S.C. Code Regs. § § 62-10

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024

Section 62-10 - Program and Instructor Requirements for Diploma Programs

A. Diploma programs typically shall range in length from more than six hundred clock hours but less than one thousand five hundred clock hours, more than forty but less than ninety quarter credit hours, or more than twenty-seven but less than sixty semester credit hours. Generally, at least eighty percent of the program shall be in the technical courses prescribed by the program's objectives. Diploma programs must include at least 40 clock hours (or equivalent credit hours) in each of the following areas: postsecondary English, math, and social or behavioral science for a total of at least 120 clock hours (or equivalent credit hours).

B. Diploma program instructors must:

(1) have appropriate academic preparation or

(2) have a high school diploma or GED, and

(3) have completed a training or degree program in the applicable occupational area, and

(4) have a minimum of two years of practical experience in the occupation or subject or the equivalent, and

(5) have training to teach, and

(6) demonstrate up-to-date knowledge and continuing study of the particular subject field.

C. Instructors assigned to teach general education courses in a diploma program shall hold a bachelor's degree in the subject matter or have a bachelor's degree with a minimum of eighteen semester hours of courses in the discipline. Exceptions to academic preparation may be made with the consent of the Commission.

D. Notwithstanding the requirements of this section, the Commission may license out-of-state institutions accredited by a recognized accrediting agency to recruit in South Carolina.

S.C. Code Regs. § 62-10

Former Regulation 62-10 added by State Register Volume 2, effective April 10, 1978. Amended by State Register Volume 17, Issue No. 7, eff July 23, 1993; State Register Volume 26, Issue No. 5, Part 1, eff May 24, 2002.