Sec. 79.03. COURSES AND DEGREES. (a) The board may prescribe courses leading to customary degrees offered at leading American universities and medical schools as applicable and may award those degrees, including:
(1) bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and their equivalents; and
(2) medical school degrees and other health science degrees.
(b) The board shall award degrees in the name of the university.
(c) A department, school, or degree program may not be instituted without the prior approval of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, except that the university may include any department or school or offer any degree program previously approved for The University of Texas--Pan American or The University of Texas at Brownsville or expressly authorized by this chapter or other law.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 726 (S.B. 24), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle C - The University of Texas System
Chapter 79 - The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Section 79.02. Establishment; Scope
Section 79.03. Courses and Degrees
Section 79.04. University of the First Class
Section 79.06. Gifts and Grants
Section 79.07. Joint Appointments
Section 79.08. Participation in Permanent University Fund
Section 79.09. Center for Border Economic and Enterprise Development