Faculty Appointment Categories

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FACULTY RANKS

Academic:
a. Instructor
b. Assistant Professor
c. Associate Professor
d. Professor
Academic Professional:
a. Academic Professional Associate
b. Academic Professional
c. Senior Academic Professional
Administrative A
Clinical: (Colleges of Education, Engineering, Family & Consumer Sciences, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Journalism & Mass Communication. Schools of Law, Social Work, Departments of Psychology, Large Animal Medicine, Pathology, Population Health, Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging, only)
a. Clinical Instructor
b. Clinical Assistant Professor
c. Clinical Associate Professor
d. Clinical Professor
Lecturer:
a. Lecturer
b. Senior Lecturer
c. Principal Lecturer
Librarian:
a. Librarian I
b. Librarian II
c. Librarian III
d. Librarian IV
Public Service:
a. Public Service Representative
b. Public Service Assistant
c. Public Service Associate
d. Senior Public Service Associate
Research Scientists:
a. Assistant Research Scientist
b. Associate Research Scientist
b. Senior Research Scientist
Staff Physician

Regular

% Time	BOR Information	UGA Information	Equal Opportunity Office Information
100%	Appt period=no end date Non-tenured faculty receive annual notice of employment contract for succeeding year	Contract if budgeted 100% in one position for entire FY or AY Includes all faculty ranks listed on previous page	EOO position approval letter required Search committee required Start date required

Limited-Term & Visiting (Prior to 7/1/14, limited-term were referred to as temporary faculty)

% Time	BOR Information	UGA Information	Equal Opportunity Office Information
100%	Non-tenured faculty receive annual notice of employment contract for succeeding year Appt period=365 days or less Max time served=2 yrs Appoints/reappointments processed with each budgetary action	Special approval required to reappoint beyond the 2^nd year	EOO position approval letter required Document reasons if no search committee Move to regular appt requires search committee if no prior search conducted Appt period required

Part-Time

% Time

BOR Information

UGA Information

Equal Opportunity Office Information

If Search:
Less than 100%

If No Search:
No more than 75%

EOO approval letter required
No search committee required
Move to regular appt requires search committee
Appt period required
If no search conducted, may not exceed 75% time in any pay period without express written permission from EOO

Adjunct

% Time	BOR Information	UGA Information	Equal Opportunity Office Information
n/a	No Salary	No limit for max time served	EOO approval letter required No search committee required Move to regular appt requires search committee Appt period required If no search conducted, may not exceed 75% time in any pay period without express written permission from EOO

Emeritus

% Time	BOR Information	UGA Information	Equal Opportunity Office Information
n/a	Appt period=no end date	Appt Period=No End Date No Salary	No EOO action required

Part-Time Retirees (UGA/USG Faculty & Staff)

% Time	BOR Information	UGA Information	Equal Opportunity Office Information
Less than 49%	All UGA/USG retirees Appt period=365 days or less Must be approved by institution’s President prior to hire date	Must make request to rehire annually Requests cannot cross fiscal yr Request requires prior approval of Sr VP and President	No EOO action required