Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 4 - RULES APPLYING TO ALL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN TEXAS › Subchapter Q - APPROVAL OF OFF-CAMPUS AND SELF-SUPPORTING COURSES AND PROGRAMS FOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS › Section 4.272 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
(1) Academic credit
				  course--A college-level course that, if successfully completed, can be applied
				  toward the number of courses required for achieving a degree, diploma,
				  certificate, or other formal award.
(2) Area Institution--A university,
				  health-related institution, independent institution, or legislatively
				  established or Board-approved higher education center which is within a 50-mile
				  radius of a proposed off-campus instruction site.
(3) Board--The Texas Higher Education
				  Coordinating Board.
(4) Clinical
				  course--An academic credit course that is a health-related, work-based learning
				  experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory,
				  skills, and concepts.
(5) Clinical
				  facility--A health care facility which provides learning experiences for
				  students.
(6) Commissioner--The
				  Commissioner of Higher Education; as used in this subchapter, "Commissioner"
				  means the agency acting through its executive, and his or her designees, staff,
				  or agents.
(7) Community
				  College--Any public community college as defined in Texas Education Code,
				  §
										61.003 and §
										130.005,
				  and whose role, mission, and purpose is outlined in Texas Education Code,
				  §
										130.0011
				  and §
										130.003.
(8) Continuing Education Course--A non-credit
				  higher education technical course offered for continuing education units, has
				  specific occupational and/or apprenticeship training objectives, and provides a
				  quick and flexible response to business, industry, and student needs for
				  intensive preparatory, supplemental, or upgrade training and
				  education.
(9) Continuing Education
				  Unit or CEU--Ten contact hours of participation in an organized educational
				  experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction, and qualified
				  instruction and not offered for academic credit.
(10) Degree--Any title or designation, mark,
				  abbreviation, appellation, or series of letters or words, including
				  "associate", "bachelor's", "master's", and "doctor's" and their equivalents and
				  foreign cognates, which signifies satisfactory completion of the requirements
				  of a program of study which is generally regarded and accepted as an academic
				  degree-level program by accrediting agencies recognized by the Board.
(11) Doctoral Degree--An academic degree
				  beyond the level of a master's degree that typically represents the highest
				  level of formal study or research in a given field.
(12) First-Professional Degree--An award that
				  requires completion of a program that meets all of the following criteria:
(A) completion of the academic requirements
				  to begin practice in the profession;
(B) at least two years of college work prior
				  to entering the program; and
(C) a
				  total of at least six academic years of college work to complete the degree
				  program, including prior required college work plus the length of the
				  professional program itself. First-Professional degrees are
				  discipline-specific, including, but not limited to, degrees such as: Dentistry
				  (D.D.S. or D.M.D.); Medicine (M.D.); Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.); Law (L.L.B,
				  J.D.); and Pharmacy (Pharm.D).