Nonacademic changes
Changes that don’t affect academic policy or the requirements of an existing or new degree program.
Academic changes
Undergraduate academic changes are changes to a college’s degree requirements or academic policy. They affect a student’s pursuit of an existing degree, major, concentration/track/option, academic honor, certificate, etc. Some examples of undergraduate academic changes are
changing the requirements of an existing degree program (major) or degree title; changes range from adding a new subject to the degree program to deleting one course from a list of many courses that will fulfill a three-hour requirement;
changing the requirements to enter, remain in, or graduate from a degree program or from the college;
adding, deleting, or changing restrictions on electives;
adding, deleting, or changing a track or option, including changing its name;
adding, deleting, or changing an honors program, including changing its name; and
establishing, changing, or dropping requirements for admission to a degree program or to the college.
Degree program changes
Undergraduate degree program changes are changes to degree programs or degree titles that must be approved or acknowledged by the THECB. These are
adding a degree program or degree title;
increasing the number of hours required by a degree program;
deleting a degree program or degree title;
renaming a degree program or degree title; and
moving a degree program or degree title from one academic unit to another
Course inventory changes
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.
The Graduate Catalog
Academic changes
Graduate academic changes are changes to existing degree programs and academic policies. A nonsubstantial academic change affects the degree requirements or academic policies of an individual graduate program; a substantial academic change affects the minimum degree requirements or academic policies of the Graduate School that govern all graduate programs.
Degree program changes
Graduate degree program changes are changes to degree programs or degree titles that must be approved or acknowledged by the THECB. These areadding a degree program or degree title;
adding a degree program or degree title;
deleting a degree program or degree title;
renaming a degree program or degree title; and
moving a degree program or degree title from one academic unit to another.
Graduate Certificate Programs
There are two types of graduate certificate program—those that require fewer than sixteen semester hours of coursework, and those that require sixteen to twenty-nine hours.
