If a faculty members degree is in a different field than the courses hes teaching, is it enough to say he took a concentration of coursework in that field or is more justification needed?
If a graduate degree has not been awarded in the teaching field but the faculty member has taken coursework in that field, SACS wants a specific statement of the actual number of graduate hours completed and the name of the discipline or specialty in which they were taken, not just a vague statement about a concentration of coursework. It is not necessary to list each individual course that has been taken, but the concentration or area of specialization should be named/described in such a way that its relevance to the course(s) being taught is obvious. For example, a faculty member teaching a Communication Law course that is cross-listed as both a communication course and a political science course might have the following statement in column three of the faculty roster. Ph.D. in Mass Communication, University of Iowa; coursework included 20 graduate hours in U.S. constitutional law, communication law, and first amendment topics courses. Return to faculty credentials page questions.
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