Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 1 - AGENCY ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter V - TEXAS TRANSFER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC SUBCOMMITTEES › Section 1.238 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, shall have the following meanings:
(1) Board--The Texas Higher Education
				  Coordinating Board.
(2)
				  Commissioner--The Commissioner of Higher Education.
(3) Core Curriculum or Texas Core Curriculum
				  (TCC)--a required curriculum for an undergraduate degree, as defined in Title
				  19, Chapter 4, Subchapter B, §4.23(3) (relating to Definitions).
(4) Directed Electives--a component of the
				  Field of Study Curriculum, as defined in Title 19, Chapter 4, Subchapter B,
				  §4.23(4).
(5) Discipline
				  Foundation Courses (DFC)--a component of the Field of Study Curriculum, as
				  defined in Title 19, Chapter 4, Subchapter B, §4.23(5).
(6) Discipline-Specific Subcommittee--a
				  subcommittee comprised of faculty from general academic teaching institutions
				  and public junior colleges in a single discipline. The Chief Academic Officer
				  of each university system or institution of higher education which offers a
				  degree program for which a Field of Study Curriculum is proposed may submit a
				  recommended nominee. A Discipline-Specific Subcommittee is formed at the
				  request of the Texas Transfer Advisory Committee to aid and advise the
				  development of a Field of Study Curriculum in a specific discipline. A
				  Discipline Specific Subcommittee is not an advisory committee.
(7) Faculty Member--a person who is employed
				  full-time by an institution of higher education as a member of the faculty
				  whose primary duties include teaching, research, academic service, or
				  administration. However, the term does not include a person holding faculty
				  rank who spends a majority of the person's time for the institution engaged in
				  managerial or supervisory activities, including a chancellor, vice chancellor,
				  president, vice president, provost, associate or assistant provost, or
				  dean.
(8) Field of Study
				  Curriculum--a set of courses that will satisfy lower-division requirements for
				  an academic major at a general academic teaching institution, as defined in
				  Title 19, Chapter 4, Subchapter B, §4.23(7).
(9) General academic teaching institution--an
				  institution of higher education as defined in Texas Education Code, §
										61.003(3).
(10) Institution of Higher Education or
				  Institution--any public technical institute, public junior college, public
				  senior college or university, medical or dental unit, other agency of higher
				  education as defined in Texas Education Code, §
										61.003(8).
(11) Public junior college--an institution of
				  higher education as defined in Texas Education Code, §
										61.003(2).
(12) Texas Transfer Advisory Committee
				  (TTAC)--the advisory committee with responsibility for advising the
				  Commissioner and Board on Field of Study Curricula, including their
				  establishment and revision. The TTAC may request to form a Discipline-Specific
				  Subcommittee to assist in the development of a Field of Study
				  Curriculum.