APPENDIX I
GLOSSARY OF FACILITIES TERMS
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devotional activities, livestock judging,
faculty/staff meetings, or commencement.
Included are theaters, concert halls, arenas,
chapels, and livestock judging pavilions.
Assembly facilities may also serve
instructional purposes to a minor or
incidental extent.
Auxiliary Enterprise Buildings or Space –
Income-generating structures and space
such as dormitories, cafeterias, student
union buildings, stadiums, athletic facilities,
housing or boarding facilities used by a
fraternity, sorority, or private club, and
alumni centers used solely for those
purposes. Auxiliary space is not supported
by state appropriations.
Branch or Specialized Campus
– This is a
facility or group of facilities located at a site
remote from the main campus and serving a
specialized function (e.g., a marine biology
adjunct of a main campus located at a
distant gulf coast location). When such a
campus has its own enrollment separate
from the main campus, it must have its own
facilities inventory and FICE code and be
designated as a Main Campus.
Building
– The THECB defines a building
as a roofed structure with at least two walls
for permanent or temporary shelter for
persons, animals, plants, equipment, or
supplies. It is attached to a foundation,
roofed, serviced by a utility (exclusive of
lighting), and is a source of maintenance
and repair activities.
CIP Code – The classification of
instructional program codes based on the
National Center for Educational Statistics
used to track, assess, and report fields of
study and programmatic activity. A six-digit
CIP code corresponds to a single
instructional program and its first two digits
correspond to a group of instructional
programs.
Class Laboratory
– A room used primarily
by regularly scheduled classes that require
special-purpose equipment for student
participation, experimentation, observation,
or practice in a field of study. Class
laboratories may be referred to as teaching
laboratories, instructional shops, computer
laboratories, drafting rooms, band rooms,
choral rooms, group studios. Laboratories
that serve as individual or independent
study rooms are not included.
Classroom
– A room used for scheduled
classes. These rooms may be called lecture
rooms, lecture-demonstration rooms,
seminar rooms, or general purpose
classrooms. A classroom may contain
multimedia or telecommunications
equipment, such as those used for distance
learning. A classroom may be furnished with
special equipment (e.g., globes, maps,
pianos) appropriate to a specific area of
study. A classroom does not include
conference rooms, meeting rooms,
auditoriums, or class laboratories.
Clinical Facility
– A facility often
associated with a hospital or medical school
that is devoted to the diagnosis and care of
patients in the instruction of health
professions and allied health professions;
medical instruction may be conducted, and
patients may be examined and discussed.
Clinical facilities include, but are not limited
to, patient examination rooms, testing
rooms, and consultation rooms.
Diagnostic Support Laboratory
– The
central diagnostic service area for a health
care facility. Included are pathology
laboratories, pharmacy laboratories,
autopsy rooms, isotope rooms, etc.,
providing such services as hematology,
tissue chemistry, bacteriology, serology,
blood banks, and basal metabolism. In