19 TAC §§5.391, 5.401-5.403
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board adopts emergency
amendments to Chapter 5, Subchapter S, §§5.391, 5.401-5.403,
concerning Core Curriculum Transfer and Field of Study Curricula. The amendments
to the rule are to be adopted on an emergency basis pursuant to §2001.034
of the Texas Government Code, which allows a state agency to adopt an emergency
rule if a requirement of state or federal law requires adoption of the rule
on less than 30 days notice. The rules are being proposed for emergency action
to carry out the provisions of Senate Bill 148 of the 75th Legislature, directing
the Coordinating Board to develop a recommended core curriculum of at least
42 semester credit hours, including a statement of the content, component
areas, and objectives of the core curriculum.
The amendments to the rules are proposed under Texas Education
Code, Subchapter S, Section 61.822.
§5.391. Requirements and Limitations.
(a)-(c)
(No change.)
(d)
Each institution shall be required to accept in transfer
into a baccalaureate degree the number of lower division credit hours in a
major which are allowed for their non-transfer students in that major; however,
(1)-(2)
(No change.)
(3)
A university may deny the transfer of credit in courses
with a grade of "D" as applicable to the student's
field of study courses,
core curriculum courses, or
major.
(e)-(f)
(No change.)
§5.401.General Provisions.
(a)-(b)
(No change.)
(c)
This subchapter applies specifically to
academic courses and degree programs, and does not apply to technical courses
or degree programs.
§5.402.Core Curriculum.
(a)
In accordance with Texas Education Code, Chapter 61, Subchapter
S, each general academic institution and community/technical college shall
design and implement a core curriculum[
, including specific courses comprising
the curriculum,
] of no less than 42 lower-division semester credit hours.
[
No institution may require a core curriculum of more than 42 semester
credit hours without Board approval.
]
(b)-(j)
(No change.)
§5.403.Core Curricula Larger than 42 Semester Credit Hours.
(a)
An institution may adopt, without Board
approval, a core curriculum under this subchapter in excess of 42 semester
credit hours, but no more than 48 semester credit hours, if the courses in
excess of 42 semester credit hours are selected from the first five component
areas of Chart II of Section 5.402 (excluding the Institutionally Designated
Option) and are approved by the institution's governing board.
[
The board will consider approval of a core curriculum from a general academic
institution, community college, or technical college if it has been previously
approved by the institution's Board of Regents or Board of Directors and is
consistent with the following:
]
(b)
The Board will consider approval of a core
curriculum in excess of 48 semester credit hours, or a core curriculum of
more than 42 semester credit hours but not greater than 48 semester credit
hours with courses selected from component areas other than the first five
component areas of Chart II of Section 5.402 if:
(1)
It has been previously approved by the
institution's governing board;
(2)
[
(1)
] The institution
has provided to the Board
[
must provide
] a narrative justification
of the need and appropriateness of a larger core curriculum that is consistent
with its role and mission
; and
(3)
[
(2)
] No proposed upper-division
core course is substantially comparable in content or depth of study to a
lower-division course listed in the "Texas Common Course Numbering System."
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of
State,on November 13, 1998.
TRD-9817517
James McWhorter
Assistant Commissioner for Administration
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Effective date: November 13, 1998
Expiration date: March 13, 1999
For further information, please call: (512) 483-6162