Bachelor of Science degrees in:

• Human Development & Family Sciences
  (options: Early Childhood, Human Development, Families & Personal Relationships, Families & Society, or General Human Development & Family Sciences)
• Nutrition
  (options: Dietetics, Nutritional Sciences, Nutrition in Business, Teaching, or International Nutrition)
• Textiles & Apparel
  (options: Apparel Design/Conservation or Retail Merchandising)

The Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree with a major in Human Ecology is described in a separate Transfer Guide.

Prospective Natural Sciences transfer students are urged to become familiar with the College'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.

The Office of Admissions evaluates courses from other institutions for comparability with UT Austin coursework, but the Dean's Office in the College of Natural Sciences 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 Student Division, College of Natural Sciences, WCH 1.106, UT Austin, Austin TX 78712 (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 (512/475-7387).

• All degrees in the College of Natural Sciences require at least one calculus course; transfer admission preference is given to applicants with credit for MATH 2313, 2413, 2417, 2513, or higher.

• 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.

• College Algebra (MATH 1314 or 1414) does not count toward degree requirements in the College of Natural Sciences, but grades and credit in the course count toward transfer admission.

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

• Up to 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 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 1312, 1412, or 1512) 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. Credit used to remove a deficiency cannot be applied toward other degree requirements.

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.

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.)

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

One statistics course chosen from MATH 1342 or 2342; and
one calculus course chosen from MATH 2413 or 2417.

(Credit values in MATH 1342, 2342, & 2413 vary among community colleges; the second digit of course numbers listed here may instead be 3, 4, or 5, but courses are comparable.)

(Community colleges may number lecture & lab credit separately, for example CHEM 1411 may be offered as 1311 & 1111.)

For the BS in Human Development & Family Sciences:

• BIOL 1406, CHEM 1411, and one course chosen from BIOL 1407 or CHEM 1412; and
• 3-4 additional semester hours chosen from BIOL, CHEM, COSC 2336 or 2436, GEOL, or PHYS. Courses designed for nonscience students may not be counted toward this requirement.

For the BS in Nutrition:

• in all options, BIOL 1406, 2401, & 2402; and CHEM 1411, 1412, & 2423.
• For the Nutritional Sciences option: add BIOL 1407, CHEM 2425, and one course chosen from PHYS 1401 or 2425.
• For the Teaching option: add BIOL 1407 and a sequence chosen from PHYS 1401 & 1402 or 2425 & 2426.

For the BS in Textiles & Apparel, Design/Conservation option:

• CHEM 1411 & 1412; and
• either BIOL 1406 (for the Design concentration)
  or CHEM 2423 (for the Conservation concentration).

For the BS in Textiles & Apparel, Retail Merchandising option:

BIOL 1406 & 1407 and CHEM 1411 & 1412.

For the BS in Nutrition, International Nutrition option: four semesters in Spanish or a language of the student's proposed study abroad area, chosen from courses numbered

1311, 1411, or 1511 (1st semester);
1312, 1412, or 1512 (2nd semester); and
2311 & 2312 (3rd & 4th semesters).

For all other degrees and options:

in a single language, either two years of prior high school credit or two college-level semesters chosen from course numbers listed above. SGNL 1301, 1401, or 1501 (1st semester) and 1302, 1402, or 1502 (2nd semester) can also be counted.

For the BS in Human Development & Family Sciences:

PSYC 2301; and one course chosen from ANTH 2351, ECON 2301 or 2302, PSYC 2316 or 2319, or SOCI 2326.

For the BS in Nutrition:

two courses chosen from ANTH 2351, ECON 2301, ECON 2302, PSYC 2301, and SOCI 1301. For the International Nutrition option, ECON 2301 or 2302 must be chosen.

For the BS in Textiles & Apparel, Design/Conservation option:

two courses chosen from ANTH 2351, ECON 2301, ECON 2302, PSYC 2301, and SOCI 1301.

For the BS in Textiles & Apparel, Retail Merchandising option:

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

(Students pursuing Texas teacher certification should choose PSYC 2301)

For the BS degrees in Human Development & Family Sciences or Nutrition:

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.

For the BS in Textiles & Apparel: one course chosen from

ARTS 1301 (for Retail Merchandising),
ARTS 1304 (for Conservation), or
ARTS 1316 (for Apparel Design).

For the BS in Human Development & Family Sciences:

BIOL/HECO 1322; and TECA 1303 & 1354.

For the BS in Nutrition:

HECO 1315 (with lab experience if available); and ACCT 2301 or 2401 (for the Dietetics and Nutrition in Business options only).

For the BS in Textiles & Apparel:

ACCT 2301 or 2401; HECO 1320 (with lab experience if available); and (for Retail Merchandising) SPCH 1321.