Under ordinary circumstances, a full teaching load in the Communication and Theatre Arts Department consists of 12 credits, usually 4 three credit sections.
Most faculty members can expect to teach the department's core public speaking course each semester.
Ordinarily, the number of contact hours is equivalent to the number of credit hours - or the number of fifty minute sessions per week. Faculty may have a reduction in teaching load due to the acceptance of administrative responsibilities or other university-related activities. Compensation for overloads shall follow the guidelines in the Colleges document. For reporting purposes, a contact hour is considered to be 50 minutes with the exception of COM 131, Theatre Laboratory. Under no circumstances should a faculty member be expected to teach more than three sections of this course in a single semester.