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BoR POLICY MANUAL 3, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

Introduction

Academic programs of the USG are administered under broad Board policies that grant considerable authority and responsibility to the presidents and faculty of USG institutions. However, some actions require administrative authorization or approval by the Board of Regents, the Chancellor, or a University System Office. See Academic Programs for types of approvals and notifications needed for various actions.

This section provides additional information about the following:

Table of Contents

• 2.1 Semester System, Uniform Academic Calendar, Cancellation of Classes and Religious Holidays
• 2.2 Catalog Requirements
• 2.3 Academic Programs
  • 2.3.1 Degrees, Majors, and Certificates
  • 2.3.2 New Academic Programs
  • 2.3.3 Deactivation and Termination of Academic Programs
  • 2.3.4 Program Modification
  • 2.3.5 Exceptions to Program Length Requirements
  • 2.3.6 Comprehensive Program Review (CPR)
  • 2.3.7 Instructional Delivery:  Off-Campus & Online
  • 2.3.8 Minor Programs of Study
  • 2.3.9 Dual Degrees
  • 2.3.10 Joint Degrees
• 2.4 General Education Core Curriculum: The IMPACTS Core
  • 2.4.1 Core IMPACTS Domains - Credit Hours
  • 2.4.2 IMPACTS System-Wide Orienting Questions, LOs, and CRCs
  • 2.4.3 Rules for Including Courses in the IMPACTS Core
  • 2.4.4 Details Regarding Courses in Core IMPACTS Domain
  • 2.4.5 Pre-Requisite Rules
  • 2.4.6 Rules for Change of Major
  • 2.4.7 Field of Study Domain
  • 2.4.8 Common Courses
  • 2.4.9 Course Approval Procedures
  • 2.4.10 Transfer Rules
• 2.5 Grading System
  • 2.5.1 Academic Renewal
  • 2.5.2 Withdrawal for Military Service:  Refunds and Grades
  • 2.5.3 Withdrawal Without Academic Penalty
• 2.6 Degrees
  • 2.6.1 Degrees, General
  • 2.6.2 Graduate Degrees
• 2.7 Academic Advisement
  • 2.7.1 Minority Advising Program
• 2.8 Regents’ Testing Program
• 2.9 Learning Support
  • 2.9.1 Administrative Procedures for Learning Support Programs
  • 2.9.2 Numbering of Learning Support Courses
  • 2.9.3 Reporting and Recording Learning Support Status
• 2.10 Academic Common Market
• 2.11 Regents’ Engineering Pathways
• 2.12 Off-Campus Instructional Sites
• 2.13 Study Abroad and International Opportunities
• 2.14 Research Centers and Institutes
• 2.15 Section Removed
  • 2.15.1 Implementation Guidelines for Career Degrees
  • 2.15.2 “REM” Courses
• 2.16 Academic Credit for Extra-Institutional and Prior Learning
• 2.17 Articulation of USG/TCSG General Education Coursework
• 2.18 Academic Feedback
• 2.19 Academic Textbooks