THESIS/DISSERTATION CREDIT BANKING. The banking system shall also be used to accumulate instructional workload credit earned for supervising thesis/dissertation students, using a point system whereby the accumulation of four points earned for supervision activity as defined below results in one banked workload hour for the faculty member. In order to accumulate credit, faculty who do not teach for pay in a summer term or who are on Professional or other leave shall continue to advise thesis/dissertation students or fulfill their responsibilities to the Thesis Committee/student(s).