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Undergraduate degree program changes (PDF, flow chart)

Approval required

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Some degree program changes do not require THECB approval, but the THECB must always be notified before the semester in which the change takes effect.

Description

Undergraduate degree program changes are changes to a college’s degrees or degree program inventory that must be reported to or approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). These are some examples:

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

Process

a.	Department
b.	College
c.	Office of the General Faculty/Faculty Council (OGF)
d.	Committee on Undergraduate Degree Program Review (CUDPR membership)
d1.	Undergraduate Studies Advisory Council (UGSAC membership)
d2.	CUDPR
e.	OGF
f.	Faculty Council (FC)
g.	Provost (acting on behalf of the president)
h.	Official Publications
i.	Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, UT System (EVCAA)
j.	Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)
k.	EVCAA
l.	Provost
m.	OGF