Concentration Areas

 

B. S. Integrated Studies Concentration Areas and Associated Course Prefixes 

The Integrated Studies major is comprised of either two 18-hour Concentration Areas or three 12-hour Concentration Areas. The available Concentration Areas are listed below with the UH course subject codes that are approved for each. Any of the courses with the listed subject codes may be used to complete that Concentration Area, provided at least 50% (18 credit hours) across all Concentration Area courses are at the advanced level (3000 or 4000) and all prerequisite requirements are met.

Concentration Area Planning Tools

  • Download a copy of the Concentration Area Planning Worksheet and fill in your completed course hours to see into which Concentration Areas your earned hours best fit.
  • Download a printable cheat-sheet of the Concentration Area subject codes.
  • The BS in Integrated Studies major may be taken as a flexible online program, allowing some or all courses (in certain Concentration Areas***) to be taken online. Students may mix and match face-to-face or online course, as available, to complete degree requirements.
Associated Course Prefixes*
  • Applied Music: MUSA
  • Architecture: ARCH
  • Art: ARTS
  • Art History: ARTH
  • Arts Leadership: ARLD
  • Dance: DANC
  • Energy and Sustainability: ENRG (**courses as designated by the Honors College)
  • Honors: HON (**courses as designated by the Honors College)
  • Industrial Design: INDS
  • Interdisciplinary Art: IART
  • Interior Architecture: INAR
  • Music: MUSI, MUTX
  • Music Education: MUED
  • Theatre: DRAM, THEA
* Students must meet all individual course prerequisites.
** See limited course guidelines for Hines College of Architecture and Design
***This Concentration Area is not available for fully online students due to limited UH course availability, unless students have already completed sufficient UH credit or transfer credit to meet prerequisite and Concentration Area requirements.

Associated Course Prefixes*

  • Accounting: ACCT
  • Business: BUSI
  • Business Computer Applications: BCIS
  • Business Analytics: BZAN
  • Energy and Sustainability: ENRG (**courses as designated by the Honors College)
  • Entrepreneurship: ENTR
  • Finance: FINA
  • Global Hospitality Leadership: GHL
  • Honors: HON (**courses as designated by the Honors College)
  • Human Development and Consumer Sciences: HDCS
  • Human Resources Development: HRD
  • International Business: INTB
  • Management: MANA
  • Management Information Systems: MIS
  • Marketing: MARK
  • Statistics: STAT
  • Supply Chain Management: SCM


*Students must meet all individual course prerequisites.

** See limited course guidelines for Bauer College of Business

Associated Course Prefixes*

  • Art Education: ARED
  • Curriculum and Instruction: CUIN
  • Education: EDUC
  • Elementary Education: ELED
  • Health Education: HLT
  • Human Development and Family Studies: HDFS
  • Secondary Education: SEDE
  • Special Populations: SPEC

* Students must meet all individual course prerequisites.
***Only courses with the subjects of HDFS and Health in this Concentration Area are available for fully online students, unless students have already completed sufficient UH credit or transfer credit to meet prerequisite and Concentration Area requirements. Courses with other subject codes are restricted to declared Education majors only.

Associated Course Prefixes*

  • Biomedical Engineering: BIOE
  • Biotechnology: BTEC
  • Borders, Trade, Immigration and Security: BTIS
  • Chemical Engineering: CHEE
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering: CIVE
  • Computer Engineering and Analytics: CEA
  • Computer Information Systems: CIS
  • Construction Engineering: CNE
  • Construction Management: CNST
  • Digital Media: DIGM
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering: ECE
  • Electrical-Electronics Technology: ELET
  • Engineering: ENGI, ENGR
  • Honors: HON (**courses as designated by the Honors College)
  • Industrial Engineering: INDE
  • Information Systems Technology: ITEC
  • Mechanical Engineering: MECE
  • Mechanical Engineering Technology: MECT
  • Petroleum Engineering: PETR
  • Supply Chain and Logistics Technology: SCLT
  • Systems Engineering: SYSE
  • Technology: TECH
  • Technical Mathematics: TMTH
  • Technology Leaderships & Innovation: TLIM

* Students must meet all individual course prerequisites.
** See limited course guidelines for the Cullen College of Engineering and the Technology Division
*** This Concentration Area is not available for fully online students due to limited UH course availability, unless students have already completed sufficient UH credit or transfer credit to meet prerequisite and Concentration Area requirements. 

Associated Course Prefixes* 

  • African American Studies: AAS
  • Arabic: ARAB
  • Asian American Studies: AAMS
  • Chinese: CHIN
  • Classical Studies: CLAS
  • Comparative Cultural Studies: CCS
  • Cultural and Urban Studies: CUST
  • Liberal Arts Career Planning: LACP
  • Energy and Sustainability: ENRG (**courses as designated by the Honors College)
  • English: ENGL
  • Ethnic Studies: ETHN
  • French: FREN
  • German: GERM
  • Greek: GREK
  • Hindi: HIND
  • Hispanic Studies: HISP
  • History: HIST
  • Honors: HON (**courses as designated by the Honors College)
  • India Studies: INDI
  • International and Global Studies: IGS
  • Italian: ITAL
  • Japanese: JAPN
  • Jewish Studies: JWST
  • Latin: LATI
  • Latin American Studies: LAST
  • Mexican American Studies: MAS
  • Modern and Classical Languages: MCL
  • Philosophy: PHIL
  • Religious Studies: RELS
  • Russian: RUSS
  • Spanish: SPAN
  • Vietnamese: VIET
  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: WGSS
  • World Cultures and Literature: WCL

* Students must meet all individual course prerequisites.
** See advisor for course list.

Associated Course Prefixes*

  • Biochemistry: BCHS
  • Biology: BIOL
  • Chemistry: CHEM
  • Communication Sciences and Disorders: COMD
  • Computer Science: COSC
  • Geology: GEOL
  • Honors: HON (**courses as designated by the Honors College)
  • Human Nutrition and Goods: NUTR
  • Kinesiology: KIN (**Exercise Science courses as designated by the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences)
  • Mathematics: MATH
  • Nursing: NURS
  • Physics: PHYS
  • Psychology: PSYC

* Students must meet all individual course prerequisites.
** See advisor for course list.
*** This Concentration Area has very limited availability for fully online students due to limited UH course availability, unless students have already completed sufficient UH credit or transfer credit to meet prerequisite and Concentration Area requirements. 

Associated Course Prefixes*

  • American Sign Language Interpretation: ASLI, SGNL
  • Anthropology: ANTH
  • Communication: COMM, SPCH
  • Economics: ECON
  • Energy and Sustainability: ENRG (**courses as designated by the Honors College)
  • Honors: HON (**courses as designated by the Honors College)
  • Kinesiology: KIN (**Sports Administration, Fitness and Sports courses as designated by the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences)
  • Public Policy: POLC
  • Political Science: GOVT, POLS
  • Quantitative Social Science: QSS
  • Sociology: SOC, SOCI
*Students must meet all individual course prerequisites.
** See advisor for course list.