Online Payments

Instructors who are teaching their course outside of their normal teaching responsibilities (overload) or as an adjunct will be paid are eligible to receive compensation. Remember, 9-10 month faculty and staff may only receive 20 percent of their salary through extra compensation during the academic year. (Twelve month faculty and staff may not exceed their 20 percent extra compensation limit for the year.)

Instructors are not able to be paid in the same month that they start teaching, unless the course begins on the first day of the month. 

Online Undergraduate Instructor Pay 

Credit Hour(s) 9 or Fewer Students 10-30 Students (Base Stipend) 31+ Students (Base stipend plus additional)
1 $83.33 per student $833.33 $25 per additional student
2 $166.67 per student $1,666.67 $50 per additional student
3 $250.00 per student $2,500.00 $75 per additional student
4 $333.33 per student $3,333.33 $100 per additional student
5 $416.67 per student $4,166.67 $125 per additional student
6 $500.00 per student $5,000.00 $150 per additional student

Online Graduate Instructor Pay 

Credit Hour(s) 7  or Fewer Students 8-25 Students (Base Stipend) 26+ Students (Base stipend plus additional)
1 $125 per student $1,000 $33.33 per additional student
2 $250 per student $2,000 $66.67 per additional student
3 $375 per student $3,000 $100.00 per additional student
4 $500 per student $4,000 $133.33 per additional student
5 $625 per student $5,000 $166.67 per additional student
6 $750 per student $6,000 $200 per additional student

Payment charts above are effective starting Winter 2018. 

Enrollment to Determine Pay

Enrollment to determine pay is taken on a specific day. The Provost will not change the payment amount on the Personnel Action Form (PA) after this date should enrollment change. 

Full semester course enrollments for Fall and Spring are taken the day after the last day students can add a course. Other sessions (1st half, second half, etc.) are taken the day after the course starts. Winter and Summer enrollments are taken the day after the class starts. 

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