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Qualifications for Faculty & Instructional Academic Staff

Responsible Office:
UW-Green Bay

Policy

The criteria to be used to determine if someone is qualified to teach any for credit course at UW-Green Bay are: 

For Faculty and Instructional Academic Staff of graduate programs

  1. Have a terminal degree appropriate for the content to be taught.
  2. Instructors teaching doctoral level programs should have an appropriate record of scholarship. 

For Faculty and Instructional Academic Staff of undergraduate programs

  1. Have a terminal degree appropriate for the content to be taught, OR
  2. Have a terminal degree in a collateral field and expertise appropriate for the content to be taught, OR
  3. Have a degree appropriate for the content to be taught that is at least one level higher than the program that they will contribute instruction to, OR
  4. Have a Master's degree plus at least 18 graduate credits relevant to the content to be taught.

Special Accommodations for Faculty with Equivalent Experience

Exceptions to the minimum criteria stated above can be made for individuals with the appropriate equivalent experience. The criteria that these individuals should meet are: 

Have a degree appropriate to the content to be taught and at the same level of the program that they will contribute instruction to and an appropriate amount of professional experience that is relevant to the content to be taught that include documented experience and advancement or recognition in the field. For programs that have to meet professional accreditation requirements “an appropriate amount of professional experience” will be defined as being consistent with the requirements of the accreditation body. For other programs, 5 years of professional experience will be considered an appropriate amount of professional experience.

Evidence can include publications in peer-reviewed journals, professional recognition of scholarly activities and/or expertise specific to the content to be taught.

Resolution on the Granting of Degrees

Be it resolved that the Faculty Senate of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, on behalf of the Faculty, recommends to the Chancellor and the Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs of the University that the students certified by the Registrar of the University as having completed the requirements of their respective programs be granted their degrees at the Spring 2016 Commencement.