Adjunct Teaching Credentials - Amberton?

Question for the distinguished members of the board...

Much has been discussed about the necessity to have at least 18 hours in one concentration to be considered for work as an adjunct, but does the name of the degree matter? For example, Amberston University offers a 36-hour MA Professional Development. Core requirements consist of 6 hours, the remaing 30 hours can be chosen from one or more concentrations. So at least in theory, someone could have a MA Professional Development with 30 hours in Management, or 30 hours in Business Admin, or 18 hours in Business Admin an 12 hours in Management, etc.

How would schools view something like this?

Pug

 

I don't think it will be a problem. I'm working on an Interdisciplinary Studies masters but on my CV/resume I always put my areas of certification. In my cover letter I also specify that I have 18 graduate credit hours in my areas of certification. To specify even more you can add a Relevent Coursework area on your resume and list the courses that make up your certification. This is helpful when the courses you took came from more than one university. I have never had a problem with this and have even gotten jobs because of it. Most deans or hiring professionals want to know that you have the required 18 graduate credit hours so that they don't get in trouble with accrediation.

 

Here is input for teaching at a California CC - the 18 hour requirement is history - a full masters is now required plus a hidden requirement for most positions.
http://www.cccregistry.org/news/MQs.pdf
and
http://www.cccco.edu/SystemOffice/Divisions/AcademicAffairs/MinimumQualifications/MQsforFacultyandAdministrators/tabid/753/Default.aspx

 

Thank you, that is a great idea. I will use that Coursework thing from now on ..