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Unit Criteria

Unit Criteria

The unit criteria posted below represent the most current version. The following documents are in Adobe PDF format PDF Document

Academic units must follow this policy when revising criteria.

George Dean Johnson, Jr., College of Business and Economics

College of Education, Human Performance, and Health

Mary Black College of Nursing

Library (PTR policies included at the end of Library Unit Criteria)

Department of Fine Arts and Communication Studies

Department of History, Political Science, Philosophy, and American Studies (PTR polices included at the end of HPPA Unit Criteria)

Department of Informatics and Engineering Systems

Division of Languages, Literature and Composition

Department of Psychology

Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Women’s Studies

Division of Mathematics and Computer Sciences

Division of Natural Sciences and Engineering


Post-Tenure Review Unit Criteria

College of Education, Human Performance, and Health

Interdisciplinary Studies

Department of Informatics and Engineering Systems

Division of Languages, Literature and Composition 

Department of Psychology

Division of Mathematics and Computer Sciences

Division of Natural Sciences and Engineering

Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Women’s Studies

Mary Black College of Nursing


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