This policy provides clear guidelines for faculty members and program chairs on how to handle faculty members’ unexpected absences from teaching, including emergencies, illness, or other unforeseen circumstances, ensuring minimal disruption to students and the overall educational experience. For planned absences, faculty members make arrangements with their chair in advance to ensure continuity of instruction.
Working effectively with our colleagues, faculty, and students requires a commitment to being at work when expected and putting forth our best effort. At the same time, the University of Michigan has developed generous sick and vacation time offerings to assist employees during times of personal need, whether to care for oneself, an immediate family
Building Hours of Operation Monday-Friday, 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. After hours and weekends, members of the Art & Architecture community can use their MCard at the six main building entrances to access the building. 2026 Building Closure Dates Please note that there is no building access for MCard holders during closures.
Master of Urban Design students must complete a minimum of 12 elective credits that count toward their program. Six of those credits can be earned by taking any graduate-level elective offered at U-M. The remaining six credits must be completed by electing courses from a curated, pre-approved list of directed elective options (1 in each
The academic work that is at the very center of our mission is back to being done almost entirely in person. Faculty are teaching and meeting in person, and students are learning and studying in person. Prospective students and families also visit our building regularly to understand the character of campus life. Our collective expectation
The ELI Writing + Speaking Clinic is a free service available to U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning students for whom English is not their first language.
Annual Faculty Activity Review (FAR) for Practice Track Faculty All practice track faculty (all adjunct ranks, practice instructors, and assistant, associate, and full professors of practice) will participate in the college’s annual Faculty Activity Review by completing the required form and submitting it to the Dean’s Office by the deadline along with an updated copy
What is the TVLab?
Policy Our college ethos is to help one another achieve goals by lending assistance within and across functional areas on an ongoing basis in small ways and at periods of peak activity. Additionally, in the context of normal operations it is normal to have positions vacant for a short period of time and have other
Policy New staff members with a start date on or before March 1 of the current year will be eligible for a salary increase in September. New staff members with a start date after March 1 of the current year will not be eligible for a salary increase in September. All new hires will be