UT San Antonio's multidisciplinary studies degree in Spanish and Community Health allows students to study the two core fields of community health and well-being and Spanish health interpretation in addition to choosing from multiple fields such as business, communication, data science, global affairs and political science, humanities, or sociology to customize the degree to meet the student's interests and career goals. This degree program is designed to prepare you for jobs in local, state, and national government health agencies, private, and non-profit health agencies.

Curriculum

  • First-Year Experience Requirement (3hrs)
  • Communication (6hrs)
  • Mathematics (STA 1053) (3hrs)
  • Life and Physical Sciences (6hrs)
  • Language, Philosophy, and Culture (3hrs)
  • Creative Arts (3hrs)
  • American History (6hrs)
  • Government-Political Science (6hrs)
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences (3hrs)
  • Component Area Option (3hrs)

  • CS 1063 Introduction to Computer Programming I
  • IS 1413 Excel for Business Information Systems

  • COM 1043 Introduction to Communication
  • COM 1053 Business and Professional Speech
  • COM 2113 Public Speaking
  • ENG 2413 Technical Writing

  • MDS 2013: Introduction to Multidisciplinary Studies (3hrs)
  • MDS 4983: Senior Seminar for Multidisciplinary Studies (3hrs)

All candidates for this degree must complete 27 semester hours of free electives, at least 15 of which must be at the upper-division level.

BA-MDWS Spanish and Community Health 2024-26 Catalog

FIRST YEAR - FALL

The table shows courses available to take the fall semester of your first year.
Course Code Course Name Credit Hours
AIS 1203 Academic Introduction & Strategies 3
CORE American History 3
CORE Mathematics 3
WRC 1013 Freshman Comp I (Q) 3
MDS 2013 Intro to Multidisc Studies 3
TOTAL  - 15

FIRST YEAR - SPRING

The table shows courses available to take the spring semester of your first year.
Course Code Course Name  Credit Hours
CORE American History 3
CORE Life & Physical Sciences 3
WRC 1023 Freshman Comp II (Q) 3
ELEC (LD) Focus Area I 3
Technology Requirement CS 1063, 1083, 1173, DS 4003, 4013, IS 1413, 1053 3
TOTAL  - 15

SECOND YEAR - FALL

The table shows courses available to take the fall semester of your second year.
Course Code Course Name Credit Hours
POL 1013 Introduction to American Politics 3
CORE Life & Physical Sciences 3
ELEC (LD) Focus Area 2 3
ELEC (LD) Focus Area 3 3
COM Requirement COM 1043, 1053, 2113, 2343, 2733, ENG 2413 3
TOTAL  - 15

SECOND YEAR - SPRING

The table shows courses available to take the spring semester of your second year.
Course Code Course Name Credit Hours
POL 1133 or 1213 Texas Politics and Society 3
CORE Lang, Philosophy & Culture 3
CORE Creative Arts 3
ELEC (LD) Focus Area 1 3
ELEC (LD) Focus Area 2 3
TOTAL  - 15

THIRD YEAR - FALL

The table shows courses available to take the fall semester of your third year.
Course Code Course Name Credit Hours
CORE Social & Behavioral Sciences 3
CORE Component Area Option 3
ELEC (UD) Focus Area 1 3
ELEC (UD) Focus Area 2 3
ELEC (LD) Focus Area 3 3
TOTAL  - 15

THIRD YEAR - SPRING

The table shows courses available to take the spring semester of your third year.
Course Code Course Name Credit Hours
ELEC (UD) Focus Area 1 3
ELEC (UD) Focus Area 2 3
ELEC (UD) Focus Area 3 3
ELEC Free Elective 3
ELEC Free Elective 3
TOTAL  - 15

FOURTH YEAR - FALL

The table shows courses available to take the fall semester of your fourth year.
Course Code Course Name Credit Hours
ELEC (UD) Focus Area 1 3
ELEC (UD) Focus Area 3 3
ELEC (UD) Free Elective 3
ELEC (UD) Free Elective 3
ELEC Free Elective 3
TOTAL  - 15

FOURTH YEAR - SPRING

The table shows courses available to take the spring semester of your fourth year.
Course Code Course Name Credit Hours
MDS 4983 Seminar for Multidisc Studies 3
ELEC (UD) Free Elective 3
ELEC (UD) Free Elective 3
ELEC Free Elective 3
ELEC Free Elective 3
TOTAL  - 15

Focus Areas

Focus Area 1 - 15 hours required

The table shows some of the courses you can take in the focus area of Community Health and Well-Being.
Course Number Title Prerequisite C- or better
HTH 2413 Introduction to Community and Public Health  none
HTH 2513 Personal Health  none
HTH 3513 Community Health HTH 2413 and HTH 3503
HTH 3543 Growth and Development  none
HTH 3553 Emotional Wellness  none

Focus Area 2 - 12 hours

The table shows some of the courses you can take in the focus area of Health Interpretation.
Course Number Title Prerequisite C- or better
SPN 3053 Spanish for Healthcare Professionals I SPN 2023 or 3003
SPN 4053 Spanish for Healthcare Professionals II SPN 3053
TIS 3033 Interpreting in Medical Settings  none
TIS 3043 Advanced Practice in Healthcare Interpreting  none

Focus Area 3 - 12 hours

The table shows some of the courses you can take in the focus area of MDST FA's or Experiential.
Course Number Title Prerequisite
- Business -
ACC 2013 Principles of Accounting  none
BLW 3013 Business Law none
ECO 2003 Economic Principles & Issues none
IS 3003 Principles Info Systems for Management  none
MGT 3013 Intro to Organization Theory, Behavior, & Management  none
MKT 3013 Principles of Marketing  none
- Communications -
COM 1063 Digital Business Communication none
COM 3023 Foundation of Communication  none
COM 3083 Language & Communication Theory  none
COM 3243 Persuasion  none
COM 3253 Rhetorical Criticism  none
- Data Science -
DS 4003 Introduction to Data Science  none
DS 4013 Programming for Data Science  none
DS 4023 Data Organization & Visualization  none
DS 4033 Data Mining & Machine Learning  none
STA 3003 Applied Statistics  none
- Geography -
GES 1013 Fundamentals of Geography  none
GES 1023 Fundamentals of Geography  none
GES 2613 Intro to Physical Geography  none
GES 3334 Advanced Geographic Info Systems  none
GES 3143 Geography of Mexico  none
- Global Affairs and Political Science -
GLA 1013 US in the Global Arena  none
GLA 3543 Diplomacy  none
POL 2623 Law and Society  none
GLA 3033 International Governance  none
- Humanities -
HUM 3013 History of Ideas  none
HUM 3023 History of Cultures  none
HUM 2023 Intro to Humanities I  none
HUM 2033 Intro to Humanities II  none
HUM 3163 Global Humanities  none
- Sociology -
SOC 1013 Intro to Sociology  none
SOC 2023 Social Context of Drug Use  none
SOC 3043 Race & Ethnic Relations  none
SOC 3113 Criminology  none
SOC 3293 Sociology of Gender  none
SOC 3373 Qualitative Research Methods  none

Archived Focus Areas by Year

2023 Focus Areas

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