Campus Unit Responsibilities
Campus unit responsibilities described below pertain to Terp Young Scholars.
- Determine the overall courses to offer and submit the Terp Scholars Course Participation Request form by the deadline.
- Courses must be fully approved at the time of submission. Courses needing/awaiting approval by VPAC or holding one-time approval will not be considered.
- Develop and deliver all instructional content.
- Develop learner outcomes and associated assessments.
- Oversee all updates/changes to content and logistics.
- Manage all curriculum content.
- Identify and hire all instructors, TAs, and staff, ensure all receive access and training to university systems, including SIS and ELMS, ensure all understand requirements for syllabi, textbooks, supplies, class lists, and grades and submission deadlines.
- Obtain required approval for course fee requests.
- Scheduling. Adhere to the approved Terp Scholars Course Participation Request, additional guidance from EXST staff, and the Summer Session Scheduling Guidelines.
- Advising and Assessment. Oversee all academic actions.
- Student Financials. Manage and post academic awards using the Student Award System.
- Provide information required to generate course budgets and instructor contracts as per the Summer Session Scheduling Guidelines.
- Enter and update the demographic, degree, and I-9 Profile ID data in PHR for all new and current appointees. If the appointee does not have a current active appointment, the department also must process a non-paid appointment so that the appointee can be entered into SIS. This allows the appointee to obtain access to ELMS and other university resources.
- Review and take appropriate action on Breakeven Enrollment Reports.
- Submit course-related expenses by date posted in the scheduling guidelines.
- For course and program assistance, contact Anne Baum, Associate Director, Summer, Winter, and Undergraduate Programs, at 5-7762 or abaum@umd.edu.
- For budgeting, distribution, and operational assistance, contact Andrew Leighton, Director of Finance and Operations, at 5-0212 or aleighto@umd.edu.
- For Terp Young Scholars, academic units use tys@umd.edu (general questions), summer-sched@umd.edu (scheduling-related), or exst@umd.edu.