Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Major in Health Sciences (Emergency Medical Services Concentration) -Accelerated Online Program
Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours
Admission Requirements
- Successful completion of the Texas State general education core curriculum
- Hold an unencumbered Paramedic certification or license in any US state or hold a current National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) certification as a Paramedic
- Must be admitted to Texas State University https://www.admissions.txst.edu/
- Official college transcripts from all universities attended
General Requirements
The program can be completed as an Accelerated Online Program (AOP).
- This major requires an individualized plan of study based on each student’s past learning experiences and future career goals. All students will be admitted into the BSHS major.
- If two years of the same modern language are taken in high school, then no additional language hours will be required for the degree. In the absence of modern language taken in high school, then two semesters of the same modern language (1410 and 1420) must be taken at the college level, and the requirement will be added to the student's degree audit.
- Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
- Nine semester credit hours must be writing intensive (WI).
- The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the BSHS 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.
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| US 1100 | 1 | ENG Literature (Component Area Option Code 090/094) [TCCN ENGL 2322, 2323, 2332, 2333, 2327 or 2328] | 3 |
| ENG 1310 (Communication Component Code 010) [TCCN ENGL 1301]) | 3 | CHEM 1341 (Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 [TCCN CHEM 1311]) | 3 |
| ART 2313, DAN 2313, MU 2313, or TH 2313 (Creative Arts Component Code 050) [TCCN HUMA 1315]) | 3 | PSY 1300 (Social and Behavioral Sciences Component 080) [TCCN PSYC 2301]) | 3 |
| Mathematics Component Code 020 select 1 of the following: | 3 | POSI 2320 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070 [TCCN GOVT 2305]) | 3 |
MATH 1315 (TCCN MATH 1314) | PHIL 1320 (Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040 [TCCN PHIL 2306]) | 3 | |
MATH 1319 (TCCN MATH 1324) | |||
MATH 1329 (TCCN MATH 1325) | |||
MATH 2321 (TCCN MATH 2313) | |||
MATH 2417 (TCCN MATH 2412) | |||
MATH 2471 (TCCN MATH 2413) | |||
| BIO 1330 (Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 [TCCN BIOL 1306]) | 3 | ||
| POSI 2310 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070 [TCCN GOVT 2306]) | 3 | ||
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| HS 1310 | 3 | American History Component Code 060 | 3 |
| American History Component Code 060 | 3 | ENG 3303 (Communication Component Code 010) | 3 |
| COMM 1310 (Component Area Option Code 090/091) [TCCN SPCH 1311]) | 3 | HIM 2360 (TCCN HITT 1305) | 3 |
| Elective Upper division level course 1 | 3 | PSY 3300 | 3 |
| ISAN 1323 ([TCCN COSC 1301 or BCIS 1305]) | 3 | NUTR 3362 | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Junior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Credit for Prior Learning2 | 17 | Credit for Prior Learning2 | 18 |
| 17 | 18 | ||
| Senior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| HS 4379 | 3 | HS 4315 | 3 |
| HA 3324 | 3 | HIM 4331 | 3 |
| HP 3325 | 3 | HS 3350 | 3 |
| HA 3308, HIM 3301, or HS 3331 | 3 | Elective --upper division level course 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 12 | ||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||
- 1
6 hours of Upper Division Prescribed Electives may be chosen from the following: HA 3344, HA 4305, HA 4322, HI 3331, HI 4401, HIM 4393, HIM 3380, HI 3310, HIM 3463, HS 3374, HS 4327.
- 2
Credit for Prior Learning will only be given once a student successfully becomes certified or licensed as a Paramedic. Documentation must be submitted.
