TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY

PROGRAM CHANGE FORM FOR ADDING A NEW CONCENTRATION

INTO AN EXISTING DEGREE PROGRAM

Administrative Information

1. Program Name: Show how the degree program appears on the Coordinating Board’s program inventory.

2. Program CIP Code:

3. Proposed Effective Date:

4. Contact Person: Provide contact information for the person who can answer specific questions about the program.

  • Name:
  • Title:
  • E-mail:
  • Phone:

5. Academic Program Coordinator:

  • Name:
  • Title:
  • E-mail:
  • Phone:
  • Qualification (can include highest degree earned, awarding institution, number of years teaching, research areas, special awards/credentials):

6. Required Reviews:

  • Department/School Faculty
  • Department/School Curriculum Committee
  • Department Chair/School Director
  • College Curriculum Committee
  • College Council
  • College Dean
  • Dean of The Graduate College (if applicable)
  • Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

Program Information

I. Change in Program Admission Requirements

A. What is the change?

B. Provide a narrative of the requested change and a justification for the change.

C. How will this change be reflected in the catalog? Provide the current catalog language and make proposed changes using “Track Changes”.

II. New Concentration(s)

A. Need – Provide a rationale for the new concentration(s).

B. Student Demand – Provide evidence of demand for the program(s)

C. Enrollment Projections – Provide the anticipated enrollment in the program(s).

Year 1
FY XXXX / Year 2
FY XXXX / Year 3
FY XXXX / Year 4
FY XXXX / Year 5
FY XXXX
Projected Enrollment

III. Change in Curriculum Requirements

A. Provide a narrative of the requested change and a justification for the change.

B. What courses in the program are changing? If the requested change affects courses from another department or school, has that Department Chair or School Director been notified?

C. Will the changes affect any teacher certification, accreditation, or licensure requirements?

D. Are courses affected by this change?

E. Use thefollowing tables to show the new curriculum requirements. Duplicate this table if needed for multiple programs.

Category / Semester Credit Hours
Required/Core Courses
Concentration Prescribed Electives
TOTAL

Use these tables to identify the required courses and prescribed elective courses of the new concentration. Active courses that will be used in this new concentration should be reviewed to determine if changes are needed to those courses because of the new concentration, e.g., contact hours, co-requisites, descriptions, prerequisites, restrictions, titles, etc. (not to include prefix or numbers.) For courses outside the originating department/school, a memo of concurrence from those areas approving the use of their courses in the new concentration is required to be attached to this form.

Prefix and Number / Required/Core Courses / SCH
Sub-total
Prefix and Number / Concentration Prescribed Electives / SCH
Sub-total

F. How will this change be reflected in the catalog? Provide the current catalog language and make proposed changes using “Track Changes”.

IV. Change in Semester Credit Hours (SCH)

A. What is the current SCH for the program?______

B. What is the proposed SCH for the program?______

C. Reduction in SCH

Will the reduction in SCH cause the program to fall below the minimum requirements? How does the change compare to programs at other universities?

  1. Southern Association of Colleges and SchoolsYESNO
  2. Program Accreditor(s)YESNO

Name of Program Accreditor:______

  1. Licensing Body(ies)YESNO

Name of Licensing Body(ies):______

V. Resources – Describe how the change(s) would affect resources (e.g., faculty appointments, the course inventory, facilities, and equipment) for the next five years.

VI. Catalog - Show how the proposed changes will appear in the catalog. Attachthe degree/major/concentration programrequirements from the current catalog and make the edits with track changes.

VII. Degree Works - Provide the Block Type (such as Degree, Major, Minor, or Concentration) and Block Number if available. Provide details on how the curriculum change will appear in Degree Works format.

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