SACSCOC Faculty Qualifications

Kennesaw State University expects all faculty teaching undergraduate and/or graduate courses to meet the expectations outlined in the SACSCOC Faculty Crendentials Guidelines.  The forms below are intended to assist Department Chairs through the process of submitting qualification reviews and justifications of faculty qualifications.  

Faculty Qualification Review Form

Please feel free to request a review of qualifications for faculty members being considered for hire or who are being considered to teach specific courses. Upload a CV, position description, list of courses they might teach, and any transcripts with the Faculty Qualification Review Form. You will receive a review response within approximately two business days.

SACS Faculty Justification Form

If you wish to assign a faculty member to teach a course for which they are not academically qualified based on the Course Correlations tables, please submit the SACS Faculty Justification Form. Please upload a copy of the course syllabus, a recent CV, and any other evidence to support the individual's exceptional experience to justify this person to teach the content of the course. It is best to submit one Faculty Justification Form per course, but if you are submitting multiple courses, you only need to upload the documents to one of the form submissions.  

Please submit such requests at least two weeks before the beginning of the semester for which they will be scheduled to teach the course. 

Course Correlations

Each department in consultation with the program faculty identify what degrees and majors are appropriate to teach the content for each course. These course correlations are then used to determine if a faculty member is academically qualified to teach a course. Department Chairs have access to the shared Course Correlations for the courses assigned to their department. If you need access to a Course Correlations tables, please contact the department chair or email Leigh Funk (lfunk@kennesaw.edu).