S.C. Code Regs. 62-12 - Program and Instructor Requirements for Baccalaureate Degree Programs
A. Baccalaureate
degree programs typically consist of technical and general education courses in
which full-time students may complete their requirements in a minimum of four
academic years, twelve academic quarters or eight academic semesters. Each
educational program leading to a baccalaureate degree normally has courses
totaling a minimum of one-hundred eighty quarter credit hours or one-hundred
twenty semester credit hours. The curriculum must include a minimum of thirty
semester hours or equivalent in general education courses to include at least
one (three semester-hour) course in each of the following areas: the
humanities/fine arts, the social/behavioral sciences, and the natural
sciences/mathematics. The curriculum must provide components designed to ensure
competence in reading, writing, oral communication, fundamental mathematical
skills, and basic use of computers. Courses offered in non-traditional formats,
e.g., concentrated or abbreviated time periods, must be designed to ensure an
opportunity for preparation, reflection, and analysis concerning the subject
matter. At least one calendar week of reflection and analysis should be
provided to students for each semester hour of credit awarded (or equivalent
for a quarter schedule so that a four-and-one-half quarter hour course could be
offered in no less than three weeks or a three quarter-hour course could be
offered in no less than two weeks).
B. Faculty members who teach lower-division
courses must meet the requirements specified in Regulation
62-11.
C. There should be an appropriate number of
faculty members who hold terminal degrees, usually an earned doctorate,
especially department chairpersons; all others who teach upper-division courses
should hold master's degrees with at least eighteen graduate semester hours in
the teaching discipline, or a master's degree with a major in the teaching
discipline. In exceptional cases, outstanding professional experience and
demonstrated contributions to the teaching discipline may be presented instead
of formal academic preparation. Such exceptions must be justified by the
institution on an individual basis.
D. An institution must employ faculty members
whose highest earned degree presented as the credential qualifying the faculty
member to teach at the institution is from an institution accredited by an
accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Exceptions may
be made only with the prior consent of the Commission .
E. Teacher education and school personnel
preparation programs must meet the requirements of the Commission on Higher
Education and the program approval standards of the South Carolina Department
of Education.
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