Purpose:
Process for submission of core curricula in excess of 42 semester
credit hours to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Date Approved:
February
11, 1999 (Editorially amended
September 2000)
Background:
In
July 1998, the Coordinating Board adopted new rules requiring that core
curricula in excess of 42 semester credit hours have prior approval of an
institution's governing board before submission to the Coordinating Board. The rules further require that the
institution provide a narrative justifying the need of a larger core
curriculum, that the larger core curriculum is consistent with the institution's
role and mission, and that a proposed upper-division core course is not
substantially comparable in content or depth of study to a lower-division
course listed in the "Texas Common Course Numbering System." To streamline this submission process, the
Board authorized the following:
The Board delegated to the appropriate Executive Vice
Chancellor:
a.
Authorization to review
and approve on behalf of the U. T. Board of Regents all institutional core
curricula in excess of 42 semester credit hours for The University of
Texas System components
b.
Authorization to submit,
on behalf of the component institutions and the U. T. Board of Regents,
such core curricula to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for review
and approval.
Last reviewed September 2000