Sec. 78.03. COURSES AND DEGREES. (a) The board may prescribe courses leading to customary degrees offered at leading American universities and may award those degrees, including bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and their equivalents.
(a-1) A department, school, or degree program may not be instituted without the prior approval of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(b) The board shall offer a broad array of courses at the university.
(c) The board shall award degrees in the name of The University of Texas at Brownsville.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 181, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Redesignated from Education Code Sec. 77.32 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 305, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 935 (S.B. 1909), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 726 (S.B. 24), Sec. 4(b), eff. June 14, 2013.
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