Texas Register
TITLE 19 EDUCATION
PART 1TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
CHAPTER 4RULES APPLYING TO ALL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN TEXAS
SUBCHAPTER BTRANSFER OF CREDIT, CORE CURRICULUM AND FIELD OF STUDY CURRICULA
RULE §4.38Undergraduate Academic Certificate
ISSUE 04/02/2021
ACTION Final/Adopted
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule
(a)Institutions of higher education are encouraged to develop undergraduate academic certificate programs of less than degree length. These rules are intended to provide a streamlined process for approval of these certificates.

 (b)Undergraduate academic certificates may be awarded upon the completion of:

  (1)the Board-approved approved core curriculum of the institution;

   (2)a Board-approved Field of Study Curriculum; or

   (3)a Board-approved statewide articulated transfer curriculum of less than degree length.

 (c)Undergraduate academic certificates which meet one of the criteria in subsection (b) of this section require Board notification and are automatically approved.

The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the adoption and found it to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on March 19, 2021

TRD-202101136

Nichole Bunker-Henderson

General Counsel

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Effective date: April 8, 2021

Proposal publication date: January 15, 2021

For further information, please call: (512) 427-6206

 

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