The Academic Programs Department provides oversight of certificate, baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral programs offered by Texas public universities and health-related institutions. The Department also reviews requests for changes in an institution's Table of Programs (preliminary authority requests), mission statements, administrative units, and other academic matters. It conducts the Institutional Effectiveness review for community and technical colleges. It administers trusteed funds for the Minority Health Research and Education Grant Program, Nursing Innovation Grant Program, Nursing Shortage Grant Program, and a number of College Readiness Initiatives grant programs, including the Texas Course Redesign Project and the Professional Development Modules Project. The Department provides support to the following advisory committees: the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual Advisory Committee, Undergraduate Education Advisory Committee, Graduate Education Advisory Committee, Distance Education Advisory Committee, and Advisory Committee on RN Nursing Education.

Directory of Academic Program Staff

New Programs and Administrative Changes

• Procedures for Program and Administrative Change Requests
• Online Submission System for Degree Program & Administrative Change Requests
• Program and Administrative Change Tracking System
• Institutional Mission Statements
• Table of Programs

Community College Institutional Effectiveness Review

• Institutional Effectiveness
• Guidelines for Instructional Programs in Workforce Education (GIPWE)
• Workforce Education Course Manual (WECM) 

Recent Reports & Studies

• Projecting the Need for Legal Education
• Projection the Need for Medical Education
• Projecting the Need for Pharmacy Education
• Projecting the Need for Veterinary Medical Education
• Designing Texas Undergraduate Education in the 21st Century
• Achieving Inclusiveness and Diversity in Doctoral Education in Texas: Praxis and Recommendations
• Joint Partnership Among Texas Institutions of Higher Education
• Strategies to Increase the Number of Initial Licensure Registered Nurses and Nursing
• A New Curriculum Model for Initial RN Licensure Programs
• A New Curriculum Model for Initial RN Licensed Vocational Nursing (LVN) Education
• The Feasibility of Providing Free (or Discounted) Immunizations to Students Enrolled in Health Professional Degree Programs
• Transfer Success Summit Report

Advisory Committees

• Advisory Committee on RN Nursing Education (ACORN)
• Distance Education Advisory Committee (DEAC)
• Graduate Education Advisory Committee (GEAC)
• Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual Advisory Committee
• Undergraduate Education Advisory Committee (UEAC)

Transfer Issues & Information

Dual Credit Overview 
Transfer, Core Curriculum, & Field of Study Curricula
Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual (ACGM)
Transfer Success Summit
Frequently Asked Questions on Transfer

Projects and Topics

Academic Common Market
Course Redesign 
Distance Education, Off-Campus, & Extension Instruction
Bacterial Meningitis Information
Common Calendar
Chief Academic Officers Roster: Public universities, health-related institutions, & system offices
18 Characteristics of Texas Public Doctoral Programs
Faculty Workload Policy Guidelines

Nursing Education

Grant Programs Administered by Academic Programs Staff

• Nursing Innovation Grant Program (NIGP)
• Minority Health Research and Education Grant Program (MHGP)
• Nursing, Allied Health and Other Health-Related Education Grant Program

Annexation, Branch Campus Formation, and Community College District Creation

Information about creating a public community college district, annexation to an existing community college district, creation of a branch campus of an existing community college district, and conducting a branch campus maintenance tax election.