Minutes of a Regular Meeting, June 22-23, 2004 - Digital Collections

REGENTS’ POLICY MANUALSECTION 2—ACADEMICSNONCREDIT CERTIFICATESNoncredit certificates (e.g. certificates of participation, certificates of completion, certificates ofachievement) may be issued through the College of Continuing Education recognizing achievement ofproficiency in some designated area through successful completion of either single or multiple course,credit-free, University-sponsored continuing education activities (e.g. short courses, conferences,workshops, professional development, and training). Such activities may be conducted in associationwith recognized professional associations, business groups, government agencies, and/or other academicunits of the University and the certificate may so state, although certificates may be issued only in thename of The University of Oklahoma. Certificates shall designate their issuing authority as “TheUniversity of Oklahoma, Continuing Education and Public Service,” or if applicable, “The University ofOklahoma, College of Continuing Education, in association with (name of appropriate professionalassociation or academic unit).”Courses or sequences of courses upon which such certificates will be based must be submitted forprior review to, and must conform to requirements for course content and quality established by, a reviewcommittee composed of representatives of the College of Continuing Education and of the Universityfaculty.Certificates recognizing achievement in credit-free College of Continuing Education activities will beadministered through the Office of the Vice President for University Outreach. That office is responsiblefor the design, printing, issuance, and recording of all such certificates.Programs leading to professional proficiency of such an order as those provided by the University forfellows, residents, interns, and other programs of professional training, whether terminal and withoutdegree status, post-degree, or post-doctoral, at the Health Sciences Center and/or affiliated hospitals maybe recognized by certificates in a form to be prescribed from time to time.Certificates issued in conformity with University and/or state legislation may be printed only in thename and under the authority of the University. Hence, no certificate of any character may be issuedunder authority of any other agency naming the University as a cooperating institution in the program oftraining sponsored cooperatively with the University by such agency, except as provided above.Certificates may be issued by the University, pursuant to appropriate University and/or statelegislation, as incorporated in the official publications of the University from time to time, for attendanceat University-sponsored programs of formal instruction and/or research at the pre- and post-doctorallevels, and such levels shall be recognized in such certificates. Such certificates shall conform to theprovisions hereof.Certificates of participation in short courses, workshops, and professional gatherings may be issuedby the colleges at the Health Sciences Center in a form to be prescribed from time to time, but suchcertificates shall avoid the appearance and/or the implications of academic credit or professionalproficiency reserved to formal programs of academic study.Certificates may be issued by the University, under appropriate legislation, to winners andparticipants in scholarly competitions sponsored by the University and conducted in its name, whethersuch contestants are of non-resident, high school, undergraduate, or graduate status, in a form to beprescribed from time to time.(RM, 6-15-35, p. 546; 5-25-49, p. 3127; 7-12-50, p. 3608; 10-10-51, p. 4161; 10-8-64, p. 7963; 11-9-67, p. 9164; 5-14-70, p. 10338; 6-14-79, p. 15572; 10-16-85, p. 18615; 11-14-91, p. 22658; 1-28-98, p.25759; 1-27-2004, p. 28924)THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA 109