FIELD OF STUDY

    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 field, 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.