As in effect on August 1, 2024.

Fraternity Regulation 2.6 (Revised)

NATIONAL AFFAIRS / Guidelines and Criteria for Approval of Courses of Study

Revised October 10, 2014

2.6.1. Pursuant to Article 3, Section 2 of the National Constitution and Article 1, Section 1, Para. 1a of the National Bylaws, the following criteria and guidelines are hereby adopted for the approval of proposed courses of study by the Approved Courses Committee (Committee).

2.6.2. Engineering

  1. Undergraduate engineering programs which are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) shall be deemed presumptively qualified for approval, and shall not require further study by the Committee.
  2. Undergraduate four-year engineering technology programs which are accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) of ABET, and which are offered at an institution which also offers EAC of ABET accredited engineering programs, shall be deemed presumptively qualified for approval.
  3. Undergraduate engineering programs and/or undergraduate four-year engineering technology programs which are not ABET accredited may be considered for approval upon review by the Committee using ABET guidelines.

2.6.3. Architecture

  1. Undergraduate architecture programs which are accredited by the National Architectural Accreditation Board (NAAB) shall be deemed presumptively qualified for approval.
  2. Undergraduate architecture programs which are not NAAB accredited may be considered for approval upon review by the Committee using NAAB guidelines.

2.6.4. Science

Undergraduate science programs may be considered for approval upon review by the Committee, but shall be limited to:

  1. natural sciences (which endeavor to explain or predict nature's phenomena);
  2. formal sciences (which use formal systems to generate knowledge); and
  3. applied sciences (which study the application of scientific knowledge transferred into a physical environment).

Undergraduate science programs in these fields shall be considered for approval upon review by the Committee if they meet the following criteria:

  1. At least fifty (50) percent of the courses required for graduation are in engineering, architecture, or natural, formal, or applied sciences; and
  2. Either the program grants a bachelor of science (B.S.) degree, not a bachelor of arts (B.A.), or the program requires at least one (1) academic year of calculus.

Approval shall not be granted to programs in social sciences (which study the social world constructed between humans), including political science, military and naval science, library science, and any auxiliary sciences of history.

2.6.5. Any program approved for any chapter at the undergraduate level shall be deemed to also be approved at the graduate level. Graduate programs which do not have an undergraduate counterpart shall be submitted for review and approval in the same manner as undergraduate programs.

2.6.6. All submissions of courses of study shall be made in the manner prescribed by the National Headquarters, and shall include appropriate information describing the content of the courses required for a degree in the program.

2.6.7. No submission shall be made without the approval of a two-thirds majority of the active organization or without the approval of the chapter’s faculty or chapter advisor.

2.6.8. Paragraphs 2.6.6 and 2.6.7 shall be waived for submissions by the National Headquarters for institutions being considered for proposed colonization efforts.