Communication | Communication

Faculty Expertise

The faculty serving on Instructional Councils are best positioned to provide consistent, expert evaluation of faculty coursework and credentials so as to determine relevance within a specific teaching field. Therefore, Human Resources, Department/Division Chairs, Deans, VPAAs, and other stakeholders must coordinate with the relevant Instructional Councils to determine if the established minimum qualifications are met by candidates for Faculty (Residential, Adjunct, or Dual Enrollment) positions.

Academic

For academic disciplines, a graduate degree is required. A faculty may qualify with any of the following:

  • Master’s degree or higher in the teaching field OR
  • Master’s degree or higher in any field with 18 graduate credit hours 
Instructional Council (IC)
Communication
Faculty Service Area (FSA)
Communication
Subjects
COM
The following disciplines meet the requirements to teach in this field:

Communication, Speech, Speech Communication, Communication Studies, Interpersonal Communication, Mass Communication, Communication Education, Public Address, Applied Communication, Health Communication, International Communication, Intercultural Communication, Organizational Communication, Political Communication, Performance Studies, Rhetorical Criticism, Communication Theory

Course Subjects

COM, COMM, CST, SP, SPCH, SPH, SPC, RHE, RHT, BUC, CMST, SPE, MCO; 400-level courses cross-listed with 500+ level courses in these prefixes may also be counted if the candidate provides evidence on the transcript that the course was cross-listed. Course descriptions or syllabi may be needed to determine the content and level of the course. 

Course Titles and Keywords

Communication is both a broad and specific field of study that varies among institutions and accreditation organizations.The Communication IC recognizes the virtual impossibility of listing all potential prefixes and keywords and therefore, continues to support IC-level assessment of individual credentials and qualifications. This category includes, but is not exclusive to: Human Communication, Communication Studies, Speech, Speech Communication, Oral Communication, Rhetoric, Interpersonal Communication, Intercultural, Organizational Communication, Health Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Pronunciation, Phonetics, Oral Interpretation, Storytelling, Communication Education, Small Group Communication, Intercultural Communication, Applied Communication, International Communication, Legal Communication, Conflict Resolution, Assertive Communication, Listening, Public Address, Political Communication, Rhetorical Criticism, Counseling Communication, Therapeutic Communication, Verbal Communication, Communication Theory, Mass Communication, Performance Studies, Strategic Communication.