Employment Categories by Series
Regular Academic Series Faculty: Full-time faculty members (instructors or ranked) who hold at least a master’s or a doctoral degree in an area appropriate to their expertise and have had professional and/or academic experiences suitable for appointment at this level. These employees generally work a minimum of 40 hours per week and must maintain reasonable office hours. These faculty members are W-4 employees where taxes and social security are withheld from their paychecks. Regular full- time faculty members are the only employee classification eligible for University benefits. Undergraduate faculty full-time workload is 48-52 units in a calendar year and of which 4 units can be applied towards grant or publications. Regular full-time faculty roles are described in their contract as well as expectations outlines in this publication.
Clinical Series Faculty: Full-time faculty members (instructors) who hold at least a master’s degree or a doctoral degree in anarea in area appropriate to their expertise. These individuals generally have clinical experiences appropriate to their area of expertise. This group consists of faculty members who work primarily in the clinical/experiential setting. Clinical Series instructor’s jobs are described in their contract and put in their personnel files.
Clinical Series Faculty: Adjunct faculty members (instructors) who hold at least a master’s degree or a doctoral degree in an area in area appropriate to their expertise. These individuals generally have clinical experiences appropriate to their area of expertise. These individuals can be part-time or even per-diem. They could work any number of hours irregularly based on a contracted hourly rate or per-course rate. This group consists of faculty members who work in the clinical/experiential setting. Clinical Series instructor’s jobs are described in their contract and put in their personnel files.
Permanent Part-time Series: Faculty members (instructors) who hold at least a master’s or a doctoral degree in an area appropriate to their expertise. These individuals should have both academic and clinical or other professional experiences appropriate to their expertise. These individuals routinely work less than 30 hours per week and have met the 90-day probation requirements. Permanent part-time employees are not eligible for University benefits. Permanent part-time instructors may teach in the experiential/clinical setting, in the classrooms and/or labs or both.
Adjunct Faculty Series: Faculty members (instructors or ranked) who hold at least a master’s or a doctoral degreein an area appropriate to their expertise and have professional and/or academic experiences. These individuals typically teach once class per quarter or as needed.
Teaching Assistants: Assistants to faculty members. These individuals are assigned to assist the Faculty of Record who has class sizes greater than 50 students. Faculty members of Record may request in writing a teaching assistant if the class assigned meets the following requirements. 1. Greater than 50 students
Teaching Assistants may do the following to assist the Faculty of Record
- Assist with the preparation of course packets as appropriate.
- Grade paper, term papers, and examinations under the direction of the faculty of record.
- Proctor examinations as appropriate.
- Tutor students as appropriate under the directions of the Faculty of Record.
- Lead discussion groups as assigned by the Faculty of Record.
Teaching Assistants may not file the final grade because this responsibility is left to the faculty of record pursuant to University policy.