West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 135 - Community And Technical College Education › Title 135 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE EDUCATION › Series 135-11 - Degree Designation, General Education Requirements, New Program Approval, and Discontinuance of Existing Programs › Section 135-11-7 - Submission Requirements for New Program Proposals

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
7.1. Once the institution has received
				notification that the Intent to Plan has been approved, an institution may
				develop the program proposal. The format of the proposal should follow the
				sequence of items as they appear on the following pages. Please respond to each
				item if only to indicate that it is not applicable. Information may be
				presented in narrative or in outline form or in a combination of the two.
				Supporting materials such as charts and tables may be included or attached.
The cover page should include the following:
Name of Institution
Date
Category of Action Required
Title of Degree or Certificate
Location
Effective Date of Proposed Action
Brief Summary Statement
7.2. Program Description.
7.2.1. Program Objectives: State the program
				objectives so that they can be related to the criteria in the evaluation
				plan.
7.2.2. Program
				Identification: Each proposal shall include an appropriate program
				identification as provided in the Classification of Instructional Programs
				(CIP) developed and published by the U.S. Department of Education Center for
				Education Statistics.
7.2.3.
				Program Features: Summarize the important features of the program and include a
				full catalog description. This section should contain:
7.2.3.a. Admissions and Performance
				Standards: Describe admissions and performance standards and their relationship
				to the program objective.
7.2.3.b.
				Program Requirements: Describe course requirements (indicating new courses with
				asterisks), areas of emphasis or concentrations, credit-hour requirements,
				research-tool requirements, examination procedures and other requirements. Also
				include field work or similar requirements and any other information that helps
				to describe the program of study.
7.2.4. Program Outcomes: Indicate the
				expected results of the program and, if this is a proposal for an expanded or
				modified program, specify how the proposed change may achieve results different
				from those produced by the current program.
7.2.5. Program content. The proposed
				educational programs shall be compatible with the institutional mission. The
				relationship shall be described in documents provided to the Council.
7.2.5.a. The content and length of the
				proposed academic program shall follow practices common to institutions of
				higher education. The commonly accepted program length is: 60 semester credits
				for associate degrees unless otherwise required by the accrediting
				agency.
7.2.5.b. All proposed A.A.
				and A.S. undergraduate degree programs shall include a coherent general
				education component that is consistent with the institution's mission and
				appropriate to its educational programs. The undergraduate general education
				component shall be documented.
7.2.5.c. The minimum requirement for general
				education for all undergraduate programs delivered through the traditional
				distributed curricula is 15 semester credits for technical associate's degrees
				unless otherwise required by the accrediting agency and 24 semester credits for
				transfer associate's degrees such as the Associate in Arts, the Associate in
				Science, and the Associate in Fine Arts, unless otherwise required by the
				accrediting agency. If the general education component is delivered through
				integrated, embedded, interdisciplinary, or other accepted models, institutions
				must demonstrate that the program meets minimum requirements equivalent to the
				distributed model.
7.2.6. Program Delivery: Describe any
				instructional delivery methodologies to be employed such as distance education,
				on-line course delivery, weekend course delivery, or compressed time delivery,
				etc. Indicate costs associated with distance education or technology-based
				delivery.