Room / Equipment	Description
MSB 200	Graduate Lounge
MSB 203	OCN 201/L Laboratory Classroom
MSB 205G	OCN Office Conference Room
MSB 305	OCN Classroom
MSB 306	OCN Classroom
MSB 314	OCN Laboratory Classroom
Equipment	Owl Camera (1), projectors (3), laptop (3), digital camera (2)

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, 7/20/2023)
• UH Policies and Procedures Information System

Department Chairperson

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

Associate Chairperson and Division Heads

• Selection of Division Heads (PDF, 2022)
• 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

• Faculty Duties, Rights and Procedures (PDF, 10/18/2016)
• 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)
• Search Committees, Definition of Quorum, Graduate Faculty Selection (PDF, 10/24/1985)

Department Personnel Committee (DPC), Tenure & Promotion

• Departmental Criteria for Tenure and Promotion – Approved 02/2025 (PDF, 02/24/2025)
• OFDAS Dossier Library
• Guidelines for Preparation of Curriculum Vitae (PDF, 08/12/2008)

Periodic (5-year (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)
• Search Committees, Definition of Quorum, Graduate Faculty Selection (PDF, 10/24/1985)
• Faculty Meeting Minutes (Google Drive, 9/25/2024)

MSB Space Committee

• MSB Space Committee Guidelines (PDF, 4/3/2017)

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)
• SOEST Bonus Policy (PDF, 8/25/2006)

Friends of Oceanography

• By-Laws (PDF, 6/28/2023)

Other Policies

• Faculty Guide to Mentoring Students (PDF, 8/02/2018)
• 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)
• Graduate Assistant Stipends for Oceanography (PDF, 7/12/2016)
• SOEST Standards for Graduate Assistantship Stipends (URL, 8/14/2013)
• SOEST Workload Policy
• Budget and Resources Committee (PDF, 4/10/1995)
• Search Committees, Definition of Quorum, Graduate Faculty Selection (PDF, 10/24/1985)
• MSB 103 Policy (PDF, 3/14/2014)
• SSA Workflow Process (PDF, 7/11/2022)