Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Major in Public Health (Health and Wellness Coaching Concentration)
Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours
General Requirements
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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.
- Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
- Nine hours of writing intensive (WI) courses are required for graduation.
- 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.
- Students must select a minor from the approved list of Undergraduate Minors.
- Students must complete all required Public Health (PH) courses with grades of "C" or better, excluding additional PH courses taken as Prescribed Support Electives.
- Students with a PH major are not permitted to select the PH minor
Course Requirements
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| ENG 1310 (Communication Component Code 010 [TCCN ENGL 1301]) | 3 | ENG 1320 (Communication Component Code 010 [TCCN ENGL 1302]) | 3 |
| Mathematics Component Code 0203 | 3 | PHIL 1305 or 1320 (Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040 [TCCN PHIL 1301 or PHIL 2306]) | 3 |
| American History Component Code 060 | 3 | American History Component Code 060 | 3 |
| POSI 2310 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070 [TCCN GOVT 2306]) | 3 | POSI 2320 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070 [TCCN GOVT 2305]) | 3 |
| PH 1310 | 3 | PH 1320 | 3 |
| US 1100 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 | CJ 3347, MATH 2328, PA 3311, PH 3315, PSY 2301, or SOCI 3307 | 3 |
| ART 2313 (Creative Arts Component Code 050 [HUMA 1315]) | 3 | ESS 1100 or PFW 1101 | 1 |
| PH 2340 | 3 | Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 |
| PH 3348 | 3 | COMM 1310 (Component Area Option Code 090/091 [TCCN SPCH 1311]) | 3 |
| PSY 1300 (Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 [TCCN PSYC 2301] ) | 3 | ENG Literature (Component Area Option Code 090/094) | 3 |
| 15 | 13 | ||
| Junior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| PH 3350 | 3 | PH 3301 | 3 |
| PH 3370 | 3 | PH 3376, ESS 3323, PFW 1301, or PFW 11**2 | 4 |
| Minor | 3 | NUTR 3362, 3364, 2360, or 2361 | 3 |
| ESS 1175 or PFW 1110E2 | 1 | Minor | 3 |
| ESS 11792 | 1 | PH Elective | 3 |
| Choose 6 hours from the following: | 6 | ||
| 17 | 16 | ||
| Senior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| PH 4100 | 1 | PH 4335 | 3 |
| Minor | 9 | PH 4640 | 6 |
| PH 4336 | 3 | PH Elective1 | 3 |
| Minor | 3 | ||
| 13 | 15 | ||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||
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PH Electives may be chosen from the following: PH 2338, PH 3321, PH 3330, PH 3360, PH 3374, PH 3376, PH 4330A, PH 4347, PH 4360, PH 4660,
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PH 3376 can meet the concentration course requirement or the Public Health Elective requirement, but may not count for both.
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Any course approved for 020 General Education Core Curriculum, except MATH 1316, can satisfy the requirement.
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Students may take only one PFW activity course to meet the concentration requirement.
