SECTION 3: Comprehensive Standards
| 3.5 |
Educational Programs: Undergraduate Programs
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| 3.5.1 |
The institution identifies college-level general education competencies and the
extent to which graduates have attained them. (College-level competencies)
Current Compliance Response
Source: Substantive Change Prospectus South Austin Campus
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| 3.5.2 |
At least 25 percent of the credit hours required for the degree are earned
through instruction offered by the institution awarding the degree. In the case of undergraduate degree
programs offered through joint, cooperative, or consortia arrangements, the student earns 25 percent of
the credits required for the degree through instruction offered by the participating institutions.
(See Commission policy “The Transfer or Transcripting of Academic Credit.”)
(Institutional credits for a degree)
Current Compliance Response
Source: Substantive Change Prospectus South Austin Campus
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| 3.5.3 |
The institution defines and publishes requirements for its undergraduate
programs, including its general education components. These requirements conform to commonly accepted
standards and practices for degree programs. (Undergraduate program requirements)
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| 3.5.4 |
At least 25 percent of the discipline course hours in each major at the
baccalaureate level are taught by faculty members holding the terminal degree—usually the earned
doctorate—in the discipline, or the equivalent of the terminal degree. (Terminal degrees of
faculty)
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Please direct questions concerning Accreditation to
Roslyn Wallace
in the
Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Accountability
at (512) 223-7585.
