T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Health and Human Sciences
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Aerospace MA MA MA MA MA MA All Volunteer Studies Appointments
Foodservice Master’s Master’s BS with at least 2 BS with at least 4 MS with at least 5 MS with at least 10 Faculty also Management years’ professional years’ years’ professional years’ professional must be work experience professional work work experience work experience Registered experience Dietitians
Gerontology Doctorate Doctorate in MSW/MA/MS MSW/MA/MS Doctorate; or Doctorate; or Social Work or plus less than two plus at least two MSW/MA/MS plus MSW/MA/MS plus related field years’ University years’ University at least six years’ at least 10 years teaching teaching University teaching University teaching experience in an experience in an experience in an experience in an accredited accredited accredited accredited bachelor’s or bachelor’s or bachelor’s or bachelor’s or master’s program master’s program master’s program master’s program related to related to related to related to gerontology gerontology gerontology gerontology Health Doctorate Doctorate Master’s degree Master’s degree Doctorate or ABD Doctorate Must have Professions with experience or with extensive with extensive appropriate particular experience and experience and background to academic expertise academic academic expertise teach specific class. expertise Health Science Doctorate Doctorate Master’s degree; or Master’s degree Doctorate or ABD Doctorate MPH degree Bachelor’s with with extensive with extensive required to considerable experience and experience and teach HS 1 expertise or academic academic expertise substantial expertise professional experience
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Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Hospitality Doctorate Doctorate Master’s Degree with Master’s Degree ABD with Doctorate Management 5 years of with 10 years professional and professional expertise professional academic experience; and experience; or expertise and or Master’s degree Bachelor’s degree experience with 15 years of with 15 years of professional professional expertise experience and and experience academic experience Information: Doctorate Doctorate Master’s Master’s PhD; or Master’s plus PhD significant MLIS/MARA professional experience
Information: Doctorate Doctorate Master’s Master’s PhD; or Master’s plus Ph.D. significant Teacher- professional Librarian experience
Journalism & Doctorate Doctorate Master’s; or Doctorate; or Doctorate; or Doctorate; or The PhD is the Mass (A Master’s (A Master’s Bachelor’s degree Master’s degree Master’s degree plus Master’s terminal degree Communications degree and degree and plus relevant plus at least 5 years at least 10 years of degree plus in journalism Exceptional professional professional of relevant relevant professional Exceptional and public professional experience experience directly professional experience directly professional relations but the experience may be directly related to related to teaching experience directly related to teaching experience Masters is the substituted for the the teaching assignment related to teaching assignment and terminal degree doctorate in some assignment may assignment leadership in in advertising. specialty fields) be substituted for the field the doctorate in some specialty fields)
2 T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Health and Human Sciences Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Justice Studies PhD PhD ABD or Master’s ABD or Master’s PhD and significant PhD and degree or a JD as degree or a JD as professional and advanced appropriate to program appropriate to academic experience professional program, with and academic demonstrable experience advanced expertise or 10 years of experience working in a justice-related field Justice Studies: Doctorate Doctorate ABD or Master’s ABD or Master’s Doctorate and Doctorate and degree; or Bachelor’s degree with significant advanced Forensic Science with demonstrable demonstrable professional and professional advanced expertise in advanced expertise academic experience and academic forensic science or 10 in forensic science experience years of experience or 10 years of working in forensic experience working science in forensic science Kinesiology Doctorate Doctorate Master’s degree; or Doctorate; or ABD Doctorate; or Doctorate; or Bachelor’s degree with or Master’s degree Master’s degree with Master’s with specialized expertise or with specialized substantive Exceptional considerable expertise or professional professional professional experience considerable experience or experience professional considerable and and experience extensive expertise leadership in the field Doctorate in Doctorate in Master’s in Nursing in Master’s in Doctorate; or Doctorate Faculty must Nursing Nursing or related Nursing or progress; or BS in Nursing Master’s degree in have an active field (e.g. Dr.PH, related field Nursing plus at least 5 Nursing with CA RN License EdD, DNP, PhD, (e.g. Dr.PH, years professional extensive clinical and DHS) EdD, DNP, experience academic experience PhD, DHS)
3 T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Health and Human Sciences Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Nutrition and Doctorate Doctorate BS with at least 2 MS with at least PhD; or MS with 5 PhD with 10 years’ Food Science years’ professional 4 years’ years’ professional professional work work experience professional work experience experience work experience
Occupational Doctorate (PhD or Doctorate (PhD Master’s or OTD Master’s or OTD Doctorate or OTD; or Doctorate Therapy EdD) or EdD) degree degree and Master’s or OTD substantial degree with clinical expertise substantial professional experience and expertise and least 5 years of teaching experience Packaging Master’s Master’s BS with 2 years’ BS with 4 years’ MS with 5 years’ MS with 10 years’ professional work professional professional work professional work experience work experience experience experience
Recreation Doctorate Doctorate Master’s degree Master’s degree Master’s degree or Doctorate; or ABD with expertise in with active enrollment in plus demonstrated the subject area or demonstrated doctoral program record of good Master’s with teaching ability with consistent teaching ability and demonstrated and recognized record of teaching more than 1 year of ability to teach and expertise in and either scholarly research subject subject area professional or productivity area scholarly activity Restaurant Master’s Master’s BS with 2 years’ BS with 4 years’ MS with 5 years’ MS with 10 years’ Management/ professional work professional professional work professional work Culinology/ experience work experience experience experience Environmental Food and Health Specialist
4 T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Health and Human Sciences
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Social Work Doctorate in Doctorate in MSW from a MSW from a MSW from a CSWE- MSW from a Social Work or Social Work or CSWE- CSWE- accredited accredited graduate CSWE-accredited related field related field accredited graduate social social work program social work program graduate social work program plus Doctorate in plus Doctorate in work program plus at least two Social Work or Social Work or plus less than two years previous related field related field plus 5 years’ university university years university teaching teaching teaching experience experience in a experience in a CSWE-accredited CSWE-accredited social work social work program program
5 T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Business
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Accounting & PhD/DBA/JD PhD/DBA/JD MA/MBA/MS MA/MBA/MS MA/MBA/MS PhD/DBA/JD For part-time temporary Finance appointments at A, B, C rank in certain disciplines, a candidate holding only a Bachelor’s degree, but with exceptional business experience, accomplishments, certification (e.g., CPA, CMA), and skills will be accepted. Marketing PhD/DBA/JD PhD/DBA/JD MA/MBA/MS MA/MBA/MS MA/MBA/MS PhD/DBA/JD For part-time temporary appointments at A, B, C rank in certain disciplines, a candidate holding only a Bachelor’s degree, but with exceptional business experience, accomplishments, certification (e.g., CPA, CMA), and skills will be accepted. MIS PhD/DBA/JD PhD/DBA/JD MA/MBA/MS MA/MBA/MS MA/MBA/MS PhD/DBA/JD For part-time temporary appointments at A, B, C rank in certain disciplines, a candidate holding only a Bachelor’s degree, but with exceptional business experience, accomplishments, certification (e.g., CPA, CMA), and skills will be accepted.
6 T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Business
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Management PhD/DBA/JD PhD/DBA/JD MA/MBA/MS MA/MBA/MS MA/MBA/MS PhD/DBA/JD For part-time temporary appointments at A, B, C rank in certain disciplines, a candidate holding only a Bachelor’s degree, but with exceptional business experience, accomplishments, certification (e.g., CPA, CMA), and skills will be accepted. Global PhD/DBA/JD PhD/DBA/JD MA/MBA/MS MA/MBA/MS MA/MBA/MS PhD/DBA/JD For part-time temporary Innovation & appointments at A, B, C rank in Leadership certain disciplines, a candidate holding only a Bachelor’s degree, but with exceptional business experience, accomplishments, certification (e.g., CPA, CMA), and skills will be accepted. Graduate PhD/DBA/JD PhD/DBA/JD MA/MBA/MS MA/MBA/MS MA/MBA/MS PhD/DBA/JD For part-time temporary Programs appointments at A, B, C rank in certain disciplines, a candidate holding only a Bachelor’s degree, but with exceptional business experience, accomplishments, certification (e.g., CPA, CMA), and skills will be accepted.
7 T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Education
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Child PhD or EdD PhD or EdD MA, M.Ed, MS, or MA, M.Ed, MS, or MA, M.Ed, MS, or PhD or EdD Development equivalent equivalent equivalent coursework coursework coursework completed in a PhD completed in a PhD completed in a PhD or EdD Program or EdD Program or EdD Program Communicative PhD, EdD, AuD, PhD, EdD, MA or MS MA, MS, or AuD MA, MS, AuD, or PhD, EdD, Disorders & or SLP.D AuD, or SLP.D plus at least 5 years SLP.D. plus at least SLP.D., or AuD Sciences of relevant 10 years of relevant plus significant supervisory or supervisory or record of University teaching University teaching achievement experience experience Counselor PhD or EdD PhD or EdD MA or MS MA or MS plus MA or MS plus PhD or EdD Education PPSC or LPCC PPSC or LPCC Educational PhD or EdD PhD or EdD MA or MS MA or MS plus MA or MS plus PhD or EdD Leadership relevant relevant University administrative or teaching or University teaching administrative experience experience Elementary PhD or EdD PhD or EdD MA or MS; or MA or MS plus MA or MS plus EdD; or Education Bachelor’s plus 4 significant field or significant field or PhD with K-12 years or more of field leadership* leadership* teaching experience experiences experiences experience Secondary PhD or EdD PhD or EdD MA or MS; or MA or MS plus MA or MS plus PhD or EdD Education Bachelor’s plus field significant field or significant field or experience leadership* leadership* experiences experiences Special PhD or EdD PhD or EdD MA or MS; or MA or MS plus MA or MS plus PhD or EdD Education Bachelor’s plus 4 significant field or significant field or years or more of field leadership* leadership* experience experiences experiences * Leadership might mean having the position of a coach, coordinator, supervisor, etc
8 T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Engineering
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Aerospace Doctorate Doctorate Master’s degree; Doctorate; or Doctorate with at least 5 Doctorate and at least 10 or BS and at Master’s degree years of significant & years of significant and least 3 years of & at least 5 relevant professional relevant professional significant and years of experience or evidence of experience or a significant relevant significant and scholarly record of scholarly professional relevant accomplishments; or accomplishments experience professional Master’s degree and at experience least 10 years of significant & relevant professional experience Aviation Doctorate Doctorate Master’s degree; Doctorate; or Doctorate with evidence of Doctorate with at least 10 or Bachelor’s Master’s degree at least 5 years of relevant years of relevant degree with at with at least 5 professional experience or professional experience or least 5 years of years of relevant scholarly scholarly achievement experience relevant accomplishments; or relevant to the experience Master’s degree and at program least 10 years of relevant professional experience Biomedical PhD in BME or PhD in BME or Bachelor’s Master’s degree PhD/ScD in BME or related PhD/ScD in BME or related related discipline related degree in BME in BME or discipline; or Master’s in discipline & at least 5 years of BME with at least 10 years of significant & relevant discipline or related related professional experience; or discipline discipline significant and relevant Master’s in BME or related professional experience discipline and at least 15 years of significant and relevant professional experience Chemical PhD in ChE or PhD in ChE or Bachelor’s Master’s degree PhD/ScD in CHE or PhD/ScD. in CHE or related related discipline related degree in CHE in CHE or related discipline; or discipline with at least 5 years of significant, relevant professional discipline or related related Master’s degree in CHE experience or evidence of discipline discipline with at least 10 years of scholarly accomplishments; or significant and relevant Master’s degree in CHE or professional experience related discipline with at least 15 years of significant & relevant professional experience
9 T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Engineering
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Civil & PhD in Civil PhD in Civil Master’s; or PhD/ScD; or PhD/ScD in Civil PhD/ScD in Civil Registration Environmental Engineering Engineering Bachelor’s Master’s degree Engineering with at Engineering with at as a degree in Civil in Civil least 5 years of least 10 years of Professional Engineering Engineering and significant relevant significant and Engineer with at least 15 at least 5 years of professional evidence relevant professional desirable years of significant and or scholarly experience or a experience relevant accomplishments; or significant record of professional Master’s degree in Civil scholarly experience Engineering & at least accomplishment 15 years of significant and professional experience Computer Doctorate Doctorate Master’s degree Doctorate in Computer Doctorate in Computer or Doctorate in Computer Significant in Computer or or Software Software Engineering or a or Software teaching Engineering or a closely related discipline with Software Engineering or a experience closely related at least at least 5 years of closely related may substitute engineering or a discipline; or Master’s professional experience; or discipline with at least for years of closely related degree in Computer or Master’s degree in Computer 10 years of significant professional discipline Software Engineering or Software Engineering or a with at least 5 years of closely related discipline with and relevant experience relevant professional at least 15 years of significant professional experience & relevant professional experience or a experience significant record of scholarly accomplishment
10 T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Engineering
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Electrical PhD in Electrical PhD in PhD/ScD in Electrical PhD/ScD in Electrical PhD/ScD in Electrical PhD/ScD in Degrees in Engineering or Electrical Engineering or a Engineering or closely Engineering or closely Electrical disciplines closely related related discipline with closely related Engineering or related discipline with Engineering with at with other discipline; or Master’s at least 5 years of at least 10 years of discipline closely related degree in Electrical significant and least 15 years of designations significant and relevant discipline Engineering with at relevant professional significant and may also be professional experience; least 5 years of experience; or relevant professional acceptable. significant and Master’s degree in or Master’s degree in relevant professional Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering experience or a experience with at least 10 years and at least 15 years of significant record of of significant and relevant professional scholarly relevant professional experience accomplishment experience Industrial & PhD in IE, ISE, or PhD in IE, ISE, Bachelor’s degree Master’s degree in PhD/ScD in IE, ISE, PhD/ScD in IE, ISE or a Systems a closely related or a closely in IE, ISE or a IE, ISE or a or closely related closely related discipline & at least 5 years of discipline related related discipline closely related discipline; or significant and relevant discipline with at least 5 discipline Master’s degree in IE professional experience years of relevant or ISE with at least or evidence of scholarly professional 10 years of accomplishments; or Master’s degree in IE, experience significant and ISE or closely related relevant professional discipline & at least 15 experience years of significant and relevant professional experience Materials PhD in PhD in Bachelor’s degree Master’s degree in PhD or ScD in PhD or ScD in MATE/MS&E or MATE/MS&E in MATE/MS&E MATE/MS&E or MATE/MS&E or MATE/MS&E or related discipline with at least 5 related discipline or related related discipline related discipline; or years of significant discipline Master’s degree in relevant professional MATE/MS&E with experience or evidence of at least 10 years of scholarly accomplishments; or significant and Master’s degree in relevant professional MATE/MS&E with at experience least 15 years of significant and relevant professional experience
11 T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Engineering
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Mechanical Doctorate Doctorate Bachelor’s degree Doctorate; or Doctorate with at least 5 Doctorate with at in Mechanical Master’s degree in years of significant and least 10 years of Engineering or a Mechanical relevant professional significant and closely related Engineering or a experience; or Master’s relevant professional discipline and either degree in Mechanical closely related experience or a imminent Engineering or a closely completion of discipline with at related discipline and at significant record of Master’s degree or least 5 years of least 15 years of scholarly at least 5 years of significant and significant and relevant accomplishment significant and relevant professional experience relevant professional professional experience experience Technology Doctorate Doctorate Master’s degree; Doctorate; or Doctorate with at Doctorate with at or Bachelor’s Master’s degree least 5 years of least 10 years of degree in a with at least 5 relevant experience; significant and closely related years significant or Master’s degree relevant professional field with at least & relevant and at least 10 years experience or a 5 years of professional of relevant significant record of experience experience experience scholarly relevant to the accomplishment program General Doctorate Doctorate Master’s degree Master’s degree in Doctoral degree in Doctoral degree in in relevant relevant relevant engineering relevant engineering engineering engineering discipline and at least discipline & at least discipline discipline and at five years of relevant six years of relevant least six years of industry or teaching industry or teaching relevant industry experience; or experience or or teaching Master’s degree in an significant scholarly experience engineering related or engineering discipline and at least accomplishments 15 years of relevant professional experience
12 T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Humanities & Arts
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Art & Art Doctorate Doctorate MA and extensive MA and extensive Ph.D. and extensive Ph.D. and extensive History: teaching and/or teaching and/or teaching experience teaching experience professional professional Art Education experience experience
Art & Art Doctorate Doctorate MA and extensive MA and extensive Ph.D. and extensive Ph.D. and extensive History: teaching and/or teaching and/or teaching experience teaching experience professional professional Art History experience experience
Art & Art MFA MFA MFA; previous MFA with MFA with teaching MFA with teaching History: teaching teaching experience and experience and experience experience and significant significant Studio Art preferred significant professional professional professional achievement achievement achievement Design: MFA MFA Master’s; or Master’s with Master’s with Master’s with Bachelor’s with professional significant Exceptional Animation & substantial achievement and professional professional Illustration professional at least 5 years of achievement and at achievement and at achievement and teaching least 10 years of least 15 years of teaching experience teaching experience teaching experience experience
Design: MFA in Graphic MFA in Master’s; or Master’s with Master’s with Master’s with Design or MDes Graphic Design Bachelor’s with professional significant Exceptional Graphic Design in Graphic Design or MDes in substantial achievement and professional professional Graphic Design professional at least 5 years of achievement and at achievement and at achievement and teaching least 10 years of least 15 years of teaching experience teaching experience teaching experience experience
13 T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Humanities & Arts
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Design: MFA or MS or MFA or MS or Master’s; or Master’s with Master’s with Master’s with MDes or MA in MDes or MA in Bachelor’s with professional significant Exceptional Industrial Design Industrial Design Industrial substantial achievement and at professional professional or related Design or professional least 5 years of achievement and at achievement and at discipline related achievement and teaching least 10 years of least 15 years of discipline teaching experience teaching experience teaching experience experience Design: MFA in Interior MFA in Interior Master’s; or Master’s with Master’s with Master’s with Design or Design or Bachelor’s with professional significant Exceptional Interior Design M.ARCH M.ARCH substantial achievement and at professional professional professional least 5 years of achievement and at achievement and at achievement and teaching least 10 years of least 15 years of teaching experience teaching experience teaching experience experience English: Doctorate Doctorate MA or MFA Doctorate; or MA Doctorate with 5 Doctorate with 10 *Exceptional or MFA with 5 years’ experience; or years’ experience* Scholarly/ Career Writing years’ experience; MFA or MA with 10 Professional/ or MA and MFA; years’ experience Creative achievement or 2 MAs (one in may substitute English and for Doctorate another in a related field) English: Doctorate or MFA Doctorate or MA MFA; or MA with MFA with 5 years’ MFA with 10 years’ *Exceptional MFA 5 years’ experience experience experience* Professional/ Creative Writing Creative achievement may substitute for MFA
14 T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Humanities & Arts
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt English: Doctorate Doctorate MA or MFA Doctorate; or MA or Doctorate with 5 Doctorate with 10 *Exceptional MFA with 5 years’ years’ experience; years’ experience* Scholarly/ Professional/ English experience; or MA or MFA or MA Creative achievement Education and MFA; or 2 MAs with 10 years’ may substitute for (one in English and experience Doctorate another in a related field) English: Doctorate Doctorate MA or MFA Doctorate; or MA or Doctorate with 5 Doctorate with 10 *Exceptional MFA with 5 years’ years’ experience; years’ experience* Scholarly/ Professional/ Literature/ experience; or MA or MFA or MA Creative achievement Composition and MFA; or 2 MAs with 10 years’ may substitute for (one in English and experience Doctorate another in a related field) Humanities Doctorate Doctorate Master’s Doctorate Doctorate plus Doctorate plus ten For temporary five years of years of teaching appointments, Exceptional scholarly teaching experience and/or prof experience achievement may substitute for MA/PhD Humanities: Doctorate Doctorate BA MA Doctorate Doctorate For temporary appointments, Exceptional scholarly American and/or prof Studies achievement may substitute for MA/PhD Humanities: Doctorate Doctorate Bachelor’s Master’s Doctorate Doctorate For temporary appointments, Exceptional scholarly Comparative and/or prof Religious Studies achievement may substitute for MA/PhD
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Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments (corrected 11.1.2015) Tenure Appt Prob Appt Humanities: DFA or PhD or DFA or PhD or MA or MFA DFA or PhD or DFA or PhD or DFA or PhD or MFA For temporary MFA MFA MFA MFA plus five plus ten years teaching appointments, Creative Arts years teaching experience significant creative experience and/or professional experience may substitute for MA/MFA/PhD/DFA Humanities: Doctorate Doctorate Bachelor’s Master’s Doctorate Doctorate For temporary appointments, Liberal Studies Exceptional scholarly and/or professional achievement may substitute for MA/PhD Linguistics & Doctorate Doctorate Master’s Doctorate Doctorate plus 5 Doctorate plus 10 Language years of years of University Development University teaching experience teaching experience Dance: History/ Master’s Master’s Master’s Master’s Master’s Master’s BA or BFA and Appreciation substantial professional experience may substitute for Master’s Dance: Master’s Master’s Master’s Master’s Master’s Master’s BA or BFA and Performance exceptional professional achievement may substitute for Master’s
16 T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Humanities & Ar ts
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments (corrected Tenure Appt Prob Appt 11.1.2015) Music: Master’s Master’s Master’s Master’s Master’s Master’s BM and exceptional Business/ professional Commercial achievement may substitute for Master’s Music: PhD or DMA PhD or DMA Master’s Master’s Master’s plus Master’s plus Choral Music significant professional significant achievement and professional University teaching achievement and experience University teaching experience Music: PhD or DMA PhD or DMA Master’s Master’s Master’s plus Master’s plus Composition University teaching University teaching experience experience Music: PhD/DMA/EdD PhD/DMA/EdD Master’s Master’s Master’s plus Master’s plus Education significant professional significant achievement in public professional school teaching and achievement in University teaching public school experience teaching and University teaching experience Music: PhD or DMA PhD or DMA Master’s Master’s Master’s plus Master’s plus Ethnomusicology University teaching University teaching experience Master’s experience Music: PhD or DMA PhD or DMA Master’s Master’s Master’s plus Master’s plus History/Literature University teaching University teaching experience experience Music: PhD or DMA PhD or DMA Master’s Master’s Master’s Master’s BM and exceptional Instrumental professional achievement Music may substitute for Master’s Music: Master’s Master’s Master’s Master’s Master’s Master’s BM and exceptional Jazz/Popular professional achievement may substitute for Master’s
17 T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Humanities & Arts
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments (corrected Tenure Appt Prob Appt 11.1.2015) Music: Master’s Master’s Master’s Master’s Master’s Master’s BM and Opera exceptional professional achievement may substitute for Master’s Music: Master’s Master’s Master’s Master’s Master’s Master’s BM and Studio Voice exceptional professional achievement may substitute for Master’s Music: PhD or DMA PhD or DMA Master’s Master’s Master’s plus Master’s plus Theory University teaching University teaching experience experience Philosophy Doctorate Doctorate MA Ph.D.; or MA Ph.D. with five Ph.D. with ten years with extensive years of University of University professional teaching experience teaching experience and/or University teaching experience Radio-TV-Film: MA/MFA MA/MFA MA or MFA and ABD/Doctorate or Doctorate; or MA or Doctorate and at audio/video/film 1-4 years MA or MFA and at MFA and at least 5 least 10 years production and professional least 5 years years professional significant screenwriting and/or teaching teaching and/or experience and professional and experience; or a significant teaching experience teaching experience BA with professional Theatre Arts: significant experience with demonstrated Performance & professional record of significant Technical experience may achievement be substituted for a Master’s in technical and performance arts 18 T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Humanities & Arts
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Radio-TV-Film: Doctorate Doctorate MA or MFA and 1- ABD/Doctorate or Doctorate or MA Doctorate and at Mass 4 years professional MA or MFA and at or MFA and at least 10 years communications and/or teaching least 5 years least 5 years significant topics, theory, experience teaching and/or professional professional and graduate significant experience and teaching education professional teaching experience with experience experience demonstrated Theatre Arts: record of history, theory, significant graduate achievement education
World Doctorate Doctorate MA or Equivalent Doctorate and Doctorate and at Doctorate For Languages and at least 2 years of least 6 years of and at least 10 temporary Literatures teaching experience teaching years of teaching appointments, experience experience exceptional scholarly/ professional/ creative achievement may substitute for doctorate.
19 T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Science
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Biological Doctorate Doctorate Master’s; or PhD; or PhD plus significant PhD in addition to Sciences Bachelor’s degree Master’s degree research experience significant research plus a minimum plus evidence of beyond the post-doc experience beyond of two years of substantial high- and teaching the post-doc, teaching quality teaching experience substantial, high- experience quality teaching, and extensive university and/or industry experience Chemistry Doctorate Doctorate Bachelor’s PhD; or Master’s PhD plus significant PhD in addition to degree with two research experience significant research years equivalent beyond the post-doc experience beyond full time teaching and teaching the post-doc, experience experience substantial, high- quality teaching, and extensive university and/or industry experience Computer PhD in CS PhD in CS MS in CS or PhD in CS or PhD in CS or closely PhD in CS or Science closely related closely related related field with at closely related field field; or field; or MS in CS least four years full- with at least seven Bachelor’s in CS or closely related time teaching or years full-time or closely related field with at least specialized teaching or plus field with at least two years full- professional training; significant research two years full- time teaching or or BS plus at least 7 experience or time teaching or specialized years of full-time extensive industry specialized professional teaching experience experience professional training; or BS training plus at least 7 years of full-time teaching experience
20 T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Science
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Geology Doctorate Doctorate MS; or Bachelor’s Doctorate; or Doctorate Doctorate degree plus a Master’s degree plus extensive high- minimum of two plus substantial quality teaching or years of teaching teaching or extensive industry experience specialized or government or professional university experience experience Mathematics Doctorate Doctorate MS or MA; or PhD; or Master’s PhD plus substantial PhD plus extensive Degree Bachelor’s degree plus substantial high-quality teaching teaching and should be in plus graduate high-quality and extensive extensive industry mathematics, mathematics or teaching and industry or or government or statistics, or statistics substantial government or university mathematics coursework and industry, or university experience experience education substantial high government, or depending on quality teaching university teaching experience experience assignment
Meteorology Doctorate Doctorate BS with at least 1 MS with at least 1 PhD with at least 1 PhD with several year of year of year of satisfactory years of excellent satisfactory satisfactory teaching at the teaching at the teaching at the teaching at the appropriate level appropriate level appropriate level appropriate level
Moss Landing Doctorate Doctorate Master’s; or Doctorate; or Doctorate; or Doctorate; Master’s Marine Labs Bachelor’s plus Master’s plus Master’s plus plus substantial professional substantial substantial teaching teaching or experience teaching or or specialized specialized specialized professional professional professional experience experience experience
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Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Moss Landing MLS or equivalent MLS or MLS or MLS or MLS or equivalent or MLS or equivalent Marine Labs: or higher degree equivalent or equivalent or equivalent or higher degree in or higher degree in Librarian in Information higher degree in higher degree in higher degree in Information Science Information Science Science or related Information Information Information or related field or related field field Science or Science or related Science or related related field field field
Physics and Doctorate Doctorate MS; or PhD; or PhD PhD Astronomy Bachelor’s plus a Master’s plus plus extensive high- minimum of two substantial high- quality industry, or years of teaching quality teaching government, or experience university experience & substantial high- quality teaching
Science Ed/ Doctorate Doctorate Master’s Doctorate Doctorate Doctorate Natural Sciences T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Social Sciences
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt African Doctorate in the Doctorate in the Master’s degree Doctorate in Doctorate in social Doctorate in social American social sciences or social sciences in social sciences, social sciences, sciences, humanities, sciences, Studies education directly or education or education humanities, or or education directly humanities, or related to the directly related directly related to education directly related to the education directly teaching to the teaching the teaching related to the teaching assignment, related to the assignment assignment assignment. A teaching plus six years teaching law degree (J.D.) assignment teaching, research assignment, plus six is acceptable for and/or relevant years teaching, criminal justice professional research and/or and political experience indicating relevant professional courses leadership and/or experience scholarly distinction indicating leadership and/or scholarly distinction Anthropology Doctorate Doctorate MA or ABD PhD. Appropriate PhD. In addition, a PhD. In addition, a Appropriate advanced record of substantial record of advanced (doctoral-level) professional exceptional (doctoral-level) course work is leadership and/or leadership and/or course work required for scholarly distinction scholarly distinction required for major courses in the is required. is required. courses in major. With Anthropology. completed M.A. Substantial (or ABD), professional substantial experience may professional substitute for experience may advanced course substitute for work in completed PhD in exceptional cases. exceptional cases. T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Social Sciences
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Communication PhD or equivalent PhD or MA. Appropriate PhD. JD is PhD. JD with PhD. JD with For Studies Doctoral degree equivalent doctoral level acceptable for significant professional significant probationary or Doctoral degree coursework and/or argumentation or experience and relevant professional tenured substantial law-related teaching experience or experience and appointments, professional assignments. MA demonstrated scholarly relevant teaching JD acceptable experience may with significant productivity related to experience or for primary support qualification professional the assignment in demonstrated appointment in to teach upper experience is argumentation and/or scholarly legal division courses in acceptable for legal communication. productivity communication; academic assignment. skills-based MA with significant related to the Ed.D. is JD is acceptable for program director professional leadership assignment in acceptable for argumentation or positions (e.g., experience (5 years) is argumentation primary law-related Communication acceptable for skills- and/or legal appointment in assignments. MFA is Lab; Forensics). based program director communication communication acceptable for MFA is positions (e.g., pedagogy assignments in acceptable for Communication Lab; performance studies. assignments in Forensics). performance studies Economics Doctorate Doctorate Master’s Master’s Doctorate Doctorate For temporary appointments, the Doctorate in Economics may be waived for a scholar with an established publication record in prominent economic journals. Exceptional practical economic experience in business or government may substitute for the Master’s degree T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Social Sciences
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Environmental Doctorate Doctorate Master’s. JD is Master’s. JD is Doctorate Doctorate Studies acceptable for law acceptable for law and policy and policy courses. courses. Geography and Doctorate Doctorate Master’s Master’s Doctorate for Doctorate for Global studies is an Global Studies Geography Geography interdisciplinary degree, which includes Humanities and the Doctorate or MFA Arts in the curriculum. Doctorate or for Global Studies For this reason an MFA for Global MFA is considered an Studies appropriate terminal degree for L-C and L- D. History Doctorate Doctorate MA PhD* PhD* PhD* *Exceptions may be made for individuals who have MA degrees with teaching excellence records and documented demonstrations of scholarly productivity.
Mexican Doctorate in the Doctorate in the Master’s degree Doctorate in Doctorate in social Doctorate in social American social sciences, social sciences, in social sciences, social sciences, sciences, humanities, sciences, humanities, or or education directly education directly Studies humanities, or humanities, or humanities, or humanities, or related to the related to the teaching education directly education education directly education directly teaching assignment, assignment, plus ten related to the directly related related to the related to the plus six years years teaching, research teaching to the teaching teaching teaching teaching, research and/or relevant and/or relevant professional experience assignment. assignment. assignment. JD is assignment. professional indicating leadership acceptable for experience indicating and/or scholarly criminal justice leadership and/or distinction. and politics scholarly distinction. courses. T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Social Sciences
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Political Science PhD PhD ABD, MA, MPA PhD or JD PhD PhD Leaders-in-Residence may be appointed at L- C or L-D without an advanced degree but with extensive practical experience
Psychology PhD PhD MA Doctorate* Doctorate* Doctorate* *Exceptions may be made for individuals who have MA degrees with teaching excellence records and documented demonstrations of scholarly productivity comparable to Assistant and Associate Professors.
Sociology and Doctorate1 Doctorate1 MA or MS Doctorate1 Doctorate1 Doctorate1 1 Depending on the Interdisciplinary primary program area Social Sciences of assignment, a PhD in Sociology, History, Education, or interdisciplinary sub- fields, American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Community Studies, Comparative, Social Sciences, and Women’s Studies. T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s College of Social Sciences
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Degree for Degree for L-A L-B L-C L-D Comments Tenure Appt Prob Appt Urban & Doctorate in urban Doctorate in MUP or an MA in MUP, JD, MA in Doctorate in urban Doctorate in urban For part time Regional planning or a urban planning a related field a related field planning or a closely planning or a closely faculty Planning closely related or a closely (e.g. (e.g. related field (e.g. related field (e.g. assigned to field (e.g. related field environmental environmental environmental environmental activity environmental (e.g. studies, studies, studies, geography, studies, geography, courses only, studies, environmental geography, geography, political science). political science). specialized geography, studies, political science) political science) Six years of teaching Ten years of skill training political science) geography, experience. teaching experience; may be political Substantial Exceptional substituted science). professional professional for the leadership and/or leadership and/or Master’s scholarly distinction scholarly degree. In is required. distinction. rare cases, exceptional and specialized professional experience may be substituted for a Master’s degree. T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s General Unit
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Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Minimum Minimum Training Training Degree for Degree for Degree for Degree for Degree for Program Program Tenure Appt Prob Appt SSPARI SSPARII SSPARIII Postdoctoral Volunteers Resident And Predoctoral Intern Counseling PhD, EdD, PsyD, PhD, EdD, PhD, EdD, PsyD, PhD, EdD, PsyD, PhD, EdD, PsyD, EdD, PhD, PsyD, EdD, PhD, PsyD, Services MA, MS, MSW. PsyD, MA, MS, MA, MS, MSW. MA, MS, MSW. MA, MS, MSW. EdD (ABD), PhD EdD (ABD), PhD Note: must also be MSW. Note: Note: must also be Note: must also be Note: must also be (ABD), PsyD (ABD), PsyD licensed to must also be licensed or eligible licensed to practice licensed to practice (ABD), MA, MS, (ABD), MA, MS, practice mental eligible for for licensing to mental health in CA. mental health in CA. MSW MSW, BA, BS health in CA. licensing to practice mental practice mental health in CA. health in CA. T e r m i n a l D e g r e e s General Unit
Department Terminal Minimum Minimum Degree for Temporary Appointment Comments Degree for Degree for Asst. Lib. Sr. Asst. Lib. Assoc. Lib. Librarian Tenure Appt Prob Appt Library Master’s degree in Master’s degree Master’s degree in Master’s degree in Master’s degree in Master’s degree in library science or in library library science or library science or library science or library science or equivalent science or equivalent (MSLS, equivalent equivalent equivalent (MSLS, (MSLS, MLIS, equivalent MLIS, MALS etc.) (MSLS, MLIS, (MSLS, MLIS, MLIS, MALS etc.) MALS etc.) from (MSLS, MLIS, from a library school MALS etc.) from MALS etc.) from from a library school a library school MALS etc.) program accredited a library school a library school program accredited by program from a library by the American program program the American Library accredited by the school program Library Association accredited by the accredited by the Association American Library accredited by American Library American Library Association the American Association Association Library Association