links for 2010-02-20

An awesomely cool web utility by Greg Koberger. "I made Please Call My Phone because I kept losing my phone in my room, and needed an easy way to find it. The site also has a "schedule" feature, so you could use it as an excuse to get out of a bad date or boring meeting."

"The ordinary teaching load for the Department is three courses per semester. "

"Normal teaching load is 2/2."

Position descriptions indicate that teaching load in most departments is two four-credit courses per semester.

"Faculty generally teach a mixture of undergraduate and graduate subjects, and occasional recitations. Instructors mostly teach recitations in their first year here, and a mix of recitations and undergraduate subjects thereafter. In teaching load calculations, a recitation counts as 1.5 hours, a regular subject as 3 hours, and leading a large lecture subject counts as 4.5 hours."