Approved by the Executive Academic Senate April 2017
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MSJC Internal Approval Policy for Equivalency
Discipline Review
All applications must be signed by at least two MSJC full-time, tenured or tenure-track faculty
members from the discipline recommending the petitioner for equivalency before being submitted to
the Equivalency Committee. Signature by several of the tenured or non-tenured faculty within the
discipline is recommended. Approval by MSJC discipline specific faculty members will be carefully
considered in the determination that the qualifications of the application satisfy the equivalency
requirements of the discipline.
If there are no full-time, tenured or tenure-track faculty members within the discipline, a faculty
member from a related discipline (as defined in the current Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and
Administrators in California Community Colleges handbook) may sign the application. For disciplines
with only non-tenured faculty members, the signing tenured faculty member must consult with the
non-tenured faculty prior to signing. Final determination for equivalency rests primarily with
the Equivalency committee, guided by discipline faculty approval, as long as discipline faculty follows
the mandates of this procedure, state education code, and Title 5. Let approval/denial of the applicant's
petition be guided by this: "Equivalency to the minimum qualifications means equal to the
minimum qualifications, not nearly equal" (Chancellor's office).
Applicant’s Name:
MSJC Department/Discipline:
Action of MSJC Department members:
Briefly explain the basis for action:
Name, Signature and Date of each MSJC faculty member involved in this action:
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