service. Faculty may not be relieved from the minimum responsibilities established in the university policy in any area for the academic year, with the exception of those individuals fulfilling the following administrative assignments: department chair, associate dean, or dean.
• Example: faculty receiving a grant or contract as part of the scholarship workload must also fulfill the minimum teaching responsibilities (six workload units) and the minimum service responsibilities (two workload units) prescribed in the BSU policy.
• develop the workload using the SSPA Faculty Activity Plan. The proposed workload must be approved by the chair and the dean. Faculty workload preferences will be considered; however, programmatic needs of the department/school must receive priority. Chairs have the responsibility to deliver the curriculum in a manner that allows matriculation within a reasonable time frame. This responsibility includes selection of the instructor of record, the types of courses, the location, the time of day, and day of week that courses should be scheduled each semester. 
• sabbaticals, fellowships, and other approved leaves of absence are not subject to the provisions of this policy (BSU Policy 5354-A, Section VII).