Memoranda and Policies 

Instructional

1.1. Guidelines for Enrollments - Fall, Spring and Summer -Revised (February 2022)

1.2   Class Meetings (February 2015)

1.3   Office Hours Policy (April 2015)

1.4   Policy on Intercampus Travel for Faculty- (Revised August 2021)

1.5  Distance Learning Scope and Policies (February 2024)

1.6   Administration of Student Perception of Teaching (SPOT) Forms (Revised April 2024)

1.7   Guidelines for Course Syllabi (August 2024) -Revised

1.7.1  Course Syllabus Template (April 2022) (downloadable Word doc)

1.8   Definition of a Credit Hour (September 2022)

1.9   Full-time Undergraduate Enrollment (November 2013) - Repealed 8/13/15

1.10   Undergraduate Courses & Grades Degree Coursework Requirements (February 2017)

1.11   Faculty Absence and Leave Request (April 2017)

1.12   Procedures for Selecting Textbooks for Affordability (February 2018)

1.13   Increasing Lower Division Honors Courses at the Jupiter Campus (August 2019)

1.14   Deadline for Late Drops and Withdrawals (January 2020)

1.15   Expectations for Use of Canvas and Submission of Early Alerts (September 2021)

1.16   Policy Rider: Adjustments or Modifications to Academic Policies during an Emergency (May 2020)

1.17 Guidance on Student Recordings of Class Lectures (July 2021)

1.17.1 First Supplemental FAQ on Student Recordings of Class Lectures (September 2021)

1.18 Chairing Dissertations

1.19  Guidance on Senate Bill 266

Faculty Toolkit for Regulation 4.001 Code of Academic Integrity

Personnel

2.1   Qualifications   

     2.1.1   Faculty Search and Hiring Procedures (September 2023)

     2.1.2   Video: Training on Faculty Search Committees and Sunshine Laws (9.24.18)

     2.1.3  Policy on Qualification of Instructors (October 2023)

     2.1.4   Credentialing Manual (May 2015)

2.2   Appointments and Positions

     2.2.1   Policy on Affiliate Faculty Appointments (December 2020)

     2.2.2   Appointment and Promotion of Assistant Scholars/ Assistant Scientists / Assistant Engineers / Assistant Research Professors (April 2015)

     2.2.3   Appointment and Promotion of Instructors and Lecturers (April 2015)

     2.2.4   Job Description - Library Department Heads - Revised (March 2011) 

     2.2.5   Job Description - Department Chairs / School Directors - Revised (March 2011)

     2.2.7   Policy on Evaluation of Eminent Scholars (August 2015)

     2.2.8   Guidelines for Third Year Reviews - Revised (March 2019)

     2.2.9   Policy and Procedures for Faculty Transfers - Revised (August 2015)

     2.2.10 Policy on Temporary Academic Administrative Appointments (August 2015)

     2.2.11 Guidelines for Joint Tenure-Track Faculty Appointments between an Academic Unit and a Pillar Center or Institute (May 2016)

     2.2.12 Candidates for Tenure as a Condition of Employment (January 2020)

     2.2.13 Guidelines for Waived Recruitment of Academic Personnel - AMP and SP employees (Feb 2023)

2.3   Emeritus

     2.3.1   Policy on Emeritus Scholar/Scientist/Engineer/Research Professor (April 2014)

     2.3.2   Policy on Emeritus Faculty - Revised (March 2022)

     2.3.3   Policy on Librarian Emeritus -   Revised (August 2015)

2.4   Assignments and Evaluation

     2.4.1   Supervision of Academic Work by Relatives - Revised (August 2015)

     2.4.2   Faculty Summer Assignment Guidelines - Revised (August 2015)

     2.4.3   Faculty Assignment Guidelines (March 2024)

     2.4.4   Faculty Annual Evaluation Timeline

     2.4.5   Sustained Performance Evaluation Policy

     2.4.6   Faculty Evaluation Standards Conceptual Definitions (2015)

     2.4.7   Faculty Overload Assignments and Additional Compensation (May 2020)

     2.4.8   Considerations for 2020 Evaluations (April 2020)

     2.4.9   Evaluation of Academic Administrators-Revised (May 2023)

 

Academic Programs

3.1  Accreditation Procedures - Revised (May 2018)

3.2  New Degree Program Approval Process (March 2020)

3.3  Academic Program Termination and Inactive Program Notification (August 2015) 

3.4  Sponsored For-College-Credit Courses and Programs (January 2020)

3.5  Notification/Approval of Online Programs to SACSCOC (March 2021) 

3.6  2+2 Enhancement Programs Procedures (April 2021)

Student Policy

4.1  Religious Accommodations for Students and Faculty (September 2023)

4.2  Policy on Student Absences - Revised (August 2015)

4.3  Awarding of Posthumous Degrees - Revised (February 2017)

4.4  Academic Dismissal of Students from a Graduate Degree Program (August 2015)

4.5 Resource Language for Student Related Academic and Disciplinary Actions (February 2018)

4.6 Special Talent Evaluation Committee (August 2023)

4.7 Policy on Student Location Determination (June 2024)

 

International Travel

5.1   Policy on Fulbright Awards - Revised (September 2023)

     5.1.1 Fulbright Award Memorandum of Understanding Form (September 2023)

5.2   FAU Safety and Security Policies on International Study and Travel (July 2015)

5.3   Non-compliance with FAU International Study and Travel Policy

Research

6.1 Research Space Guidelines (April 2021)