Section 61.822 of the Texas Education Code guarantees transfer of designated core curriculum coursework among public universities and community colleges. To minimize time and expense toward the attainment of an undergraduate degree, students should select core curriculum courses that fulfill requirements of a major field of study.

Prospective community college transfer students who have decided upon a major field of study should follow the course recommendations in one of UT Austin's other Transfer Guides devoted to specific degree programs.

Students who have not yet chosen a major are urged to make their decision as early as possible. Meanwhile, this Guide can be used to select core courses applicable to any UT Austin degree regardless of major and to identify core component areas in which suitable coursework is prescribed by the major field of study.

• Undecided students should choose a major as early as possible. Delay in taking major-specific coursework lengthens the time needed to earn a degree. Taking core courses without the focus provided by a major field of study may result in excess credit that must be substituted later with coursework appropriate to the major.

• Course recommendations in this Guide are limited to the forty-two hour core curriculum and the Basic Education foreign language requirement. Major-specific course recommendations are provided in UT Austin's other Transfer Guides.

• Twenty-one core semester hours in Communication, Humanities, Government, and U.S. History are common to all UT degrees and can be taken regardless of major. Six core hours in Visual/Performing Arts and Social/Behavioral Science are similar in many majors and can be selected with a little care. But core Mathematics and Natural Science requirements vary widely among majors and should be undertaken with a specific degree objective in mind.

• 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.

UT Austin offers a comprehensive range of degree programs through its twelve undergraduate divisions:

• School of Architecture
• McCombs School of Business
• College of Communication
• College of Education
• Cockrell School of Engineering
• College of Fine Arts
• Jackson School of Geosciences
• College of Liberal Arts
• College of Natural Sciences
• School of Nursing
• College of Pharmacy
• School of Social Work

Students must complete at least sixty semester credit hours in residence at UT Austin to earn an undergraduate degree.

The Office of Admissions evaluates courses from other institutions for comparability with UT Austin coursework, but only the deans' offices in UT's undergraduate divisions have 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 undergraduate dean's office governing a student's major field of study.

• 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 transfer students are urged to become familiar with the University's'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 (2015 for the Bachelor of Architecture and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees).

• ENGL 1301 (or 1306 for nonnative English speakers); and

• one (preferred) or two courses with a substantial writing component chosen from ENGL 1302 (1307 for nonnative English speakers), 2311, or 2314. (While accepted as core credit, ENGL 2311 & 2314 are not applicable in all majors.)

For students without two years of high school credit in a single foreign language, credit in one language through the 2nd college-level semester is required chosen from courses numbered 1311, 1411, or 1511 (1st semester) and 1312, 1412, or 1512 (2nd semester).

These courses must not be taken on a pass/fail basis. Some majors require foreign language study through the 3rd or 4th college-level semester and/or specific languages (consult an appropriate Transfer Guide or the Undergraduate Catalog); credit used to satisfy a high school deficiency need not be in a language required by the major, but it is recommended.

(High school foreign language preparation is a UT Basic Education requirement, outside the college-level core curriculum.)

One American, British, or world 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; 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.)

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

One course chosen from ARTS 1301, 1303, or 1304, DRAM 1310, or MUSI 1306.

• In the College of Fine Arts at least one course outside the student's major department is required, chosen from ARTS 1301, DRAM 1310, or MUSI 1306.

• ARTS 1301 (for Retail Merchandising), 1304 (for Conservation), or 1316 (for Apparel Design) is required for the BS in Textiles & Apparel.

• ARTS 1303 or 1304 is required for the BS in Interior Design.

One course chosen from ANTH 2351, ECON 2301 or 2302, PSYC 2301, or SOCI 1301.

• PSYC 2301 is the most widely applicable course and is required for programs in Education, Interior Design, Nursing, and Social Work and should be taken by any student contemplating teacher certification.

• ECON 2301 or 2302 is required for programs in Actuarial Science, Business, Social Work, Sport Management, and Textiles & Apparel (Retail Merchandising).

• For Communication, Fine Arts, or Nursing: coursework at the content level of College Algebra (MATH 1314 or 1414) or higher. MATH 1324, 2312, or 2412 are recommended for Advertising and Public Relations.

• For Social Work: MATH 1324, 1332, 1342, 1442, 2312, 2342, 2412, or 2442.

• For Liberal Arts: coursework beyond the content level of College Algebra (MATH 1314 or 1414), including MATH 1332 but excluding 1350 & 1351. MATH 2312, 2313, 2412, 2413, 2417, or 2513 is recommended for Economics, Psychology, and Urban Studies.

• For Education: coursework at the content level of Analytic Geometry (MATH 1348), Precalculus (MATH 2312 or 2412), or higher.

• For Business: MATH 2313, 2413, 2417, or 2513 (preferred) or MATH 1325 or 1425 (not applicable toward Engineering Route to Business).

• For Architecture, Engineering, Natural Sciences, or Pharmacy: MATH 2313, 2413, 2417, or 2513.

The 9 semester hour Natural Science core component area consists of 6 hours in one discipline and 3 in a second discipline.

For Business (excluding Engineering Route to Business), Communication, Education (excluding Kinesiology), Fine Arts, Liberal Arts (excluding BS in Psychology), or Social Work: coursework chosen from

• ASTR;
• BIOL (excluding 1322 & 1323);
• CHEM;
• GEOL (excluding astronomy and meteorology in the 6-hour portion); or
• PHYS (astronomy, physical science, and physics courses cannot be combined in the 6-hour portion).

For Social Work at least one course in human or environmental biology is required.

For Architecture, Business (Engineering Route to Business), Education (Kinesiology), Engineering, Geosciences, Liberal Arts (BS in Psychology), Natural Sciences, Nursing, or Pharmacy:

core Natural Science coursework is prescribed by the major. Refer to the appropriate UT Austin Transfer Guide for recommended courses.