UGA Promotion and Tenure Unit (PTU) Criteria for Academic Rank (tenure-track) Faculty
The University of Georgia Guidelines for Appointment, Promotion and Tenure (p. 9) require that each appointment unit develop its own discipline-specific criteria and procedures for promotion and tenure in order to supplement the UGA Guidelines. A unit’s own discipline-specific criteria and procedures must be accepted by the faculty within the appointment unit and must be reviewed and approved by the dean of the school/college and by the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. The Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost must also be notified of and approve any amendments to a unit's promotion and tenure criteria.
In 2015, all PTUs on campus revised and updated their criteria and procedure documents.
These revised PTU documents will be used in the promotion and tenure cycle initiated
in 2016, with preliminary considerations in the spring of 2016 and full reviews in
the fall of 2016.
If you have any questions about approval of unit criteria, please contact Elizabeth
Weeks, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, at weeksleo@uga.edu or 706-542-9389.
Schools and Colleges
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
- Agricultural and Applied Economics
- Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication
- Animal and Dairy Science
- Crop and Soil Sciences
- Entomology
- Food Science and Technology
- Horticulture
- Plant Pathology
- Poultry Science
Arts and Sciences
- Anthropology
- Art, Lamar Dodd School of
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Cellular Biology
- Chemistry
- Classics
- Communication Studies
- Comparative Literature
- Computer Science
- Dance
- English
- Genetics
- Geography
- Geology
- Germanic and Slavic Studies
- History
- Linguistics
- Marine Sciences
- Mathematics
- Microbiology
- Music, Hugh Hodgson School of
- Philosophy
- Physics and Astronomy
- Plant Biology
- Psychology
- Religion
- Romance Languages
- Sociology
- Statistics
- Theatre and Film Studies
Business (all departments that grant tenure use the same PTU document)
- Accounting, J.M. Tull School of
- Banking and Finance
- Economics
- Insurance, Legal Studies and Real Estate
- Management
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
Education
- Workforce Education and Instructional Technology
- Communication Sciences and Special Education
- Counseling and Human Development Services
- Educational Psychology
- Educational Theory and Practice
- Kinesiology
- Language and Literacy Education
- Lifelong Education, Administration and Policy
- Mathematics and Science Education
Family and Consumer Sciences
- Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics
- Nutrition Sciences
- Human Development and Family Science
- Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors
Forestry and Natural Resources
Journalism and Mass Communication (all departments that grant tenure use the same PTU document)
- Advertising and Public Relations
- Entertainment and Media Studies
- Journalism
Pharmacy
Public Health (all departments that grant tenure use the same PTU document)
- Environmental Health Science
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Health Policy and Management
- Health Promotion and Behavior
Public and International Affairs
Veterinary Medicine
- Infectious Diseases
- Large Animal Medicine
- Pathology
- Physiology and Pharmacology
- Population Health
- Small Animal Medicine and Surgery
- Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging