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University Promotion, Tenure, Re-Appointment and Merit Committee

The University Promotion, Tenure, Reappointment and Merit (UPTRM) Committee is a standing committee of the Towson University Senate. Seven faculty members are on the committee, one member elected from each college and one appointed by the Senate (may not concurrently serve on their college PTRM committee). Members' terms run from June 1 -- May 31. The UPTRM Committee meets the second Friday of each month from September -- May. Meetings are usually from 10 a.m. -- noon and held in AD333.

The Committee's functions are:

• to review and approve college and departmental PTRM policy documents;
• to review and approve departmental student and peer evaluation forms;
• to administer the system of faculty evaluation;
• to review faculty appeals due to possible procedural error.

A more complete set of duties is set out in the UPTRM Duties and Responsibilities (PDF) document.

UPTRM Committee Members

College PTRM Policies

• College of Business and Economics (PDF)
• College of Education
• College of Fine Arts and Communication (PDF)
• College of Health Professions (PDF)
• College of Liberal Arts (PDF)
• Jess and Mildred Fisher College of Science and Mathematics (PDF)

Department PTRM Policies

Please note: All department documents will be added as approved.

College of Business and Economics

• Department of Accounting (PDF)
• Department of e-Business and Technology (PDF)
• Department of Economics (PDF)
• Department of Finance (PDF)
• Department of Management (PDF)
• Department of Marketing (PDF)

College of Education

• Department of Early Childhood Education (PDF)
• Department of Educational Technology and Literacy (PDF)
• Department of Elementary Education (PDF)
• Department of Instructional Leadership and Development (PDF)
• Department of Secondary Education (PDF)
• Department of Special Education (PDF)

College of Fine Arts and Communication

• Department of Art+Design Art History Art Education
• Department of Dance
• Department of Electronic Media and Film (PDF)
• Department of Mass Communication and Communication Studies (PDF)
• Department of Music
• Department of Theatre Arts (PDF)

College of Health Professions

• Department of Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology and Deaf Studies (PDF)
• Department of Health Science (PDF)
• Department of Kinesiology (PDF)
• Department of Nursing (PDF)
• Department of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Sciences
• Office of Collaborative Programs

College of Liberal Arts

• Department of English (PDF)
• Department of Family Studies and Community Development (PDF)
• Department of Foreign Languages (PDF)
• Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences
• Department of History (PDF)
• Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies (PDF)
• Department of Political Science (PDF)
• Department of Psychology (PDF)
• Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice (PDF)
• Department of Women's and Gender Studies

Jess and Mildred Fisher College of Science and Mathematics

• Department of Biological Sciences (PDF)
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Computer and Information Systems (PDF)
• Department of Mathematics (PDF)
• Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences

Joint and Interdisciplinary Programs

• College of Liberal Arts (PDF)

Forms and Checklists

• College Checklist   (.doc)
• Department Checklist (.doc)

• Department approval-transmission form