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The two sets of guidelines below delineate the expectations of the Political Science faculty and provide a transparent clarification of those expectations for the persons being evaluated and for the reviewers. Appendices D.1, D.2, and D.3 are tables that succinctly summarize expected progress toward tenure and/or promotion.

Evaluation Criteria and Standards for Annual Review, Tenure, Promotion, and Post-Tenure Review I

The immediately succeeding standards, in their entirety, apply to all faculty in the Department of Political Science hired effective September 1, 2022 and thereafter.

Evaluation Criteria and Standards for Annual Review, Tenure, Promotion, and Post-Tenure Review II

The set of guidelines immediately below includes Appendix A.1, a table that concisely recapitulates expected yearly progress toward reappointment and/or promotion for lecturers.

Evaluation Criteria and Standards for Annual Review, Reappointment, and Promotion of Lecturers

Dossier Forms and Guidelines

• Political Science Department Point Accumulation Template for Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty
• Annual Yearly Progress Guidelines for Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty
• Political Science Department Point Accumulation Template for Lecturers
• Annual Yearly Progress Guidelines for Lecturers

Department of Political Science Workload Policy


Purpose. The purpose of the Department of Political Science Workload Policy is to provide guidelines for implementing the UTRGV Workload Policy that:

• ensure a fair and transparent distribution of workload among individual members of the Department,
• facilitate the Department’s transition to a workload distribution consistent with the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s goal of becoming an emerging research institution, and,
• operationalize UTRGV Handbook of Operating Procedures Section ADM 06-106, par. 5, which identifies the primary duties of faculty members as follows:

1. Faculty members are required to provide students with a syllabus, and to post it online, and this syllabus must include the faculty member's office number and office hours, email, and other contact information (ADM 06-106 5.a.i.1).

2. Faculty are expected to be accessible to their students outside the classroom (physical or virtual) via email, telephone and office hours (ADM 06-106 5.a.iii.1).

3. The teaching schedule and office hours shall be posted outside each faculty office or in the Learning Management System and be available in the department office. Faculty members are to be available to students during the posted office hours (ADM 06-106 5.a.iiii.2). 

The Department adopted this policy on February 8, 2019.

Change of Information Form

FERPA Release Authorization Form

The Political Science Department offers the two scholarships below to students pursuing a master’s degree in political science. To apply for these and other scholarships, use the UTRGV Scholarship Application process. For more information on graduate financing, click on Funding for Graduate Students and Graduate Students Scholarships.

Sister Carol Messina Scholarship

Requirements: 2.5 GPA, Undergraduate or Graduate students, full-time enrollment, preference for female applicants

For additional details on this scholarship, please click on the above scholarship title.

Joe Binder Scholarship Endowment for Students of Politics

Requirements: 2.5 GPA, Undergraduate or Graduate students, full-time enrollment

Applicants for the Binder Scholarship must also submit a 1-3 page essay describing why they want to pursue a degree in political science. For additional information on this scholarship, please click on the scholarship title immediately above.