| (C) be consistent with the common course numbering
system approved by the Board and the recommendations and rules of
the Board; and
(D) include only course work directly applicable to
the requirements of the baccalaureate degree program(s) with which
it is associated.
(28) Technical courses or programs--Workforce education
courses or programs for which semester/quarter credit hours are awarded.
(29) Tech-Prep consortium--A collaboration of educational
entities and, at local option, employer and labor organizations, and
universities defined in the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education
Improvement Act of 2006, as amended, and the Texas Education Code,
Chapter 61, Subchapter T, Tech-Prep Education, which work together
to implement a tech-prep program.
(30) Unique need academic course--An academic course
created by a two-year college to meet a specific lower-division requirement
of a baccalaureate degree program that cannot be met by an existing
course in the Lower Division Academic Course Guide Manual.
(31) Workforce continuing education course--A course
offered for continuing education units (CEUs) with an occupationally
specific objective and supported by state funding. A career technical/workforce
continuing education course differs from a community service course
offered for recreational or a vocational purposes and is not supported
by state funding.
(32) Workforce education--Career technical/workforce
courses and programs for which semester/quarter credit hours and/or
continuing education units are awarded. Career technical/workforce
education courses and programs prepare students for immediate employment
or job upgrade within specific occupational categories.
(33) Workforce Education Course Manual (WECM)--An online
database composed of the Coordinating Board's official statewide inventory
of career technical/workforce education courses available for two-year
public colleges to use in certificate and associate degree programs.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §9.1 adopted to be effective May 25, 2004, 29 TexReg 5065; amended to be effective November 25, 2009, 34 TexReg 8322; amended to be effective May 24, 2011, 36 TexReg 3185; amended to be effective November 29, 2011, 36 TexReg 8013; amended to be effective November 24, 2013, 38 TexReg 8437; amended to be effective September 4, 2014, 39 TexReg 6845 |
