Faculty Handbook - Fairmont State University

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APPENDIX A
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION APPROVALS
DATE: April 23, 1981
The MFA is approved as the highest academic degree for faculty members whose primary
responsibility is in Studio Art.
DATE: December 10, 2002
The MFA is approved as the highest academic degree for faculty members whose primary
responsibility is in Theatre Performance.
DATE: August 27, 1993
The Commerce Division submits the professional certification of Certified Public Accountant
(CPA) to be recognized as the “national certification” of accounting faculty for the purpose of
meeting, in part, the promotion criteria for assistant professor and associate professor.
This certification is granted by the State Board of Accountancy as authorized by the State
Legislature. It is attained by the meeting of certain statutory requirements and the successful
completion of the national Uniform Certified Public Accountant Exam which is prepared and
graded by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The Uniform Exam consists
of four sections--Auditing, Tax, Accounting Theory and Accounting Practice--and
comprehensively tests accounting knowledge over a 2 1/2 day period.
The Commerce Division further submits that the experience requirement be fulfilled by
working in any of the following capacities:
A. Licensed, practicing Certified Public Accountant
B. Appropriate professional accounting employment
DATE: March 18, 2008
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS:
(Adapted from the ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGIATE BUSINESS SCHOOLS AND
PROGRAMS [ACBSP] Standards and criteria)
1. Professionally Qualified: To be considered professionally qualified a faculty member
may:
a. be A.B.D., (i.e., has completed all course work required for a Ph.D. in business or
D.B.A., passed the general exams, but has not completed a dissertation) with a
major, minor or concentration in the area of assigned teaching responsibilities;
or
b. hold a Master’s degree in a business-related field and professional certification
(e.g., C.P.A., C.D.P., C.F.M., C.M.A., P.H.R., etc.) appropriate to his or her assigned
teaching responsibilities;
or
c. hold a Master’s degree in a business-related field and
1) have extensive and substantial documented successful teaching experience in
the area of assigned teaching responsibilities, and demonstrate involvement