Resources

Forms

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• Guidelines for Developing Interinstitutional Academic Program Articulation Agreements
• Materials and Supplies Fees Summary Sheet
• New Degree Program Approval Process Forms
• Degree Termination, Inactivation, and Reactivation Forms
• Transmittal Form for Documents Requiring Provost's Approval
• Employee Verification Form
• Paid Parental Leave Request Form - Now in Workday!
• Faculty Absence Request Form - Now in Workday!
• Fullbright Memo of Understanding Form
• Form for Selecting Textbooks for Affordability
• Report of Outside Employment or Professional Activity (Activity to Report)
• Report of Outside Employment or Professional Activity (No Activity to Report)
• Proposal for For-Credit Self-Supporting Program Form
• Proposal for Non-Credit Continuing Education Form
• Request for Faculty Position Searches (September 2025)
• Request for Faculty Position Searches (Division of Research Approval Process) (August 2022)
• Chairs/Directors Hit List of Duties
• Program Review Process 
• Proposal for Migration to Online Program
• Request for Approval of Additional Compensation
• Course Modality Commitment Form
• Guidelines for Waived Recruitment of Academic Personnel Form
• Credentialing Faculty
• Wizard for Adjuncts and Graduate Teaching Assistants 

Memoranda and Policies 

Instructional

1.1. Guidelines for Enrollments - Fall, Spring and Summer -Revised  (February 2022)

1.2   Class Meetings (February 2015)

1.3   Office Hours Policy (April 2015)

1.4   Policy on Intercampus Travel for Faculty- (Revised August 2021)

1.5  Distance Learning Scope and Policies (February 2024)

1.6   Administration of Student Perception of Teaching (SPOT) Forms (Revised April 2024)

1.7   Guidelines for Course Syllabi (April 2026) -Revised

1.7.1  Course Syllabus Template (April 2022) (downloadable Word doc)

1.8   Definition of a Credit Hour (September 2022)

1.9   Full-time Undergraduate Enrollment (November 2013) - Repealed 8/13/15

1.10   Undergraduate Courses & Grades Degree Coursework Requirements (February 2017)

1.11   Faculty Absence Notification  -  Revised October 2025

1.12   Procedures for Selecting Textbooks for Affordability (April 2025)

1.13   Increasing Lower Division Honors Courses at the Jupiter Campus (August 2019)

1.14   Deadline for Late Drops and Withdrawals (January 2020)

1.15   Expectations for Use of Canvas and Submission of Early Alerts (September 2021)

1.16   Policy Rider: Adjustments or Modifications to Academic Policies during an Emergency (May 2020)

1.17 Guidance on Student Recordings of Class Lectures (July 2021)

1.17.1  First Supplemental FAQ on Student Recordings of Class Lectures (September 2021)

1.18 Chairing Dissertations

1.19   Guidance on Senate Bill 266

Faculty Toolkit for Regulation 4.001 Code of Academic Integrity

• Template 1 - Instructor's Initial Request for Meeting
• Template 2 - Instructor Notice Template
• Template 3 - Instructor Notice Template_Student fails to respond
• Template 4 - Summary of the Chair
• Template 5 - Findings of the Dean's Council

Personnel

2.1   Qualifications   

     2.1.1   Faculty Search and Hiring Procedures (May 2025)

     2.1.2   Video: Training on Faculty Search Committees and Sunshine Laws (9.24.18)

     2.1.3  Policy on Qualification of Instructors (October 2023)

     2.1.4   Credentialing Manual Revised (March 2026)

• • Credentialing Manual Revised (June 2025)

• • Credentialing Manual Revised (August 2024)

  • Credentialing Manual (May 2015)

2.2   Appointments and Positions

     2.2.1   Policy on Affiliate Faculty Appointments (December 2020)

     2.2.2   Appointment and Promotion of Assistant Scholars/ Assistant Scientists / Assistant Engineers / Assistant Research Professors (April 2015)

     2.2.3   Appointment and Promotion of Instructors and Lecturers (April 2015)

     2.2.4   Job Description - Library Department Heads - Revised (March 2011) 

     2.2.5   Job Description - Department Chairs / School Directors - Revised (March 2011)

     2.2.7   Policy on Evaluation of Eminent Scholars (August 2015)

     2.2.8   Guidelines for Third Year Reviews - Revised (March 2019)

     2.2.9   Policy and Procedures for Faculty Transfers - Revised (August 2015)

     2.2.10  Policy on Temporary Academic Administrative Appointments (August 2015)

     2.2.11  Guidelines for Joint Tenure-Track Faculty Appointments between an Academic Unit and a Pillar Center or Institute (May 2016)

     2.2.12  Candidates for Tenure as a Condition of Employment (January 2020)

     2.2.13  Guidelines for Waived Recruitment of Academic Personnel - AMP and SP employees (Feb 2023)

2.3   Emeritus

     2.3.1   Policy on Emeritus Professors, Librarians, and Scholar/Scientist/Engineer/Research Professor (January 2026)

2.4   Assignments and Evaluation

     2.4.1   Supervision of Academic Work by Relatives - Revised (August 2015)

     2.4.2   Faculty Summer Assignment Guidelines - Revised (August 2015)

     2.4.3   Faculty Assignment Guidelines (March 2024)

     2.4.4   Faculty Annual Evaluation Timeline

     2.4.5   Sustained Performance Evaluation Policy

• • Post-Tenure Review Policy

     2.4.6   Faculty Evaluation Standards Conceptual Definitions (2015)

     2.4.7   Faculty Overload Assignments and Additional Compensation (May 2020)

     2.4.8   Considerations for 2020 Evaluations (April 2020)

     2.4.9   Evaluation of Academic Administrators-Revised (May 2023)

• • Procedures for 360 Evaluation of College Deans Procedures
  • Procedures for 360 Evaluation of Department Chairs and School Directors

Academic Programs

3.1  Accreditation Procedures - Revised  (February 2026)

3.2  New Degree Program Approval Process (March 2020)

3.3  Academic Program Termination and Inactive Program Notification (August 2015) 

3.4  Sponsored For-College-Credit Courses and Programs (January 2020)

3.5   Notification/Approval of Online Programs to SACSCOC (March 2021) 

3.6   Articulation Procedures (February 2026)

3.7   Programs Exceeding 120 Hours (February 2026)

Student Policy

4.1  Religious Accommodations for Students and Faculty (September 2023)

4.2  Policy on Student Absences - Revised (August 2015)

4.3  Awarding of Posthumous Degrees - Revised (February 2017)

4.4  Academic Dismissal of Students from a Graduate Degree Program (August 2015)

4.5 Resource Language for Student Related Academic and Disciplinary Actions (February 2018)

4.6  Special Talent Evaluation Committee (August 2023)

4.7  Policy on Student Location Determination (June 2024)

International Travel

5.1   Policy on Fulbright Awards - Revised (September 2023)

     5.1.1  Fulbright Award Memorandum of Understanding Form (September 2023)

5.2   FAU Safety and Security Policies on International Study and Travel (July 2015)

5.3   Non-compliance with FAU International Study and Travel Policy

Research

6.1  Research Space Guidelines (April 2021)