A full-time teaching load for faculty at Converse is 24 semester teaching load hours per year. Teaching load hours are equivalent to credit hours except in cases of laboratory, studio, or special format instruction. The credit for laboratory or studio instruction is calculated at the rate of 2/3 teaching load hour for each clock hour of laboratory or studio instruction.
Part-time status and Adjunct faculty are defined as follows:
Part-time faculty are non-tenure-track, salaried faculty who do not teach a full teaching load of 24 teaching load hours per year and normally teach no more than 12 teaching load hours per year. Part-time faculty are employed on an annual basis and are classified as Lecturers. Part-time faculty are not eligible for tenure or promotion. Part-time faculty must meet the qualifications for teaching the courses assigned to them. Those qualifications are determined by the appropriate academic dean in consultation with the provost.
Adjunct faculty members are non-tenure-track faculty who are employed on a per-course basis and by semester or term. Adjunct faculty are paid by the course and are employed only when there is sufficient enrollment for the course as determined by the appropriate academic dean. Adjunct faculty are not assigned rank and are not eligible for tenure or promotion. Adjunct faculty must meet the qualifications for teaching the courses assigned to them. Those qualifications are determined by the appropriate academic dean in consultation with the provost.