Current Catalog Requirements
2010-2012 Undergraduate Catalog Requirements:
Required Core Coursework
All students pursuing an undergraduate degree at the University must complete the following required coursework. These requirements are consistent with statewide core curriculum guidelines; the area of the statewide core that each requirement meets is given in parentheses in the following.
A single course may not be counted toward more than one core area.
First-year signature course (090, Institutionally designated option)
Three semester hours are required
One of the following courses, completed during the student's first year in residence:
Undergraduate Studies 302, 303A single course may not be counted toward more than one core area.
First-year signature course (090, Institutionally designated option)
Three semester hours are required
One of the following courses, completed during the student's first year in residence:
Students in the Plan II Honors Program may complete this requirement by taking Tutorial Course 302.
English composition (010, Communication)
Six semester hours are required
Rhetoric and Writing 306
Nonnative speakers of English may complete three hours of this requirement by taking Rhetoric and Writing 306Q. Students in the Plan II Honors Program may complete three hours of this requirement by taking English 603A or Tutorial Course 603A.
The second half of this six-hour core requirement is fulfilled by the completion of the three-hour course with a writing flag or substantial writing component that is required in every undergraduate degree program. The writing flag or substantial writing component course counted toward this area of the core may also be used to satisfy other flag and major requirements outside the core, but may not be used to satisfy any other requirement of the core.
Humanities (040, Humanities)
English 316K.
Three semester hours are required
Students in the Plan II Honors Program may complete this requirement by taking English 603B or Tutorial Course 603B.
American and Texas government (070, Government)
Six semester hours are required. This coursework partially fulfills the legislative requirement given on pages 12-13.
Government 310L is required for all students of the 2010-2012 Undergraduate Catalog.
Government 312L, 312P, or 312R may be used to satisfy the second half of this requirement
Transfer students with five or more hours of coursework in American government may complete this requirement of the ocre by taking Government 105, which includes Texas government content that is consistent with the legislative requirement described on pages 12-13 of the 2010-2012 Undergraduate Catalog.
American history (060, History)
Six hours are required; three hours may be in Texas history. This coursework partially fulfills the legislative requirement given on pages 12-13 of the 2010-2012 Undergraduate Catalog.
The following course may be counted:
History 314K, 315G, 315K, 315L, 317L, 320L, 320P, 320R, 329K, 333L, 333M, 334L, 334M, 336L, 340S, 341N, 345J, 345L, 345M, 350R, 351N, 351P, 355F, 355M, 355N, 355P, 355S, 356G, 356K, 356N, 356P, 356R, 357C, 357D, 357F, 357P, 365G, 373C, 376F.
Social and behavioral sciences (080, Social and behavioral sciences)
Three semester hours are required in one of the following courses:
Anthropology 302, 305, 307, 318L
Core Texts and Ideas 302, 365
Economics 301, 304K, 304L
Geography 305, 306C, 307C, 308, 309, 312, 319
Linguistics 306, 312
Psychology 301
Religious Studies 310
Sociology 302, 308, 308C, 308D, 309, 313K, 318, 319
Students in the Plan II Honors Program may complete this requirement by taking Social Science 301.
Mathematics (020, Mathematics)
Three semester hours are required in one of the following courses:
Mathematics 302, 303D, 403K, 305G, 408C, 408K, 408N, 408R, 316
Statistics and Scientific Computation 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 318
Students in the Plan II Honors Program may complete this requirement by taking Mathematics 310P
Science and technology, Part I (030, Natural science)
Six semester hours in a single field of study.
The following courses may be counted:
Astronomy 301, 302, 303, 307, 309, 309L, 309N, 309Q, 309R, 309S, 309T
Only one of the following may be counted: Astronomy 301, 302, 303, 307. Astronomy 309Q may not be paired with 309N or 309R.
Biology 301D, 301L, 301M, 311C, 311D, 315H, 325H, 326M
It is recommended that students complete two courses chosen from Biology 301D, 301L, and 301M; or one of the following pairs of courses: Biology 311C and 311D, Biology 311C and 326M, Biology 315H and 325H.
Chemistry 301, 302, 301H, 302H, 304K, 305, 314N
It is recommended that students complete one of the following pairs of courses: Chemistry 301 and 302, 301H and 302H, 304K and 305.
Geological Sciences 401, 302C, 302D, 302E, 302K, 302M, 302P, 303, 404C, 405, 305E, 307, 420H
Only one of nthe following may be counted: Geological Sciences 401, 303, 420H. Geological Sciences 404C may not be paired with 405.
Natural Sciences 306J, 306K, and 306L
Physical Science 303, 304
Physics 301, 302K, 302L, 303K, 303L, 309K, 309L, 316, 317K, 317L
It is recommended that students complete one of the following pairs of courses: Physics 301 and 316, 302K and 302L, 303K and 303L, 309K and 309L, 317K and 317L.
Students in the Plan II Honors Program may use Biology 301E or Physics 321 to fulfill half of this requirement. To complete the six-hour requirement in this area, Plan II students may pair Biology 301E with Biology 301D or 311C, or Physics 321 with any physics course listed above. If Plan II students do not use Biology 301E or Physics 321 to fulfill this requirement, they may use them to fulfill the science and technology, part II, requirement.
Science and technology, Part II (031, Additional natural science)
Three hours in a field of study different from the field counted toward the preceding requirement.
Courses listed under science and technology, part I, may be counted toward this requirement; the following courses may also be counted:
Anthropology 301, 304
Biology 301C, 305E, 305F, 406D, 307D, 309D, 309F
Computer Science 302, 307
Electrical Engineering 302, 306
Geography 301C, 301K, 304E
Natural Sciences 306J, 306K, 306L
Visual and performing arts (050, Visual/performing arts)
Three semester hours required in one of the following courses:
American Studies 330
Architecture 308, 318K, 318L
Art History 301, 302, 303
The following courses may also be counted: Art History 325, 327J, 327L, 327M, 327N, 327P, 327R, 329J, 329K, 329R, 330G, 331K, 331L, 331M, 332K, 332L, 333K, 333L, 334, 335N, 335P, 337K, 338L, 338M, 339J, 339K, 339L, 339M, 341K, 341L, 346, 347K, 347L, 347M, 359, 360L, 361, 361L, 362, 362R, 363, 364, 365, 366J, 366N, 366P, 367, 370, 372.
Classical Civilization 301, 302, 303, 307C, 307D, 317
Core Texts and Ideas 350, 351
Fine Arts 310, 320
Music 302L, 302P, 303M, 303N, 303P, 606A, 307, 313, 334
Philosophy 317K, 346
Radio-Television-Film 305, 314, 316
Studio Art 320K, 320L
Theatre and Dance 301, 302T, 303
Visual Art Studies 320
Additional Basic Education Requirements, Prescribed Work for Bachelor of Science in Biology and Additional Prescribed Work for Option III: Marine and Freshwater Biology can be found in the 2010-2012 Undergraduate Catalog at http://registrar.utexas.edu/catalogs/ug10-12/