Sec. 68.06.  ROLE AND SCOPE;  COURSES AND DEGREES.  The board is authorized to maintain, operate, and administer The University of Texas at Arlington as a general academic institution of higher education offering a standard four-year undergraduate program.  The board shall have the authority to prescribe courses leading to such customary degrees as are offered at leading American universities and to award such degrees.  It is the intent of the legislature that such degrees shall include baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees and their equivalents;  but no department, school, or degree program shall be instituted except with the prior approval of the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System.
Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3360, ch. 1024, art. 2, Sec. 38, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.  Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 68.03 by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 14, Sec. 8.01(11), eff. Nov. 12, 1991.