Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Major in Health Sciences (Pre-Radiation Therapy Concentration)
Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours
General Requirements
- 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. If minoring in HA, do not take HA 3347. Work with your advisor for an alternate course.
- Admission and acceptance to Texas State and declaration as a pre-radiation therapy concentration student does not guarantee admission to a professional degree program culminating in the awarding of a radiation therapy degree. Admission to a radiation therapy program is competitive and selective. See the Radiation Therapy website at www.health.txstate.edu/rtt.
| Freshman | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours | Third Semester | Hours |
| Core Curriculum 010-Communication Component | 3 | Communication Component Code 010 | 3 | Core Curriculum 090 – Component Area Option | 3 |
| Core Curriculum 060 – Early American History Component | 3 | Core Curriculum 060 – Modern American History Component | 3 | PSY 1300 (Core Curriculum 80 - Social and Behavioral Sciences Component [TCCN PSYC 2301]) | 3 |
| BIO 1330 (Core Curriculum 30 - Life and Physical Sciences Component [TCCN BIOL 1306]) | 3 | CHEM 1341 (Core Curriculum 30 - Life and Physical Sciences Component [TCCN CHEM 1311]) | 3 | PHIL 1320 (Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040 TCCN PHIL 2306) | 3 |
| MATH 2417 or 2471 (Core Curriculum 20 - Mathematics Component [TCCN MATH 2412 or 2413]) | 4 | CHEM 1141 | 1 | ||
| US 1100 | 1 | BIO 1331 (Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 [TCCN BIOL 1307]) | 3 | ||
| HS 1310 | 3 | ||||
| 14 | 16 | 9 | |||
| Sophomore | |||||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours | ||
| BIO 2430 (TCCN BIOL 2404) | 4 | AT 3358 or PSY 4390N | 3 | ||
| Core Curriculum 070 – Government/Political Science Component | 3 | Core Curriculum 070 – Government/Political Science Component | 3 | ||
| Core Curriculum 050 – Creative Arts Component | 3 | PHYS 1315 | 3 | ||
| Core Curriculum 090 – Component Area Option | 3 | PHYS 1115 | 1 | ||
| Select one of the following: HP 3302, PSY 2301, SOCI 3307, MATH 2328, CJ 3347 | 3 | ||||
| 13 | 13 | ||||
| Junior | |||||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours | ||
| Prescribed Electives1 | 3 | HS 3350 | 3 | ||
| HA 3308, HIM 3301, or HS 3331 | 3 | HA 3324 | 3 | ||
| CS 1308 or ISAN 1323 (TCCN COSC 1301 or BCIS 1305) | 3 | HIM 2360 | 3 | ||
| Minor | 3 | Minor | 3 | ||
| 12 | 12 | ||||
| Senior | |||||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours | ||
| NUTR 2360 (TCCN BIOL 1322) | 3 | HS 4315 | 3 | ||
| PSY 3300 or HDFS 1351 (TCCN PSYC 2314) | 3 | HIM 4331 | 3 | ||
| HS 4379 | 3 | Prescribed Electives1 | 4 | ||
| Minor | 6 | Minor | 6 | ||
| 15 | 16 | ||||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||||
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Prescribed Electives may be chosen from the following: CDIS 1331, COMM 4326, ECO 2301, ECO 2314, ECO 2315, ESS 3117, ESS 3317, HA 3341, HA 3344, HA 4305, HA 4322, HA 4440, HI 3310, HI 3311, HIM 3463, HS 3374, HS 4327, MC 4322, MKT 3343, NUTR 1362, NUTR 3364, NUTR 3362, PFW 1301, PH 1310, PH 1320, PH 2340, PH 3301, PH 3348, PH 3350, PH 4336, PSY 3361, RC 2213, SOCI 3329, SOCI 3363, SOCI 3383, SOCI 3384
