Curriculum Committee Agenda for 28 February 1996:

* Discussion of proposed change to the teaching loads algorithm (Tom,
  Mukesh)
  
  Issue: teaching load credit for other than 3 credit-hour courses, to
  make teaching load credit for a course proportional to the number of
  credit hours for that course.

  The major substantive change is in a footnote, which is simplified
  from the current footnote.  Designation of particular courses for unusual
  teaching credit is now listed as the responsibility of the Curriculum
  Committee.  A few courses currently designated as eligible for 4/3
  credit are listed in the current footnote.
  
  There also is a minor required change to the main text, where the current
  description now mentions "half-credit increments".  This would be removed
  under the proposed revision because (like now) there will actually
  be 1/3 credit increments in some cases.  So the current algorithm is
  a bit inconsistent on this point anyway.
  
  Proposed wording of the part of the algorithm at issue:

"...  
For regular 9-month faculty at the rank of assistant professor and above the
base load is 6 sections over the 3 on-duty quarters. The base load for
full-time visiting faculty is 2 sections per quarter, and for full-time
instructors 3 sections per quarter.  Reductions from the base load for
regular faculty will be made according to the guidelines below.*  (See
Introduction for conditions under which the base load for regular faculty may
be increased.)  A residual fractional course increment will be treated as a
debit or a credit towards the ensuing year.

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* The credit (number of "sections") in the teaching load algorithm is
  proportional to the number of credit hours a course carries.  A three
  credit-hour course is equivalent to one section."