Section 1050.20  Definitions

            "Board of Control" means one of the following:

            The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Governors State University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois University, or the Illinois Community College Board.

            "Degree" means any designation, appellation, series of letters or words, or other symbol which signifies or purports to signify that the recipient has satisfactorily completed an organized program of study of at least one year beyond the secondary school level.  It shall include, but not be limited to, the following:  certificate, associate, bachelor, post-baccalaureate certificate, master, post-master certificate, first professional (degree required for entry into specific profession such as law or medicine), and doctor.

            "New Unit of Instruction" means one or more of the following:

            Any new organized program of study beyond the secondary school level which results in the formal award of a degree to a student.

            Any organized program of study beyond the secondary school level which is offered at a new geographical location and results in the award to a student of an existing degree (i.e., one which is currently granted by the institution).

            Any new formally organized administrative entity which would have a continuing instructional mission, including but not limited to a campus, branch, college, school, department or division.

            "New Unit of Public Service" means any new formally organized administrative entity that would have a continuing public service mission, including but not limited to a school, department, division, institute or center.

            "New Unit of Research" means any new formally organized administrative entity that would have a continuing research mission, including but not limited to a school, department, division, institute or center.

            "Reasonable and Moderate Extension" means one or more of the following:

            An addition to or modification of an existing unit of instruction which has a direct relationship to the existing unit and which does not result in a significant change in curriculum, objectives or resources for the unit of instruction.

            An addition to or modification of an existing unit of research or public service which has a direct relationship to an existing unit of instruction, research or public service; is consistent with the existing research or public service mission of the campus; and will be concluded within a well defined time frame.

            A change in classification, title, or degree designation of an existing unit of instruction, research or public service that more accurately reflects the content, objectives, and programmatic activities for the unit.

            An addition of a certificate program from one or more existing units of instruction.

(Source:  Amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 13074, effective October 13, 1999)