FIELD OF STUDY CURRICULA
In 1997, the 75th Texas Legislature enacted Senate Bill 148, which defined a field of study curriculum as a “set of courses that will satisfy the lower division requirements for a bachelor’s degree in a specific academic area at a general academic teaching institution”.
The following approved field of study curricula function very much like the core curriculum. If a student satisfactorily completes the lower-division courses that make up an approved field of study curriculum and subsequently transfers to another institution to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the applicable major, the courses transfer as a block and substitute for the lower-division requirements in the major at the receiving institution. Students who satisfactorily complete only part of the field of study curriculum can transfer the courses completed and receive credit in the field of study. However, the receiving institution can require transfer students to complete the remaining lower-division courses.
Leading to the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) or Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BS) with a major in business, including all business specializations.
Credit
ORIE 0100 New Student Orientation* 0
CORE CURRICULUM** 47
ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics 3
ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics 3
MATH 1325 Mathematics for Business and Social 3
Sciences II
BCIS 1405 Business Computer Applications 4
SPCH 1321 Business and Professional Speaking 3
ACCT 2401 Principles of Accounting I - Financial 4
ACCT 2402 Principles of Accounting II - Managerial 4
ELECTIVE 1
Additional Field of Study Credit Hours 25
Total semester credit hours for A.A. degree 72
and Field of Study certificate
Notes: (1) Whenever possible,
courses applied to fulfill field of study curriculum requirement should be used
to satisfy requirements in the general academic core curriculum.
(2) Up to a
total of six additional semester credit hours of business-related
lower-division course work may be transferred by local agreement between
institutions, or required by the receiving institution as long as the additional
credit does not duplicate any other requirement within the field of study
curriculum
(3) other special circumstances may dictate supplements to this field
of study. Consult with the receiving institution for more detail.
*All students are required to take
ORIE 0100; however,
ORIE 0100 does not count toward degree requirements.
**10 hours of field of study included in the core curriculum.
FIELD OF STUDY CURRICULUM: COMPUTER SCIENCE
Credit
ORIE 0100 New Student Orientation* 0
CORE CURRICULUM 47
MATH 2414 Calculus II 4
MATH 2415 Calculus III 4
MATH 2320 Differential Equations 3
or
MATH 2318 Linear Algebra 3
COSC 1337 Programming Fundamentals II 3
COSC 2336 Programming Fundamentals III 3
COSC 2325 Computer Organization and Machine
Language
Additional Field of Study Credit Hours 20
Total semester credit hours for A.A. 67
degree and Field of Study certificate
Notes:
* All students are required to take ORIE 0100; however, ORIE 0100 does not count toward degree requirements.
To reduce the likelihood of potential gaps in the curriculum, it is recommended that students complete the math sequence, physics sequence, and computer science sequence at the same institution.
FIELD OF STUDY CURRICULUM: CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Credit
ORIE 0100 New Student Orientation* 0
CORE CURRICULUM 47
CRIJ 1301 Introduction to Criminal Justice 3
CRIJ 1306 Court Systems and Practices 3
CRIJ 1310 Fundamentals of Criminal Law 3
CRIJ 2313 Correctional System and Practices 3
CRIJ 2328 Police System and Practices 3
Additional Field of Study Credit Hours 15
Total semester credit hours for A.A. 62
degree and Field of Study certificate
Notes:
*All students are required to take ORIE 0100; however, ORIE 0100 does not count toward degree requirements.
FIELD OF STUDY CURRICULUM: ENGINEERING
Credit
ORIE 0100 New Student Orientation* 0
ENGR 1201 Introduction to Engineering**
CORE CURRICULUM 47
MATH 2414 Calculus II 4
MATH 2415 Calculus III 4
MATH 2320 Differential Equations 3
PHYS 2425 University Physics I 4
PHYS 2426 University Physics II 4
ENGR 2301 Engineering Mechanics I - Statistics 3
ENGR 2302 Engineering Mechanics II - Dynamics 3
Additional Field of Study Credit Hours 25
Total semester credit hours for A.A. 72
degree and Field of Study certificate
Notes:
*All students are required to take ORIE 0100 and ENGR 1201; however, these courses do not count toward degree requirements.
**Recommended for university transfer programs, but not included in SWTJC degree.
Engineering is a very broad field that covers many disciplines; consequently, there is a significant variance in engineering curricula among our state institutions. The content areas of the field of study courses are from two areas of mathematics, two areas of science, and two areas of engineering. For a number of students, credits in some of these math and science courses would also satisfy components of the core curriculum.