96.0 III-7.00- POLICY ON DEGREE AND CURRICULAR REQUIREMENTS
(Approved by the Board of Regents, April 26, 1990)
I. Degree and Other Formal Award Requirements
The primary responsibility for the development of curriculum
and of degree requirements resides in the faculty and
administration of an institution with final internal
approval by the President.
A. Each institution shall establish its requirements for
the conferring of baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral
degrees and for certificates at any level. These
requirements shall at least meet MHEC minimum
standards.
B. Curricular specializations that do not qualify as areas
of concentration, and do not lead to the award of
certificates, may be developed within the institution
and are approved by the President or designee.
II. Board of Regents and MHEC Approval of Academic Programs
In accord with the annotated code of Maryland, new degree-
granting programs, certificate programs, substantial
modifications of existing programs or programs offered at a
new site, require the approval of the Board of Regents and
the approval of the Maryland Higher Education Commission
(MHEC).
Major modifications of the general education requirements,
as well as suspension, curtailment, or discontinuance of
programs shall be submitted to the Chancellor for approval.
Prospectuses and program proposals forwarded for
consideration by the Board of Regents and the Maryland
Higher Education Commission must be in conformance with the
procedures and format as published in the most current
University of Maryland System Academic Program Development
Procedures and the Policies and Procedures for Academic
Program Proposals of the Maryland Higher Education
Commission.
Replacement for: BOR I-7.00 and
BOT II-D.1, XI-A, XI-B, XI-C, XI-D, and XI-G
