Effective date: May 15, 2004
Last renewed:
Subject to renewal annually at the May meeting of the Ph.D. Committee

Staffing 700-level courses

1. The Department Chair makes the staffing decision ensuring that, at a minimum, the guidelines set by the Ph.D. committee are met.

2. The Department Chair completes the “Request for Designation – Eligibility to Teach 700 Level Courses and Chair Doctoral Dissertations” form for each person teaching a 700-level course. The Department Chair completes the form (with appropriate documents attached) so as to document that the faculty member meets the guidelines to teach 700-level courses.

3. The Department Chair forwards the form and the appropriate documents to the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies. Within a two-week period of time, the The Associate Dean will review all 700-level staffing decisions to ensure that the guidelines have been followed. There will be a signature line for the Associate Dean’s approval. If the Associate Dean decides that the staffing decision does not meet the guidelines, the Department Chair will be asked to make another choice. If no other possible instructor is available, “one-time exceptions” can be permitted and will be documented and justified. Note that

A copy of the form, with all appropriate documents and signatures will be kept by the Graduate Studies in Business office.

4. Annually, at April meeting, the Ph.D. Program Committee will review all 700-staffing decisions for each department to ensure that the guidelines set by the Ph.D. Committee have been met. The Ph.D. Committee will then complete a form for each Department Chair stating that the guidelines have either been met or have not been met. If the PhD Committee decides upon the latter, the Ph.D. Committee must document the reasons for the failure to meet the guidelines. A copy of this form will then be forwarded to the Department Chair and to the Dean’s Office for use in the annual review of the Department Chair.

5. At any point in this process, a negative decision can be appealed by any party to the Ph.D. Committee, or if necessary, to the Dean of the School of Business.