Catalog Contents
- Colorado School of Mines Catalog
- Academic Calendar
- Catalog Archives
- Catalog Contents
- Course Change Crosswalk
- Directory of the School
- Faculty Handbook
- Preface
- Section 1 - Faculty Handbook Organization
- Section 10 - Board Policies and Procedures
- Section 11 - Disciplinary Action and Grievances
- Section 12 - University Committees
- 12.1 Athletics Board
- 12.10 Biosafety Committee
- 12.11 Assessment Committee
- 12.12 The President's Committee on Diversity
- 12.13 Conflict of Interest Committee
- 12.14 Faculty Grievance Committee
- 12.15 Research Advisory Board
- 12.16 Technology Fee Committee
- 12.2 Board of Student Media
- 12.3 Budget Committee
- 12.4 Faculty Handbook Committee
- 12.5 Safety Committee
- 12.6 Student Conduct Appeals Board
- 12.7 Calendar Committee
- 12.8 Promotion and Tenure Committee
- 12.9 Teaching Faculty Promotion Committee
- Section 2 - Mines Organizational Structure
- Section 3 - Process for Handbook Modification and Reporting Policy Violations or Procedural Non- Compliance
- Section 4 - Faculty Positions
- Section 5 - Rights, Privileges, and Benefits
- Section 6 - Ethics, Responsibilities, Conflicts, and External Activities
- Section 7 Performance and Evaluation
- Section 8 - Promotion and Tenure
- Section 9 - Termination of Employment
- Summary of Changes from Previous Year
- Graduate
- Academic Regulations
- Admission to the Graduate School
- Combined Undergraduate/Graduate Degree Programs
- General Information
- General Requirements
- Graduate Departments and Programs
- Applied Mathematics and Statistics
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Computer Science
- Economics and Business
- Electrical Engineering
- Engineering, Design, and Society
- Geology and Geological Engineering
- Geophysics
- Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
- Interdisciplinary Programs
- Additive Manufacturing
- Advanced Energy Systems
- Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
- Data Science
- FEA Professional
- Geochemistry
- GIS & GeoInformatics
- Humanitarian Engineering and Science
- Hydrologic Science and Engineering
- Materials Science
- Nuclear Engineering
- Operations Research with Engineering
- Quantitative Biosciences and Engineering
- Quantum Engineering
- Robotics
- Space Resources
- STEM Teaching
- Underground Construction and Tunnel Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
- Mining Engineering
- Petroleum Engineering
- Physics
- Registration and Tuition Classification
- Student Life at Mines
- The Graduate School
- Tuition, Fees, Financial Assistance
- Policies and Procedures
- Procedures Manual
- Section 1: Introduction
- Section 2 - General Administrative Procedures
- Section 3 - General Procedures for Faculty
- 3.1 Employment Contract Period and Pay Calculations for Tenure, Tenure-Track, and Teaching Faculty
- 3.10 Instructional Development Assignment Requests and Reports
- 3.11 Gift Ban
- 3.12 Mines Research Incentive Program
- 3.13 Course Chargeout and Buyout
- 3.14 LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS)
- 3.2 Requests to Engage in Additional Professional Work
- 3.3 Funds for which Faculty Members Have Responsibility and Accountability
- 3.4 Instructional Use of Graduate Students
- 3.5 Hiring Undergraduate Students
- 3.6 Summer Program Guidelines
- 3.7 Leaves of Absence
- 3.8 Office Space for Transitional and Emeritus Faculty
- 3.9 Sabbatical Requests and Reports
- Section 4 - Faculty Hiring and Termination
- 4.1 Requirements for Conducting Formal Faculty Searches
- 4.2 Hiring Processes for Teaching and Tenure-Line Faculty
- 4.3 Visa and Immigration Protocol for Appointing Foreign Tenured or Tenure Track Faculty
- 4.4 Required Documentation for New Mines Faculty
- 4.5 HIRING RESEARCH AND AFFILIATE FACULTY, GUIDELINES FOR JOINT APPTS AND INTERDISCIP. PROGRAMS
- 4.6 Faculty Appointments for Graduate Students
- 4.7 Guidelines for Appointing Faculty to a Position with No Remuneration
- 4.8 Guidelines for Hiring Adjunct Faculty
- 4.9 Termination of Salary Contracts and Separation of Employees from Mines
- Section 5 - Faculty Evaluation
- 5.1 Faculty Evaluation Procedure Summary
- 5.2 Suggested Criteria to be Considered for Faculty Evaluation
- 5.3 Responsibilities and Expectations for Departmental Leadership
- 5.4 Evaluation Procedures for Departmental Leadership
- 5.5 Course Evaluations
- 5.6 Professional Growth Plans for Tenure-Track and Teaching Faculty
- Section 6 - Promotion and Tenure
- 6.1 Promotion Procedures
- 6.2 Guidelines for Submissions of Promotion/Tenure Material
- 6.3.Guidelines for Selecting Reviewers and Reviewing External Evaluation Letters
- 6.4 Preliminary Tenure Reviews for Tenure-Track Faculty
- 6.5 Expectations of Department Heads, DPTs, and UPT
- 6.7 Demonstrations of Attainment of Promotion Criteria for Teaching Faculty
- 6.9 Demonstration of attainment of promotion criteria for research faculty
- Section 7 - Academic Procedures
- Section 8 - Faculty Awards and Emeritus Status
- 8.1 Faculty Awards
- 8.10 Nominating Faculty for Emeritus Title
- 8.2 Mines Teaching Award (Teaching Faculty)
- 8.3 Mines Teaching Award (Tenured or Tenure Track)
- 8.4 Board of Trustees’ Outstanding Faculty Award
- 8.5 Alfred E. Jenni Faculty Fellowship
- 8.6 Faculty Excellence Award
- 8.7 W.M. Keck Mentorship Awards
- 8.8 Excellence in Research Awards (Junior & Senior Faculty)
- 8.9 DEIA at Mines Awards
- Section 9 - Academic Affairs Travel Policies
- Undergraduate
- Housing & Dining
- Interdisciplinary Minors
- Programs and Departments
- Additional Programs
- Applied Mathematics and Statistics
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Computer Science
- Economics and Business
- Electrical Engineering
- Engineering, Design, and Society
- Geology and Geological Engineering
- Geophysics
- Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
- Mining Engineering
- Petroleum Engineering
- Physics
- Quantitative Biosciences and Engineering
- Student Life at Mines
- Tuition, Fees, Financial Assistance, Housing & Dining Rates
- Undergraduate Information
- Academic Regulations
- Admissions Procedures
- Combined Undergraduate/Graduate Degree Programs
- Core Curriculum
- General Information
- Good Standing, Honor Roll and Dean's List, Graduation Awards, Probation and Suspension
- Grading System, Grade-Point Average (GPA), and Grade Appeals
- Minor Programs/Areas of Special Interest (ASI)
- Special Programs
- Undergraduate Degree Requirements
- Welcome