(a) In this section:
(1) “Degree plan” means a statement of the course of study requirements that an undergraduate student at an institution of higher education must complete in order to be awarded an associate or bachelor’s degree from the institution.
(2) “Institution of higher education” has the meaning assigned by § 61.003.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (c), each student enrolled in an associate or bachelor’s degree program at an institution of higher education shall file a degree plan with the institution after the 12th class day but before the end of the semester or term immediately following the semester or term in which the student earned a cumulative total of 30 or more semester credit hours for coursework successfully completed by the student, including transfer courses, international baccalaureate courses, dual credit courses, and any other course for which the institution the student attends has awarded the student college course credit, including course credit awarded by examination.

(c) A student to whom Subsection (b) applies who begins the student’s first semester or term at an institution of higher education with 30 or more semester credit hours of course credit for courses described by Subsection (b) shall file a degree plan with the institution after the 12th class day but before the end of that semester or term.
(c-1) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1210 (S.B. 25), Sec. 12, and Ch. 1305 (H.B. 3808), Sec. 9, eff. June 14, 2019.