Graduate Catalog, 2005-2007

Contents

About the Catalog
Officers of Administration
Board of Regents
Directory of Offices

1. Graduate Study

Statement on Equal Educational Opportunity
Title IX/ADA/504 Coordinators
Accreditation
The Mission of the University
The Nature and Purpose of Graduate Work
Graduate Degrees
Fields of Study
Ad Hoc Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program
Dual Degree Programs
Combined JD/PhD Programs
Master's and Doctoral Portfolio Programs
Professional Development and Community Engagement
Libraries and Other Academic Resources
    The University Libraries
    Other Libraries in Austin
    Research Facilities
    Information Technology Services
Cooperative Arrangements
    Cooperative Degree Programs
Financial Aid
    Fellowships
    Assistantships
    Additional Financial Aid
Student Services
    Graduate Student Assembly
Student Responsibility

2. Admission and Registration

Admission
    Admission Requirements
    Admission Tests
    Graduate School Select Admission Program
    Admission with Conditions
    Admission as a Nondegree Student
    Applying for Admission
    International Students
Enrollment Deposit
Readmission
Exchange Students
Registration
    Registration for New Graduate Students
    Late Registration
    Registration for Continuing Graduate Students
    Course Load
In Absentia Registration
Adding and Dropping Courses
Evaluation
Withdrawal from the University

3. Degree Requirements

Limitation for Faculty
Grade Point Average
Graduate Credit
    Courses Taken in Residence
    Transfer of Credit
    Extension Credit
    Correspondence Credit
    Enrollment of Undergraduates in Graduate Courses
    Use of the Course 398T on the Program of Work
    Courses Counted toward Another Degree
Continuous Registration
Leave of Absence
Application to Another Graduate Major (Change of Major)
Warning Status, Academic Dismissal, and Termination
Time Limits
The Master's Degree
    Prerequisites
    Supervising Committee
    Options
The Doctor of Philosophy
    Course Requirements
    Foreign Language Requirement
    Graduate Studies Committee Requirements
    Admission to Candidacy
    The Dissertation Committee
    The Dissertation
    Review of Progress
    Final Oral Examination (Defense of Dissertation)
    Submission and Publication of the Dissertation
    Approval of the Degree
The Doctor of Education
    Admission
    Admission to Candidacy
The Doctor of Audiology
The Doctor of Musical Arts
Graduation
Graduation under a Particular Catalog
Procedures of Graduation
Other Components of the University of Texas System

4. Fields of Study

School of Architecture
Architecture program | courses
Community and Regional Planning program | courses
Landscape Architecture program | courses

Red McCombs School of Business
Business Administration program | courses
Accounting program | courses
Finance program | courses
    Real Estate | courses
Management program | courses
Management Science and Information Systems program | courses
    Legal Environment of Business | courses
    Risk Management | courses
    Statistics | courses
Marketing program | courses
    International Business | courses

College of Communication
Communication program | courses
Advertising program | courses
Communication Sciences and Disorders program | courses
Communication Studies program | courses
Journalism program | courses
Radio-Television-Film program | courses

College of Education
Education program
Curriculum and Instruction program | courses
Educational Administration program | courses
Educational Psychology program | courses
Foreign Language Education program | courses
Kinesiology and Health Education program | courses
Science Education, Mathematics Education program | courses
Special Education program | courses

College of Engineering
Engineering program
Aerospace Engineering program | courses
Architectural Engineering program | courses
Biomedical Engineering program | courses
Chemical Engineering program | courses
Circuit Design program
Civil Engineering program | courses
Electrical and Computer Engineering program | courses
Energy and Mineral Resources program | courses
Engineering Management program | courses
Engineering Mechanics program | courses
Environmental and Water Resources Engineering program
Materials Science and Engineering program | courses | related courses
Mechanical Engineering program | courses
Operations Research and Industrial Engineering program | courses
Petroleum Engineering program | courses
Software Engineering program

College of Fine Arts
Fine Arts program | courses
Art Education program | courses
Art History program | courses
Design program | courses
Music program | courses
Studio Art program | courses
Theatre and Dance program | courses

John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences
Geological Sciences program | courses | related courses

School of Information
Information Studies program | courses

College of Liberal Arts
American Studies program | courses
Anthropology program | courses
Asian Studies program | courses
    Chinese | courses
    Hindi | courses
    Japanese | courses
    Malayalam | courses
    Sanskrit | courses
    Tamil | courses
    Urdu | courses
Classics program | courses
    Greek | courses
    Latin | courses
Cognitive Science | courses
Comparative Literature program | courses
Economics program | courses
English program | courses
European Studies | courses
French and Italian program
    French | courses
    Italian | courses
Geography program | courses
Germanic Studies program | courses
Government program | courses
History program | courses
Latin American Studies program | courses
Linguistics program | courses
Mexican American Studies program | courses
Middle Eastern Studies program | courses
    Arabic | courses
    Hebrew | courses
    Persian | courses
    Turkish | courses
Philosophy program | courses
Psychology program | courses
Religious Studies | courses
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies program | courses
Slavic Languages And Literatures program | courses
    Czech | courses
    Polish | courses
    Russian | courses
    Serbian/Croatian | courses
    Slavic | courses
Sociology program | courses
Spanish and Portuguese program
    Spanish | courses
    Portuguese | courses
Women's and Gender Studies program | courses

College of Natural Sciences
Astronomy program | courses
Biochemistry program | courses
Biological Sciences program | courses | related courses
    Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior program
    Microbiology program
    Plant Biology program
Cell and Molecular Biology program | courses | related courses
Chemistry program | courses
Computer Sciences program | courses
Human Development and Family Sciences program | courses
Human Ecology | courses
Marine Science program | courses
Mathematics program | courses
Nutritional Sciences program | courses
Physics program | courses
Statistics program | courses
Textile and Apparel Technology program | courses

School of Nursing program | courses

College of Pharmacy program | courses

Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs program | courses

School of Social Work program | courses

Intercollegial Programs
Computational and Applied Mathematics program | courses
Graduate School program | courses
Medieval Studies program | courses | related courses
Neuroscience program | courses | related courses
Science and Technology Commercialization program | courses
Writing program | courses

5. Members of Graduate Studies Committees

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Appendix: Course Abbreviations