REQUEST TO ADD AN UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC CERTIFICATE PROGRAM AND/OR REQUEST FOR RECOGNITION ON THE UNIVERSITY TRANSCRIPTS 1

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1 REQUEST TO ADD AN UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC CERTIFICATE PROGRAM AND/OR REQUEST FOR RECOGNITION ON THE UNIVERSITY TRANSCRIPTS 1 1. Type of Proposal New Certificate Program (requiring THECB notification only) 2 Change an Existing Certificate Program Delete a Program Proposed classification 3 Exclusive General Major 2. THIS PROPOSAL INVOLVES (Please check all that apply) Courses in other colleges Courses in proposer s college that are frequently taken by students in other colleges Course in the core Change in course sequencing for an curriculum existing program Change in admission Requirements not explicit in the requirements (external or catalog language (e.g., lists of internal) acceptable courses maintained by department office) Flags Courses that have to be added to the inventory 3. SCOPE OF PROPOSED CHANGE a. Does this proposal impact other colleges/schools? Yes No If yes, then how? b. Do you anticipate a net change in the number of students in your college? Yes No If yes, how many more (or fewer) students do you expect? c. Do you anticipate a net increase (or decrease) in the number of students from outside of your college taking classes in your college? Yes No If yes, please indicate the number of students and/or class seats involved. d. Do you anticipate a net increase (or decrease) in the number of students from your college taking courses in other colleges? Yes No If yes, please indicate the number of students and/or class seats involved. If 3 a, b, c, or d was answered with yes, please answer the following questions. If the proposal has potential budgetary impacts for another college/school, such as requiring new sections or a non-negligible increase in the number of seats offered, at least one contact must be at the college-level. How many students do you expect to be impacted? ~6,000 per year; please note that this is a reclassification; this Certificate is being reclassified as a new Transcript-Recognized Minor. The courses required for the Certificate will still be offered and available, now for the Minor. Impacted schools must be contacted and their response(s) included: Person communicated with: CUDPR Date of communication: April 1, 2015 Response: No concerns raised Person communicated with: Dr. Flores (CoLA Dean) and Abrevaya (ECO Chair) Date of communication: April 29, 2015 Response: No concerns raised Person communicated with: Dr. Hermann (UGS Dean) Date of communication: April 30, 2015 Response: No concerns raised Certificate Impact Statement revised on 3/17/15. 1

2 4. Official Certificate Name: Undergraduate Certificate: Business Foundations 5. Proposed Implementation Date: 4 Fall CIP Code (administrative unit awarding the certificate): Business/Commerce, General 7. Statement of Objective: 6 Reclassification: The Business Foundations Certificate program is being replaced by a corresponding Business Minor (transcript- recognized). A separate proposal to add the Business Minor has been submitted. This form, proposing deletion of the current catalog wording for the Certificate, is conditional upon prior approval of the corresponding Business Minor. 8. Number of Students Expected to Receive the Certificate Each Semester: None; Certificate being reclassified as a Minor 9. Number of Hours Required for Completion: 7 None; Certificate being reclassified as an eighteen-hour Minor 10. List Faculty on the Certificate Program Faculty Committee. 8 Name of Faculty Member Regina Hughes (chair) Kristie Loescher Business / Stephen Limberg Business / Accounting Paula Murray Robert Prentice College/Department Title at UT Austin Highest Degree and Awarding Institution Business / Finance Distinguished Senior M.S., University of Lecturer; Director, North Texas Business Foundations Senior Lecturer Ph.D., Nova Management Southeastern University Professor Ph.D., Arizona State Business / Business, Government & Society Business / Business, Government & Society Professor Professor; Director, Business Honors Program; Department Chair, BGS University J.D., UT Austin J.D., Washburn University 11. Academic Course Requirements: 9 Use this table to identify the courses that qualify for this certificate program. Course Abbreviation and Number Course Title SCH 10 N/A; certificate is being removed and reclassified as a Minor 12. Other Certificate Requirements: N/A; certificate is being removed and reclassified as a Minor. 13. Give a Detailed Rationale for Change(s): Reclassification of the Certificate into a Minor will decrease the total number of credits required from 24 to 18, and removing tracks and honors designations will streamline the program. It also avoids potential confusion with the newly created Business Foundations Certificate for nonenrolled students (run through McCombs Executive Education), and is a more recognizable framework for students, parents and employers. 14. College/School Approval Process: Approver: Undergraduate Program Committee Certificate Impact Statement revised on 3/17/15. 2

3 Title: faculty representatives from each McCombs Department, and student representatives Date: February 20, 2015 Approver: Faculty of the McCombs School of Business Title: faculty of all McCombs Departments and programs Date: April 16, 2015 Certificate Impact Statement revised on 3/17/15. 3

4 Catalog language; to be removed from section Catalogs > Undergraduate > Red McCombs School of Business > Degrees and Programs > Certificate Programs > The Business Foundations Program The Business Foundations Program The Business Foundations Program (BFP) is designed to provide a foundation in business concepts and practice for students in other majors. Any nonbusiness student with a University grade point average of at least 2.00 may take any BFP course for which he or she meets the prerequisite. Students who intend to complete the BFP certificate program should apply online for admission by March 1 for fall or summer, and by October 1 for spring. To fulfill the certificate program, students must complete eighteen semester hours of coursework as described below; students must also complete the following corequisite courses: one economics course selected from Economics 304K, 304L, 301, or the equivalent, and a three hour statistics course chosen from the list of approved courses available on the BFP Web site. Students are encouraged to complete these classes before taking Finance 320F. Students who complete the certificate requirements in either the general track or the global track must apply on the BFP Web site for a certificate and a letter verifying completion of the program, by November1 for fall, April 1 for spring, or by August 1 for summer. At least half the required certificate coursework must be completed in residence at The University of Texas at Austin. General Track The certificate requirements are: 1. Accounting 310F; or both Accounting 311 and 312 (may fulfill the quantitative reasoning flag). 2. Management Information Systems 302F, or equivalent. See list of equivalents on the BFP Web site. 3. Finance 320F. 4. Three of the following five courses: 1. International Business 320F or 350 (International Business 350 may fulfill the independent inquiry flag), 2. Legal Environment of Business 320F or 323 (may fulfill the ethics and leadership flag), 3. Management 320F or 336 (Management 336 may fulfill the ethics and leadership flag), 4. Marketing 320F or 337, 5. Business Administration 320F or Management 337 (entrepreneurship topic). 5. No more than nine of the required eighteen hours may be taken on an approved study abroad program. A list of approved programs is available in the University Study Abroad Office. Certificate Impact Statement revised on 3/17/15. 4

5 6. The student must satisfy the corequisite courses and the courses used to fulfill requirements 1 through 4 on the letter- grade basis. He or she must maintain a grade point average of at least 2.00 in these courses. Credit by exam is allowed for the economics and statistics corequisite courses. Global Track The certificate requirements are: 1. Proficiency in a language other than English is required. An intermediate level of competency is determined by the completion of any one of the following options: 1. Certified proficiency on a placement or credit- by- exam test; 2. Students with previous experience in the language they plan to use to meet the language requirement must take a language placement test. A student may not select for credit a language course below this placement level without departmental permission; or 3. A passing grade in a language course listed below: ASL 611C Accelerated ASL 311D American ASL 312L Second- Year ARA 611C Intensive BEN 312L Second- Year CHI 612 Accelerated CHI 412L Second- Year CZ 611C Intensive CZ 412L Second- Year DAN 612 Accelerated FR 611C Intermediate GER 612 Accelerated GK 312K Intermediate GK 312L Intermediate GK 610C Intermediate GK 310K Second- Year HEB 612C Intensive HEB 611C Intensive HIN 312L Second- Year ITL 611C Intermediate JPN 611D Intermediate KOR 412L Second- Year Requirements Hours Second- Year American Sign Language 6 Sign Language III: Intermediate 3 American Sign Language II 3 Arabic II 6 Bengali II 3 Second- Year Chinese 6 Chinese II 4 Czech II 6 Czech II 4 Second- Year Danish 6 French 6 Second- Year German: Readings in Modern German 6 Greek II 3 Greek II: Biblical Greek 3 Modern Greek 6 Modern Greek II 3 Biblical Hebrew II 6 Hebrew II 6 Hindi II 3 Italian 6 Japanese 6 Korean II 4 Certificate Impact Statement revised on 3/17/15. 5

6 LAT 311 Intermediate MAL 312L Second- Year NOR 612 Accelerated PSH 312L Second- Year PRS 611C Intensive PRS 612C Intensive POL 611C Intensive POL 312L Second- Year POR 611D Intermediate RUS 611C Intensive RUS 412L Second- Year SAN 312L Second- Year S C 312L Second- Year SEL 611C Intensive SEL 312L Second- Year SPN 611D Intermediate SPN 612 Accelerated SWA 611C Intensive SWE 612 Accelerated TAM 312L Second- Year TEL 312L Second- Year TUR 611C Intensive URD 312L Second- Year YID 612 Accelerated YOR 312L Second- Year YOR 611C Intermediate Latin I 3 Malayalam II 3 Second- Year Norwegian 6 Pashto II 3 Persian II 6 Persian for Heritage Speakers 6 Polish II 6 Polish II 3 Portuguese II 6 Russian II 6 Russian II 4 Sanskrit II 3 Serbian/Croatian II 3 Slavic and Eurasian Languages II 6 Slavic and Eurasian Languages II 3 Spanish II 6 Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Learners 6 Swahili II 6 Second- Year Swedish 6 Tamil II 3 Telugu II 3 Turkish II 6 Urdu II 3 Second- Year Yiddish 6 Yoruba II 3 Yoruba 6 Students who wish to meet the requirement with proficiency in a language not listed in the table above should contact the Texas Language Center. 2. Completion of at least three hours of academic credit while on an approved study abroad program. A list of approved programs is available in the University Study Abroad Office. 3. Accounting 310F; or both Accounting 311 and Accounting 312 (these courses may fulfill the quantitative reasoning flag). 4. Management Information Systems 302F or the equivalent; a list of available courses is available on the Business Foundations Program Web site. 5. International Business 320F or 350 (International Business 350 may fulfill the independent inquiry flag); or Business Administration 320F or Management Certificate Impact Statement revised on 3/17/15. 6

7 337 (entrepreneurship topic). One of the international business or entrepreneurship courses is required to complete the global track. 6. Finance 320F 7. Two of the following courses: a. Legal Environment of Business 320F or 323 (both classes may fulfill the ethics and leadership flag); b. Management 320F or 336 (Management 336 (may fulfill the ethics and leadership flag); c. Marketing 320F or 337 d. Business Administration 320F or Management 337 (entrepreneurship topic); or International Business 320F or 350; whichever topic, international business or entrepreneurship, that was not used to fulfill the requirement 5 above. 8. No more than nine of the required eighteen hours may be taken while on an an approved study abroad program. A list of approved programs is available in the University Study Abroad Office. 9. The student must satisfy the corequisite courses and the courses used to fulfill requirements 3 through 7 on the letter- grade basis. He or she must maintain a grade point average of at least 2.00 in these courses. Credit by exam is allowed of the economics and statistics corequisite courses. Students should apply online to request their BFP certificate the semester they will complete the program; by November 1 for fall, April 1 for spring, or by August 1 for summer. Students have up to one year after graduation to complete the certificate program for transcript purposes. Certificate Impact Statement revised on 3/17/15. 7

8 Please include a draft of the catalog copy immediately following the above form. If this is an update of an existing copy, the draft should be based on the text of the current catalog available at: Strike through and replace (with underlines) only the specific language to be changed. Do NOT use track changes! Submit form electronically to the Office of the General Faculty and Faculty Council at fc@austin.utexas.edu. For questions, please also or call Minimum Criteria for Certificate Recognition on the Transcript a) The transcript-recognized undergraduate academic certificate program must be completed in conjunction with or within one year of completion of an undergraduate degree at The University of Texas at Austin; students pursuing an integrated undergraduate/graduate program must complete the requirements for the certificate within one year after completing the undergraduate requirements of their program. A maximum of nine credit hours in the certificate program may be taken after completion of the undergraduate degree. b) Transcript-recognized undergraduate academic certificate programs must require a minimum of 18 hours of certificate course work, but not more than 24 hours. c) At least half of the required coursework in the certificate program must be completed in residence at The University of Texas at Austin. d) A student may not earn a certificate in the same field of study as his or her major, and at least one course required in the certificate program must be outside the requirements of the major. However, courses in the certificate program outside the major may fulfill other degree requirements such as general education requirements or required elective hours. e) Students apply for transcript recognized undergraduate academic certificates at the time they complete their undergraduate degree or the certificate program, whichever comes later. Transcript recognition is awarded at that time. 2 See: Certification Form for New Certificate Programs at Universities and Health-Related Institutions ( New Certificate Request Form ) at 5F742FC569C700E0&flushcache=1&showdraft=1. 3 Exclusive: of exclusive application and of primary interest only to a single college or school ("no protest" period is 5 working days); general: of general interest to more than one college or school (but not for submission to the General Faculty) ("no protest" period is 10 working days); major legislation must be submitted to the General Faculty for adoption (("no protest" period is 10 working days). 4 Certificates will not appear on the University transcripts until next catalog. 5 Use the federal CIP code selector site to pick a code, After all other areas of this form are completed, forward a copy to Institutional Reporting, Research, and Information Systems (IRRIS) IMA@austin.utexas.edu with a request to verify the CIP code ( CIP CODE in the subject line). Include your contact information, so an IRRIS member may contact you with any questions. 6 Include heading in Undergraduate Catalog where changes will be made. 7 See footnote 1b above: hours are required. 8 For inclusion on transcripts, the faculty committee must have a minimum of five members and at least 2/3 of the committee must be tenured or tenure-track. Note with an asterisk those faculty members who are tenured or tenure-track. Please also note the program chair who will be responsible for authorizing the students certificates. Specify changes to the committee membership by noting those no longer on the committee and those added to the committee. (Add and delete rows as needed.) 9 Note with an asterisk (*) courses that would be added if the certificate program is approved. Specify changes to the qualifying courses by noting those no longer qualifying and those now qualifying. (Add and delete rows as needed.) If the course numbers and titles change on a regular basis, please indicate the types of courses and number of hours for required for each. Certificate Impact Statement revised on 3/17/15. 8

9 Note with a hashtag (#) courses that require a prerequisite and provide the prerequisite course numbers. 10 Semester Credit Hours. Certificate Impact Statement revised on 3/17/15. 9