Section 1.238 - DefinitionsThe 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.19 Tex. Admin. Code § 1.238
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 14, April 2, 2021, TexReg 2203, eff. 4/8/2021