Maximum Credit Hours Clause Samples

Maximum Credit Hours. (a) The maximum number of credit hours an employee may teach in an academic year will be thirty-three (33) credit hours. An employee with less than thirty-three (33) credit hours may be offered an appointment which causes the employee to exceed the thirty-three (33) credit hour limit but no further appointments may be offered in that academic year. (b) The thirty-three (33) credit hour maximum will not include Distance and Online credit hours. (c) Courses that span two academic years will be prorated. (d) Any exceptions to the thirty-three (33) credit hour maximum are only by mutual written consent between University Staff Relations and the Local Union Office. Such consent will not be unreasonably withheld by the Union.