Course Load, Credit, and Course Level
The official UT Course Schedules provide an accurate list of courses offered each semester. The fall semester schedule is on the UT Web site the first week in April; the spring semester schedule is on the Web the week of October 15. Previous semesters’ schedules are also posted. Some academic department web sites may have course information. If not, course syllabi and detailed descriptions are not available until registration week or first day of class.
Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs, updated every two years, give general information about UT’s educational components and academic departments. The catalogs list courses, with brief descriptions and required prerequisites. Some courses are not offered every semester and not all scheduled courses are listed in the catalogs.
Course Load, Credit, and Course Level
Courses are designated by the departmental code and numbers, indicating credit value and course level. The first number denotes the number of credit hours. The last two digits specify the level of the course: 01-19 is lower division (first and second year) level; 20-70 is upper-division level; and 80-99, graduate level. Some examples:
..........HIS 343 is an upper-division history course with a value of 3 credit hours.
..........SPN 507 is a first year Spanish course with a value of 5 credit hours.
..........PED 104P is a 1-credit physical education course open to all students.
..........EE 384N, is a 3 credit graduate course in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Exchange students are required to register for a full academic load (12 credit hours of undergraduate course work or 9 credit hours of graduate courses per semester) unless the terms of the exchange agreement state otherwise. Seventeen credit hours is considered the maximum undergraduate load and not recommended for first semester exchange students.
Grades
Instructors are required to give all students in their classes a course syllabus the first day of class that outlines the course requirements, assignments, required texts, and grading policy. Exchange students are encouraged to keep course syllabi, exams, and written work to aid their home universities in awarding equivalent credit and grades.
Final grades that appear on official UT transcripts and grade reports are A, B, C, D, F, CR.
CR (credit) or F is given when a course is taken credit/no credit or pass/fail.