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New Degree Programs Approved by UT Regents
AUSTIN – One new degree and planning authority for seven other degree programs at institutions in The University of Texas System were approved by the UT System Board of Regents on Thursday (May 11). The programs will go to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for final approval.
The regents approved the following new degree program:
- A doctoral degree in marketing within the Ph.D. in Business Administration degree at UT San Antonio. The addition of the marketing area of emphasis is designed to prepare leading professionals in the field of marketing to address shortages of faculty in this field and to produce graduates with the advanced knowledge required to conduct original academic research aimed at solving practical marketing problems.
The regents also approved preliminary planning authority for the following seven programs:
- A doctoral degree in translation studies and a doctoral degree in arts and technology at UT Dallas. The Ph.D. program in Translation Studies will be designed to produce a new generation of professionals, scholars, and teachers in the emerging field of Translation Studies. There is an increasing need for translators who bring foreign texts into English and thereby promote translation as a vehicle to improve cross-cultural communication. The Ph.D. program in Arts and Technology will be designed to produce a new generation of professionals, scholars, and teachers in an emerging field that is still in the process of definition. The core knowledge of this field draws from the convergence of research in the humanities, the creative and performing arts, visual communications design, engineering, and computer science.
- A Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) in Performance and Pedagogy, Choral Conducting at UT San Antonio. The objective of the D.M.A. program will be to attract a large cross-section of students holding degrees in music education, vocal performance, choral conducting, musicology, and perhaps the physical sciences. No doctoral program currently exists that focuses on merging performance and pedagogy in the choral area.
- A Ph.D. in Child Development and a Ph.D. in Public Administration and Social Service Professions at UT San Antonio. The Ph.D. program in Child Development will help meet the need for doctoral level professionals trained to address the growing need for researchers who address the issues of child health and learning, as well as for individuals responsible for developing educational policies to optimize outcomes in those areas. The Ph.D. program in Public Administration and Social Service Professions will facilitate collaborations that will yield interdisciplinary approaches to consequential research questions, and provide education and training directly related to health, security and cross-cultural issues. Specifically, the Ph.D. in Public Administration and Social Service Professions would integrate curricula and research across the Departments of Public Administration, Criminal Justice, and Social Work.
- A master’s degree in City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning and a master’s degree in Health and Kinesiology at UT San Antonio. The proposed M.A. degree in City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning would complement the current M.S. in Architecture with an international practice focus - the only program of its kind in the United States - and will afford opportunities for dual-degree programs with architecture, public administration, and criminal justice. The proposed M.A. program in Health and Kinesiology will include a core set of courses that all master's degree students will be required to take, as well as specific courses that will build expertise in Health and Kinesiology.
Note: For more information about each of the degree programs see the Academic Affairs background material accompanying the agenda for the regents' meeting (URL provided below).
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