Field of Study
A Field of Study (FOS) is a selection of lower-division courses that are guaranteed by state law to transfer and apply to a degree program. If a student takes all the courses in an FOS and then transfers to another Texas public institution of higher education, the FOS is guaranteed to transfer as a block and be applied to the appropriate major. If a student has completed the FOS, the Texas common core curriculum, and any university or college courses required of all students regardless of major, then the student is finished with all the lower-division courses for the degree program at any Texas public institution. If a student transfers with an incomplete FOS, then each completed FOS course is guaranteed to transfer and apply to the degree program, although the institution many require additional lower-division courses.
Nursing Field of Study Certificate
The Nursing Field of Study Curricula is defined as the block of courses which may be transferred to a general academic teaching institution and must be substituted for that institution’s lower division requirements for the nursing degree program into which the student transfers. The student shall receive full academic credit toward the degree program for the block of courses transferred.
The Field of Study Curriculum for Nursing is intended for generic baccalaureate degree nursing students who plan to take their prerequisite and core curriculum course at a community college and transfer the block of courses to a general academic teaching institution.
Fields of Study
Del Mar College offers the following Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved Fields of Study:
- Architecture
- Biology
- Business Administration
- Computer Programming
- English with emphasis in Literature
- English with emphasis in Philosophy
- Mexican American Studies
- Music – Instrumental
- Music – Vocal
- Music Theory and Composition
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Radio and Television
- Social Work
- Sociology