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Viewing: Removal of the 72 hour requirement outside of the major for Communication Majors

Last approved: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 19:42:09 GMT

Last edit: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 17:50:16 GMT

New Policy or Policy Revision
Spring 2023
Undergraduate
Removal of the 72 hour requirement outside of the major for Communication Majors
 
Communication
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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The agency that accredits the Department of Communication (ACEJMC) has indicated the requirement that 72 hours of the 120 hour requirement must be taken outside of the major is no longer applicable. As such, this proposal is to adjust the Communications Department overview page in the catalog (https://catalog.una.edu/undergraduate/colleges-programs/arts-sciences/communications/) by removing the verbiage listed below:

Students in the BA/BS in Mass Communication or Communication Arts degree programs will graduate with a minimum of 120 hours. 72 of these hours will come from outside the student’s major. Of the 72 hours outside the major 53 hours will come from department-approved Arts and Sciences/Liberal Arts classes. All General Education classes count toward these 53 required Arts and Sciences/Liberal Arts classes. A list of approved Arts and Sciences/Liberal Arts classes is posted in the Communications Building and is available in the department office and on the Communications web page at http://www.una.edu/communications.
 
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