Section 3. Assessment of Achievement. Each engineering program shall provide evidence that objectives as provided herein are being fulfilled.

ARTICLE III – MINIMUM CRITERIA

Section 4. Instructional Program Quality

4.1 Faculty

College administration should encourage the development of the faculty to obtain their masters’ and doctoral degrees in relevant fields so that the school will exceed the minimum requirements stated below for all engineering schools.

4.1.1 Full-Time and Part-Time Faculty Qualifications

1. Only faculty members meeting both governmental and institutional standards or requirements shall be hired for any teaching position.

2. At least 60% of the faculty force handling professional courses are on full-time basis

3. At any given time, at least 20% of the faculty members handling professional courses of the school/college of engineering shall be holders of masters’ degree in their field of specialization or in engineering education, provided that half are full-time faculty. As an alternative, the holders of the master’s degree may be set at 10% provided that the other 10% of the faculty have had at least ten (10) years experience in teaching professional engineering subjects or ten (10) years of field experience.

Faculty members teaching professional courses shall be registered engineers and preferably with field experience.

4. At any given time, at least 40% of the faculty members teaching Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Basic Engineering shall be holders of baccalaureate degree and at least master’s degree in either engineering, physics, chemistry, mathematics or computer science.

4.1.2 Assignment

The teaching assignment and responsibility of each faculty member shall be limited only within the area of his specific training and/or field experience.

1. Full-time Faculty :

a. The semestral teaching load of a full-time faculty member shall be twenty-four (24) academic units per week. However, a faculty member with at least above average performance rating may be allowed an additional six (6) academic units beyond the