| (a) State funding shall be provided for lower-division
academic courses at public community colleges, public technical colleges,
or public state colleges if such courses:
(1) are approved for inclusion in the Lower-Division
Academic Course Guide Manual (ACGM);
(2) have been reviewed and approved by Board staff
in accordance with the criteria for unique need courses; and
(3) are consistent with the Texas Common Course Numbering
System (TCCNS).
(b) An advisory committee established by, and in accordance
with, Board rules Chapter 1, Subchapter P, §§1.192 - 1.198
of this title (relating to Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual
Advisory Committee), shall recommend to the Board appropriate courses
to be added to, revised, or deleted from the ACGM, as well as their
proper assignment of Texas common course numbers. The Coordinating
Board staff shall provide the committee with information regarding
course enrollments, frequency of offerings, transferability, and other
relevant information for the purpose of considering revisions to the
ACGM.
(c) Procedures for revising the ACGM.
(1) Addition of courses. A new course may be approved
by Board staff for inclusion in the ACGM if there is sufficient documented
need for the course. In order to make recommendations to Board staff
on course additions, the ACGM advisory committee may consider the
following information:
(A) Unique need approval history. The unique need course
has been offered frequently for three or more years with adequate
enrollments;
(B) A course to be added to the ACGM must either satisfy
a discipline-specific requirement in the major, or satisfy a prerequisite
requirement of the major, of a baccalaureate program at five or more
Texas public universities;
(C) Frequency of similar course offerings at the lower-division
level at Texas public universities;
(D) Letters of support from five or more community
colleges, public technical colleges, or public state colleges indicating
those colleges would utilize the course if it was added to the ACGM;
(E) Course descriptions and learning outcomes;
(F) Application to the TCCNS. Approval may be contingent
upon the assignment of a common course number;
(G) Information provided from appropriate academic,
professional, credentialing or accrediting organizations; and
(H) Other information provided by Coordinating Board
Staff.
(2) Deletion of courses. Courses offered by three or
fewer community colleges, public technical colleges, or public state
colleges during the previous academic year, or courses which have
been rendered obsolete by changes in the discipline, will be reviewed
by the committee for deletion unless other factors indicate a need
to retain such courses.
(3) Revisions to courses in the ACGM may be considered
upon request of a sponsoring institution; by information provided
from appropriate academic, professional, credentialing or accrediting
organizations; or by Board staff.
(4) Courses in a Board-approved field of study curriculum
as outlined under §4.32 of this title (relating to Field of Study
Curricula), or a statewide transfer compact shall automatically be
added to the ACGM.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §9.73 adopted to be effective May 25, 2004, 29 TexReg 5067; amended to be effective November 29, 2011, 36 TexReg 8013; amended to be effective December 2, 2013, 38 TexReg 8667 |
