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Index

  • + Section 1: Faculty
    • + 1.01 Definition
      • 1.01-1 Corps of Instruction
      • + 1.01-2 Administrators
        • 1.01-2.1 Procedures for Administrative A Faculty Rank
    • + 1.02 Teaching Faculty Ranks
      • 1.02-1 Professor
      • 1.02-2 Associate Professor
      • 1.02-3 Assistant Professor
      • 1.02-4 Instructor
      • 1.02-5 Lecturers
      • 1.02-6 Academic Professionals
      • + 1.02-7 Clinical
        • 1.02-7.1 Individual Colleges
    • + 1.03 Other Faculty Ranks
      • 1.03-1 Research Scientists
      • 1.03-2 Public Service
      • 1.03-3 Librarians
    • + 1.04 Other Terminology
      • 1.04-1 Visiting
      • + 1.04-2 Adjunct
        • 1.04-2.1 Ineligibility for Benefits
      • 1.04-3 Regular
      • 1.04-4 Limited-term
      • 1.04-5 Part-time
      • 1.04-6 Joint Academic Appointments
      • 1.04-7 Full-time Faculty
    • + 1.05 Meetings
      • 1.05-1 University Council
      • 1.05-2 School/College
      • 1.05-3 Department
    • + 1.06 Evaluation
      • 1.06-1 Written Annual Evaluation
      • 1.06-2 Peer Participation
      • 1.06-3 Pre-tenure Review
      • 1.06-4 Post Tenure Review
      • 1.06-5 Notice of Resignation and Employment
    • + 1.07 Faculty Compensation and Workload
      • 1.07-1 Salary Administration Guidelines
      • +1.07-2 Salary Adjustments
        • 1.07-2.1 Merit-Based Increases
        • 1.07-2.2 Promotion in Rank
        • 1.07-2.3 Counter Offers
        • 1.07-2.4 Salary Equity
      • + 1.07-3 Administrative Positions
        • 1.07-3.1 Salary Supplements Added to Existing Contract Types
        • 1.07-3.2 Salary Determination for an Administrator Transferring to a Non-Administrative Faculty Position
      • 1.07-4 Conversion Factors from "A" to "F" Contracts or Vice Versa
      • 1.07-5 Summer School Pay
      • 1.07-6 Effort Assignment for Instructional Activities
      • 1.07-7 Teaching Overload Compensation
      • 1.07-8 Additional Compensation
      • 1.07-9 Consulting and Outside Work for Pay
    • + 1.08 Recruitment of Faculty
      • 1.08-1 Announcement
      • 1.08-2 Interviews
      • 1.08-3 Recruiting the Finalist
      • 1.08-4 Hiring in Underutilized Job Groups
      • 1.08-5 Appointment of Dean Search and Screening Committees
      • 1.08-6 Employment of Foreign Nationals
      • 1.08-7 Dual Career Academic Hiring Policy
    • + 1.09 Appointment Procedures
      • 1.09-1 Letter of Offer
      • 1.09-2 Degree Exception Requests
      • 1.09-3 Complete Hiring Proposals
      • 1.09-4 Routing of Faculty Hiring Proposals
      • 1.09-5 Cover Letter from Dean/VP or Department Head to Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
      • 1.09-6 Exception to the Search Requirement
      • 1.09-7 Official Transcript
      • 1.09-8 External Letters of Recommendation
      • 1.09-9 Part-Time Faculty
      • 1.09-10 Employment Beyond Retirement
      • 1.09-11 Documenting Credentials of Foreign Faculty Teaching UGA Courses in UGA Study Abroad Programs
      • 1.09-12 Limited-Term Faculty Appointment Pending Award of Terminal Degree
      • 1.09-13 Public Announcement of New Faculty Appointments and Titles
    • + 1.10 Promotion Process
      • 1.10-1 Academic Ranks
      • 1.10-2 Lecturers
      • 1.10-3 Research Ranks
      • 1.10-4 Public Service Ranks
      • 1.10-5 Clinical Ranks
      • 1.10-6 Librarians
      • 1.10-7 Academic Professionals
      • 1.10-8 Special Salary Adjustment upon Promotion
      • 1.10-9 Implementation of Revised Guidelines for Faculty Appointment, Promotion, or Tenure
      • 1.10-10 Student Success Activities
    • + 1.11 Tenure
      • + 1.11-1 Award of Tenure
        • 1.11-1.1 Extending Tenure Clock
    • + 1.12 Leaves
      • 1.12-1 Educational and Professional Leave
      • 1.12-2 Leave For Other Reasons
      • 1.12-3 Reassignment of Location
      • 1.12-4 Regents’ Innovator Leave of Absence
    • + 1.13 Discipline and Removal of Faculty Members
      • 1.13-1 Grounds for Removal
      • 1.13-2 Dismissal of Temporary, Limited Term, or Part-Time Instructional Personnel
      • 1.13-3 Suspension for Violation of State or Federal Laws
    • 1.14 Awards
    • 1.15 Dispute Resolution Procedures
    • + 1.16 Review of Administrators
      • 1.16-1 Three-Year Review of Department Heads
      • 1.16-2 Five-Year Review of Deans
      • 1.16-3 Five-Year Review of Directors
    • 1.17 Emeritus Status
    • + 1.18 Miscellaneous Academic Affairs Policies
      • 1.18-1 Disabled Veterans and Vietnam Era Veterans
      • 1.18-2 Bearing Cost of Lawsuit Defending Promotion, Tenure Decision
      • 1.18-3 Justifying Late Recommendations of Appointments
      • 1.18-4 Employee Right-to-Know Act Training
      • 1.18-5 Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
      • 1.18-6 Employment of Relatives
      • 1.18-7 General Criteria for Employment
      • 1.18-8 Appointment of Non-Tenure Track Personnel
      • 1.18-9 Cash Awards to Non-Faculty from UGA Foundation or Arch Foundation Funds
      • 1.18-10 Use of Secretarial Time
      • 1.18-11 Research Involving Sperm Whale Myoglobin
      • 1.18-12 Research Utilizing UGA Faculty, Students, or Related Generated Records for Data Collection
      • 1.18-13 Responsible Conduct in Research and Scholarship
      • 1.18-14 Work Loads, Course Loads, and Compensation for Graduate Assistants
      • 1.18-15 Auditing of Classes by Employees
      • 1.18-16 Code of Ethics for Government Service
      • 1.18-17 Management of AIDS-related Concerns
      • 1.18-18 Elective Political Office
      • 1.18-20 Health and Safety Concerns
      • 1.18-21 Curriculum Development Fund
      • 1.18-22 Sales of Complimentary Examination Copies of Textbooks
      • 1.18-23 Instructional Responsibilities Policy (for Graduate Assistants)
  • + Section 2: Academic Programs
    • + 2.01 Academic Affairs Policy Statements
      • 2.01-1 New Degree or Major Programs
      • 2.01-2 Certificates
      • 2.01-3 Minors
      • 2.01-4 Deactivation or Reactivation and/or Termination or Reinstatement
      • 2.01-5 Undergraduate, Professional, and Graduate Areas of Emphasis
      • 2.01-6 Changing Names of Majors, Departments, Schools/Colleges
      • 2.01-7 Institutes
      • 2.01-8 Dissolution of Academic Units
      • 2.01-9 Changing the Entrance Requirements of an Undergraduate Major
      • 2.01-10 Establishing or Changing the High-Demand Status of an Undergraduate Major
      • 2.01-11 Cultural Diversity Requirement
      • 2.01-12 Competence in Oral Communication and the Basic Use of Computers
      • 2.01-13 Syllabus
      • 2.01-14 General Education Core Curriculum
      • 2.01-15 Authorization of Tuition Return to Programs/Schools/Colleges
      • 2.01-16 Dual Degree Programs
      • 2.01-17 Extended Education
      • 2.01-18 Reorganization of Academic Units
      • 2.01-19 Substantive Change
      • 2.01-20 Joint Curricular Ventures
      • 2.01-21 Distance Education
    • + 2.02 Credit
      • 2.02-1 Credit Hours per Semester
      • 2.02-2 Units of Credit
      • 2.02-3 Credit Earned Through Study Abroad
      • 2.02-4 Course Challenging
      • 2.02-5 Credit Earned Through ARCHE Cross Registration Program
      • 2.02-6 Policy for Foreign Language Placement Tests, Exemption and Credit for Undergraduate Students
      • 2.02-7 Credit for Elementary-Level French and Spanish Language Courses
      • 2.02-8 Military or Extra-Institutional Experience and Credit
      • 2.02-9 Forfeiture of Course Credit
      • 2.02-10 College Level Examination Program (CLEP) Tests
      • 2.02-11 Advanced Placement Policy
    • + 2.03 Clinical Programs
      • 2.03-1 Clinical Programs
      • 2.03-2 Nondiscrimination Policy
      • 2.03-3 Delayed Registration to Reduce Tuition
    • + 2.04 Curriculum Approval, Coordination and Assessment
      • 2.04-1 Program Curriculum Process
      • 2.04-2 Course Approval Process
      • 2.04-3 Academic Program Coordination
      • 2.04-4 Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes
  • + Section 3: Classroom Management
    • + 3.01 Scheduling of Classes
      • 3.01-1 Minimum Enrollment
      • 3.01-2 Scheduling Classes
      • 3.01-3 Prohibition of Scheduling Classes Without Classrooms
      • 3.01-4 Inclement Weather: Decision to Close
    • + 3.02 Prohibitions in Classrooms
      • 3.02-1 Policy for Smoking, Food or Drink in Classrooms during Academic Classes
      • 3.02-2 Prohibition of Animals in Buildings
      • 3.02-3 Tobacco and Smoke-Free Campus
    • 3.03 Classroom Emergencies
    • 3.04 Centralized Classroom and Event Scheduling
  • + Section 4: General Policies
    • + 4.01 Academic Policies
      • 4.01-1 Academic Dismissal
      • 4.01-2 Academic Probation
      • 4.01-3 Academic Renewal
      • 4.01-4 Academic Advising
      • 4.01-5 Academic Honesty
      • 4.01-6 The Academic Year
      • 4.01-7 Classification of Students
      • 4.01-8 Student Responsibility
      • 4.01-9 Application to Extended Campuses
    • + 4.02 Withdrawal/Addition of Classes
      • 4.02-1 Course Changes
      • 4.02-2 Course Deletions
      • 4.02-3 University Policy on Course Drops and Withdrawals
      • 4.02-4 Withdrawal Process
      • 4.02-5 Withdrawal from the University
    • + 4.03 Academic Honors
      • 4.03-1 Presidential Scholar and Dean’s List
    • + 4.04 Graduation
      • 4.04-1 Graduation Requirements
      • 4.04-2 Graduation with Honors
      • 4.04-3 First Honor Graduate
    • + 4.05 Student Appeals and Complaints
      • 4.05-1 Academic Appeals at the University of Georgia
      • 4.05-2 Students’ Right of Appeal
      • 4.05-3 Residency Appeal Process
      • 4.05-4 Written Student Complaint Policy
      • 4.05-5 Procedures for Written Student Complaints
    • + 4.06 Class Attendance
      • 4.06-1 Attendance Policy
      • 4.06-2 Religious Holidays Attendance Policy
      • 4.06-3 Voting and Jury Duty
      • 4.06-4 Certification of Absence from Class for Medical Reasons
      • 4.06-5 Air Force ROTC Commitment and Summer Break
    • + 4.07 Miscellaneous Course Policies
      • 4.07-1 Classes Not Meeting
      • 4.07-2 Mandatory Assignments,Tests, & Quizzes on Reading Days & Final Instructional Day of a Course
      • 4.07-3 Final Exams
      • 4.07-4 Retention of Term Papers and Final Exams
      • 4.07-5 Faculty Authorized Texts
      • 4.07-6 Course Syllabus
      • 4.07-7 Grades
      • 4.07-8 Course Auditing
      • 4.07-9 Pass/Fail Option
      • 4.07-10 Course Numbers
      • 4.07-11 Write-In Courses
      • 4.07-12 Instructor of Record
      • 4.07-13 Faculty Credentials and Institutional Approvals Required for Instructors of Record
      • 4.07-14 Approval of Course Lab/Supply Fees
      • 4.07-15 Field Trip Requirements
      • 4.07-16 End-of-Term Course Evaluations
      • 4.07-17 Midterm Course Evaluations
      • 4.07-18 Academic Textbooks
    • + 4.08 Student Recruitment and Admission
      • 4.08-1 First-Year Admission
      • 4.08-2 Student Recruitment
    • + 4.09 Academic Assistance Policies
      • 4.09-1 University of Georgia Policy on Course Substitution and Course Modification for Students
      • 4.09-2 Learning Support Policies on Suspension and Re-entry
      • 4.09-3 Learning Support Students and Independent Study
    • + 4.10 Board of Regents Immunization Policy
      • 4.10-1 Board of Regents Immunization Policy
    • + 4.11 General Policies
      • 4.11-1 Release of Student Records
      • 4.11-2 Mailing Label Requests
      • 4.11-3 University of Georgia Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy
    • + 4.12 Policies and Guidelines for Cyclical Reviews
      • 4.12-2 UGA Academic Program Review Policy
      • 4.12-3 Policy and Guidelines for Academic and Administrative Support Unit Review
    • 4.13 Policy on Centers
    • 4.14 Academic and Student Support Services Assessment
  • + Section 5: Facilities and Other Policies
    • + 5.01 Use of Campus Space
      • 5.01-1 Reserving Academic Space on Campus
      • 5.01-2 Social Uses of Instructional Areas
      • 5.01-3 Guidelines Concerning University Events Where Alcoholic Beverages are Served or Provided
    • + 5.02 Solicitation Policy
      • 5.02-1 Solicitation Policy
      • 5.02-2 Student Organization Fund-Raising
    • + 5.03 Policy on Ownership, Control, and Use of Institution and Online Resources & Telecommunication Services
      • 5.03-1 Policy on Ownership, Control, and Use of Institution Online Resources
      • 5.03-2 Broad Overview of Telephone Services for Faculty/Staff and Students
      • 5.03-3 Telecommunications Policy
      • 5.03-4 Telecommunication Procedure
    • + 5.04 Other Policies
      • 5.04-1 Names of Facilities or Streets and Dedication of Portions of Facilities
      • 5.04-2 Allocating Space to Retired or Emeritus Personnel
      • 5.04-3 EITS Procedures
      • 5.04-4 Liability and Property Insurance Claims
      • 5.04-5 Research and Scholarship
      • 5.04-6 Medical Spending
      • 5.04-7 Safe and Secure Campus Community
      • 5.04-8 Reporting/Responding to Health and Safety Concerns of Faculty and Staff
      • 5.04-9 University of Georgia Crisis Communication Plan
  • + Section 6: Environmental Health and Safety
    • 6.01 Environmental Health and Safety
    • 6.02 Adoption and Ongoing Review of EHS System, Roles and Responsibilities
    • 6.03 Hosting Inspections of UGA Facilities and Laboratories by Outside Agencies

1.15 Dispute Resolution Procedures

For details on the UGA’s policy and procedures regarding the resolution of disputes, see the links below:

  • Grievance and Disciplinary Review Policy
  • Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy
  • Ombudspersons Program

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