Texas Education Code - Section 61.0515. Semester Credit Hours Required For Baccalaureate Degree
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§ 61.0515. SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED FOR
BACCALAUREATE DEGREE. (a) To earn a baccalaureate degree, a
student may not be required by a general academic teaching
institution to complete more than the minimum number of semester
credit hours required for the degree by the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools or its successor unless the institution
determines that there is a compelling academic reason for requiring
completion of additional semester credit hours for the degree.
(b) The board may review one or more of an institution's
baccalaureate degree programs to ensure compliance with this
section.
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a baccalaureate degree
awarded by an institution to a student enrolled in the institution
before the 2008 fall semester. This subsection does not prohibit
the institution from reducing the number of semester credit hours
the student must complete to receive the degree.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1230, § 12, eff. June 18,
2005.
Section: 61.033 61.034 61.051 61.0511 61.0512 61.0513 61.0514 61.0515 61.0516 61.052 61.053 61.054 61.055 61.056 61.057
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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