4.04

Evidence of Compliance: 

Faculty workload in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies is determined in accordance with the California State University system-wide Faculty Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and CSULB Academic Affairs policy. This policy is consistently applied across all academic units at CSULB.

Per university policy, each full-time faculty member carries a 15 weighted teaching unit (WTU) workload per semester, typically composed of:

• 12 WTUs of direct instruction, generally equal to teaching four 3-unit courses

• 3 WTUs allocated for instructionally related responsibilities such as advising, assessment, committee participation, and student mentorship

This standard is uniformly applied to all departments across the university and serves as the baseline for faculty workload expectations.

New tenure-track faculty are granted 3 WTUs of assigned time each semester for their first three years to support research and professional development. This assigned time is also a university-wide practice designed to promote faculty success and retention. Faculty in their fourth year and beyond may apply for internal reassigned time opportunities, such as RSCA (Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity) grants, in line with campus policy.

This workload structure ensures that faculty in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies operate under the same workload policies as faculty in other academic units.