Undergraduate Academic Programs
Undergraduate academic programs at Tarleton State University integrate the two necessary components of a liberal education: the broad base of knowledge essential to the education of a citizen in a democracy, and the particular knowledge and skills needed in fields of major and minor concentration essential to our modern technological society. To accomplish these goals for each student, University programs provide three choices:
- Four-year degree programs in most academic areas, with courses necessary for certification in public teaching offered in education;
- Pre-professional two- and three-year programs in most professional fields; and
- Special programs designed to meet unusual requirements of an individual, usually consisting of a rearrangement of university-level subject matter courses for cogent reasons.
The general approach in any case is to require during the first two years an arrangement of courses presenting basic ideas and ideals of civilization and perfecting tools of the learning process. The foundations curricula for the first two years are essentially the same, except for a slight emphasis on mathematics and science for science and business majors and on language and communication skills for liberal arts majors.
Special emphasis on major and minor subjects comes in the third and fourth years. Here the choice is made by each student, normally at the end of the second year, but certainly by the end of the third year. A degree plan is developed in consultation with an academic advisor in the chosen field; thereafter, any changes in this plan must be approved by the academic advisor, department head, and the dean of the appropriate college.
Undergraduate Degree Programs
Tarleton State University offers the following degree programs:
Associate of Applied Science
- Histotechnology
- Medical Laboratory Technology
Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences
- Business
- Child Development and Family Studies
- Criminal Justice Administration
- Geographic Information Systems
- Information Technology
- Kinesiology
- Manufacturing and Industrial Management
- Public Administration
Bachelor of Applied Science
- Construction Science and Management
- Manufacturing Engineering Technology
- Mechanical Engineering Technology
Bachelor of Applied Technology
- Health Professions Technology
Bachelor of Arts
- Communication Studies
- English
- History
- International Studies
- Legal Studies
- Music
- Political Science
- Spanish
Bachelor of Business Administration
- Accounting
- Computer Information Systems
- General Business
- Finance
- Human Resources Management
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing
Bachelor of Fine Arts
- Art
- Theatre
Bachelor of Music
- Music
- Performance
Bachelor of Science
- Agribusiness
- Agricultural Communication
- Agricultural Education
- Agricultural Services & Development
- Animal Science
- Applied Science
- Biology
- Biomedical Sciences
- Biotechnology
- Chemistry
- Child Development and Family Studies
- Civil Engineering
- Communication Science and Disorders
- Communication Studies
- Computer Information Systems
- Computer Science
- Construction Science and Management
- Criminal Justice
- Cybersecurity
- Digital Media Studies
- Economics
- Electrical Engineering
- Elementary Teacher Education
- Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Sciences
- General Studies
- Geographic Information Systems
- Geoscience
- Horticultural and Plant Sciences
- Industrial Technology
- Kinesiology
- Legal Studies
- Manufacturing Engineering Technology
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering Technology
- Medical Laboratory Science
- Physics
- Political Science
- Public Administration
- Public Health
- Psychology
- Secondary Teacher Education
- Sociology
- Sport Management
- Statistics
- Wildlife, Sustainability and Ecosystem Sciences
Bachelor of Science Nursing
- Nursing
Bachelor of Social Work
- Social Work
Undecided as to Major
Student Success advises all students who have not yet decided on their majors. Such students should schedule appointments with a member of this department prior to their first semester of enrollment at Tarleton. Advisors in this department refer students to campus services that help them select a major and provide academic advisement until such a selection has been made.
No secondary education degree program is available, per se. However, secondary education certification courses may be a part of the curriculum leading to most Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree programs for the purpose of secondary teacher certification. Students should consult both the College of Education for information concerning certification requirements and the specific academic department for their recommended degree program.
Please refer to the College of Graduate Studies in this catalog for information about graduate degree programs.
Undergraduate Minors
Tarleton State University offers the following minors. No more than two minors may be declared in baccalaureate degree programs. Minors require a minimum of 18 hours within the minor discipline, of which 6 hours must consist of upper-level coursework completed at Tarleton State University.
| Minor | Prefix |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Communication | ACOM |
| Agricultural Economics | AGEC |
| Agricultural Mechanics | AGME |
| Agroecology | AGRO |
| Animal Science | ANSC |
| Art | ARTS |
| Art History | ARTH |
| Behavioral Neuroscience | NEUR |
| Business | BUS |
| Child Development and Family Studies | CHFS |
| Civil Engineering | CVEN |
| Coaching | CHNG |
| Computer Science | COSC |
| Construction Science and Management | CNST |
| Counseling | CNSL |
| Criminal Justice | CRIJ |
| Criminal Law | CLAW |
| Crop Sciences | CRSC |
| Dance | DANC |
| Digital Media Studies | DIGM |
| Earth Science | EASC |
| Ecological Restoration | PCON |
| Electrical Engineering | ELEN |
| English | ENGL |
| Entomology | ENTO |
| Environmental Engineering | ENVE |
| Environmental Science | ENVS |
| Ethnic and Cultural Studies | ECS |
| Film Production | FILM |
| Finance | FINC |
| Financial Planning | FINP |
| Fisheries Management | FISH |
| Fitness | FITN |
| Food and Nutrition | FONU |
| Fraud Examination | FREX |
| Gender and Sexuality Studies | GSS |
| Geography | GEOG |
| Gerontology | GERS |
| Hispanic Studies | HSPS |
| History | HIST |
| Homeland Security | HLSE |
| Horticulture Management | HRTM |
| Horticulture Science | HRTM |
| International Business | INBS |
| International Natural Resource Conservation | INRC |
| Kinesiology | KINE |
| Leadership Studies | LDRS |
| Legal Studies | LEGL |
| Mathematics | MATH |
| Mechanical Engineering | MEEN |
| Military Science | MS |
| Music | MUSC |
| Music Business | MBUS |
| Natural Resource Ecology | NRE |
| Philosophy | PHIL |
| Political Science | POLS |
| Psychology | PSYC |
| Public Health | PH |
| Public Policy | PBPL |
| Range & Ranch Management | RNRM |
| Real Estate | REST |
| Social Equity and Criminal Justice | SECJ |
| Social Work | SOCW |
| Sociology | SOCI |
| Soil Science | SOIL |
| Spanish | SPAN |
| Substance Abuse | SAMH |
| Technical Writing | TWRT |
| Theatre | THEA |
| Veterinary Technology | VETE |
| Veterinary Science | VTSC |
| Wildlife Management | WLDM |