Educational Preparation Codes

 

 

(Excerpted from:  Draft Revised Rules Government Faculty Appointments under UWS 3, Wicsonisn Administrative Code,  III, H (2), (a) ):

 

  1. Educational Preparation Code

a.  Educational preparation codes and requirements

                Educational           Formal

                Preparation            Education

 

                Code                       Requirement

                  1*                               Ph.D.

                                                     Ed.D.

                                                     Earned doctorate equivalent to the Ph.D. or Ed.D.   

                                                     requiring the minimum equivalent of three full years of

                                                     graduate study beyond the baccalaureate degree.

                                                     A refereed** terminal degree in the area of specialization,                     

                                                     e.g., M.F.A. in studio arts.

 

2                                 Earned degrees requiring a minimum of three full years of  work 

     beyond the baccalaureate degree. 

     All requirements for the doctorate met with the exception of the

     completion of the dissertation.

 

3                                 A master’s degree plus one full year of graduate study as measured

by the institution where graduate work is applicable to a degree program.

Specialist degree or its equivalent.

    Two-year master’s degree

 

4                                  Master’s degree

 

5                                  Baccalaureate degree

 

6                                 No baccalaureate degree

 

b.  Unresolved questions concerning the assignment of the Educational Code shall be submitted to the University Standards Committee for decision.

 

* Only doctorates from accredited (Regional Accreditation Associations) colleges and universities will entitle a faculty member of Educational Code 1, but no one granted Educational Code 1 prior to May 1, 1996, shall lose Educational Code 1 on this account.

** Refereed as determined by three bodies, for example, a professional organization, the university, and the area of specialization.