Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 589 - HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING COMMISSION, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT › Division 6 - COMMUNITY COLLEGE COURSE AND PROGRAM APPROVAL › Section 589-006-0150 - Local Community College Responsibilities for Course and Program Approval

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Community
			 college boards will have local processes in place to ensure that local and
			 state program approval standards and criteria are implemented and
			 maintained.
(2) Community college
			 boards are responsible for approving the requirements for all of their
			 college's certificate and degree programs. Additionally, these requirements
			 must be included in the institution's catalog as of the term any new program
			 begins.
(3) The community college
			 board of education has the responsibility to ensure that approval standards are
			 achieved for all programs offered by the local community college.
(4) Community colleges must follow the
			 program approval process as outlined in the Oregon Community College Policy and
			 Process Book.
(5) Community
			 colleges shall use the term "Certificate" or "Certificate of Completion" in
			 college catalogs and college promotional documents and on transcripts only as
			 an indication of an award by the college that has met the local and state
			 program approval standards and criteria and has been approved by the
			 Commission.
(6) Community college
			 boards of education will submit program information using the Approval
			 Procedures identified by the Office.
(7) The board of education of a community
			 college district is responsible for obtaining and maintaining the course
			 approval requirements set by the Commission.
(8) Community colleges may provide
			 recognition awards to students for the completion of a state-approved course or
			 courses. Recognition awards may not be called "certificates of completion" or
			 "certificates" and may not be included on the official student transcript.
			 Recognition awards may not be provided for coursework meeting the definition of
			 "program" without state approval.
(9) Upon approval by the Commission, the
			 Commission authorizes the community college board, established under ORS
			 341.005 to 341.950, to issue certificates of completion, associate degrees,
			 bachelor of applied science degrees, and Bachelor of Science: Nursing degrees
			 as an indication of satisfactory completion of state-approved programs offered
			 by the community college.
(10) The
			 type and name of bachelor degree, associate degree, associate degree option, or
			 certificate of completion to be awarded for completion of a program shall be
			 clearly stated in the community college's catalog or supplement
			 thereto.
(11) Only educational
			 programs that have received program approval from the community college board
			 and the Commission shall be included in a community college catalog or other
			 materials.
(12) Prerequisites for
			 bachelor of applied science degree, Bachelor of Science: Nursing degree,
			 associate degree, associate degree option, and certificate of completion
			 programs and courses within the programs shall be clearly stated in the
			 community college's catalog or supplement thereto.
Publications referenced are available from the agency.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 341.290
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 341.465 & ORS
				  341.013