CAS Full-Time Teaching Loads and % Time for Part-Time Lecturers

The per course efforts for courses taught by part-time lecturers in the College of Arts & Sciences are based on the standard full-time lecturer teaching loads of CAS departments and programs.

Department Salaried Full-Time Lecturer Standard Course Load/Year Part-Time % Effort for a 4-credit course/Semester (averaged for 9-month appointments)
African American Studies Program 6 course 33.33%
American & New England Studies Program 5 course 40.00%
Anthropology 5 course 40.00%
Archaeology 5 course 40.00%
Astronomy 4 course 50.00%
Biology 4 course 50.00%
Chemistry 4 course 50.00%
Cinema & Media Studies 5 course 40.00%
Classical Studies 6 course 33.33%
Computer Science 5 course 40.00%
Core Curriculum 6 course 33.33%
Creative Writing 6 course 33.33%
Earth & Environment 5 course 40.00%
Economics 5 course 40.00%
Editorial Institute 5 course 40.00%
English 5 course 40.00%
History 5 course 40.00%
History of Art & Architecture 5 course 40.00%
Mathematics & Statistics 6 course 33.33%
Pardee 5 course 40.00%
Philosophy 5 course 40.00%
Physics 4 course 50.00%
Political Science 5 course 40.00%
Psychological & Brain Sciences 6 course 33.33%
Religion 5 course 40.00%
Romance Studies 6 course 33.33%
Sociology 5 course 40.00%
Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience 4 course 50.00%
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 5 course 40.00%
World Languages & Literatures 6 course 33.33%
Writing Program 6 course 33.33%