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This software will help you determine how much time you will spend on teaching, research, and service activities over the semester. Start by inputting the date range of your semester below.
Then, proceed to the Teaching, Research, and Service tabs to enter in your activities in each of those three categories. Finally, click the Workload Estimates Report tab to get a summary of your time commitments during the coming semester.
If you have used the workload estimator before, you can upload saved activities from your previous session using the button below.
The top three panels contain information about semester-long and cross-course teaching-related time commitments. Below these, you may add courses or student projects using the Add New button.
Below, click Add New to create a new research project. Within each project, you can then create and schedule tasks related to that project.
Below, click Add New to create a new service commitment. Within each commitment, you can then create and schedule tasks related to that service commitment.
Below, a plot shows your time commitments by week. The share of commitments related to teaching, research, and service each week are coded by color. The height of the bar indicates the total time commitment in hours. You can also click the Download Activities button to save your information to your computer.
Emily Yue Wang, Wake Forest Research Fellow
Emily Wang is a senior undergraduate student double majoring in Politics and Statistics at Wake Forest University. After graduating, Emily intends to pursue a PhD in Political Science and specialize in Political Methodology.
Susan Smelcer, WFU Department of Politics
Susan Smelcer is an Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University. She received her PhD in Political Science from Emory University in 2015 and a JD from the New York University School of Law in 2016. Her area of specialization is judicial politics and the application of quantitative methods to the study of law.
Justin Esarey, WFU Department of Politics
Justin Esarey is a Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University. He received his PhD in Political Science from Florida State University in 2008 following a BA in Political Science and BS in Economics from Bowling Green State University in 2002. Justin is a co-author of the Course Workload Estimator.
Elizabeth Barre, WFU Center for the Advancement of Teaching
Elizabeth Barre is the Assistant Provost for Teaching and Learning and the Executive Director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Wake Forest University. She received her PhD in Religion from Florida State University in 2009 following a BA in Philosophy from Bowling Green State University in 2002. Elizabeth is a co-author of the Course Workload Estimator.