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College Independent Study Contractual Policy & Processes

All College Independent Study Instructors require a 12-month contract.

Payment for course Development/Revision is available.

 

The processes handled by the Office of Academic Outreach are to:

  • Obtain personal and salary information from Department Head/Dean
  • Obtain necessary justifications, if applicable
  • Generate contracts
  • Route all contracts for approval signatures in the following sequence -

                  1.         Department Head
                  2.         College Dean
                  3.         AOCE Director
                  4.         Manager of Academic Outreach
                  5.         Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs
                  6.         Instructor

  • Submit fully approved contracts to the AOCE Office of Business & Finance
  • Submit contracts HRM for final payment processing

 

Instructor pay is based on student completion and is processed every other month -

  • $75.00 per student completing the course
  • $50.00 per student dropping the course after the 60th day
  • $25.00 per student dropping the course within the first 60 days

 

Development/Revision pay is processed upon completion of work as categorized below -

  • $1000.00 - course rewrite to include new textbook, new syllabus, no less than 50% update of course materials, and develop structure for publication online
  • $750.00 - moderate revision to include updated textbook, updated syllabus, updates to less than 50% of the course materials, changes to current tests/examinations, and develop structure for publication online
  • $500.00 - partial revision to include minimal changes to the syllabus, changes to approximately 25% of the course materials, few (if any) changes to current tests/examinations, and develop structure for publication online
  • $250.00 - minimal revision to include few changes to syllabus, minimal changes to course/tests/examinations, and develop structure for publication online

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