Approval Processes for University Catalogs
Preliminary Draft
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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
Changes to course number, including value; title; same-as statement; subject-matter description; degree plan statements; restrictive statements; prerequisite: meeting statement: contact hours.
- Degree program changes
Changes that involve:- Adding a degree or degree program
- Changing the name of a degree or degree program
- Dropping a degree or degree program
- Academic changes
Changes that affect either college academic policy or the requirements of an existing degree program.
- Nonacademic changes
Changes that don’t affect academic policy or the requirements of an existing or new degree program.
University-Level Changes
Still to come
Graduate Catalog
- Degree program changes
Graduate degree program changes are changes to the university’s graduate degree program inventory that must be reported to or approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (CB). Changes that involve:- Adding a degree or degree program
- Dropping a degree or degree program
- Changing the name of a degree or degree program
- Academic changes
- Nonsubstantial academic changes
Nonsubstantial academic changes are generally changes to the degree requirements or academic policies of individual graduate programs that meet the minimum requirements of the Graduate School.
- Substantial academic changes
Substantial academic changes are generally changes to the minimum degree requirements or academic policies of the Graduate School that govern all graduate programs.
- Nonsubstantial academic changes
