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APPROVAL TO ESTABLISH THE BACHELOR OF INTER-DISCIPLINARY STUDIES DEGREE IN THE DIVISION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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APPROVAL TO ESTABLISH THE BACHELOR OF INTER-DISCIPLINARY STUDIES DEGREE IN THE DIVISION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION

  • The following resolution was adopted:
  • WHEREAS, it is consistent with the mission of the University of Virginia to offer an undergraduate degree to part-time adult students who engage in the equivalent of two years of study at the University after completing two years of undergraduate work at a community college or at another institution; and
  • WHEREAS, a formal proposal to offer such a degree has been prepared by a faculty committee, endorsed by the Vice President and Provost and the deans of the schools involved, and approved by the Faculty Senate; and
  • WHEREAS, the requirements for the degree, the credentials of the faculty, the quality of the program, and the consistency of the program with the principles reflected in the proposal, which was distributed previously, will be monitored by a faculty committee appointed by the Vice President and Provost;
  • RESOLVED that, subject to approval by the State Council for Higher Education in Virginia, The Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS) degree is established in the Division of Continuing Education; and
  • RESOLVED FURTHER it shall be the responsibility of the faculty committee appointed by the Vice President and Provost to maintain standards of excellence for the BIS degree similar to those maintained in other undergraduate programs at the University; and
  • RESOLVED FURTHER that all students enrolled in the BIS Degree Program shall enjoy the rights and the responsibilities of the Honor System.


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