Academic Programs
Baccalaureate Programs
South Texas College currently offers a Bachelor of Applied Technology (B.A.T.) in Operations Management, Computer and Information Technologies, and Medical and Health Services; a Bachelor of Applied Science in Organizational Leadership; and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in RN-to-BSN.
The B.A.T. in Operations Management consists of the 42-credit hour Core Curriculum, 48 credit hours of lower-division technical specialty courses, and 30 credit hours of upper-division coursework.
The B.A.T. in Computer and Information Technologies consists of the 42-credit hour Core Curriculum, 48 credit hours of lower-division technical specialty courses, and 30 credit hours of upper-division coursework.
The B.A.T. in Medical and Health Services Management consists of the 42-credit hour Core Curriculum, 48 credit hours of lower-division technical specialty courses, and 30 credit hours of upper-division coursework.
The B.A.S. Organizational Leadership consists of the 42-credit hour Core Curriculum, 48 credit hours of lower-division technical specialty courses, and 30 credit hours of upper-division coursework.
The B.S.N. RN-to-BSN consists of the 42-credit hour Core Curriculum, 47 credit hours of lower-division technical specialty courses, and 31 credit hours of upper-division coursework.
Associate of Arts and Associate of Science Degree (A.A. and A.S.)
The Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees are designed for students planning to transfer credits to a baccalaureate degree program at a four-year institution.
The curricula in this catalog will satisfy the requirements of most four-year institutions. However, students must consult the catalog of the institutions to which they wish to transfer to determine the specific requirements of the receiving institution.
Formal articulation agreements have been established with several other institutions to facilitate the transfer of credit. For more information, consult your advisor.
Core Curriculum
The Core Curriculum includes courses in Communication, Mathematics, Life & Physical Sciences, Language, Philosophy & Culture, Creative Arts, American History, Government/Political Science, Social and Behavioral Sciences, and a core component option area. All students are required to complete the Core Curriculum before receiving an A.A. or A.S. degree (Exceptions apply for some degree plans as noted in the catalog. Contact an academic advisor for more information).
According to Texas Administrative Code, Part I, Chapter 4, Subchapter B, rule §4.28, "if a student successfully completes the 42 semester credit hour core curriculum at a Texas public institution of higher education, that block of courses must be substituted in transfer to any other Texas public institution of higher education for the receiving institution's core curriculum. A student shall receive academic credit for each of the courses transferred and may not be required to take additional core curriculum courses at the receiving institution."
Field of Study Curriculum
The Field of Study Curriculum is a set of courses that fulfill the lower-division requirements for a specific major/degree plan intended for transfer to a baccalaureate degree at a public college or university in Texas. These courses are discipline-specific and are a requirement in addition to the Core Curriculum.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board adopted revised transfer rules that establish a new framework for transfer curricula. Under the new framework, the curricula are comprised of selected Texas Core Curriculum courses, Discipline Foundation Courses, and Directed Electives. This framework is designed to increase visibility and provide seamless transfer degree pathways between two and four-year institutions.
Programs that have adopted the field of study curriculum under this framework are identified in the catalog’s degree plan sequence as “Texas Transfer Field of Study.”
Students that complete courses of a designated Texas Transfer Field of Study will have those courses transferred to another Texas public institution of higher education and applied to the student’s degree plan for that specific discipline.