The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Coordinating Board) adopts amendments to Title 19, Part 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter B, Transfer of Credit, Core Curriculum and Field of Study Curricula, §4.32, without changes to the proposed text as published in the November 11, 2022, issue of the Texas Register (47 TexReg 7517). The rule will not be republished.

The adopted amendment supports the implementation of the Texas Transfer Framework's Field of Study Curriculum work by allowing a total of twenty (20) semester credit hours (SCH) total for Discipline Foundational Courses and Directed Electives. Due to some disciplines having 4 SCH courses which are typically in science-based courses, it is not possible to meet the 6 SCH requirement for Directed Electives in existing rule. The adopted amendment in §4.32 increases the current Field of Study Curriculum from eighteen (18) SCH to twenty (20) SCH to provide more flexibility in the SCH required for Directed Electives.

No comments were received regarding the adoption of amendment.

The amendment is adopted under Texas Education Code, §61.823, which provides the Coordinating Board with the authority to develop and approve Field of Study Curricula for certain fields of study/academic disciplines.

The adopted amendment affects Texas Administrative Code, Title 19, Part 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter B, §4.32.