A-Z Index

A

• Academic or Administrative Unit Title Change Form (Section III. Appendix I.)
• Academic Programs, Elimination of (Section III. Item 20)
• Academic Planning Council (APC) Program Procedures (Section III. Item 15)
• Academic Policies and Procedures Manual: Inclusion Criteria and Process ( i )
• Academic Schedule/Religious Observances Conflict (Section I. Item 7)
• Acknowledgement of Acceptance of Graduate Assistantship (Section IV. Item 4)
• Adjunct Appointments (Section II. Item 6)
• Administrative Appointments (Temporary), Salary Adjustments for (Section II. Item 4)
• Administrative Appointments, Tenure-Track, Above Level of Department Chair (Section II. Item 7)
• Admission, Limited, to an Undergraduate Program (Section III. Item 10)
• Affiliates Appointments (Section II. Item 6)
• Animals in Research and Instruction (Section I. Item 4)
• Appealing Allegedly Capricious Course Grades of Graduate-Level Students (Section III. Item 8)
• Appealing Allegedly Capricious Semester Grades of Undergraduate Students (Section III. Item 7)
• APPM Advisory Committee ( i )
• APPM Distribution List ( iii )
• Applying for a Graduate Assistantship (Section IV. Item 2)
• Appointment of Adjunct Faculty (Section II. Item 6)
• Appointment of Affiliates (Section II. Item 6)
• Appointment of Instructor (Section II. Item 6)
• Appointment of Lecturer in the College of Law (Section II. Item 6)
• Appointment of Non-Tenure-Track Faculty and Research Staff (Section II. Item 6)
• Appointment of Post-Doctoral Fellows (Section II. Item 6)
• Appointment of Research Associate (Section II. Item 6)
• Appointment of Research Staff (Section II. Item 6)
• Appointment of Senior Research Personnel (Section II. Item 6)
• Appointment of Tenure-Track Administrators Hired above the Level of Department Chair (Section II. Item 7)
• Appointment of Visiting Faculty (Section II. Item 6)
• Appointment to Membership on the Graduate Faculty (Appendix A) (Section II. Item 1)
  Assistantships (see Graduate Assistantships)

B

• Benefits Payout and Reemployment (Section II. Item 12)
• Biosafety Policy (Section I. Item 5)

C

• Calendar for Changes in the Graduate Curriculum (Section IIIK)
• Calendar for Changes in the Undergraduate Curriculum (Section IIIJ)
• Catalog Copy for Emphases and Specializations (Section III. Item 5.C.)
• Catalog Descriptions of Courses (Section III. Item 3.G.)
• Certificates of Graduate Study and Graduate-Level Concentrations, Guidelines for (Section III. Item 24)
• Certificates of Undergraduate Study, Guidelines for (Section III. Item 25)
• Chair of Department (or School) Responsibilities (Section II. Item 20)
• Class Size (Section I. Item 8)
• Class-Related Fees (Section I. Item 1)
• Code of Ethics: Rights to the Products of Research and Artistry (Section I. Item 11)
• College Curriculum Committee Minutes and Attachments - Guidelines/Sample Copy (PDF) (Section III. Appendix B)
• College Deans (Section II. Item 13)
• Compensation, Extra and Supplemental (Section II. Item 11)
• Compensatory Time Policy (Section II. Item 5)
• Concentrations (See Degrees and Instructional Units; Subdivisions of Majors)
• Conflict of Interest (Section I. Item 10)
• Conflicts Between Religious Observances and the Academic Schedule (Section I. Item 7)
• Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Policy (Section III. Item 16)
• Contract Major Report Form (PDF) (Section III. Appendix C)
• Contract Majors (Section III. Item 19)
• Copyrights (Section I. Item 6)
• Council of Graduate Schools Resolution (Section IV. Item 3.2)
• Courses, Catalog Descriptions (Section III. Item 3.G.)
• Courses, Credit (See Credit)
• Courses, Definitions (Section III. Item 2)
• Courses, Deletion (Section III. Item 3)
• Courses, General Education (See General Education)
• Courses, Graduate, Scheduling and Advertising (Section III. Item 12)
• Courses, Interdisciplinary, Development of (Section III. Item 18)
• Courses, New, Checklist for Proposals (Section III. Appendix A)
• Courses, New, Initial Offering (Section III. Item 5.A.)
• Courses, New, Operating Procedures (Section III. Item 3.C.)
• Courses, Non-Duplication and Impact on Other Units (Section III. Item 3.D.)
• Courses, Proprietary at the Graduate Level (Section III. Item 14)
• Courses, Revisions (Section III. Item 3.F)
• Courses, Subtitles (Section III. Item 5.E)
• Courses, Time Conflicts (Section III. Item 5.D)
• Credit, Graduate, Awarding of (Section III. Item 13)
• Credit, Graduate, Request to Teach a Course, Form (Section II. Appendix B)
• Credit, Proficiency, for Undergraduate Students (Section III. Item 9)
• Crosslisted Courses (Section III. Item 3, G.6.)
• Curricular Approval Procedures (Section III. Item 4)
• Curricular Definitions (Section III. Item 2)
• Curricular Items, Operating Procedures for (Section III. Item 3)
• Curricular Policies and Procedures (Section III. Item 1)
• Curricular Policies, General (Section III. Item 5)
• Curriculum Approval Process: Summary Table (Section III. Item 4)
• Curriculum Committee Minutes (College) - Attachments Guidelines/Sample Copy (PDF) (Section III. Appendix B)

D

• Deans (College) (Section II. Item 13)
• Defining Academic Terms in Which Courses are Recorded (Section III. L)
• Degree Programs Abroad, Policy Regarding (Section III. Item 27)
• Degrees and Instructional Units, Definitions (Section III. Item 2)
• Degrees and Instructional Units, Operating Procedures (Section III. Item 3.A.)
• Department (or School) Chair Responsibilities (Section II. Item 20)
• Disclosure of Educational Loan Repayment (DELR) - Graduate Assistants, Form (PDF) (Section IV. Item 3.8)
• Distribution of Academic Policies and Procedures Manual ( iii )
• Distribution of Graduate Assistantship Payroll Checks (Section IV. Item 9)

E

• Effect of Tax Laws on Graduate Assistants' Taxable Income (Section IV. Item 3.7)
• Effort Reporting (Grants Fiscal) (Section II. Item 31)
• Emeritus Status for Faculty (Section II. Item 19)
• Emphases (See also Degrees and Instructional Units; Subdivisions of Majors)
• Emphases: Catalog Copy and Transcript Information (Section III. Item 5.C.)
• Elimination of Academic Programs, Policies Regarding (Section III. Item 20)
• Extension of the Tenure Probationary Period (Section II. Item 30)
• Extra and Supplemental Compensation (Section II. Item 11)
• Extra Employment for Graduate Assistants (Section IV. Item 10)
• Extra Employment for Graduate Assistants Request Form (Section IV. Item 10.1)

F

• Faculty Emeritus Status (Section II. Item 19)
• Faculty Office Hours (Section II. Item 25)
• Faculty Positions, Provost's Office Guidelines for Justification for Filling (Section II. Item 28)
• Faculty Professional Behavior Statement (Statement on Professional Behavior of Employees) (Section II. Item 21)
• Faculty Searches and Appointment Guidelines (Section II. Item 26)
• Fees, Class-Related (Section I. Item 1)
• Form - Acknowledgement of Acceptance of Graduate Assistantship (Section IV. Item 4)
• Form - Application for a Graduate Assistantship (Section IV. Item 2.1)
• Form - Appointment to Membership on The Graduate Faculty (Section II. Appendix A)
• Form - Comparison of an Emphasis or Specialization to a Major (Word) (Section III. Appendix F.2)
• Form - Comparison of Emphases or Specializations (Word) (Section III. Appendix F.1)
• Form - Contract Major Report (PDF) (Section III. Appendix C)
• Form - Copyright, Patent, and Other Intellectual Property Agreement (Appendix II) (Section I. Item 6)
• Form - Deletion of a Major or of a Subdivision of a Major (Section III. Appendix G)
• Form - Disclosure of Educational Loan Repayment (DELR) - Graduate Assistants (PDF) (Section IV. Item 3.8)
• Form - Extra Employment for Graduate Assistants (Section IV. Item 10.1)
• Form - Graduate Assistantship Application (Section IV. Item 2.1)
• Form - Graduate Faculty Membership Appointment (Section II. Appendix A)
• Form - I-9 (Section IV. Item 3.5)
• Form - Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986, "I-9" (Section IV. Item 3.5)
• Form - Invention Record and Report (Section I. Item 6.3)
• Form - New Course Proposal Checklist (Section III. Appendix A)
• Form - New Program Request (external link) (Section III. Appendix E)
• Form - Personnel Action Form (PAF) for a Graduate Assistant Appointment (Section IV. Item 5.1)
• Form - Principal Administrative Position Exemption Request Form (Section II. Item 8.1)
• Form - Request for Approval of a Subdivision of a Major (Section III. Appendix F)
• Form - Request for Approval of the Deletion of a Major, Undergraduate Emphasis or minor, or Graduate Specialization or Concentration (Section III. Appendix G)
• Form - Request for Approval of a Title Change for a Major, Undergraduate Emphasis or Minor, or Graduate Specialization or Concentration (Section III. Appendix H)
• Form - Request for Approval of a Title Change for an Academic or Administrative Unit (Section III. Appendix I)
• Form - Request for Change in Supportive Professional Staff Title (Section II. Item 17)
• Form - Request for Class-Related Fee (Word) (Section I. Item 1.1)
• Form - Request for Extra Employment for Graduate Assistant (Section IV. Item 10.1)
• Form - Request for Permission to Employ Faculty (Position Request Form) (Section II. Item 8.3)
• Form - Request for Permission to Teach a Course for Graduate Credit (Section II. Item B)
• Form - Request for Refund of Class-Related Fee (PDF) (Section I. Item 1.2)
• Form - Request for Waiver of External Search (SPS) (Section II. Item 16.1)
• Form - Resolution Regarding Graduate Scholars, Fellows, Trainees and Assistants (Council of Graduate Schools) (PDF) (Section IV. Item 3.2)
• Form - Resubmission of Course for General Education Credit (PDF) (Section III. Appendix D.2)
• Form - Submission of Course for General Education Credit (PDF) (Section III. Appendix D.1)
• Form - Sample Offering Letter for Graduate Assistants (Section IV. Item 3.1)
• Form - Supportive Professional Staff Position Description (Section II. Item 9.1)
• Form - Title Change for an Academic or Administrative Unit (Section III. Appendix I)
• Form - Title Change for a Major or of a Subdivision of a Major (Section III. Appendix H)

G

• General Education Credit, Resubmission of Course for (PDF) (Section III. Appendix D)
• General Education Credit, Submission of Course for (PDF) (Section III. Appendix D)
• General Education, Operating Procedures (Section III. Item 3.B.)
• Grade Appeal Procedures (Graduate Students) (Section III. Item 8)
• Grade Appeal Procedures (Undergraduate Students) (Section III. Item 7)
• Grading, S/U (Section III. Item 5.B.)
• Grading Materials (Section III. Item 5.F.)
• Graduate Assistants, Extra Employment for (Section IV. Item 10)
• Graduate Assistants, Request for Extra Employment for Graduate Assistant Form (Section IV. Item 10,1)
• Graduate Assistants, Personnel Files for (Section IV. Item 6)
• Graduate Assistants: Notice of Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 (Section IV. Item 3.4)
• Graduate Assistants' Taxable Income, Effect of Tax Laws on (Section IV. Item 3.7)
• Graduate Assistantship, Acknowledgement of Acceptance Letter (Section IV. Item 4)
• Graduate Assistantship, Applying for (Application Form) (Section IV. Item 2)
• Graduate Assistantship Appointment - PAF Submission (Section IV. Item 5)
• Graduate Assistantship Offering Letter (Section IV. Item 3.1)
• Graduate Assistantship Payroll Checks, Distribution of (Section IV. Item 9)
• Graduate Assistantship - Sample Offering Letter (Section IV. Item 3)
• Graduate Assistantship, Termination/Resignation (Section IV. Item 7)
• Graduate Assistantships, Policies Pertaining to (Section IV. Item 1)
• Graduate Assistantships, Tuition-Waiver Scholarships (Section IV. Item 8)
• Graduate Course Credit (Section III. Item 13)
• Graduate Curriculum, Calendar for Changes in the (Section IIIK)
• Graduate Faculty, Appointment to Membership on the (Form) (Section II. Appendix A)
• Graduate Faculty Membership, Review of (Section II. Item 2)
• Graduate Faculty Membership, Policies and Procedures (Section II. Item 1)
• Guests in the Classroom Policy (Section III. Item 5)
• Guidelines for Certificates of Graduate Study and Graduate-Level Concentrations (Section III. Item 24)
• Guidelines for Certificates of Undergraduate Study (Section III. Item 25)
• Guidelines for Faculty Searches and Appointments (Section II. Item 26)
• Guidelines for Online Courses Carrying Graduate Credit Offered by Northern Illinois University (Section III. Item 22)
• Guidelines for Online Courses Carrying Undergraduate Credit Offered by Northern Illinois University (Section III. Item 23)
• Guidelines for Supportive Professional Staff Searches and Appointments (Section II. Item 27.)

H

• Hiring NIU Graduates (Section II. Item 3)
• Hiring Procedures for Supportive Professional Staff (Section II. Item 8)
• Hiring Tenure-Track Administrators Above Level of Department Chair (Section II. Item 7)
• Human Subjects in Research (Section I. Item 3)

I

• I-9 Form (Section IV. Item 3.5)
• Identification Card, Graduate Assistant (Section IV. Item 7)
• Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 (Notice to Graduate Assistants) (Section IV. Item 3.4)
• Impact of Courses on Other Units (Section III. Item 3.D.)
• Institutional/Instructional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) (Section I. Item 4)
• Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) (Section I. Item 5)
• Institutional Review Board (IRB) (Section I. Item 3)
• Instruction, Student Evaluation of (Section II. Item 14)
• Instructor Appointments (Section II. Item 6)
• Intellectual Property Agreement Form (Section I. Item 6.2)
• Intellectual Property Agreement Instructions (Section I. Item 6.1)
• Intellectual Property: Invention Record and Report (Appendix III) (Section I. Item 6.3)
• Intellectual Property Policy (Section I. Item 6)
• Interdisciplinary Courses, Guidelines for the Development of (Section III. Item 18)
• Internships, Undergraduate (Section III. Item 6)
• International Academic Exchange Linkage Agreement Guidelines (Section III. Item 21)
• International Programs, Policy Regarding Degree Programs Abroad (Section III. Item 27)
• International Programs, Responsibilities of the Division (Section III. Item 26)
• Invention Record and Report (Section I. Item 6.3)
• Inventions (Section I. Item 6.III.)

J

• Job Description Procedures for Supportive Professional Staff (Section II. Item 9)
• Joint Appointment Policy (Section II. Item 29)
• Justification for Filling Faculty Positions, Provost's Office Guidelines for (Section II. Item 28)

K

L

• Law Library Access by Non-Law-School Users (Section I. Item 9)
• Lecturer Appointments (Section II. Item 6)
• Limited Admission to an Undergraduate Program (Section III. Item 10)
• Limited Retention in an Undergraduate Program (Section III. Item 11)

M

• Majors (See also Degrees and Instructional Units)
• Membership Appointment on the Graduate Faculty Form (Section II. Appendix A)
• Minors (See Degrees and Instructional Units: Subdivisions of Majors)
• Majors, Contract (Section III. Item 19)
• Majors, Contract, Report Form (PDF) (Section III. Appendix C)
• Majors, Deletion Form (Section III. Appendix G)
• Majors, Subdivisions (See Subdivisions of Majors)
• Majors, Title Change Form (Section III. Appendix H)
• Misconduct in Research (Section I. Item 2)

N

• New Program Request (external link) (Section III. Appendix E)
• Non-Duplication of Courses (Section III. Item 3.D.)
• Non-Tenure Track Faculty Appointments (Section II. Item 6)
• Notice to Graduate Assistants: Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 (Section IV. Item 3.4)

O

• Off-Campus Teaching, Principles Governing (Section II. Item 24)
• Off-Campus Teaching, Policies and Regulations (Section III. Item 17)
• Offering a Graduate Assistantship (Section IV. Item 3)
• Office Hours, Faculty (Section II. Item 25)
• Office Privacy Policy (Section I Item 12)
• Online Courses Carrying Graduate Credit Offered by Northern Illinois University, Guidelines for (Section III. Item 22)
• Online Courses Carrying Undergraduate Credit Offered by Northern Illinois University, Guidelines for (Section III. Item 23)

P

• Payout of Benefits and Reemployment (Section II. Item 12)
• Payroll Checks, Graduate Assistantship, Distribution (Section IV. Item 9)
• Performance Appraisal Procedures for Supportive Professional Staff (Section II. Item 10)
• Permission to Employ Faculty Form (Section II. Item 8.3)
• Permission to Teach a Course for Graduate Credit, Form (Section II. Appendix B)
• Permits (for Courses), Operating Procedures (Section III. Item 3)
• Personnel Action Form (PAF) for a Graduate Assistant (Section IV. Item 5)
• Personnel Files for Graduate Assistants (Section IV. Item 6)
• Policies Pertaining to Graduate Assistantships (Section IV. Item 1)
• Policy on Relationships between University Employees and Students (Section II. Item 23)
• Post-Doctoral Fellows (Section II. Item 6)
• Principal Administrative Position Exemption Request Form (Section II. Item 8)
• Principles Governing Off-Campus Teaching (Section II. Item 24)
• Proficiency Credit for Undergraduate Students (Section III. Item 9)
• Program Procedures of Academic Planning Council (APC) (Section III. Item 15)
• Programs, New, Initial Offering (Section III. Item 5.A.)
• Program, New, Request Form (external link) (Section III. Appendix E)
• Proprietary Courses at the Graduate Level (Section III. Item 14)
• Provost's Office Guidelines for Justification for Filling Faculty Positions (Section II. Item 28)

Q

R

• Reassignment/Internal Promotion: Supportive Professional Staff (Section II. Item 16)
• Reemployment and Payout of Benefits (Section II. Item 12)
• Refunds of Class-Related Fee (Section I. Item 1)
• Relationships between University Employees and Students (Section II. Item 23)
• Religious Observances/Academic Schedule Conflicts (Section I. Item 7)
• Research Associate Appointments (Section II. Item 6)
• Research Integrity at NIU (Section I. Item 2)
• Research on Human Subjects (Section I. Item 3)
• Research Use of Animals (Section I. Item 4)
• Research Staff Appointments (Section II. Item 6)
• Resolution Regarding Graduate Scholars, Fellows, Trainees, and Assistants (Section IV. Item 3.2)
• Responsibilities of Chair of Department (or School) (Section II. Item 20)
• Resubmission of Course for General Education Credit (PDF) (Section III. Appendix D.2)
• Rights to the Products of Artistry: A Code of Ethics (Section I. Item 11)

S

• Salary Adjustment for Temporary Administrative Appointments (Section II. Item 4)
• Sample Offering Letter for Graduate Assistants (Section IV. Item 3.1)
• Schedule Conflict - Between Religious Observances/Academic Schedule (Section I. Item 7)
• Search, External, Request for Waiver (SPS) (Section II. Item 16.1.)
• Searches and Appointments, Guidelines for Faculty (Section II. Item 26.)
• Searches and Appointments, Guidelines for Supportive Professional Staff (Section II. Item 27.)
• Senior Research Appointments (Section II. Item 6)
• Specializations (See also Degrees and Instructional Units; Subdivisions of Majors Specializations: Catalog Copy and Transcript Information (Section III. Item 5.C.)
• Statement of Professional Behavior of Employees (Section II. Item 21)
• Statement of Professional Ethics for Faculty (Section II. Item 22)
• Student Evaluation of Instruction (Section II. Item 14)
• Subdivisions of Majors, Approval Form (Section III. Appendix F)
• Subdivisions of Majors, Deletion Form (Section III. Appendix G)
• Subdivisions of Majors, Title Change Form (Section III. Appendix H)
• Submission of Course for General Education Credit (PDF) (Section III. Appendix D.1)
• Submitting the Personnel Action Form (PAF) for a Graduate Assistantship (Section IV. Item 5)
• Supplemental Compensation (Section II. Item 11)
• Supportive Professional Staff (SPS) Hiring Procedures (Section II. Item 8)
• Supportive Professional Staff Job Description Procedures (Section II. Item 9)
• Supportive Professional Staff Performance Appraisal Procedures (Section II. Item 10)
• Supportive Professional Staff Personnel Policies and Procedures (Section II. Item 15)
• Supportive Professional Staff Position Administration: Internal Promotion/Reassignment (Section II. Item 16)
• Supportive Professional Staff Position Administration: Title Changes (Section II. Item 17)
• Supportive Professional Staff Position Description Form (Section II. Item 9.1)
• Supportive Professional Staff Request for Change in Title (Section II. Item 17.1)
• Supportive Professional Staff Searches and Appointments, Guidelines for (Section II. Item 27.)

T

• Tangible Research Property (Section I. Item 6.)
• Taxation of Graduate Assistants' Income (Section IV. Item 3.7.)
• Teaching, Off-Campus, Policies and Regulations (Section III. Item 17)
• Teaching a Course for Graduate Credit, Request for Permission Form (Section II. Appendix B)
• Temporary Administrative Appointments, Salary Adjustment (Section II. Item 4)
• Tenure-Track Admin. Appointments for Persons Hired above the Level of Department Chair (Section II. Item 7)
• Termination or Resignation of Graduate Assistantship (Section IV. Item 7)
• Title Change for a Major or of a Subdivision of a Major, Form (Section III. Appendix H)
• Title Change for an Academic or Administrative Unit, Form (Section III. Appendix I)
• Title Change for Supportive Professional Staff (Section II. Item 17)
• Transcript Information for Emphases and Specializations (Section III. Item 5.C.)
• Tuition-Waiver Scholarships Associated with Graduate Assistantships (Section IV. Item 8)

U

• Undergraduate Curriculum, Calendar for Changes in the (Section IIIJ)
• University Council Personnel Committee (UCPC) Working Rules (Section II. Item 18)

V

• Visiting Appointments (Section II. Item 6)

W

• Working Rules of the University Council Personnel Committee (UCPC) (Section II. Item 18)

X

Y

Z