Assignment to Basic Studies Courses

The Department of English is committed to providing the best possible education to students in its Basic Studies composition and literature courses. Because the department regards this obligation as no less central to its mission and no less important than its obligation to students in its graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses, the department takes pride in its longstanding commitment to having all faculty participate in teaching these courses. It has long been a departmental goal that in each academic year all professorial-rank faculty will teach one or more courses that fulfill the Basic Studies composition requirement. It is also a departmental goal to staff as many sections as possible of its Introduction to Literature courses with professorial-rank faculty. The department expects the chair and assistant chair to make every effort to meet these goals in the assignment of classes, insofar as scheduling needs and staffing availability permit. Although staffing exigencies may sometimes prevent these goals from being fully met, the department will strive to insure that professorial-rank faculty teach no fewer than one of the following courses each year*: ENG 101, 103, 110, and 201, including no fewer than one Basic Studies composition course every two years*. 

* In the case of a full-time faculty member who teaches fewer than six courses annually, "year" shall be interpreted to mean "six consecutive courses," and "two years" shall be interpreted to mean "twelve consecutive courses."