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 proposal needs to go for final approval before GC.
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The following revisions are being proposed to bring consistency within the catalog to clarify that students who are eligible to enroll in 500/600 level courses fall into to the following three catagories:
1. Graduate Students
2. Undergraduate students who have been accepted into an Accelerated Master's
Program.
3. Senior undergraduate students within one semester of graduation who have received
Dean approval.
Below are the catalog pages, current verbiage and proposed verbiage change:
https://catalog.una.edu/undergraduate/admission/#admissiontograduatestudiestext Under Admission to Graduate Studies
Current verbiage:
A senior student at the University of North Alabama who is within one semester of graduation with a 3.0 cumulative GPA may request approval to take advanced-level classes from the dean of the college.
Proposed change to verbiage:
A senior student at the University of North Alabama who is within one semester of graduation with a 3.0 cumulative GPA may request approval to take 500/600 level classes from the dean of the college.
https://catalog.una.edu/graduate/general-regulations-procedures/special-regulations/
Under Graduate Courses:
Current Verbiage: Courses numbered 600 and above are open only to qualified graduate students.
Proposed change to verbiage:
Graduate courses at the 500/600 level are open only to qualified graduate students, undergraduate students who have been accepted into an Accelerated Master's Program, RN-MSN bridge students, and senior undergraduate students within one semester of graduation who have received Dean approval.
https://catalog.una.edu/undergraduate/admission/#admissiontograduatestudiestext
Under Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's Program
Current Verbiage:
The Accelerate Bachelor's/Master's Program (AMP) offers qualified UNA undergraduate students the opportunity to enroll in graduate coursework that can be applied concurrently to an undergraduate and graduate degree.
Proposed change to verbiage:
The Accelerate Bachelor's/Master's Program (AMP) offers qualified UNA undergraduate students the opportunity to enroll in 500/600 level coursework that can be applied concurrently to an undergraduate and graduate degree.
https://catalog.una.edu/graduate/general-regulations-procedures/special-regulations/#text
Under Hour Loads
Current Verbiage:
Nine hours is considered full time in a semester and six hours is considered full time in a summer session. The maximum class load for graduate students is 12 semester hours in a semester and six semester hours in each summer session or a total of 12 hours distributed over the entire eight-week summer term. In any schedule combining graduate and undergraduate work, the hour load may not exceed that prescribed for a full-time graduate student.
Proposed change to verbiage:
Nine hours is considered full time in a semester and six hours is considered full time in a summer session. The maximum class load for graduate students is 12 semester hours in a semester and six semester hours in each summer session or a total of 12 hours distributed over the entire eight-week summer term.
The rationale for deleting the last sentence is that the AMP/Faculty Advisors would insure that these students are taking an appropriate class load, and it is not possible to automate a hour load restriction in Banner for students taking a combination of UGRD and GRAD level classes.