Disciplines, Departments, and FSAs Cathy Cox Mission College Curriculum Review Committee Chair March 1, 2010
Disciplines Title 5 § Listed in the “Disciplines List”: Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in the California Community Colleges minimum_quals_jan2008.doc minimum_quals_jan2008.doc 2 sections: Master’s and non-Master’s disciplines Special qualifications for some faculty – DSPS, Noncredit, etc.
Disciplines and Departments Discipline = minimum qualifications needed to teach Department = administrative oversight of the course Departments “own” the course but must assign faculty with correct MQs to each course
Interdisciplinary studies Minimum qualifications for “Interdisciplinary Studies”: Master’s in the interdisciplinary area OR Master’s in one of the disciplines included in the interdisciplinary area and upper division or graduate course work in at least one other constituent discipline
Hypothetical course: Hypothetical course: “Politics of Race and Gender” Interdisciplinary Studies (requires degree in one area plus additional grad. work in second area) Multiple Disciplines (any one of the listed disciplines can teach course) Applicable Disciplines: Sociology Ethnic Studies Political Science Women’s Studies
Cross-listed Courses Cross-listed courses are one course with two or more course numbers. Scheduling needs to be coordinated between departments.
FSAs – Faculty Service Areas Determine seniority in event of layoff Must be Board-approved Are not determined by contract (not negotiated) Can correlate to disciplines OR departments, depending on how they are set up in a district.
FSAs and WVMCCD
Chancellor’s Office Approval required by the State for: Associate Degrees “Certificates of Achievement” of 18 units+ (transcriptable) Substantial modifications to existing programs
Resources: Program and Course Approval Handbook (PCAH) 9.pdf Minimum Qualifications (Disciplines List) wnloads/PDFs/minimum_quals_jan2008.pdf wnloads/PDFs/minimum_quals_jan2008.pdf ASCCC Curriculum Developer’s Website