The Department of Applied Physical Sciences strives to establish a community of scholars throughout the university while retaining a core sense of mission and scholarship. For these reasons, adjunct appointments should be intentional and considered in terms of mutual benefit for the scholar and the department.
Department committees are renewed each fiscal year (July 1 – June 30) and are tasked with a set of directives established by departmental leadership and faculty. This policy establishes how those committees are established and their roles within the College of Arts and Sciences Applied Physical Sciences.
This document outlines the Department of Applied Physical Sciences’ policies and standards for faculty personnel actions, including appointment, reappointment, promotion, tenure, and post‑tenure review for both tenure‑track and fixed‑term faculty. It defines expectations in research, teaching, service, and engagement, and describes the processes and criteria used to evaluate faculty performance and advancement.
The main purpose of this document is to establish expectations and guidelines about the work of departmental faculty. This document is intended to make clear the research, teaching and service expectations of Applied Physical Sciences faculty so that the department contributes appropriately to the missions of the College of Arts & Sciences and UNC-Chapel Hill.
The PTR process respects the basic principles of academic freedom and should be flexible enough to acknowledge different expectations in different disciplines and changing expectations at different stages of faculty careers. These policies and procedures conform to the basic principles and guidelines for post-tenure review as defined by the Office of the Provost, the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees, and the UNC Board of Governors.
This document outlines the eligibility criteria and procedural steps for reviewing and promoting a Teaching Associate Professor to the rank of Teaching Professor in the Department of Applied Physical Sciences (APS). Its purpose is to define required qualifications, evidence, committee processes, and voting procedures for promotion decisions.