Definition of Terms

Academic Office -

An academic office is defined as a room used by faculty, department chairs, other academic instructional appointees (e.g. lecturers, instructors, specialists), teaching assistants, emeriti, or postdoctoral scholars working at one or more desks, tables, or work stations for their desk-based academic work.

Excluded from this definition are offices for graduate students or other professional and staff researchers and offices for deans, division heads, or directors.

Officer, Unit, and Subunit

These three terms are defined, for purposes of this document only, as follows:

Officer - The Chancellor delegates authority for space to the following campus officers:

• Executive Vice Chancellor
• Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs
• Vice Chancellor of Business and Administrative Services
• Assistant Chancellor for Human Resources
• Assistant Chancellor for University Advancement
• Chancellor's Executive Assistant

Unit - Campus officers may assign space to units which report to them. Units or unit directors include, but are not limited to:

• Chancellor/EVC support
• Deans of Arts, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and Graduate Studies
• Dean of University Extension and Summer Session
• EVC/Associate Academic Vice Chancellor
• Public Information Office and Ombudsperson
• Registrar (for general assignment classrooms)
• Units reporting to the Vice Chancellors and Assistant Chancellors
• University Librarian

Subunit - Units may distribute space to subunits which report to the unit’s director. Subunits or subunit directors include, but are not limited to:

• Academic Senate
• Audit
• Boards
• Chancellor/EVC general administration
• College Provosts
• Contracts and Grants
• Divisional administration
• Office of Research
• ORUs, ORAs, and FRAs
• Planning and Budget
• Summer Session
• University Extension