Forms and Documents
Below are the forms and documents used by the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Forms and documents used specifically by a department can be found on the department's website.
CNSM Annual Meeting
The beginning-of-the-year updates from the are available for viewing by CNSM faculty and staff.
- CNSM Drops and Withdrawals - Spring 2024 (PDF)
- Emergency Procedures Training - Fall 2019 (PDF)
- Emergency Procedures for Syllabus (PDF)
- Withdrawals: Policy on Withdrawals (PS 22-01) (PDF)
- Grades: Policy on Final Course Grades, Grading Procedures, and Final Assessments (PS 22-02) (PDF)
- Syllabi: Syllabi and Standard Course Outline, Course (PS 11-07)
- Plagiarism and Cheating: Policy on Academic Integrity Regarding Cheating and Plagiarism (PS 21-01)
- Attendance: Attendance Policy (PS 17-17, supersedes 01-01)
Additional Items for Syllabus
- CNSM Sample Syllabus - Fall 2023 (DOCX)
- Masking Policy Statement for Syllabi - Fall 2023 (PDF)
- Beach Wellness - Optional Syllabus Statement - Fall 2023 (PDF)
- Students Requiring Accommodations (PDF)
- CNSM Zero-Tolerance Policy for Sexual/Gender-Based Harassment (PDF)
- CNSM Statement on Anti-Hate Speech/Promotion of Tolerance (PDF)
- BEACHIX@LB: See Title IX - 黑料网
- Campus Confidential Advocates - Optional Syllabus Statement - Fall 2023 (PDF)
- Affirmative Consent Educational Video:
- Policy on the Use of Research Stimulation (RS) Funds for Assigned Time - Revised 2022 (PDF)
- Policy on the Use of 黑料网 Off-Site F&A (PDF)
- Policy on the Progressive Sharing of Indirect Cost Recovery (PDF)
- Compressed and Liquid Gas Requisition Agreement - Revised 2017 (DOCX)
- Compressed and Liquid Gas Policy - Revised 2016 (PDF)
- CNSM Lab Security (PDF)
Minimum Teaching Loads
Policy on Minimum Teaching Loads - Revised 2024 (PDF)
The Goal of the minimum teaching loads policy is for all faculty to participate in direct instruction (e.g., courses, dissertation or thesis supervision/advisement, research with students, or program coordination) for at least 12 WTUs each year with a maximum of 3 WTU per semester in student supervision (S-factor for 296, 496, 696 classes).
A secondary purpose is for all faculty to be available for service and have a campus presence (with a broad understanding). If you expect that reassigned time may exceed 12 WTUs per year or that you need an assignment with fewer than 2 WTU in direct (non S-factor) instruction in a semester, you have a couple of options.
In almost all cases faculty may receive additional employment instead of reassigned time.
Applying for Exceptions to the Minimum Teaching Loads Policy
Alternatively, faculty may apply for an exception for the reassigned time ceiling of 6 units/semester if they meet one of the following criteria:
- PIs on exceptional grants of one year or less duration (e.g., Fulbright Awards, etc.)
- Placement in high need service and leadership areas (Faculty Equity Advocate, Director of Retention, etc.)
- Other opportunities that meet the strategic needs of the college.
Probationary faculty and faculty coming up for promotion should be aware that RTP requires classroom visits, and requests for exceptions to this minimum teaching loads policy should address how required teaching evaluations will be managed.
To request an exception please send an email to your department chair and dean outlining how you meet at least one of these criteria. Please note that in most cases a faculty member may not use reassigned time to the extent that they are removed from direct instruction as outlined above. Please note whether the request applies to Fall only or the full Academic Year.
Please submit these requests by June 1.
Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion
Volunteer Assignments: See Volunteer
