Section 2.06 - 2.06.03: Degrees
SUBJECT: Candidates for Degrees
SOURCE: Board Policy Manual 308.01
Section 2.06.01, Degree Candidates
POLICY
308.01 IN GENERAL
The faculty shall recommend to the president of the institution the candidates for degrees which the institution has been authorized by the Board to confer. A record of all degrees awarded shall be filed in the office of the Registrar of the institution conferring the degree. Absent the approval of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, no bachelor's degree program shall exceed 120 semester credit hours (exclusive of physical education activity/basic health or orientation course hours that the institution may require). (BR Minutes, 1980-81, p. 49; December, 1995, p. 47).
Section 2.06.02, Graduate Degrees
Graduate Degrees
SUBJECT: Graduate Degrees
SOURCE: Board Policy Manual 308.02
POLICY
308.02 GRADUATE DEGREES
Graduate schools of the University System shall award only such graduate degrees as may have been authorized by the Board of Regents. Other institutions of the System shall not offer work leading to a graduate degree unless approved by the Board upon recommendation of the Chancellor and the Committee on Education, Research and Extension. Absent the approval of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, no masters degree program shall exceed 36 semester credit hours. (BR Minutes, 1953-54, pp. 51-52; 1953-54, pp. 220-221; December, 1995, p. 47).
Section 2.06.03, Residence Requirement
Residence Requirement
SUBJECT: Residence Requirement for Degree
SOURCE: Board Policy Manual 308.03
POLICY
308.03 RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREE
The Board shall leave to the discretion of the institutions of the University System the matter of conferring a degree on a student who has been in residence at an institution for less than one academic year and who has successfully passed prescribed courses of study required for a degree. (BR Minutes, 1958-59, p. 346)
Last Updated: 02/08/2000
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