• Bachelor of Social Work

Prospective Social Work 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. 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 University requires all students to have completed in high school two years of study in a single foreign language and three years of study in mathematics at the level of Algebra I or higher. Transfer students who do not meet these requirements are assessed a deficiency; removal of deficiencies is required for graduation.

• To remove a foreign language deficiency, credit for the second college-level course in a language (numbered 1512) is required.

• To remove a mathematics deficiency, credit for MATH 1314 is required.

Prospective students should complete coursework needed to satisfy high school deficiencies prior to transfer. Credit used to remove a deficiency cannot be applied toward other degree requirements.

• 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.

• College Algebra (MATH 1314) cannot be applied toward the mathematics requirement or toward the total number of semester hours required for the BSW degree, but grades and credit in the course count toward transfer admission.

• Up to six semester hours of physical education activity coursework may be applied as elective credit toward the BSW degree.

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

The Office of Admissions evaluates courses from other institutions for comparability with UT Austin coursework, but the Office of Academic Affairs in the School of Social Work 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 Office of Academic Affairs, School of Social Work, UT Austin, Austin TX 78712 (512/471-5457).

• 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).

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

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

One course chosen from MATH 1324, 1332, 1342, or 2412. (MATH 1314, 1350, or 1351 cannot be counted.)

Part I – a two-course sequence in one discipline, chosen from

ASTR 1303+1304, 1403+1404, 1303+1404, or 1403+1304;
BIOL 1406+1407, 1408+1409, or 2304+2305;
CHEM 1311+1312;
GEOL 1403+1404; or
PHYS 1401+1402 or 1405+1407.

Part II – a third course in a second discipline, chosen from those above and others in ASTR, BIOL (excluding 1322), CHEM, ENVR, GEOL, or PHYS/PHY (excluding 1653). MATH (excluding 1314 and credit used for the core mathematics requirement) is also applicable, but after credit in any calculus course is earned only courses for which calculus is a prerequisite can be counted.

In satisfying the requirements above, students must include one course chosen from BIOL 1309, 1407, 1409, or 2306.

Two semesters in a single language, chosen from courses numbered 1511 & 1512. SGNL 1401 & 1402 can also be counted.

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.)

Twelve prescribed semester hours:

• one course chosen from ECON 2301 or 2302;
• PSYC 2301;
• one course chosen from PSYC 2308 or TECA 1354; and
• SOCI 1301.

One course chosen from ARTS 1301, 1303, or 1304; DRAM 1310 or 2336; HUMA 1315; or MUSI 1306 or MUS 1773.

SOCW 2361; and
3 semester hours in coursework emphasizing cultural diversity, chosen from

ANTH 2351;
GEOG 1303;
GOVT 2311;
HIST/HIS 1643, 2327, 2328, or 2381; or
SOCI 2319.
(Credit used to satisfy this requirement cannot be applied toward other area requirements.)