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Undergraduate Catalog 2008-2010
Contents
Mission of the University
About the Catalog
Officers of Administration
Board of Regents
Directory of Offices
1. The University
- Statement on Equal Educational Opportunity
- Title IX/ADA/504 Coordinators
- Accreditation
- The University of Texas at Austin
- The University of Texas System
- Organization of the University
- Undergraduate Degrees
- Degree Programs
- Simultaneous Majors
- Interdisciplinary Opportunities
- Preprofessional Programs
- Coursework in the Graduate School and the School of Law
- Honors
- Academic Advising
- Graduation
2. School of Undergraduate Studies
- Mission
- Basic Education Requirements
- Core Curriculum
- Foreign Language
- Admission and Registration
- Signature Course Program
- First-Year Interest Groups
- Bridging Disciplines Programs
- Office of Undergraduate Research
- University Honors Center
- Longhorn Scholars Program
- Courses
3. School of Architecture
- General Information
- Admission and Registration
- Academic Policies and Procedures
- Graduation
-
Degrees
- Degrees Offered
- Sequence of Work
- Applicability of Certain Courses
- Bachelor of Architecture
- Bachelor of Architecture/Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering Dual Degree Program
- Bachelor of Architecture/Bachelor of Arts, Plan II, Dual Degree Program
- Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies
- Bachelor of Science in Interior Design
- Courses
4. Red McCombs School of Business
- General Information
- Admission and Registration
- Academic Policies and Procedures
- Graduation
- Degrees
- Courses
5. College of Communication
- General Information
- Admission and Registration
- Academic Policies and Procedures
- Graduation
-
Degrees
- Degrees Offered
- Writing Requirement
- Communication and Culture Requirement
- Applicability of Certain Courses
- Bachelor of Science in Advertising
- Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies
- Bachelor of Journalism
- Bachelor of Science in Public Relations
- Bachelor of Science in Radio-Television-Film
- Courses
6. College of Education
- General Information
- Admission and Registration
- Academic Policies and Procedures
- Graduation
- Degrees
- Courses
7. Cockrell School of Engineering
-
General Information
- History
- Engineering Education
- Instructional Facilities
- Libraries
- Office of Student Affairs
- Engineering Students with Disabilities
- International Engineering Education
- Engineering Career Assistance Center
- Cooperative Engineering Education Program
- Equal Opportunity in Engineering (EOE) Program
- Engineering Scholarship Program
- Office of Student Life
- Women in Engineering Program
- Research Organizations
- Engineering Foundation
- Admission and Registration
- Academic Policies and Procedures
- Graduation
-
Degrees
- Dual Degree Programs
- Simultaneous Majors
- Technical Area Options
- The Minor
- ABET Criteria
- Liberal Education of Engineers
- Applicability of Certain Courses
- Requirements Included in all Engineering Degree Plans
- Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Geosystems Engineering and Hydrogeology
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering
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Courses
- General Engineering
- Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
- Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
8. College of Fine Arts
- General Information
- Admission and Registration
- Academic Policies and Procedures
- Graduation
-
Degrees
- Degrees Offered
- Applicability of Certain Courses
- Basic Education Requirements for All Programs Except Music Performance
- Basic Education Requirements for Programs in Music Performance
- Bachelor of Fine Arts
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Arts in Art
- Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Dance
- Bachelor of Arts in Music
- Courses
9. John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences
- General Information
- Admission and Registration
- Academic Policies and Procedures
- Graduation
- Degrees
- Courses
10. School of Information
11. College of Liberal Arts
-
General Information
- Arts and Sciences Education
-
Scholarships Awarded through the College of Liberal Arts
- College of Liberal Arts
- Department of American Studies
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Asian Studies
- Department of Classics
- Department of English
- Competitive Awards in English
- Department of French and Italian
- Department of Geography and the Environment
- Department of Germanic Studies
- Department of Government
- Department of History
- Humanities Program
- Junior Fellows Program
- Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
- Liberal Arts Honors
- Department of Middle Eastern Studies
- Department of Philosophy
- Plan II Honors Program
- Department of Psychology
- ROTC
- Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Spanish and Portuguese
- Center for Women's and Gender Studies
- UTeach-Liberal Arts
- Program in Comparative Literature
- Concentrations
- Career Services
- Admission and Registration
- Academic Policies and Procedures
- Graduation
-
Degrees
- Applicability of Certain Courses
-
Bachelor of Arts, Plan I
- Prescribed Work
- Electives
-
Majors and Minors
- American Studies
- Ancient History and Classical Civilization
- Anthropology
- Arabic Language and Literature
- Asian Cultures and Languages
- Asian Studies
- Classical Archaeology
- Classics
- Czech Language and Culture
- Economics
- English
- Ethnic Studies
- African and African American Studies
- Asian American Studies
- Mexican American Studies
- European Studies
- French
- Geography
- German
- Government
- Greek
- Hebrew Language and Literature
- History
- Humanities
- International Relations and Global Studies
- Islamic Studies
- Italian
- Jewish Studies
- Latin
- Latin American Studies
- Linguistics
- Middle Eastern Studies
- Persian Language and Literature
- Philosophy
- Portuguese
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Rhetoric and Writing
- Russian Language and Culture
- Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
- Scandinavian Studies
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Turkish Language and Literature
- Urban Studies
- Women's and Gender Studies
- Bachelor of Arts, Plan II
- Bachelor of Science in Geography and the Environment
- Bachelor of Science in Psychology
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Courses
- Liberal Arts
- Liberal Arts Honors
- Department of American Studies
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Asian Studies
- Department of Classics
- Cognitive Science
- Comparative Literature
- Américo Paredes Center for Cultural Studies
- Department of Economics
- Department of English
- Ethnic Studies Program
- John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies
- Center for Asian American Studies
- Center for Mexican American Studies
- Center for European Studies
- Department of French and Italian
- Department of Geography and the Environment
- Department of Germanic Studies
- Department of Government
- Department of History
- Humanities Program
- International Relations and Global Studies Program
- Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies
- Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
- Department of Linguistics
- Department of Middle Eastern Studies
- Department of Philosophy
- Plan II Honors Program
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Religious Studies
- Department of Rhetoric and Writing
- ROTC Courses
- Department of Air Force Science
- Department of Military Science
- Department of Naval Science
- Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
- Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Spanish and Portuguese
- UTeach-Liberal Arts
- Western Civilization and American Institutions
- Center for Women's and Gender Studies
12. College of Natural Sciences
- General Information
- Admission and Registration
- Academic Policies and Procedures
- Graduation
-
Degrees
- Marine Science Program
- Applicability of Certain Courses
- Bachelor of Arts, Plan I
- Bachelor of Science in Astronomy
- Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry
- Bachelor of Science in Biology
- Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
- Bachelor of Science in Clinical Laboratory Science
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Sciences
- Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Sciences
- Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Science
- Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
- Bachelor of Science in Nutrition
- Bachelor of Science in Physics
- Bachelor of Science in Textiles and Apparel
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Courses
- Natural Sciences
- Department of Astronomy
- School of Biological Sciences
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Department of Computer Sciences
- School of Human Ecology
- Department of Marine Science
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics
- Division of Statistics and Scientific Computation
- UTeach-Natural Sciences
13. School of Nursing
- General Information
- Admission and Registration
-
Academic Policies and Procedures
- Student Responsibility
- School of Nursing Code of Honor
- Standards of Nursing Performance and Progress
- Medical Clearance Requirements
- Background Checks
- CPR and First Aid Requirements
- Health and Hospitalization Insurance
- Professional Liability Insurance
- Compliance Requirement
- Uniforms and Other Expenses
- Transportation
- Honors
- Credit by Examination
- Graduation
- Degrees
- Courses
14. College of Pharmacy
- General Information
- Admission and Registration
- Academic Policies and Procedures
- Graduation
- Degrees
- Courses
15. Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
16. School of Social Work
- General Information
- Admission and Registration
- Academic Policies and Procedures
- Graduation
- Degrees
- Courses
17. The Faculty
- School of Architecture
- Red McCombs School of Business
- College of Communication
- College of Education
- Cockrell School of Engineering
- College of Fine Arts
- Jackson School of Geosciences
- College of Liberal Arts
- College of Natural Sciences
- School of Nursing
- College of Pharmacy
- School of Social Work