What Is Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences at TCU?

Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences is an academic college at Texas Christian University (TCU) that brings together nursing and a broad range of health-related disciplines under a single stated vision: "Transforming Global Health." It is the right starting point if you are researching TCU health programs, comparing undergraduate or graduate pathways in nursing and allied health, or looking for a college that pairs professional preparation with research and community engagement.

What the College Covers

The college describes seven areas of study and 24 degree options, spanning undergraduate and graduate levels. Its academic units are:

Programs are organized so you can browse Undergraduate, Graduate, or All Majors & Programs depending on where you are in your search.

Pre-Professional Health Concentrations

A distinctive feature is the set of Pre-Professional Health Concentrations built into the Movement Science and Applied Health Sciences degrees. These are designed for students aiming at competitive application to professional health programs:

• Pre-OT (occupational therapy)
• Pre-PA (physician associate)
• Pre-PT (physical therapy)
• Pre-Med (medicine)

The college states that these degrees combine essential health care knowledge with professional skills employers seek—critical thinking, problem solving, leadership, and information literacy and management—so graduates leave prepared for competitive professional program applications.

Research and Community Engagement

Research at Harris College is framed around how human behavior relates to health. Stated focus areas include:

• Scholarship of teaching and learning for health care
• Behavioral intervention and wellness
• Health care disparities as they relate to social determinants of health
• Clinical organizations and practices

The college emphasizes keeping students closely connected to the community and equipping them to "think like clinical scientists." One example of its public-facing work: Austin Graybeal, Ph.D., assistant professor of kinesiology, has published research on GLP-1 medications and the relationship between muscle loss and fat, work that began during his doctoral studies at TCU.

Who This Page Is For

• Prospective undergraduates comparing health majors or pre-health tracks at TCU
• Graduate applicants exploring nursing, nurse anesthesia, OT, PA, social work, or the Ph.D. in Health Sciences
• Families and advisors verifying which units and degree levels the college actually houses
• Researchers or partners looking for the college's research priorities and community focus

If your question is about a specific program's admission requirements, deadlines, or costs, those details are not on this overview page—use the Majors & Programs search or the individual academic unit pages to confirm current specifics before applying.