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The Undergraduate Catalog

College-Level Changes

A college-level change to the undergraduate catalog is a change requested by one college to the college's degree requirements, courses, or academic or nonacademic policies. The change may affect other colleges indirectly.

• Course inventory changes

What they are

Changes to information stored in the course inventory—course number, including value; title; same-as statement; subject-matter description; degree plan statements; restrictive statements; prerequisite: meeting statement: contact hours.

Final approval

College dean

More information

Information about this process is available from Official Publications.

• Nonacademic changes

  What they are

  Changes to a college’s information in the undergraduate catalog that don’t affect academic policy or the requirements of an existing or new degree program

  Final approval

  Final approval: College dean

  More information

  Information about this process is provided during catalog production by Official Publications.

• Academic changes

What they are

Changes to a college’s chapter of the undergraduate catalog that affect either college academic policy or the requirements of an existing degree program

Final approval

Executive vice chancellor for academic affairs

More information

• Flowchart
• Flowchart (PDF)
• Explanation of process
• Explanation of process (PDF)
• Is also available from the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies

• Degree program changes

What they are

Changes to a college's chapter of the undergraduate catalog that involve

• Adding a degree or degree program
• Changing the name of a degree or degree program
• Dropping a degree or degree program

Final approval

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

More information

• Flowchart
• Flowchart (PDF)
• Explanation of process
• Explanation of process (PDF)
• Is also available from the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies

University-Level Changes

Still to come

The Graduate Catalog

Program-Level Changes