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Undergraduate and Law Catalogs, College-Level Changes
Undergraduate and Law Catalogs, University-Level Changes
Graduate Catalog, Program-Level Changes
Organizational Changes
Undergraduate Studies Advisory Committee (UGSAC)
Committee on Undergraduate Program Review (CUDPR)
Office of the General Faculty
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
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The Graduate Catalog
Program-Level Changes
A program-level change to the graduate catalog is a change requested by one program to the program’s degree requirements, courses, or academic or nonacademic policies. The change may affect other programs indirectly.
- Course inventory changes
Changes to information stored in the course inventory—course number, including value; title; same-as statment; subject-matter description; degree plan statements; restrictive statements; prerequisite; meeting statement; contact hours
Information about this process is available from Official Publications.
Final approval: Office of Graduate Studies
- Nonacademic changes
Changes to a program’s information in the graduate catalog that don’t affect academic policy or the requirements of an existing or new degree program
Information about this process is provided during catalog production by Official Publications.
Final approval: Office of Graduate Studies
- Academic changes
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Changes
that the graduate dean may approve
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Changes to program academic policy |
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Adding, deleting, or renaming an area of study |
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Changes to degree requirements that are not substantial and that are in line with Graduate School–wide requirements. These changes include increasing or decreasing the required number of hours and changing the set of required courses. |
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Final approval: Vice provost and dean of graduate studies
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Changes that the Graduate Assembly must approve
| 1. |
“Substantial modifications” to degree programs |
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Creation of portfolio programs. |
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Graduate School–wide academic policy |
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Final approval: Executive vice president and provost
Information about these processes is also available from the Office of Graduate Studies.
- Degree program changes
Changes to a graduate program that involve
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Adding a degree, degree program, option II program, or option III program |
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Changing the name of a degree, degree program, option II program, or option III program |
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Dropping a degree, degree program, option II program, or option III program |
Final approval or acknowledgment: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, via UT System Office of Academic Affairs.
Information about these processes is also available from the Office of Graduate Studies and the Office of Inforamtion Management and Analysis.
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