Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Major in Health Sciences (Pre-Nursing 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. If minoring in HA, do not take HA 3347. Work with your advisor for an alternate course.
  6. Admission and acceptance to Texas State and declaration as a pre-nursing major does not guarantee admission to the program. Admission to the program is competitive and selective.  Application to the BSN program can be found on the B.S.N. Nursing catalog page.
Freshman
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
ENG 1310 (Communication Component Code 010 [TCCN ENGL 1301])3Communication Component Code 010 3
BIO 1330 (Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 [TCCN BIOL 1306])3Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040 3
Mathematics Component Code 0203POSI 2320 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070 [TCCN GOVT 2305])3
Choose 1 of the following: PSY 1300 (Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 [TCCN PSYC 2301])3
MATH 1315 (TCCN MATH 1314)
 CHEM 1341 (Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 [TCCN CHEM 1311])3
MATH 1319 (TCCN MATH 1324)
  
MATH 1329 (TCCN MATH 1325)
  
MATH 2417 (TCCN MATH 2412)
  
MATH 2471 (TCCN MATH 2413)
  
POSI 2310 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070 [TCCN GOVT 2306])3 
Component Area Option Code 0903 
US 11001 
 16 15
Sophomore
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
BIO 2451 (TCCN BIOL 2401)4BIO 2452 (TCCN BIOL 2402)4
BIO 2440 (TCCN BIOL 2420)4American History Component Code 0603
Creative Arts Component Code 050 [HUMA 1315]3Component Area Option Code 0903
American History Component Code 0603NUTR 2360 (TCCN BIOL 1322)3
 PSY 3300 or HDFS 1351 (TCCN PSYC 2314)3
 14 16
Junior
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
HA 33083HS 33743
ECO 2301, 2314, or 2315 (TCCN ECON 1301, ECON 2302, or ECON 2301)3HA 33243
CS 1308 or CIS 1323 (TCCN COSC 1301 or BCIS 1305)3MATH 2328 (TCCN MATH 1342)3
SOCI 1310 (TCCN SOCI 1301)3HIM 23603
Minor3Minor3
 15 15
Senior
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
HS 43273HS 43793
Prescribed Electives14Prescribed Electives17
Minor6Minor6
 13 16
Total Hours: 120
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Prescribed Electives may be chosen from the following: AT 3358, BIO 1130, BIO 1131, CDIS 1331, CHEM 1141, CHEM 1142, CHEM 2130, CHEM 2141, CHEM 2142, COMM 4326, ESS 3117, ESS 3317, HA 3309, HA 3341, HA 3344, HA 4305, HA 4322, HA 4440, HIM 3310, HIM 3311, MC 4322, MKT 3343, NURS 3302, NUTR 1362, NUTR 3364, NUTR 3362, PFW 1301, PH 1310, PH 1320, PH 2340, PH 3301, PH 3348, PH 3350, PH 4336, PHYS 1110, PHYS 1115, PHYS 1125, PSY 3361, RC 2213SOCI 3329, SOCI 3363, SOCI 3383, SOCI 3384