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Last approved: Sun, 03 Jan 2021 22:10:24 GMT

Last edit: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 19:59:53 GMT

New Department
Fall 2021
Undergraduate
Department of Cinematic Arts and Theatre
 
School of the Arts
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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rationale:

In Spring 2019, under the direction of the Executive Director of the School of the Arts and the Dean of the College of Arts of Science, the Cinematic Arts (formerly in the Department of Communications) and the Theatre (formerly in the Department of Entertainment Industry) programs were merged to facilitate the creation of the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cinematic Arts and Theatre degree. This new degree program has been approved by all University curriculum committees in addition to the Alabama Commission on Higher Education.

In order to provide the new Cinematic Arts and Theatre Program (CAT) with an academic home, a workgroup was formed by the Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost in Fall 2020 to discuss the administrative location for CAT within the College of Arts and Sciences.

Through discussions within the workgroup, it was deemed necessary for the program to transition to a department since there would be a minimal cost associated with the transition. In addition, the new department will promote autonomy and bring the unit in compliance with the University of North Alabama Faculty Senate Constitution and Handbook. Cinematic Arts and Theatre faculty unanimously support this transition.

Implementation Steps:
*Create new department code of CAT - Cinematic Arts and Theatre
*Create a new landing page in the catalog for the Department of Cinematic Arts and
Theatre
*Update all CAT courses with CAT dept code
*Update BFA_CAT program with CAT dept code
Renee Vandiver (rpvandiver) (Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:29:49 GMT): Approved by COAD on 11-23-20.
Renee Vandiver (rpvandiver) (Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:38:32 GMT): Reviewed by the Board of Trustees as an information item on 12-4-20.
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