Bachelor of Science degrees in:

• Astronomy

• Computer Sciences
  (options: computer sciences or Turing Scholars Honors)

• Interdisciplinary Science
  (options: middle grades teaching in mathematics/science or secondary school teaching in computer sciences/mathematics)

• Mathematics
  (options: actuarial science, applied mathematics, mathematical sciences, pure mathematics, or teaching)

• Physics
  (options: physics, computation, radiation physics, space sciences, or teaching)

The Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree with majors in Astronomy, Computer Sciences, Mathematics, and Physics are described in a separate Transfer Guide.

Students must complete at least sixty semester credit hours in residence at UT Austin to earn an undergraduate degree in the College of Natural Sciences.

The Office of Admissions evaluates courses from other institutions for comparability with UT Austin coursework, but only the Dean's Office in the College of Natural Sciences has authority to approve transfer credit for use in a degree program.

• Questions concerning degree/graduation requirements and degree applicability of transfer credit should be directed to the Student Division, College of Natural Sciences, WCH 1.106, UT Austin, Austin TX 78712 (phone 512/471-4536).

• Questions concerning transfer admission and transfer credit evaluation should be directed to the Office of Admissions, MAI 7, UT Austin, Austin TX 78712 (phone 512/475-7399).

Prospective Natural Sciences transfer students are urged to become familiar with the College's curricula and rules in the Undergraduate Catalog 2006-2008.

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. Students declaring the Undergraduate Catalog 2006-2008 must complete all degree requirements by the end of the summer session 2014.

• Core curriculum transfer credit from Texas community colleges is guaranteed to apply toward UT Basic Education requirements, but not all core courses are suitable for a particular major field of study. Recommendations in this Guide satisfy core requirements with coursework needed for the major, enabling students to complete lower-division degree requirements with minimal credit.

• Grades from transfer credit are not combined with grades earned at UT Austin to determine the student's internal University grade point average. Transfer credit is not granted for courses in which grades of D or F are earned.

• College Algebra (MATH 1314 or 1414) cannot be applied toward the mathematics requirement or toward the total number of semester hours required for a degree in the College of Natural Sciences, but grades and credit in the course count toward transfer admission.

• Physical education activity credit cannot be applied toward any degree requirement in the College of Natural Sciences, but grades and credit in such courses count toward transfer admission.

• A maximum of nine semester hours in Air Force, Military, or Naval Science may be applied as elective credit toward a degree in the College of Natural Sciences by students commissioned through the UT Austin ROTC program.

The College of Natural Sciences 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 by the Dean's Office; removal of deficiencies is required for graduation.

• To remove a foreign language deficiency, credit for the 2nd-semester college level course in a language is required.

• To remove a mathematics deficiency, credit for MATH 1314, 1316, 1324, or 1414 is required.

Prospective students should complete coursework needed to satisfy high school deficiencies prior to transfer.

• ENGL 1301;
• ENGL 1302 (applies as lower-division Substantial Writing Component credit); and
• one literature survey course chosen from ENGL 2321, 2322, 2323, 2326, 2327, 2328, 2331, 2332, or 2333.

6 semester hours chosen from one of the following combinations:

GOVT 2301 & 2302; or
GOVT 2305 & 2306; or
GOVT 2301 & 2305; or
GOVT 2301 & 2306.

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

For the BS in Interdisciplinary Science, Middle Grades Teaching option:

PSYC 2301 & 2308.

For the BS in Mathematics, Actuarial Science option:

ECON 2301 & 2302.

For all other degrees and options:

3 semester hours chosen from ANTH, ECON (excluding 1301 & 1303), GEOG, PSYC (excluding 1300), or SOCI.

For the BS in Astronomy:

• two courses chosen from BIOL 1406 or 1407, CHEM 1411 or 1412, or GEOL 1403 or 1404.
• PHYS 2425 is also accepted, but students are encouraged to take required astronomy and physics coursework in residence at UT Austin.

For the BS in Computer Sciences:

a sequence chosen from BIOL 1406 & 1407, CHEM 1411 & 1412, GEOL 1403 & 1404, or PHYS 2425 & 2426

For the BS in Interdisciplinary Science, Middle Grades Teaching option:

• BIOL 1406 & 1407;
• CHEM 1411 & 1412;
• GEOL 1403 or 1404; and
• a sequence chosen from PHYS 2425 & 2426 (required for students concentrating in physics) or PHYS 1401 & 1402.

For the BS in Interdisciplinary Science, Secondary School Teaching option:

PHYS 2425 & 2426.

For the BS in Mathematics: a two-course sequence in one discipline chosen from

• ASTR 1403 & 1404, PHYS 1403 & 1404, or PHYS 1411 & 1412;
• BIOL 1406 & 1407, 1408 & 1409, 1411 & 1413, or 2401 & 2402;
• CHEM 1405 & 1407, 1406 & 1408, or 1411 & 1412;
• GEOL 1403 & 1404; or
• PHYS 1401 & 1402, 1405 & 1407, or 2425 & 2426.

For the BS in Physics:

• BIOL 1406;
• CHEM 1411 & 1412; and
• an additional course chosen from BIOL 1407 or GEOL 1403 or 1404.
• PHYS 2425 is also accepted, but students are encouraged to take required physics coursework in residence at UT Austin.

(Community colleges may number lecture & laboratory credit separately, for example CHEM 1311 + 1111 are equivalent to CHEM 1411.)

For the BS in Mathematics: credit in one language through the 3rd college-level semester, chosen from courses numbered

1311, 1411, or 1511 (1st semester);
1312, 1412, or 1512 (2nd semester); and
2311 (3rd semester).

American Sign Language may also be used:
SGNL 1301, 1401, or 1501 (1st semester);
SGNL 1302, 1402, or 1502 (2nd semester); and
SGNL 2301 (3rd semester).

For the BS degrees in Astronomy, Computer Sciences, Interdisciplinary Science, and Physics:

credit in one language, including American Sign Language, through the 2nd college-level semester (course numbers listed above). For the BS in Interdisciplinary Science, this requirement can be satisfied with two years of high school study in one language.

6 semester hours chosen from HIST 1301, 1302, 2301, 2327, 2328, or 2381.

3 semester hours chosen from ARCH 1301 or 1302, ARTS (excluding 1320 & 1321), DANC (excluding 2325), DRAM (excluding 2366 & 2367), HUMA 1315, MUAP, MUEN, or MUSI.

For all degrees: a calculus sequence chosen from

MATH 2413, 2414, & 2415 or
MATH 2417 & 2419.

Additionally, for the BS degrees in Astronomy and Physics:

MATH 2420.

Students should complete at least precalculus before transfer; admission preference is given to those who also have completed at least one semester of calculus.

(Credit values in MATH 2413, 2414, 2415, & 2420 vary among community colleges; the 2nd digit of course numbers may be 3, 4, or 5, but course content is comparable. At some community colleges the calculus sequence extends into a 4th course, MATH 2316, which must be taken to complete multivariable calculus.)

For the BS in Computer Sciences:

COSC 2336 or 2436 (other COSC courses transfer but do not apply toward a major in computer sciences).

For the BS in Interdisciplinary Science, Middle Grades Teaching option:

COSC 1337 or 1437.

For the BS in Interdisciplinary Science, Secondary School Teaching option:

COSC 1337 & 2336 (or 1437 & 2436).

For the BS in Mathematics, Actuarial Science option:

ACCT 2301 & 2302 (or 2401 & 2402).

For the BS in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics or Mathematical Sciences options:

COSC 2336 or 2436.

For the BS in Physics, Computation option:

COSC 2336 or 2436.