Concentration Areas
B. S. Integrated Studies Concentration Areas and Associated Course PrefixesÂ
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.
- Download a list of advanced (3000-4000) courses that do not require prerequisite courses, by Concentration Area.
Arts, Architecture, and Design
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
** See advisor for course list.Business and Consumer Sciences
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. For courses offered by the Bauer College of Business, see this detailed list of Courses Open to Integrated Studies Majors. Students who have already taken other business courses not on this list may still apply those courses to this Concentration Area.** See advisor for course list.
Education
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.
Engineering and Technology
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 advisor for course list.Liberal Arts
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.Science, Health Sciences, and Math
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.Social Sciences
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
** See advisor for course list.