Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Existing Degree Program CIP Code Change Request

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1 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Existing Degree Program CIP Code Change Request Directions: Complete this form to request a change to the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code of an existing degree program. The degree program must already be on your institution s program inventory. NOTE: This form requires the signature of the Provost or Chief Academic Officer. Submit the Degree Program CIP Code Change Request via the Online Submission Portal: Information: Contact the Division of Academic Quality and Workforce at 512/ Institution: Texas A&M University Administrative Information 2. Current Degree Program Title Show how the program appears on the Coordinating Board s approval letter (e.g., Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a major in Accounting): Master of Science in Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences Doctor of Philosophy in Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences 3. Current Degree Program CIP Code: Contact Person: Provide contact information for the person who can answer specific questions about the degree program. Name: Dr. James Petrick Title: Professor and Associate Department Head for Graduate Programs jpetrick@ag.tamu.edu Phone: AQW Updated

Submit the Degree Program CIP Code Change Request via the Online Submission Portal: https://www1.thecb.state.tx.

2 Existing Program CIP Code Change Page 2 Request for Change in CIP Code Proposed Degree Program CIP Code: Implementation Date (MM/DD/YYYY): 08/01/2016 Reason for Change: Describe why this change would be beneficial to students and/or the degree program. The change will align the CIP codes of our BS program in Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences with our academic graduate programs, and ensure that these programs are accurately classified in the CIP code organization. This change will also create consistency between our degree program classifications and the course-level CIP codes currently in place. List of Similar Programs at Texas Public Institutions: Provide the institution and program names for up to five examples of similar programs with the proposed CIP code. The following list was pulled from the THECB program inventory. The only graduate degree program with this CIP is also in our college and department. We would like to maintain consistency between the CIP codes of our undergraduate programs and our graduate programs. Universities Institution Program Name CIP Code Award Given Texas A&M University COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT B 1 Texas A&M University RECREATION AND RESOURCES M DEVELOPMENT Texas A&M University RECREATION, PARK AND B TOURISM SCIENCES Texas A&M University RECREATION, PARK AND B 2 TOURISM SCIENCES-TOURISM MANAGEMENT 2020 The University of SPORT, EVENT, AND TOURISM B Texas at San Antonio MANAGEMENT The University of Texas at San Antonio TOURISM MANAGEMENT B

The change will align the CIP codes of our BS program in Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences with our academic graduate programs, and ensure that these programs are accurately classified in the CIP

3 Existing Program CIP Code Change Page 3 Signature of Compliance I hereby certify that all of the above changes have been approved in accordance with the procedures required by my institution, system office, and Board of Regents, as applicable. Provost/Chief Academic Officer Date

accordance with the procedures required by my institution, system

4 Administrative Change Request Change to An Existing Degree Program Instructions. Institutions requesting a change to an existing degree program should address the factors below in determining if the request is a degree modification or would necessitate a request for a new degree program. No one factor necessarily determines the decision but in general the more extensive the change(s) the more likely the need for a new program request. I. Current Degree Information: (list current degree program, CIP code, and administrative structure) Currently the MS and PHD degree programs in Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences are both classified under the CIP , and housed in the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. II. Proposed Change: A. Program Identification: Describe changes to the program identification. 1. Change name. No change requested 2. Change in degree designation (e.g., EdD to PhD, MS to MBA, BA to BS, etc.). No change requested 3. CIP Code change. We are proposing to change the CIP Code of our MS and PhD programs from to Change in administrative unit. No change requested B. Justification for Change: Describe the content of the existing degree program authorized by the Coordinating Board and evidence of the need for the change. The need to revise CIP codes is evident from the following observations a) fit; CIP code provides a superior description of the curriculum, mission, and intent of our graduate programs and b) precedent; the CIP Codes for all of our academic programs should be consistent: The definition of provides an excellent description of the nature of preparation of our students: A program that prepares individuals to manage travel-related enterprises and related convention and/or tour services. Includes instruction in travel agency management, tour arranging and planning, convention and event planning, travel industry operations and procedures, tourism marketing and promotion strategies, travel counseling, travel industry law, international and domestic operations, and travel and tourism policy. In contrast, the current CIP Code, , focuses on the principles underlying recreational and leisure activities and the practices involved in providing indoor and outdoor recreational facilities and services for the general

program. No one factor necessarily determines the decision but in general the more extensive the change(s) the more likely the need for a new program request. I.

5 public. No thesis or dissertation in the past decade has addressed principles underlying recreational and leisure activities or operations of facilities. Graduate student research addresses such broader issues of tourism marketing, tourism policy, sustainable tourism, tourism systems, and quality management of travel-related organizations and resources. C. Other Changes Associated With Request. 1. Focus/purpose or objectives/mission of degree. No change 2. Additional areas of employment available to graduates. No change D. Describe changes in the curriculum: Include information on: 1. Degree completion requirements. No change requested 2. Additional new courses to be added. No change requested 3. Changes to existing courses. No change requested 4. Courses common to all students in the degree plan No change requested 5. How will the set of courses required of all students in the degree program change? No change requested 6. New specializations (tracks, concentrations, focus areas, emphases, etc.) No change requested E. Describe new accreditation, licensure & certification 1. What new program accreditation would become available? No change 2. What new professional licensure or certification would become available? No change F. Describe changes needed in core faculty 1. New faculty needed to implement proposed change No change needed 2. New areas of expertise sought in additional faculty during past three years that have contributed to degree program change No change needed 3. New areas of expertise in additional faculty that will be hired during the upcoming three year No change needed 4. Existing faculty that will be reassigned to a different program or terminated. Other faculty that would become responsible for program delivery. No change needed G. Cost: 1. Please indicate new costs that will be incurred with the modification to the degree program during the first five years after the changes. No costs will be incurred by correcting our CIP code classification 2. How will these costs be met? Not applicable

resources. C. Other Changes Associated With Request. 1. Focus/purpose or objectives/mission of degree. No change 2. Additional areas of employment available to graduates. No change D.

Texas A&M University-Central Texas Degree Program Revision

Texas A&M University-Central Texas Degree Program Revision Page 1 of 5 Tracking ID # (AA Use Only) A degree program is an organized curriculum leading to a college degree in an area of study recognized as an academic discipline by the higher education community,