Legislation has been drafted that would allow Lone Star College System to offer two new bachelor’s degree programs in health care information technology and emergency management, said Kyle Scott, LSCS vice chancellor for strategic priorities, although Scott said he could not name the legislators with whom the college system is working.
Although legislation has yet to be filed, the four-year degree programs would be offered starting in 2022 if approved during the ongoing legislative session, he said. Class sizes are expected to be between 25 and 30 students, but the official program curriculum has not been finalized.
“Once we do a canvass of the market and figure out where the demand is going to be—that's the first step to developing these programs,” Scott said. “Then, because these are going to be bachelor’s programs, ... we have to make sure that ... the design of the curriculum and that the [campus] placement that these graduates will go into will not be in competition with our four-year degree [college] partners.”
Expansions are also underway for the LSCS four-year degree programs in nursing, cybersecurity and applied sciences. Scott said the programs have received over 1,000 applicants before fall 2020, the first semester they were offered.
