Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Major in Public Health (Health and Wellness Coaching Concentration)

Minimum required:  120 semester credit hours

General Requirements

  1. The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number. See the General Education Core Curriculum section of this catalog for the Texas State requirements and options in the core curriculum, including Honors courses.

  2. Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
  3. Nine hours of writing intensive (WI) courses are required for graduation.
  4. Any student who did not complete at least two years of the same foreign language in high school is required to take 6-8 hours of the same foreign language.
  5. Students must select a minor from the approved list of Undergraduate Minors.
  6. Students must complete all required Public Health (PH) courses with grades of "C" or better, excluding additional PH courses taken as Prescribed Support Electives.
  7. Students with a PH major are not permitted to select the PH minor

Course Requirements

Freshman
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
ENG 1310 (Communication Component Code 010 [TCCN ENGL 1301])3ENG 1320 (Communication Component Code 010 [TCCN ENGL 1302])3
Mathematics Component Code 02033PHIL 1305 or 1320 (Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040 [TCCN PHIL 1301 or PHIL 2306])3
American History Component Code 0603American History Component Code 0603
POSI 2310 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070 [TCCN GOVT 2306])3POSI 2320 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070 [TCCN GOVT 2305])3
PH 13103PH 13203
US 11001 
 16 15
Sophomore
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 0303CJ 3347, MATH 2328, PA 3311, PH 3315, PSY 2301, or SOCI 33073
ART 2313 (Creative Arts Component Code 050 [HUMA 1315])3ESS 1100 or PFW 11011
PH 23403Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 0303
PH 33483COMM 1310 (Component Area Option Code 090/091 [TCCN SPCH 1311])3
PSY 1300 (Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 [TCCN PSYC 2301] )3ENG Literature (Component Area Option Code 090/094)3
 15 13
Junior
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
PH 33503PH 33013
PH 33703PH 3376, ESS 3323, PFW 1301, or PFW 11**24
Minor3NUTR 3362, 3364, 2360, or 23613
ESS 1175 or PFW 1110E21Minor3
ESS 117921PH Elective3
Choose 6 hours from the following:6 
  
  
  
  
  
  
 17 16
Senior
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
PH 41001PH 43353
Minor9PH 46406
PH 43363PH Elective13
 Minor3
 13 15
Total Hours: 120
1

PH Electives may be chosen from the following:  PH 2338PH 3321PH 3330PH 3360PH 3374PH 3376PH 4331PH 4347PH 4360PH 4660,

2

PH 3376 can meet the concentration course requirement or the Public Health Elective requirement, but may not count for both.

3

Any course approved for 020 General Education Core Curriculum, except MATH 1316, can satisfy the requirement. 

4

Students may take only one PFW activity course to meet the concentration requirement.