As used in the Post-Secondary Education Articulation Act:

A. "articulation" means the transfer of courses that fulfill a graduation requirement for a student's chosen degree program;

B. "department" means the higher education department;

C. "general education core curriculum" means the group of lower-division courses approved by the department as fulfilling general education requirements that are accepted by all institutions for transfer purposes;

D. "institution" means an accredited, public post-secondary educational institution operating in the state;

E. "meta-major" means fifteen credits of lower-division courses that are developed in consultation with the faculty and approved by the department and that include general education courses and prerequisite courses and that can articulate to multiple degree programs and can include courses across the institution that address diversity;

F. "transfer" means the transfer of course credits from one institution to another; and

G. "transfer module" means a list of lower-division courses established by the department that fulfill graduation requirements for a specific degree program.

History: Laws 1995, ch. 224, § 2; 2005, ch. 272, § 2; 2015, ch. 29, § 1; 2017, ch. 18, § 1.

The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, amended definitions in the Post-Secondary Education Articulation Act to clarify conditions under which students may transfer earned credits between and among New Mexico institutions of higher education; in Subsection A, after "the transfer of", deleted "course credit from one institution to another" and added "courses that fulfill a graduation requirement for a student's chosen degree program"; deleted former Subsections C and D, which defined "discipline module" and "general education core"; added a new Subsection C; redesignated former Subsection E as Subsection D; deleted former Subsection F, which defined "module" or "transfer module"; and added new Subsections E, F and G.

The 2015 amendment, effective June 19, 2015, updated references to the higher education department; in Subsection B, after "B.", deleted "commission" and added "department", after "means the", deleted "commission on", and after "higher education", added "department"; in Subsection D, after "by the", deleted "commission" and added "department"; in Subsection F, after "by the", deleted "commission" and added "department".

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, added Subsection C to define "discipline module"; added Subsection D to define "general education core"; and deleted "skills" from the definition of "module" or "transfer module".