5 CCR s 71490

Cal. Admin. Code tit. 5, s 71490

CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS
TITLE 5. EDUCATION
DIVISION 7.5. PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
CHAPTER 2. DEGREE-GRANTING PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
ARTICLE 5. EMERGING FIELDS OF STUDY AND INNOVATIVE METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
This database is current through 02/02/07, Register 2007, No. 5
s 71490. Emerging Fields of Study.

(a) If an institution applying for approval under Article 2 of this
chapter seeks Council approval to offer instruction but not a degree in an
emerging new field of study, the institution shall submit written
documentation establishing that the field of study is based on new or
unique applications of information derived from established principles,
theories, and bodies of knowledge from disciplines generally recognized in
higher education. The Council recognizes that new or unique applications
of information may be stimulated by a variety of sources including new
social and economic trends.

(b)(1) If an institution seeks approval to award a degree in an emerging
field of study, the institution shall comply with subdivision (a) and
submit to the Council documentation, including research, publications,
written curriculum, and course materials, establishing to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Council and a special committee appointed by the
director that the emerging field of study should be recognized as a
discipline for degree study in higher education.

(2) The special committee shall consist of a team of professional
educators in disciplines related to the emerging new field who are
affiliated with accredited or Council-approved degree granting
institutions.

(c) If the institution establishes that the subject matter area is
appropriate for instruction or instruction leading to a degree, the
Director shall include on the visiting committee professional educators
with expertise, as described in subdivision (b)(2), to evaluate the
institution's proposed offer of instruction or a degree program in the
emerging new field of study.

(d) If the Council grants approval to the institution to offer instruction
but not a degree in an emerging field of study, the institution shall
disclose in its catalog and a separate written notice provided to students
before enrollment that the educational service in the emerging new field
is not approved for degree study and units of credit earned upon
completion of the educational service will have limited, if any,
transferability, to other institutions because of the nature of the nature
of the emerging subject matter.

(e) If the Council grants approval to the institution to award degrees in
the emerging new field, the approval shall not exceed three years.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 94305 and 94337, Education Code.
Reference: Sections 94301 and 94310, Education Code.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 8-17-92 as an emergency; operative 8-17-92 (Register
92,
No. 34). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL 12-15-92
or
emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
day.

2. Certificate of Compliance as to 8-17-92 order transmitted to OAL on
2-3-93;
disapproved by OAL on 3-24-93 (Register 93, No. 14).

3. New section refiled 4-12-93 as an emergency; operative 4-12-93
(Register
93, No. 16). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL
8-10-93
or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the
following
day.

4. Certificate of Compliance as to 4-12-93 order transmitted to OAL on
10-6-93;
disapproved by OAL on 11-22-93 (Register 93, No. 49).

5. New section refiled 11-17-93 as an emergency; operative 11-17-93
(Register
93, No. 47). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by
5-16-
94 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the
following
day.

6. Certificate of Compliance as to 11-17-93 order transmitted to OAL with
amendments 3-11-94 and filed 4-19-94 (Register 94, No. 16).

7. Editorial correction of article heading (Register 97, No. 46).

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