Weighted Teaching Units (WTU)

WTU is a measure of faculty workload. For example, a lecture class that meets three hours per week generates 3 WTU. A CS Number is generated in the APDB file and used to define the type of courses.

For non-supervision segment (CS Number 01 thru 21), WTU is computed as the product of Course Credit Units and a "K factor," obtained as follows:

CS Number K Factor
01 thru 04 (lecture) 1.0
05, 06 (seminar) 1.0
07 thru 14 (activity) 1.3
15 (lab) 1.5
16, 17 (lab 2.0
18 (activity) 6.0
19 thru 21 (activity) 3.0


For a "supervision" resource segment (CS Number 23, 24, 25, 36, & 48), WTU is computed as enrollment times with an adjusting factor, obtained as follows:

CS Number Adjusting Factor
23 1.000
24 0.667
25 0.500
36 0.333
48 0.250
77 and 78 Zero