SECTION 1.238. Definitions

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.

Source Note: The provisions of this §1.238 adopted to be effective April 8, 2021, 46 TexReg 2203