• 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 Texas community college 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 1312, 1412, or 1512) is required.

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

• 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) 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, Military, or Naval 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 (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.)

One course chosen from MATH 1324; 1332; 1342, 1442, 2342, or 2442; or 2312 or 2412. (MATH 1314, 1350, 1351, or 1414 cannot be counted.)

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.

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

ANTH 2351;
ENGL 2351;
GEOG 1303;
GOVT 2311;
HIST 2327, 2328, or 2381;
HUMA 1305, 1311, or 2319; or
SOCI 2319 or 2320.
(Credit used to satisfy this requirement cannot be applied toward other area requirements.)

Two semesters in a single language, chosen from courses numbered

1311, 1411, or 1511 (1st semester) and
1312, 1412, or 1512 (2nd semester).
SGNL 1301, 1401, or 1501 (1st semester) and
SGNL 1302, 1402, or 1502 (2nd semester) can also be counted.

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

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.

Part I – 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.

Part II – a third course in a second discipline, chosen from those above and from

ANTH 2301, 2302, or 2401;
BIOL/HECO 1322;
CHEM 1405, 1406, 1407, or 1408;
COSC 2336 or 2436;
GEOG 1301; or
GEOL 1445 or 1447.
MATH (excluding 1314, 1414, 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 1307, 1309, 1407, or 1409.

(Community colleges may number lecture & lab credit separately, for example CHEM 1411 may be offered as 1311 & 1111. Combined lecture/lab courses count, but lab credit is not required for the BSW.)