This is the Astronomy Department's page with information and documents related to the Plan of Organization's 2017 revision.

• 2017 Department Plan of Organization (PDF)
  Approved by the Astronomy Assembly via email vote on 5/14/17. Revised on 5/19/17 to include minor corrections.
• Department APT Guidelines for Professorial Faculty (PDF)
  Revised with Approval from the TTK faculty on 10/8/18 to include minor corrections.
• Department APT Criteria (PDF)
  Professorial promotion criteria extracted from the APT guidelines for inclusion in requests to external evaluators.
• Department AEP Guidelines for Professional Track Faculty (PDF)
  PTK promotion guidelines; updated 10/7/19.
• Astronomy Promotion Criteria (PDF)
  For inclusion in letter and AEP packages (extracted from AEP guidelines); updated 4/15/19.
• Department Mentoring Plan (PDF)
  
• UMD Faculty Affairs
  A link to the UMD Faculty Affairs page.
• Travel Guide (PDF)
  For travel approval and expense request procedures.
• EDI page
  A link to the department's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion page.