College Name Change
Fall 2021
Undergraduate and Graduate
College of Arts and Sciences proposes to change its name to the College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering
College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering
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.
As a result of a request from the College of Business to become the College of Business and Technology, the College of Arts and Sciences believed that some confusion could result relating to our Department of Engineering and Technology. Having introduced this idea during our college faculty and staff virtual meetings on Friday, April 15 and Monday, April 18 and at our most recent Department Chairs’ meeting, we hereby propose that the College of Arts and Sciences be renamed the College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering. Faculty, staff, and students were asked to indicate if they were in favor of the proposed name change - the majority (54% of faculty/staff; 78% of students) viewed the name change positively.