UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON Budget for the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Submitted to the Board of Regents University of Houston System Houston, Texas August 2017 Univ. of Houston This Page Left Blank Intentionally TABLE OF CONTENTS University of Houston Table of Contents Fiscal Year 2018 Page ACADEMIC WORKLOAD POLICY......................................... 3 EDUCATION AND GENERAL FUNDS...................................... 11 PRESIDENT................................................. 17 UNIVERSITY MARKET COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA................ 19 UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT.................................... 21 ACADEMIC AFFAIRS.......................................... 23 STUDENT AFFAIRS AND ENROLLMENT............................ 25 RESEARCH.................................................. 27 LIBRARY................................................... 29 ARCHITECTURE.............................................. 31 BAUER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS................................. 33 EDUCATION................................................. 35 ENGINEERING............................................... 37 HONORS.................................................... 39 HOTEL & RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT............................. 41 LAW CENTER................................................ 43 NATURAL SCIENCES & MATHEMATICS............................ 45 OPTOMETRY................................................. 47 PHARMACY.................................................. 49 COLLEGE OF THE ARTS....................................... 51 LIBERAL ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES............................ 53 GRADUATE COLLEGE SOCIAL WORK.............................. 57 TECHNOLOGY................................................ 59 ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE................................ 61 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.................................... 63 INSTITUTIONAL............................................. 65 PLANT SUPPORT............................................. 67 CAMPUS SECURITY........................................... 69 PHYSICAL PLANT & GROUND MAINTENANCE....................... 71 BUILDING MAINTENANCE...................................... 73 UTILITIES................................................. 75 PLANT FACULITY & CONSTRUCTION............................. 77 SPECIAL ITEMS............................................. 79 DEBT SERVICE.............................................. 81 TPEG...................................................... 83 STATE STAFF BENEFITS...................................... 85 University of Houston Table of Contents Fiscal Year 2018 Page DESIGNATED TUITION............................................... 89 PRESIDENT.................................................. 93 UNIVERSITY MARKET COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA................. 95 UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT..................................... 97 ACADEMIC AFFAIRS........................................... 99 STUDENT AFFAIRS AND ENROLLMENT.............................103 RESEARCH...................................................105 LIBRARY....................................................109 SCHOOL OF NURSING..........................................111 ARCHITECTURE...............................................113 BAUER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS..................................115 EDUCATION..................................................119 ENGINEERING................................................123 HONORS.....................................................129 HOTEL & RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT..............................131 LAW CENTER.................................................133 NATURAL SCIENCES & MATHEMATICS.............................137 OPTOMETRY..................................................145 PHARMACY...................................................147 COLLEGE OF THE ARTS........................................151 LIBERAL ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES.............................155 GRADUATE COLLEGE SOCIAL WORK...............................161 TECHNOLOGY.................................................163 ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE.................................167 INFORMATION TECHOLOGY......................................171 INSTITUTIONAL..............................................173 PLANT SUPPORT..............................................175 CAMPUS SECURITY............................................177 PHYSICAL PLANT & GROUND MAINTENANCE........................179 BUIDING MAINTENANCE........................................181 UTILITIES..................................................183 PLANT FACILITY & CONSTRUCTION..............................185 DEBT SERVICE...............................................187 OTHER......................................................189 STATE STAFF BENEFITS.......................................191 University of Houston Table of Contents Fiscal Year 2018 Page AUXILIARY ENTERPRISE FUNDS.......................................193 AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES......................................197 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS..................................199 PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION.................................201 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES....................................203 RESIDENTIAL LIFE AND HOUSING...............................205 UNIVERSITY CENTER..........................................207 HEALTH CENTER AND PHARMACY.................................209 OTHER STUDENT SERVICES.....................................211 HOTEL & RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT..............................215 OTHER AUXILIARY UNITS......................................217 DEBT SERVICE...............................................219 University of Houston Table of Contents Fiscal Year 2018 Page RESTRICTED......................................................221 PRESIDENT..................................................225 UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT.....................................227 ACADEMIC AFFAIRS...........................................229 STUDENT AFFAIRS AND ENROLLMENT.............................231 RESEARCH...................................................237 LIBRARY....................................................239 SCHOOL OF NURSING..........................................243 ARCHITECTURE...............................................245 BAUER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS..................................247 EDUCATION..................................................253 ENGINEERING................................................257 HONORS.....................................................263 HOTEL & RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT..............................267 LAW CENTER.................................................273 NATURAL SCIENCES & MATHEMATICS.............................275 OPTOMETRY..................................................281 PHARMACY...................................................285 COLLEGE OF THE ARTS........................................289 LIBERAL ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES.............................295 GRADUATE COLLEGE SOCIAL WORK...............................303 TECHNOLOGY.................................................307 ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE.................................311 PUBLIC BROADCASTING........................................313 INTERCOLLGIATE ATHLETICS...................................315 PLANT FACILITY & CONSTRUCTION..............................317 University of Houston Operating Budget Key To Symbols For Fiscal Year 2018 Header Definition Appt Appointment Definition 3M 3 Month Appointment 4.5M 4.5 Month Appointment 9M 9 Month Appointment 10M 10 Month Appointment 11M 11 Month Appointment 12M 12 Month Appointment Salary Change Salary Change Definition J Adjustment C Faculty Counter Offer E Faculty Equity M Faculty Merit T Faculty Promotion & Tenure K Reclassify S Staff Equity L Staff Merit For budgeting purposes, the annual salary for biweekly employees is calculated as follows: 2088hrs X hourly rate. 1 Univ. of Houston This Page Left Blank Intentionally 2 University of Houston ACADEMIC WORKLOAD POLICY 3 Faculty Academic Instructional Workload (University of Houston) [Revised as of February 9, 1999.] In accordance with UHS Board of Regents; policy 21.05, the University of Houston has developed the following faculty academic workload rules and regulations. The general workload responsibilities of a faculty member at a complex institution such as the University of Houston can neither be defined simply nor summarized easily. Faculty members have fundamental obligations above and beyond organized teaching and research. They perform their normal classroom duties and carry out a multitude of essential functions including, but not limited to, academic advising and counseling, the supervision of undergraduate and graduate students, direction of individual study, special projects, theses and dissertations, and curriculum development. In addition, they accept many institutional and public service obligations. The variety of faculty responsibilities that must be undertaken for the university to function in an effective and efficient manner makes it impossible to equate faculty workload with the sum total of semester credit hours taught, or with any other single criterion. Indeed, it is inappropriate to adopt any measure of faculty workload that is fundamentally numerical in nature without consideration of qualitative issues. While recognizing these facts, however, the university must develop a minimum teaching load requirement and report its fulfillment to the state. This is necessary to comply with the Texas Education Code, to meet the expectations of the Legislature for direct instructional