{"id":23974,"date":"2025-06-02T12:59:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T17:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/?p=23974"},"modified":"2025-06-02T12:59:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T17:59:04","slug":"three-new-academic-programs-approved-by-thec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/2025\/academics\/three-new-academic-programs-approved-by-thec\/","title":{"rendered":"Three New Academic Programs Approved by THEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tennessee Higher Education Commission approved three new academic programs at its Commission meeting May 15, 2025. &nbsp;Approved programs span multiple disciplines, reflecting Tennessee Tech&#8217;s commitment to interdisciplinary education and addressing critical workforce demands in Tennessee and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>The new programs are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interdisciplinary Computing B.S.<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">(College of Interdisciplinary Sciences), effective August 1, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Agriscience Technology M.S.<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">(College of Agriculture and Human Ecology), effective August 1, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Child Life M.S.<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">(College of Agriculture and Human Ecology), effective August 1, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to all faculty, administrators and staff who worked so hard on these innovative programs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tennessee Higher Education Commission approved three new academic programs at its Commission meeting May 15, 2025. &nbsp;Approved programs span multiple disciplines, reflecting Tennessee Tech&#8217;s commitment to interdisciplinary education and addressing critical workforce demands in Tennessee and beyond. The new programs are: Interdisciplinary Computing B.S. (College of Interdisciplinary Sciences), effective August 1, 2025. Agriscience Technology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[23,24,22],"class_list":{"0":"post-23974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-academics","8":"tag-facstaff","9":"tag-rs","10":"tag-student"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/2025-06-02_683db71062ce4_THECapproved3programs.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23974"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23977,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23974\/revisions\/23977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}