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Date: August 7, 2003

UT System News Release

Six New Degree Programs Approved by Board of Regents

SAN ANTONIO - Six new undergraduate and graduate degree programs at the academic and health institutions within the University of Texas System were approved by the Board of Regents on Thursday (August 7). The programs will go the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for final approval.

The programs include

• a master's degree in physics at U.T. Brownsville.
• a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary health sciences at U.T. El Paso.
• a master's degree in occupational therapy at U.T. Pan American.
• master's and Ph.D. degrees in clinical science at the U.T. Medical Branch at Galveston.
• a master's degree in respiratory care at the U.T. Health Science Center at San Antonio.

The board also approved new long-range plans for additional degree programs at academic institutions. These revised plans will also go to the Coordinating Board so the institutions can receive authority to begin planning for the programs.

Note: For more information about each of the degree programs See the Academic Affairs and Health Affairs committees of the background material accompanying the agenda for the regents' meeting.