The institution offers one or more degree programs based on at least 60 semester credit hours or the equivalent at the associate level; at least 120 semester credit hours or the equivalent at the baccalaureate level; or at least 30 semester credit hours or the equivalent at the post-baccalaureate, graduate, or professional level. The institution provides an explanation of equivalencies when using units other than semester credit hours. The institution provides an appropriate justification for all degree programs and combined degree programs that include fewer than the required number of semester credit hours or its equivalent unit.
x Compliance o Non-Compliance o Partial Compliance
The University of Louisiana at
Lafayette offers a program inventory of 53 Bachelor’s degrees, 13
Post-Bachelor Certificates, six Graduate Certificates, 31 Master’s degrees, and
11 Doctoral degrees. By mandate of the Louisiana BOR in 2001, UL Lafayette does
not offer any Associate’s degrees. No accelerated Bachelor-to-Master programs
are currently offered. All degrees awarded are based on semester credit hours.
All undergraduate baccalaureate degrees at the University meet or exceed the
BOR minimum of 120 semester credit hours. As stated in the “Undergraduate Degree Requirements” section of the University’s Undergraduate
and Graduate Academic Catalog,
the minimum number of semester credit hours required for any Bachelor’s degree
at UL Lafayette is 120. Individual degree programs may exceed 120 hours to
comply with specific accreditation requirements.
The minimum credit requirements, the
specific course requirements for each individual program, and each department’s
course descriptions may be found in the Undergraduate
and Graduate Academic Catalog under “Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees.”
The BOR evaluates program length
during the process of considering requests for new programs. The University
specifies the courses and the number of credit hours in degree programs when
programs are initially created, and continues to monitor changes through its
internal program review process. Any review or revision of a program must
address the issue of minimum number of hours. As described in Section 9.1,
following approval by Department Heads and Deans, all course additions,
deletions, and changes must be approved by one of the two University Curriculum
Committees (undergraduate or graduate level). Changes must then be approved by
the Provost or his designate, currently the Assistant Vice President for
Academic Affairs – Academic Programs. Curriculum changes require the approval
of the Department Heads, Deans, and Provost or Assistant Vice President for
Academic Affairs – Academic Programs.
With the exception of Post-Bachelor
Certificates and Graduate Certificates, all post‐baccalaureate, graduate, and professional degrees at UL Lafayette require at least 30
semester credit hours of graduate‐level coursework. For Master’s degrees
the required number of semester hours ranges from 30 to 87.
Each of the nine Ph.D.
programs (Applied Language and Speech Sciences, Computer Engineering, Computer
Science, English, Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Francophone Studies,
Mathematics, Systems Engineering, and Earth and Energy Sciences) requires a
minimum of 72 semester hours of credit beyond the Bachelor’s degree.
The BSN to DNP
program requires 70 credit hours and 1,000 post-Bachelor supervised academic program practice hours in
DNP residency courses. The MSN to DNP requires 39 post-MSN credit hours and 420 post-MSN clinical clock hours. The
EdD program in Educational Leadership requires 60 hours beyond the Master’s
degree. Information from the Undergraduate
and Graduate Academic Catalog 2018-2019 allows the comparison of all graduate programs. Specific course requirements for each
graduate degree program, along with the course descriptions, are listed in the Catalog.
Board of Regents Program Inventory for
UL
UL
Lafayette Grad School Catalog