SACSCOC Credentials Guidelines:
1. Faculty teaching undergraduate general education and/or baccalaureate courses: Doctorate or Master’s degree in the teaching discipline or Master’s degree with a concentration in the discipline (a minimum of 18 graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline).
2. Faculty teaching graduate and post-baccalaureate course work: Earned Doctorate/ terminal degree in the teaching discipline or a related discipline (a minimum of 18 hours above the Master’s degree in the teaching discipline).
Qualifications:
Does this faculty member hold a terminal degree in this discipline or a related field?
Additional Qualifications Complete this section to provide additional qualifications to meet the SACSCOC credentials guidelines. Identify all additional qualifications that apply and explain each item in the justification textbox. Indicate the dates of these additional qualifications and clearly describe the relationship between these qualifications and the course content and/or the expected outcomes of the course(s) assigned to faculty member. Supporting documents such as vita, copies of licenses and certificates, etc., should be submitted with this form by clicking the "attach file" link below. External validation of additional qualifications should be supported by these supplemental documents.
***This is a voting item for the UCC.
In reviewing the undergraduate graduation requirements listed in the catalog, it was determined that additional language needed to be included that specifies a residency requirement as it applies to the student's major. In addition, some existing language is being changed to maintain consistency throughout the policy.
The attached word document contains the existing policy in the catalog and proposed changes in red markup.
Below is the current policy from the catalog:
General requirements for graduation with a bachelor’s degree include:
1. Hour Requirements:
• A minimum of 120-semester hours of credit (except where specified higher).
• At least 36 semester hours must be junior-senior level courses (numbered 300-400).
• At least one-half of the minimum hour requirements for the major must be in junior-
senior level courses (numbered 300-400).
• At least 50% of the credit hours must be earned from UNA or other four year
institutions.
• At least 25% of the credit hours must be taken at UNA.
• Exceptions apply to RN to BSN or RN to MSN students.
• Exceptions to these policies must be compliant with accreditation standards and be
approved by the department chair for the major and the dean of the college awarding
the degree.
2. Minor Residency: A student whose major requires a minor, or if a student decides to
declare a minor at the University of North Alabama, must complete all required
coursework with a minimum of 6 hours of the minor coursework earned at the upper
level (300 and 400) at the University of North Alabama.
Below are the suggested revisions:
1. Hour Requirements:
• A minimum of 120-semester hours of credit (except where specified higher).
• At least 36 credit hours must be upper level courses (numbered 300-400).
• At least 50% of the credit hours must be earned from UNA or other four year
institutions.
• At least 25% of the credit hours must be taken at UNA.
• At least 50% of the minimum hour requirements for the major/teaching field must be
in upper level courses (numbered 300-400). Additionally, a minimum of 9 upper level
credit hours in the major/teaching field must be completed at UNA.
• Exceptions apply to RN to BSN or RN to MSN students.
• Exceptions to these policies must be compliant with accreditation standards and be
approved by the department chair for the major and the dean of the college awarding
the degree.
2. Minor Residency: A student whose major requires a minor, or a student who declares
a minor at the University of North Alabama, must complete all required coursework
for the minor requirements. Additionally, a minimum of 6 upper level credit hours of
the minor requirements must be completed at UNA.