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

8. College of Liberal Arts

Richard W. Lariviere
PhD
Dean

Linda Ferreira-Buckley
PhD
Associate Dean

Neil F. Foley
PhD
Associate Dean

Brian E. Roberts
PhD
Associate Dean

Kathryn V. Foster
BS
Assistant Dean

Megan Seaholm
PhD
Assistant Dean

Web site
www.utexas.edu/cola/

General Information

Arts and Sciences Education

The academic program offered cooperatively by the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Natural Sciences provides what is sometimes referred to as a "liberal arts" or an "arts and sciences" education. No matter what area of knowledge a student intends to specialize in, the program of study will require courses in both colleges. The colleges work together to ensure that the individual interests and needs of the students pursuing an arts and sciences program of study are provided for as effectively as possible.

Guidelines for developing a coherent plan of study are provided by major requirements, by sequential prerequisites, and by optional patterns of emphasis. Departmental majors, areas of concentration, and interdepartmental programs are designed to enable every student to study at least one field in depth. These programs are sufficiently broad in scope to allow students in the same major to develop quite different plans of study in pursuit of their individual interests and goals. Each student should choose courses that are intellectually challenging and that contribute to his or her long-term objectives.

Arts and sciences students are required to take a certain number of courses in the natural sciences, the social and behavioral sciences, and the humanities. Consequently, whatever their fields of study, they have the opportunity to learn something about the basic differences in the ways questions are raised and answered in several fields of inquiry, and about the techniques for validating the answers and putting the results to use. At the same time, they may gain some of the philosophical and historical perspectives that illuminate and give form to general or specialized knowledge and help to reveal its relevance.

The assumption is sometimes made by both teachers and students that independent and creative study is exclusively for the gifted. In fact, the primary condition is that the student be highly motivated, although he or she must also demonstrate ability. The departments that make up the two arts and sciences colleges encourage all qualified students to work independently--not only in special honors courses and seminars and in conference, studio, or laboratory work, but also in their regular courses. The student is free to define a major, to determine whether a given assignment will be an adventure or a chore, free to develop its latent possibilities or merely satisfy its explicit demands. True creativity presupposes more than a gift for innovation; it requires an unceasing commitment to thinking and working at one's highest level.

As competence is gained in a chosen field, the mind should be progressively sharpened, disciplined, and enriched. The student who leaves arts and sciences studies with an enhanced understanding of self and humankind, of cultural and historical heritage, of the world and the universe, and of the moral values conducive to significant living, will have made the most of education, having gained something over and above the objective of vocational preparedness.

Scholarships Awarded through the College of Liberal Arts

College of Liberal Arts

In addition to the assistance available through the Office of Student Financial Services, various scholarships established by individuals and foundations are open to undergraduates in the College of Liberal Arts. A number of scholarships of $500 to $2,000 are awarded each year in a college-wide competition. To qualify for these scholarships, students must have completed at least thirty semester hours of coursework on the letter-grade basis at the University, including at least one semester of coursework in the College of Liberal Arts. Also required are a University grade point average of at least 3.70 and evidence of achievement in leadership and service to the college and the community. Students who meet these requirements are encouraged to apply.

The annual selection process for college-wide scholarships begins in mid-January. Application forms are available in the Office of the Dean and in departmental undergraduate offices. Completed applications must be returned by the end of February, and award winners are notified by mid-April.

Financial assistance is also available in many College of Liberal Arts departments for specific undergraduate majors. In addition, the Study Abroad Office administers a number of awards for qualified students enrolled in international programs.

Department of American Studies

Scholarship: Dr. Bailey R. Collins/Ellene Collins Ward/Mary Sue Collins Hibbs Scholarship

Donor: Mary Sue Hibbs Estate

Amount: Up to $2,000; may be divided between two students

Eligibility: Undergraduate American studies major who has completed at least sixty semester hours of undergraduate work, including at least thirty hours in residence at the University, with a grade point average of at least 3.70

Apply to: Chair, Department of American Studies, on or before March 1

Department of Anthropology

Scholarship: Dr. Bailey R. Collins/Ellene Collins Ward/Mary Sue Collins Hibbs Scholarship

Donor: Mary Sue Hibbs Estate

Amount: Up to $2,000; may be divided between two students

Eligibility: Undergraduate anthropology major who has completed at least sixty semester hours of undergraduate work, including at least thirty hours in residence at the University, with a grade point average of at least 3.70

Apply to: Chair, Department of Anthropology, on or before March 1

Center for Asian Studies
Department of Asian Studies

Scholarship: Asian Studies Scholarship for Study Abroad

Source: International Office, The University of Texas at Austin

Amount: To be determined by Asian studies faculty

Eligibility: Undergraduate or graduate students with demonstrated commitment to Asian area studies and at least one year of Asian language study who wish to study in Asia

Apply to: Department of Asian Studies, by early February

Department of Classics

Scholarship: William James Battle Scholarship in Classical Languages

Donor: Commander Robert Eikel Jr., United States Navy, 1945

Amount: Up to $500, usually divided between two students

Eligibility: Any undergraduate classics major who shows a sufficient knowledge of Greek or Latin to justify the expectation that he or she will help to further the study of the classics