CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
The University
CHAPTER 2
School of Architecture
CHAPTER 3
Red McCombs
School of Business
CHAPTER 4
College of Communication
CHAPTER 5
College of Education
CHAPTER 6
College of Engineering
CHAPTER 7
College of Fine Arts
CHAPTER 8
College of Liberal Arts
CHAPTER 9
Graduate School of
Library and
Information Science
CHAPTER 10
College of
Natural Sciences
CHAPTER 11
School of Nursing
CHAPTER 12
College of Pharmacy
CHAPTER 13
School of Social Work
CHAPTER 14
The Faculty
Texas Common Course Numbering System
(Appendix A)
APPENDIX B
Degree and Course Abbreviations
Appendix B
Degree and Course Abbreviations
Degrees
The University uses the following abbreviations for undergraduate degrees. The majors that lead to each degree are listed in chapter 1 and described in chapters 2 through 13.
| Bachelor of Architecture | BArch |
| Bachelor of Arts | BA |
| Bachelor of Arts in Art | BAArt |
| Bachelor of Arts in Music | BAMusic |
| Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Dance | BATD |
| Bachelor of Business Administration | BBA |
| Bachelor of Fine Arts | BFA |
| Bachelor of Journalism | BJ |
| Bachelor of Music | BMusic |
| Bachelor of Science in Advertising | BSAdv |
| Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering | BSAsE |
| Bachelor of Science in Applied Learning and Development | BSALD |
| Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering | BSArchE |
| Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies | BSArchSt |
| Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry | BSBioch |
| Bachelor of Science in Biology | BSBio |
| Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering | BSBmE |
| Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering | BSChE |
| Bachelor of Science in Chemistry | BSCh |
| Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering | BSCE |
| Bachelor of Science in Clinical Laboratory Science | BSClinLabSci |
| Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders | BSCSD |
| Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies | BSCommStds |
| Bachelor of Science in Computer Sciences | BSCS |
| Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering | BSEE |
| Bachelor of Science in Geological Sciences | BSGeoSci |
| Bachelor of Science in Geosystems Engineering and Hydrogeology | BSGeosysE&Hydrogeo |
| Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Sciences | BSHDFS |
| Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Mathematics and Science[1] | BSInterdisMath&Sci |
| Bachelor of Science in Interior Design | BSID |
| Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology | BSKin |
| Bachelor of Science in Mathematics | BSMath |
| Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering | BSME |
| Bachelor of Science in Nursing | BSN |
| Bachelor of Science in Nutrition | BSNtr |
| Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering | BSPE |
| Bachelor of Science in Physics | BSPhy |
| Bachelor of Science in Psychology[1] | BSPsy |
| Bachelor of Science in Public Relations | BSPR |
| Bachelor of Science in Radio-Television-Film | BSRTF |
| Bachelor of Science in Textiles and Apparel | BSTA |
| Bachelor of Social Work | BSW |
| Doctor of Pharmacy | PharmD |
Courses
The University offers courses in the following fields of study. The abbreviations in the second column are used in catalogs, course schedules, and student records. In the third column is the name of the department or college that offers the courses. Fields marked with a cross are offered only at the graduate level. Graduate courses are described in the Graduate Catalog.
| Accounting | ACC | Department of Accounting | |
| Actuarial foundations | ACF | Department of Mathematics | |
| Advertising | ADV | Department of Advertising | |
| Aerospace engineering | ASE | Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics | |
| African and African American studies | AFR | Center for African and African American Studies | |
| Air force science | AFS | Department of Air Force Science | |
| American Sign Language | ASL | Department of Linguistics | |
| American studies | AMS | Department of American Studies | |
| Ancient history and classical civilization | AHC | Department of Classics | |
| Anthropology | ANT | Department of Anthropology | |
| Applied learning and development | ALD | College of Education | |
| Arabic | ARA | Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures | |
| Archaeology | ARY | Department of Anthropology | |
| Architectural engineering | ARE | Department of Civil Engineering | |
| Architectural interior design | ARI | School of Architecture | |
| Architecture | ARC | School of Architecture | |
| + | Art education | AED | Department of Art and Art History |
| Art history | ARH | Department of Art and Art History | |
| Asian American studies | AAS | Center for Asian American Studies | |
| Asian studies | ANS | Center for Asian Studies/Department of Asian Studies | |
| Astronomy | AST | Department of Astronomy | |
| Bassoon | BSN | School of Music | |
| Bengali | BEN | Center for Asian Studies/Department of Asian Studies | |
| Biochemistry | BCH | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry | |
| Biology | BIO | School of Biological Sciences | |
| Biomedical engineering | BME | Department of Biomedical Engineering | |
| Business administration | B A | Red McCombs School of Business | |
| Chemical engineering | CHE | Department of Chemical Engineering | |
| Chemistry | CH | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry | |
| Chinese | CHI | Center for Asian Studies/Department of Asian Studies | |
| Civil engineering | C E | Department of Civil Engineering | |
| Clarinet | CLA | School of Music | |
| Classical civilization | C C | Department of Classics | |
| Cognitive science | CGS | Department of Linguistics | |
| Communication | COM | College of Communication | |
| Communication sciences and disorders | CSD | Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders | |
| Communication studies | CMS | Department of Communication Studies | |
| Community and regional planning | CRP | School of Architecture | |
| Comparative literature | C L | College of Liberal Arts | |
| + | Computational and applied mathematics | CAM | Office of Graduate Studies |
| Computer sciences | C S | Department of Computer Sciences | |
| + | Conducting | CON | School of Music |
| Cultural studies | CLS | Americo Paredes Center for Cultural Studies | |
| Curriculum and instruction | EDC | Department of Curriculum and Instruction | |
| Czech | CZ | Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures | |
| Danish | DAN | Department of Germanic Studies | |
| Design | DES | Department of Art and Art History | |
| Developmental studies | DEV | Texas Academic Skills Program Office | |
| Double bass | D B | School of Music | |
| + | Drama | DRM | Department of Theatre and Dance |
| Drum set | DRS | School of Music | |
| Dutch | DCH | Department of Germanic Studies | |
| Economics | ECO | Department of Economics | |
| + | Educational administration | EDA | Department of Educational Administration |
| Educational psychology | EDP | Department of Educational Psychology | |
| Electrical engineering | E E | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | |
| + | Energy and mineral resources | EMR | College of Engineering |
| + | Engineering management | ENM | College of Engineering |
| Engineering mechanics | E M | Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics | |
| English | E | Department of English | |
| Ensemble | ENS | School of Music | |
| Euphonium | EUP | School of Music | |
| European studies | EUS | College of Liberal Arts | |
| Finance | FIN | Department of Finance | |
| Fine arts | F A | College of Fine Arts | |
| Flute | FLU | School of Music | |
| + | Foreign language education | FLE | Department of Curriculum and Instruction |
| French | FR | Department of French and Italian | |
| French civilization | F C | Department of French and Italian | |
| French horn | F H | School of Music | |
| Freshman seminar | F S | Connexus: Connections in Undergraduate Studies | |
| General engineering | G E | College of Engineering | |
| Geography | GRG | Department of Geography | |
| Geological sciences | GEO | Department of Geological Sciences | |
| German | GER | Department of Germanic Studies | |
| Germanic civilization | GRC | Department of Germanic Studies | |
| Government | GOV | Department of Government | |
| + | Graduate school | GRS | Office of Graduate Studies |
| Greek | GK | Department of Classics | |
| Guitar | GUI | School of Music | |
| Harp | HAR | School of Music | |
| Harpsichord | HSC | School of Music | |
| + | Health education | HED | Department of Kinesiology and Health Education |
| Hebrew | HEB | Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures | |
| Hindi | HIN | Center for Asian Studies/Department of Asian Studies | |
| History | HIS | Department of History | |
| Human development and family sciences | HDF | Department of Human Ecology | |
| Human ecology | H E | Department of Human Ecology | |
| Humanities | HMN | College of Liberal Arts | |
| International business | I B | Department of Marketing Administration | |
| Islamic studies | ISL | Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures | |
| Italian | ITL | Department of French and Italian | |
| Italian civilization | ITC | Department of French and Italian | |
| Japanese | JPN | Center for Asian Studies/Department of Asian Studies | |
| Jewish studies | J S | Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures | |
| Journalism | J | School of Journalism | |
| Kinesiology | KIN | Department of Kinesiology and Health Education | |
| Korean | KOR | Center for Asian Studies/Department of Asian Studies | |
| Latin | LAT | Department of Classics | |
| Latin American studies | LAS | Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies | |
| Law | LAW | School of Law | |
| Legal environment of business | LEB | Department of Management Science and Information Systems | |
| Liberal arts | L A | College of Liberal Arts | |
| Liberal arts honors | LAH | College of Liberal Arts | |
| Library and information science | LIS | Graduate School of Library and Information Science | |
| Linguistics | LIN | Department of Linguistics | |
| Malayalam | MAL | Center for Asian Studies/Department of Asian Studies | |
| Management | MAN | Department of Management | |
| Management information systems | MIS | Department of Management Science and Information Systems | |
| Management science | MSC | Department of Management Science and Information Systems | |
| + | Manufacturing systems engineering | MFG | College of Engineering |
| Marine science | MNS | Department of Marine Science | |
| Marketing | MKT | Department of Marketing Administration | |
| + | Materials science and engineering | MSE | College of Engineering |
| + | Mathematical statistics | MST | Department of Mathematics |
| Mathematics | M | Department of Mathematics | |
| Mechanical engineering | M E | Department of Mechanical Engineering | |
| + | Medieval studies | MDV | Office of Graduate Studies |
| Mexican American studies | MAS | Center for Mexican American Studies | |
| Middle Eastern languages and cultures | MEL | Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures | |
| Middle Eastern studies | MES | Center for Middle Eastern Studies | |
| Military science | M S | Department of Military Science | |
| + | Molecular biology | MOL | College of Natural Sciences |
| Music | MUS | School of Music | |
| Natural sciences | NSC | College of Natural Sciences | |
| Naval science | N S | Department of Naval Science | |
| + | Neuroscience | NEU | Office of Graduate Studies |
| Norwegian | NOR | Department of Germanic Studies | |
| Nursing | N | School of Nursing | |
| Nutrition | NTR | Department of Human Ecology | |
| Oboe | OBO | School of Music | |
| + | Opera | OPR | School of Music |
| + | Operations research and industrial engineering | ORI | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Organ | ORG | School of Music | |
| Percussion | PER | School of Music | |
| Persian | PRS | Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures | |
| Petroleum and geosystems engineering | PGE | Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering | |
| Pharmacy | PHR | College of Pharmacy | |
| Philosophy | PHL | Department of Philosophy | |
| Physical education | PED | Department of Kinesiology and Health Education | |
| Physical science | P S | Department of Physics | |
| Physics | PHY | Department of Physics | |
| Piano | PIA | School of Music | |
| Polish | POL | Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures | |
| Portuguese | POR | Department of Spanish and Portuguese | |
| Portuguese civilization | PRC | Department of Spanish and Portuguese | |
| Psychology | PSY | Department of Psychology | |
| + | Public affairs | P A | Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs |
| Public relations | P R | Department of Advertising | |
| Radio-television-film | RTF | Department of Radio-Television-Film | |
| Real estate | R E | Department of Finance | |
| Recorder | REC | School of Music | |
| Religious studies | R S | College of Liberal Arts | |
| Rhetoric and composition | RHE | Division of Rhetoric and Composition | |
| Risk management | R M | Department of Management Science and Information Systems | |
| Russian | RUS | Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures | |
| Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies | REE | Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies | |
| Sanskrit | SAN | Center for Asian Studies/Department of Asian Studies | |
| Saxophone | SAX | School of Music | |
| Scandinavian | SCA | Department of Germanic Studies | |
| Science | SCI | College of Education | |
| + | Science and technology commercialization | STC | IC2 |
| + | Science-mathematics education | SME | College of Education |
| Serbian/Croatian | S C | Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures | |
| Slavic | SLA | Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures | |
| Social science | S S | Plan II Honors Program | |
| Social work | S W | School of Social Work | |
| Sociology | SOC | Department of Sociology | |
| Spanish | SPN | Department of Spanish and Portuguese | |
| Spanish civilization | SPC | Department of Spanish and Portuguese | |
| Special education | SED | Department of Special Education | |
| Statistics | STA | Department of Management Science and Information Systems | |
| Studio art | ART | Department of Art and Art History | |
| Swedish | SWE | Department of Germanic Studies | |
| Tamil | TAM | Center for Asian Studies/Department of Asian Studies | |
| Technology, literacy, and culture | TLC | College of Liberal Arts | |
| Textiles and apparel | TXA | Department of Human Ecology | |
| Theatre and dance | T D | Department of Theatre and Dance | |
| Trombone | TRO | School of Music | |
| Trumpet | TRU | School of Music | |
| Tuba | TBA | School of Music | |
| Turkish | TUR | Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures | |
| Tutorial course | T C | Plan II Honors Program | |
| Urban studies | URB | College of Liberal Arts | |
| Urdu | URD | Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures | |
| UTeach liberal arts | UTL | College of Liberal Arts | |
| UTeach natural sciences | UTS | College of Natural Sciences | |
| Vibraphone | VIB | School of Music | |
| Viola | VIA | School of Music | |
| Violin | VIO | School of Music | |
| Violoncello | V C | School of Music | |
| Visual art studies | VAS | Department of Art and Art History | |
| Voice | VOI | School of Music | |
| Women's and gender studies | WGS | College of Liberal Arts | |
| + | Writing | WRT | James A. Michener Center for Writers |
| Yiddish | YID | Department of Germanic Studies |
Undergraduate Catalog
Contents
Chapter 1 - The University
Chapter 2 - School of Architecture
Chapter 3 - Red McCombs School of Business
Chapter 4 - College of Communication
Chapter 5 - College of Education
Chapter 6 - College of Engineering
Chapter 7 - College of Fine Arts
Chapter 8 - College of Liberal Arts
Chapter 9 - Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Chapter 10 - College of Natural Sciences
Chapter 11 - School of Nursing
Chapter 12 - College of Pharmacy
Chapter 13 - School of Social Work
Chapter 14 - The Faculty
Texas Common Course Numbering System (Appendix A)
Appendix B - Degree and Course Abbreviations
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