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The McCombs School of Business
2008-2010 Transfer Guide for Texas Community College Students

(also available in PDF format)

Degree Programs Available

Bachelor of Business Administration with majors in:

  • Accounting
  • Engineering Route to Business
  • Finance
  • International Business
  • Management
  • Management Information Systems
  • Marketing
  • Supply Chain Management

Additionally, the Business Foundations Program offers nonmajor business courses that can be used as a minor in many degree plans outside the McCombs School.

Prospective Business 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 Texas community college courses by using the “Planner” function of UT's Interactive Degree Audit (IDA) system.

Use of Transfer Credit Toward Degrees

The Office of Admissions evaluates courses from other institutions for comparability with UT Austin coursework, but the Dean's Office in the McCombs School 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 Undergraduate Programs Office, McCombs School of Business, CBA 2.400, UT Austin, Austin TX 78712 (512/471-0690).

  • 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).

Special Notes

  • Due to space limitations in the McCombs School, admission is highly competitive; acceptance depends upon available space and the applicant's qualifications compared to the entire applicant pool. Transfer students are admitted only in fall semesters; applications are not considered for spring and summer terms.

  • To be considered for transfer admission in Business, applicants must have credit for Calculus I (MATH 2313, 2413, 2417, or 2513 are preferred) or Business Calculus I (MATH 1325 or 1425); Calculus II (MATH 2314, MATH 2414 or 2419) or Business Calculus II (if available); and ECON 2301 & 2302.

  • Core curriculum transfer credit from Texas community colleges 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 McCombs School, but grades and credit count toward transfer admission.

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

High School Foreign Language Preparation

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 1312, 1412, or 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.

Courses Recommended for Transfer
expressed in Texas Common Course Numbering designations

Writing & Literature

  1. ENGL 1301 (or 1306 for nonnative English speakers);
  2. one Substantial Writing Component/Writing Flag course chosen from ENGL 1302, 2311, or 2314; and
  3. one literature survey course chosen from ENGL 2321, 2322, 2323, 2326, 2327, 2328, 2331, 2332, or 2333.

U.S. & Texas Government

Two courses chosen from one of the following combinations:
GOVT 2301+2302, 2305+2306, 2301+2305, or 2301+2306.

(Because community colleges organize the two-course legislative requirement sequence differently, it is strongly recommended that students take both courses at one institution.)

Social Science

  • ECON 2301 & 2302; and
  • one additional course chosen from
    ANTH 2351;
    PSYC 2301, 2308, 2316, or 2319; or
    SOCI 1301, 1306, 2326, or 2339.

Natural Science

For the Engineering Route to Business major:
CHEM 1311 (or 1411); and PHYS 2425+2426.
For all other majors: a two-course sequence in one discipline, chosen from:
  • ASTR/PHYS 1403+1404;
  • BIOL 1406+1407, 1408+1409, or 2401+2402;
  • CHEM 1411+1412;
  • GEOL 1401+1402 or 1403+1404; or
  • PHYS 1401+1402, 1405+1407, or 2425+2426.

(Community colleges may number lecture & lab credit separately, for example CHEM 1411 may be offered as 1311 & 1111. Combined lecture & lab courses are applicable, though lab credit is required only in PHYS courses for the Engineering Route to Business major.)

Visual & Performing Arts

One course chosen from ARCH 1301, 1302, or 1311; ARTS 1301, 1303, or 1304; DRAM 1310, 2336, 2361, or 2362; HUMA 1315; or MUSI 1306 or 1310.

Foreign Language

For the International Business major: four semesters in a single language, chosen from courses numbered
1311, 1411, or 1511 (1st semester);
1312, 1412, or 1512 (2nd semester); and
2311 & 2312 (3rd & 4th semesters).
(Students should select a language associated with the world region in which they plan to specialize.)
For all other majors: in a single foreign language, either two years of prior high school credit or two college-level semesters chosen from courses numbered
1311, 1411, or 1511 (1st semester) and
1312, 1412, or 1512 (2nd semester).

U.S. History

Two courses chosen from HIST 1301, 1302, 2301, 2327, 2328, and 2381.

Mathematics

For the Engineering Route to Business major: a calculus sequence chosen from
MATH 2413+2414+2415 (differential, integral, multivariable) or
MATH 2417+2419 (Accelerated Calculus I & II).

For all other majors: two semesters of calculus. Two paths are suggested for community college transfer students:

  1. Preferred: MATH 2413+2414 or MATH 2417+2419.
  2. MATH 1325 or 1425 (Business Calculus I) and a second business-oriented calculus course, if available.
    Business Calculus II is offered only by Austin Community College (MATH 1476), Collin College (MATH 1376), and Dallas County Community College District (MATH 1370). For this reason, and because MATH 1325 or 1425 cannot be used as a prerequisite for the standard Calculus II course after transfer, option #1 above is strongly recommended instead. Students transferring only MATH 1325 or 1425 are individually assessed to determine appropriate follow-up coursework in calculus.

(Credit values in MATH 2413, 2414, & 2415 vary among community colleges; the second digit of course numbers listed here may instead be 3, 4, or 5, but courses are comparable.)

Other Coursework

ACCT 2301 or 2401 (Financial Accounting);
ACCT 2302 or 2402 (Managerial Accounting); and
SPCH 1321 (preferred) or 1315.