Instructor Qualifications
The Standards for Instructor Qualfications at PCC are published in the Academic Standards and Practices Handbook Section I301. For many subject areas, more specific qualifications and clarifications have been developed. These Instructor qualifications are recommended by the Subject Area Committees and approved by administration, and are subject to the educational and experience minimums found on the Instructor Approval Form.
See Revisions to Instructor Qualifications for obtaining approval of new and revised Qualifications.
A
- AB: Auto Collision Repair Technology
- ABE: Adult Basic Education
- AD: Alcohol and Drug Counselor
- ALC: Alternative Learning Center
- AM: Automotive Service Technology
- ASEP: Automotive Service Educational Program
- AMT: Aviation Maintenance Technology
- APR: Apprenticeship
- ARCH: Architectural Design and Drafting
- ART: Art
- ASL: American Sign Language Studies
- ATH: Anthropology
- AVS: Aviation Science
B
- BA: Business Administration
- BCT: Building Construction Technology
- BI: Biology
- BIT: Bioscience Technology
- BMZA: Biology and Management of Zoo Animals
C
- CADD: Computer Aided Drafting and Design
- CAS: Computer Applications Systems
- CIS: Computer Information Systems
- CS: Computer Science
- CG: Counsel/Career Guidance
- CH: Chemistry
- CHN: Chinese
- CHLA: Chicano / Latino Studies
- CMET: Civil and Mechanical Engineering Technology
- CJA: Criminal Justice
- CSS: Crop Soil Science
- CTT: Computed Tomography (RAD)
D
- D: Dance
- DA: Dental Assisting
- DE: Development Education
- DH: Dental Hygiene
- DM: Dietary Manager
- DT: Dental Laboratory Technology
- DRF: Drafting Technology and Design
- DS: Diesel Service Technology
- DST: Dealer Service Technology
E
- ECE: Early Education & Family Studies
- EC: Economics
- ED: Education
- EET: Electronic Engineering Technology
- ELT: Electrical Trades
- EMS: Emergency Medical Services
- EM: Emergency Management
- ENG: English and Writing
- ETC: Emergency Telecommunicator
- ENGR: Engineering (Transfer)
- ESOL: English for Speakers of Other Languages
- ESR: Environmental Studies
F
- FMT: Facilities Maintenance Technology
- FN: Foods and Nutrition
- FR: French
- FP: Fire Protection Technology
- FT: Fitness Technology
G
H
- HE: Health
- HEC: Consumer and Family Studies
- HIM: Health Information Management
- HON: Honors
- HOR: Horticulture
- HPE: Health and Physical Education
- HR: Culinary Assistant
- HUM: Humanities
- HST: History
I
- ID: Interior Design
- INS: Integrated Studies
- INSP: Building Inspection Technology
- ITAL: Italian
- ITP: Sign Language Interpretation
J
L
M
- MA: Medical Assisting
- MCH: Machine Manufacturing Technology
- MLT: Medical Laboratory Technology
- MM: Multimedia
- MP: Medical Professions
- MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (RAD)
- MSD: Management/ Supervisory Development
- MT: Microelectronic Technology
- MTH: Mathematics
- MUC: Professional Music
- MUS and MUP: Music and Applied Music
N
O
P
- PL: Paralegal
- PE: Physical Education
- PHL: Philosophy
- PHY: Physics
- PS: Political Science
- PSY: Psychology
R
- RAD: Radiography (includes MRI and CTT)
- R: Religion
- RD: Reading
- RE: Real Estate
- RUS: Russian
S
- SC: Skill Center
- SLIP/ITP: Sign Language Interpretation
- SOC: Sociology
- SP (COMM): Speech Communication
- SPA: Spanish