19 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.23 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Board--The
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(2) Commissioner--The Commissioner of Higher
Education.
(3) Core Curriculum or
Texas Core Curriculum--the curriculum in the liberal arts, humanities,
sciences, and political, social, and cultural history that all undergraduates
of an institution of higher education are required to complete before receiving
an academic undergraduate degree. Core curriculum provisions apply to all
institutions of higher education that offer academic undergraduate degree
programs.
(4) Directed Electives--a
set of courses within a major course of study, consisting of at least six
semester credit hours, specific to each general academic teaching institution
and prescribed by the faculty of each general academic teaching institution.
Directed Electives form part of the Field of Study Curriculum.
(5) Discipline Foundation Courses (DFC)--a
set of courses within a major course of study, consisting of up to twelve (12)
semester credit hours. The Discipline Foundation Courses form part of the Field
of Study Curriculum.
(6)
Discipline-Specific Subcommittee--a subcommittee established under Title 19,
Chapter 1, Subchapter V, §1.242 and §1.243. Each subcommittee is
comprised of faculty from general academic teaching institutions and public
junior colleges in a single discipline.
(7) Field of Study Curriculum--Field of Study
Curriculum--a set of courses that will satisfy lower-division requirements for
an academic major at a general academic teaching institution. The Field of
Study Curriculum has three components:
(a)
selected discipline-relevant Texas Core Curriculum courses,
(b) the Discipline Foundation Courses, and
(c) the Directed
Electives.
(8) General
academic teaching institution--an institution of higher education defined in
Texas Education Code, §
61.003(3).
(9) Public junior college--an institution of
higher education defined in Texas Education Code, §
61.003(2).
(10) Texas Common Course Numbering System
(TCCNS)--a Board-approved course numbering system for lower-division academic
courses that assigns common course numbers in order to facilitate the transfer
of lower-division academic courses among institutions of higher education by
promoting consistency in course designation and identification.
(11) Texas Transfer Advisory Committee--the
advisory committee established under Title 19, Chapter 1, Subchapter V. The
Texas Transfer Advisory Committee has responsibility for advising the
Commissioner and Board on Field of Study Curricula, including their
establishment and revision. The Texas Transfer Advisory Committee may request
to form a Discipline-Specific Committee to assist in the development of a Field
of Study Curriculum.
(12)
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.
(13) Lower-Division Academic Course Guide
Manual (ACGM)--a Board-approved publication listing academic courses that
public two-year colleges may teach and report for contact hour reimbursement
from state appropriations without special approval from the Board. Courses
(except for developmental courses) listed in the ACGM are freely transferable
among all public institutions of higher education in Texas in accordance with
the Texas Education Code, §
61.822.
(14) Faculty Member--a person 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 of assistant provost, or
dean.
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