Summer/ Winter Teaching
Who can teach summer/winter term courses?
Faculty, post-docs, and advanced graduate students are all eligible to teach summer and winter courses. UMD Biology faculty who teach the course during the regular term have priority. UMD faculty and post-docs from other departments, and from other institutions, may teach summer/winter subject to the approval of the Biology Undergraduate Policies, Courses, and Curricula Committee.
Proposing a course
If you would like to teach a course summer or winter term, please consider the following:
1) Is it likely to draw a sufficient number of students to cover your salary and administrative costs (see Salary Guidelines below);
2) Does it serve undergraduates either by providing additional capacity in a high-demand course, or by offering something different from the regular term?
Any course proposal will be considered, but viability and service to the undergraduate program are key criteria in evaluating courses.
How and when do I submit a course proposal?
Interested instructors must submit a Course Proposal Form to the Director of Undergraduate Studies, who will compile relevant information, contact relevant regular term faculty, and forward the proposal to the Biology Undergraduate Policies, Courses, and Curricula Committee for review. Courses will be evaluated based on a) likely viability; b) service to undergraduates and fit with the undergraduate curriculum; c) fit with other summer/winter term courses being proposed.
Approximate timelines can be found in the links below:
Summer Courses Winter Courses
Salary guidelines
For a 3-credit summer/winter course, the salary general salary guidelines are:
Adjuncts/post-docs - $4500-6500 for the term, depending on experience
UMD Faculty - 10% of nine-month salary, up to a MAXIMUM of $10,000
4-credit courses may be paid at 4/3 the three-credit rate, to a maximum of 13,333. The instructor will be expected to be in charge of all 4 of the credits if being paid at the 4-credit rate.
NOTE: Salary is contigent upon sufficient enrollment to cover the costs of the course. If enrollment does not support the costs of the course, the course may be cancelled or your salary reduced. These terms will be indicated on the contract you sign.
Faculty, post-docs, and advanced graduate students are all eligible to teach summer and winter courses. UMD Biology faculty who teach the course during the regular term have priority. UMD faculty and post-docs from other departments, and from other institutions, may teach summer/winter subject to the approval of the Biology Undergraduate Policies, Courses, and Curricula Committee.
Proposing a course
If you would like to teach a course summer or winter term, please consider the following:
1) Is it likely to draw a sufficient number of students to cover your salary and administrative costs (see Salary Guidelines below);
2) Does it serve undergraduates either by providing additional capacity in a high-demand course, or by offering something different from the regular term?
Any course proposal will be considered, but viability and service to the undergraduate program are key criteria in evaluating courses.
How and when do I submit a course proposal?
Interested instructors must submit a Course Proposal Form to the Director of Undergraduate Studies, who will compile relevant information, contact relevant regular term faculty, and forward the proposal to the Biology Undergraduate Policies, Courses, and Curricula Committee for review. Courses will be evaluated based on a) likely viability; b) service to undergraduates and fit with the undergraduate curriculum; c) fit with other summer/winter term courses being proposed.
Approximate timelines can be found in the links below:
Summer Courses Winter Courses
Salary guidelines
For a 3-credit summer/winter course, the salary general salary guidelines are:
Adjuncts/post-docs - $4500-6500 for the term, depending on experience
UMD Faculty - 10% of nine-month salary, up to a MAXIMUM of $10,000
4-credit courses may be paid at 4/3 the three-credit rate, to a maximum of 13,333. The instructor will be expected to be in charge of all 4 of the credits if being paid at the 4-credit rate.
NOTE: Salary is contigent upon sufficient enrollment to cover the costs of the course. If enrollment does not support the costs of the course, the course may be cancelled or your salary reduced. These terms will be indicated on the contract you sign.
