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Form Updated: February 2011
College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Credentials Form
This form should be completed by the appropriate department chair or program director and submitted to the Dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences whenever a change in faculty credentials occurs. For new full-time or part-time faculty, this form must be submitted before a final job offer
can be made; and you must identify at least 18 graduate hours in the discipline to be taught and/or provide other credentials that qualify the person
to teach the assigned courses.
Examples of changes that require submission of the form include the following:
Faculty member begins employment,
Faculty member (full-time or part-time) changes roles at the University,
Faculty member teaches a course for the first time at Winthrop that is different from those previously taught (a course with the same designator
as courses previously taught but is being taught for the first time by the faculty member, a course with a new or different designator, a cross-
/inter-disciplinary course, etc.), or
Faculty member engages in training that would extend credentials (e.g., new degree, new certification, significant professional development).
When determining the need to submit this form, chairs and program directors should consider that an outside reviewer may not see the
connections between courses to be taught and qualifications that are obvious to those in the discipline.
Faculty Member’s Full Name
Justification for Change
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For Example: temporary replacement for faculty on sabbatical, new hire, developed new course in program, faculty member received additional
training, etc.
