3.3.2 Special-Status Appointments

Instructor Teaching faculty without the terminal degree appropriate to their field normally hold the title of instructor. An instructor should have completed at least 18 semester hours (27 quarter hours) in the subject or field in which he or she is hired to teach and hold the master’s degree. Appointments to this rank are for a stated term of service.

Lecturer This title is used for faculty with renewable term appointments in areas of the curriculum not staffed by tenure-track faculty. Lectureships are half time or more and may be renewed for as long as the staffing need exists. Persons may be initially appointed as senior lecturers based on their record of achievement or may advance to that position upon review and after five years of service. Persons holding these positions usually carry some administrative responsibilities in addition to teaching and often carry an additional descriptive designation such as “Director of Orchestra” or “Program Head of Photography.”