What is the Texas Core?
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Coordinating Board), with the assistance of its Undergraduate Education Advisory Committee, designed a new 42 semester credit hour (SCH) core curriculum for all undergraduate students in Texas public higher education institutions. The Coordinating Board approved the new core to be implemented in fall 2014. The purpose of the core curriculum is to ensure that Texas undergraduate students enrolled in public institutions of higher education will develop the essential knowledge and skills they need in order to be successful in college, in a career, in their communities, and in life. The core curriculum facilitates the transfer of lower-division course credit among public colleges, universities, and health-related institutions throughout the state.
Students can focus on obtaining the 42 credits while in high school. This is still a time and money saving opportunity with less stress on the student. The required courses are linked below.