MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS TO START A
UWCMA BRANCH
I. WCMA Membership
A. Each Church or Ministry facilitating a UWCMA Branch must be an active affiliate member in good standing with WCMA.
II. Academic Minimums for Administration
A. Executive administrators must have Ph.D. or candidacy or similar doctorate from an accredited institution or one acceptable to UWCMA.
B. Non-executives can substitute experience for academic achievement, equal to a minimum of a baccalaureate degree.
C. UWCMA branch executive administrators and non-executive administrators must read, agree with and abide by UWCMA’s Policy Manual.
III. Academic Minimums for Faculty
A. Assistant Faculty must posses a minimum of a baccalaureate degree and enrolled in a graduate degree program.
B. Adjunct Faculty must possess a minimum of a graduate degree or a graduate degree candidate and/or enrolled in a post graduate or doctoral degree program.
C. Faculty must possess a minimum of a Masters degree and a candidate for a doctorate degree or higher.
D. Each type of faculty member listed above must complete at least one KAD through UWCMA to gain experience of how the UWCMA academic system is delivered and processed (this is not a graded activity).
E. Each UWCMA branch faculty member must read, agree with and abide by UWCMA’s Policy Manual.
IV. UWCMA Branch Facility Minimums
A. Each UWCMA branch facility must have or be willing to purchase/establish a minimum of two computer stations for exclusive student use to access UWCMA’s virtual library.
B. Each branch must have at least one executive administrator and one faculty type member as described above.
V. UWCMA Branch Curriculum
A. Each branch must utilize the UWCMA academic system to graduate students.
B. Each UWCMA branch executive and faculty members must read the Faculty Handbook.
C. Each branch must utilize the seven DOC Volumes for at least one teaching (face-to-face) or research semester relative to “Systematic Theology/Fundamental Theology”. This applies to any level that a student enrolls in UWCMA.
D. Each branch can, at their own discretion, offer one approved, specialty, 15- credit, face-to-face, teaching and/or research semester at the baccalaureate level using their own developed curriculum (said curriculum must be pre-approved by UWCMA.
VI. Meeting UWCMA Minimums
A. Each candidate UWCMA branch may not initially meet the minimum qualifications. Therefore, UWCMA will assist each approved candidate to reach said minimum standards.
B. Each UWCMA branch cannot circumvent these standards when soliciting other executives, faculty or staff at one site or multiple sites.
C. All UWCMA branches and their executives, faculty and staff essentially become part of (an extension of) the growing global UWCMA institutional body.
D. All UWCMA branch students essentially become part of (an extension of) the growing global UWCMA student body.
VII. Fees
A. Each UWCMA branch can charge students for its own specialty 15 credit semester course taught face-to-face. From these fees each UWCMA branch must send the UWCMA branch fee to UWCMA headquarters.
B. All other student fees are billed and collected by UWCMA headquarters.
VIII. Compensation
A. Each UWCMA branch executive, faculty and staff member is expected to initially volunteer their services until such time as revenues may actually be generated by paying students at their perspective UWCMA branch.
B. When revenues are generated, executives, faculty and staff will be compensated according to predetermined compensation packages.
C. If/when faculty advise non-local students and the students are paying students, faculty will be compensated according to a predetermined compensation package.
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