Requirements for Graduate Teaching Faculty

Some faculty members are automatically inducted into the Graduate Teaching Faculty if they meet certain credentialing requirements.
According to Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) guidelines, faculty teaching graduate and post-baccalaureate course work must have one of the following credentials:

• An earned doctorate or terminal degree in the teaching discipline or a related discipline.
• A master's degree or at least 18 semester credit hours of graduate-level coursework in the same or closely related field.
• Professional licensure or certification in a related field or profession.
• Significant professional, research or teaching experience in the same or closely related field.

In addition to meeting the credentialing requirements for teaching graduate courses, faculty teaching research courses such as 691 and other designated courses must also be members of the Graduate Committee Faculty.

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