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The Department of Oceanography at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, SOEST

Policies and Procedures

All links below are to PDFs. Dates are when document was last updated.

Administration

Duties of Academic Chairs (PDF, 4/09/2007)
Restructuring of Administration of the Department (PDF, 4/10/2003)

Department Chairperson

Selection of Department Chair (PDF, 10/3/2011)

Associate Chairperson and Division Heads

Selection of Division Heads (PDF, 6/27/2007)
Changes to Graduate Degree Requirements (PDF, 5/1984)

Classroom Teaching Load

Classroom teaching load (PDF, 4/14/2003)

Degree Requirements & Procedures

Graduate Division's Policies, Principles and Practices (PDF, 2/2005)
No foreign language requirement for Oceanography students (PDF, 10/25/2002)
Use and Role of Proxy Members in Thesis/Dissertation Defenses (PDF, 10/23/1989)
Procedures for Admitting and Advising Incoming Graduate Students (PDF, 4/14/1988)

Faculty Classification

Procedures for appointing new faculty to the Graduate Faculty (PDF, 12/16/2002)
Graduate Faculty Classification (PDF, 6/19/1991)
Levels of Graduate Faculty Appointments (PDF, 3/15/1991)
SOEST Faculty Reorganization Procedures
Affiliate Graduate Faculty appointments (PDFs, 9/19/1984 and 10/02/1984)

Department Personnel Committee (DPC), Promotion and Tenure

Departmental Criteria for Tenure and Promotion (PDF, 7/2004)

Period Evaluation (Post-tenure Review)

Criteria for Faculty Performance (PDF, 3/29/2000)
Periodic Evaluation of Oceanography Faculty (PDF, 11/1987)

Faculty Meetings

Duration of faculty meetings (PDF, 9/17/1991)

MSB Space Committee

MSB Space Committee Guidelines (PDF, 12/05/2001)

Policy Decisions

Faculty voting on Policy Decisions (PDF, 2/22/1989 and 9/12/1990

Publications (Departmental)

Thesis and dissertation lending policy (PDF, 2/02/2010)
Departmental publications concerning graduate programs (PDF, 4/27/1992)
Authorship for publication of graduate student research (PDF, 10/30/1990)

Teaching Evaluation and Curriculum Committee (TECC)

Functions and responsibilities of the TECC (PDF, 5/15/1996)
Functions and responsibilities of the TECC (PDF, 9/11/1991)

Faculty Salary Calculations

Nine-month salary calculation for Partial Year of Service (PDF, 4/10/2008)

Other Policies

Policies & Procedures for Telecom Requests (PDF, 3/08/2010)
Procedure for New Course Proposals (PDF, 1/29/2010)
Procedure for Adding Courses to the Schedule of Classes (PDF, 1/29/2010)
Ocean Exam Files in Ocean Office (PDF, 2/25/2009)
Overhead (RTRF) Return Policies (PDF, 9/17/2007)
Stipends for Graduate Assistantships (PDF, 4/4/2007)
Budget and Resources Committee (PDF, 4/10/1995)
Search Committees, Definition of Quorum, Graduate Faculty Selection (PDF, 10/24/1985)

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