• Bachelor of Architecture
  (including an Architectural Engineering dual degree option)
• Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies
• Bachelor of Science in Interior Design

Prospective Architecture transfer students are urged to become familiar with the School's curricula and rules in the Undergraduate Catalog 2008-2010.

Students who transfer directly from a Texas community college may choose to graduate under UT Austin catalog rules in effect during the time they attended the community college; those declaring the 2008-2010 catalog must complete all degree requirements by the end of the summer session 2016 (2017 for the Bachelor of Architecture). At least sixty semester credit hours must be completed at UT Austin to earn an undergraduate degree.

Prospective students can monitor their UT degree progress – even before transfer – and check degree applicability of A.C.C. courses by using the “Planner” function of UT's Interactive Degree Audit (IDA) system.

The Office of Admissions evaluates courses from other institutions for comparability with UT Austin coursework, but the Dean's Office in the School of Architecture approves transfer credit for use in a degree program.

• Questions concerning degree/graduation requirements and degree applicability of transfer credit should be directed to the Dean's Office, School of Architecture, GOL 2.116, UT Austin, Austin TX 78712 (512/471-0109).

• Questions concerning transfer admission and transfer credit evaluation should be directed to the Office of Admissions, MAI 7, UT Austin, Austin TX 78712 (512/475-7387).

The University requires all students to have completed two years of high school study in a single foreign language. Transfer students who do not meet this requirement are assessed a foreign language deficiency; removal of deficiencies is required for graduation. To remove a deficiency, credit for the second college-level course in a language (numbered 1512) is required. Credit used to remove a deficiency cannot be applied toward other degree requirements. Prospective students should complete coursework needed to satisfy a foreign language deficiency prior to transfer.

(Admission to the School of Architecture is offered only for fall semesters.)

Transfer admission in the School of Architecture is highly competitive and requires previous design coursework not offered by A.C.C. A recommended approach is to transfer in a second-choice UT major at the earliest opportunity and pursue internal transfer to Architecture. At least thirty transferable semester hours are required for UT admission; course recommendations in this Guide are tailored for Architecture, but are applicable in many other degrees.

Because internal transfer is also quite competitive, the second-choice major should be a field of study in which the student is genuinely interested as an alternative to Architecture or Interior Design. For those uncertain about a second choice of major, enrollment in the School of Undergraduate Studies provides strategic advising to explore other degree options.

Internal transfer (change-of-major) to Architecture is available annually to students in other UT programs. Candidates must: 1) complete at least twenty-four semester hours of UT coursework; 2) have a 3.25 UT grade point average or higher; 3) attend a mandatory admission information session; and 4) submit a Change-of-Major Application to the undergraduate dean's office by March 1. Admission decisions for the fall semester are made after the end of the spring semester, and spring UT courses are taken into consideration.

• Core curriculum transfer credit from A.C.C. is guaranteed to apply toward UT core requirements, but degree plans may specify how some core requirements should be fulfilled. Recommendations in this Guide satisfy core requirements with courses normally required by a student's major field of study at UT.

• Courses in which grades lower than C− are earned do not transfer. Grades from transfer credit are excluded from a student's internal UT Austin grade point average computation.

• Physical education activity courses do not apply toward degree requirements in the School of Architecture, but grades and credit count toward transfer admission.

• Up to six semester hours in Air Force or Military Science may be applied as elective credit toward degrees in the School of Architecture by students commissioned through the UT Austin ROTC program.

• ENGL 1301;
• one Substantial Writing Component/Writing Flag course chosen from ENGL 1302 or 2311; and
• one literature survey course chosen from ENGL 2322, 2323, 2327, 2328, 2332, 2333, or 2342.

GOVT 2305 & 2306.
(Because A.C.C. and UT Austin organize the two-course legislative requirement sequence differently, it is strongly recommended that students take both courses at one institution.)

Two courses chosen from HIST/HIS 1301, 1302, 1643, 2301, 2327, 2328, 2341, and 2381.

Differential and integral calculus: MATH 2413 & 2414.

For all degrees:

necessary courses are not offered by A.C.C. Students should defer enrollment in visual/performing arts coursework until transferring to UT Austin

In a single foreign language, either two years of prior high school credit or two college-level semesters chosen from courses numbered 1511 & 1512.

For the Bachelor of Architecture and the BS in Architectural Studies: one course chosen from

ANTH 2351,
ECON 2301 or 2302,
GEOG 1303,
PSYC 2301, or
SOCI 1301 or 1306.

For the BS in Interior Design:

PSYC 2301.

Part I – a two-semester physics sequence chosen from

PHYS 1401+1402; or
PHYS 2425+2426 (required for students pursuing a dual engineering degree).

Part II – one additional course chosen from

ANTH 2301 or 2302;
ASTR 1303, 1304, or 1403;
BIOL 1309, 1406, 1407, 1408, 1409, 1424, 2304, 2305, or 2306;
CHEM 1311 or 1312;
GEOG 1301;
GEOL 1301, 1345, 1403, 1404, or 1445; or
MATH (excluding 1314 and credit used for the core mathematics requirement), but after credit in any calculus course is earned only courses for which calculus is a prerequisite can be counted.