Faculty Automated Contract System (FACS)
The Faculty Automated Contract System (FACS) is used to process contracts for Adjunct, Offload, and Per Student assignments.
- Pay Scale for Adjunct and Offload Teaching Contracts (PDF)
- Pay Scale for Per Student Compensation Forms (PDF)
- Summer Pay Scale (PDF)
- Minimester Pay Scale (PDF)
Printable Summer and Minimester contracts in FACs for contracts prior to Summer 2021 do not have the correct pay scale. If you need a copy of a contract for either one prior to Summer 2021, please contact the Provost's Budget Office, PBO AT_TOWSON.
Roles
There are two primary roles used in the system:
Initiators
Initiators are Department staff who enter contracts into FACS.
- Before entering contracts, please make sure the appointee has completed an Early Provisioning Form and has an EMPL ID and a Towson University email address. See: Initiating payroll for new adjunct faculty (PDF)
- When prompted for the contract type on the data entry page, please be sure to select the correct type.
- State Funded Contracts use a Funding Department that begins with "1"
- Department Funded Contracts use a Funding Department that begins with "3"or "5".
- See the TLN List of Course Section Numbers (PDF) - sections shaded in blue are department-funded.
- Internships use the Per Student Department Funded Contract. Funding Dept is 35010.
- Course load Limitations
- Teaching and receiving payment for minimester instruction
- Teaching and receiving payment for summer term instruction
Approvers
Approvers are an Appointee, Department Chair, Dean, PBO, Human Resources, and Payroll. Appointees, chairs and deans will receive an auto generated email notification from PeopleSoft HCM when a FACS contract is pending approval.
Get Help
- Download the FACS Users Guide (PDF)
- View the Initiators Tutorial
- View the Queries Tutorial
- View the Approvers Tutorial
- Get the FACS by Becky Mundschenk, Wim Bosma, and Cindy Lyons presented at the 2013 Alliance Convention in Indianapolis, IN.
If you need to add/delete users or experience problems with FACS, please complete the Issue Request Form. A member of the Provost Budget Office will respond.