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Undergraduate Catalog | 2006-2008

Front matter
About the Catalog \| Officers of Administration \| Board of Regents \| Directory of Offices

1 | The University


About the University of Texas at Austin \| Academic Advising \| Accreditation \| Basic Education Requirements \| Coursework in the Graduate School and the School of Law \| Degree Programs \| Equal Educational Opportunity \| Graduation \| Honor Code \| Honors \| Interdisciplinary Opportunities \| Mission \| Organization \| Preprofessional Programs \| Simultaneous Majors \| Title IX/ADA/504 Coordinators \| University of Texas System
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2 | School of Architecture


General Information \| Admission and Registration \| Academic Policies and Procedures \| Graduation

Degrees
Degrees Offered \| Sequence of Work \| Applicability of Certain Courses \| Bachelor of Architecture \| Bachelor of Architecture Dual Degree Programs \| BS in Architectural Studies \| BS in Interior Design

Courses
Dept or school	Field of study
Architecture	ARI Architectural Interior Design \| ARC Architecture \| CRP Community and Regional Planning
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3 | Red McCombs School of Business


General Information \| Admission and Registration \| Academic Policies and Procedures \| Graduation

Degrees
Applicability of Certain Courses \| Bachelor of Business Administration Degree Requirements \| Program Degree Requirements

Courses
Dept or school	Field of study
Business Administration	B A Business Administration
Accounting	ACC Accounting
Finance	FIN Finance \| R E Real Estate
Information, Risk, and Operations Management	LEB Legal Environment of Business \| MIS Management Information Systems \| O M Operations Management \| R M Risk Management \| STA Statistics
Management	MAN Management
Marketing	I B International Business \| MKT Marketing
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4 | College of Communication


General Information \| Admission and Registration \| Academic Policies and Procedures \| Graduation

Degrees
Degrees Offered \| Writing Requirement \| Communication and Culture Requirement \| Applicability of Certain Courses \| BS in Advertising \| BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders \| BS in Communication Studies \| Bachelor of Journalism \| BS in Public Relations \| BS in Radio-Television-Film

Courses
Dept or school	Field of study
Communication	COM Communication
Advertising	ADV Advertising \| P R Public Relations
Communication Sciences and Disorders	CSD Communication Sciences and Disorders
Communication Studies	CMS Communication Studies
School of Journalism	J Journalism
Radio-Television-Film	RTF Radio-Television-Film
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5 | College of Education


General Information \| Admission and Registration \| Academic Policies and Procedures \| Graduation

Degrees
General Requirements \| Applicability of Certain Courses \| BS in Applied Learning and Development \| BS in Kinesiology \| Middle Grades, Secondary, and All-Level Teacher Certification

Courses
Dept or school	Field of study
Applied Learning and Development	ALD Applied Learning and Development
Curriculum and Instruction	EDC Curriculum and Instruction
Educational Psychology	EDP Educational Psychology
Kinesiology and Health Education	KIN Kinesiology \| PED Physical Education (Activity Courses)
Science	SCI Science
Special Education	SED Special Education
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6 | College of Engineering


General Information \| Admission and Registration \| Academic Policies and Procedures \| Graduation

Degrees
Dual Degree Programs \| Simultaneous Majors \| Technical Area Options \| The Minor \| ABET Criteria \| Liberal Education of Engineers \| Applicability of Certain Courses \| Requirements Included in All Engineering Degree Plans \| BS in Aerospace Engineering \| BS in Architectural Engineering \| BS in Biomedical Engineering \| BS in Chemical Engineering \| BS in Civil Engineering \| BS in Electrical Engineering \| BS in Geosystems Engineering and Hydrogeology \| BS in Mechanical Engineering \| BS in Petroleum Engineering

Courses
Dept or school	Field of study
General Engineering	G E General Engineering
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics	ASE Aerospace Engineering \| E M Engineering Mechanics
Biomedical Engineering	BME Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering	CHE Chemical Engineering
Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering	ARE Architectural Engineering \| C E Civil Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering	E E Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering	M E Mechanical Engineering
Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering	PGE Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
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7 | College of Fine Arts


General Information \| Admission and Registration \| Academic Policies and Procedures \| Graduation

Degrees
Degrees Offered \| Applicability of Certain Courses \| Basic Education Requirements for All Programs except Music Performance \| Basic Education Requirements for Programs in Music Performance \| Requirements for the Bachelor of Fine Arts \| Requirements for the Bachelor of Music \| Requirements for the BA in Art \| Requirements for the BA in Theatre and Dance \| Requirements for the BA in Music

Courses
Dept or school	Field of study
Fine Arts	F A Fine Arts
Art and Art History	ARH Art History \| DES Design \| ART Studio Art \| VAS Visual Art Studies
School of Music	Fields \| Instruments \| ENS Ensemble \| MUS Music
Theatre and Dance	T D Theatre and Dance
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8 | John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences


General Information \| Admission and Registration \| Academic Policies and Procedures \| Graduation

Degrees
Applicability of Certain Courses \| BA in Geological Sciences \| BS in Geological Sciences \| BS in Geosystems Engineering and Hydrogeology

Courses
Dept or school	Field of study
Geological Sciences	GEO Geological Sciences
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9 | School of Information

Courses
Dept or school	Field of study
Information	INF Information Studies
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10 | College of Liberal Arts


General Information \| Admission and Registration \| Academic Policies and Procedures \| Graduation

Degrees
Program in Comparative Literature \| Applicability of Certain Courses \| BA, Plan I \| BA, Plan II \| BS in Psychology

Courses
Dept, center, program or school		Field of study
Liberal Arts		L A Liberal Arts
Liberal Arts Honors		LAH Liberal Arts Honors
American Studies		AMS American Studies
Anthropology		ANT Anthropology \| ARY Archaeology
Asian Studies		ANS Asian Studies \| BEN Bengali \| CHI Chinese \| HIN Hindi \| JPN Japanese \| KOR Korean \| MAL Malayalam \| SAN Sanskrit \| TAM Tamil \| URD Urdu \| VTN Vietnamese
Classics		AHC Ancient History and Classical Civilization \| C C Classical Civilization \| GK Greek \| LAT Latin
Cognitive Science		CGS Cognitive Science
Comparative Literature		C L Comparative Literature
Connexus		CXS Connexus
Americo Paredes Center for Cultural Studies		CLS Cultural Studies
Economics		ECO Economics
English		Registration in English \| E English
Ethnic studies	African and African American Studies	AFR African and African American Studies \| YOR Yoruba
	Asian American Studies	AAS Asian American Studies
	Mexican American Studies	MAS Mexican American Studies
European Studies		EUS European Studies
French and Italian		Language of Instruction \| Course Levels and Placement \| Advising \| FR French \| F C French Civilization \| ITL Italian \| ITC Italian Civilization
Freshman Seminar		F S Freshman Seminar
Geography and the Environment		GRG Geography \| URB Urban Studies
Germanic Studies		DAN Danish \| DCH Dutch \| GER German \| GRC Germanic Civilization \| NOR Norwegian \| SCA Scandinavian \| SWE Swedish \| YID Yiddish
Government		GOV Government
History		HIS History
Humanities Program		HMN Humanities
Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies		LAS Latin American Studies
Linguistics		ASL American Sign Language \| LIN Linguistics
Middle Eastern Studies		ARA Arabic \| HEB Hebrew \| ISL Islamic Studies \| J S Jewish Studies \| MES Middle Eastern Studies \| PRS Persian \| TUR Turkish
Philosophy		PHL Philosophy
Plan II Honors Program		S S Social Science \| T C Tutorial Course
Psychology		PSY Psychology
Religious Studies		R S Religious Studies
Rhetoric and Writing		Placement in RHE 306 \| RHE Rhetoric and Writing
ROTC courses	Air Force Science	AFS Air Force Science
	Military Science	M S Military Science
	Naval Science	N S Naval Science
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies		REE Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Science, Technology, and Society		STS Science, Technology, and Society
Slavic and Eurasian Studies		CZ Czech \| POL Polish \| RUS Russian \| S C Serbian/Croatian \| SLA Slavic
Sociology		SOC Sociology
Spanish and Portuguese		Credit and Placement by Examination \| Course Selection \| PRC Portuguese Civilization \| POR Portuguese \| SPN Spanish
UTeach-Liberal Arts		UTL UTeach-Liberal Arts
Women's and Gender Studies		WGS Women's and Gender Studies
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11 | College of Natural Sciences


General Information \| Admission and Registration \| Academic Policies and Procedures \| Graduation

Degrees
Marine Science Program \| Applicability of Certain Courses \| BA, Plan I \| BS in Astronomy \| BS in Biochemistry \| BS in Biology \| BS in Chemistry \| BS in Clinical Laboratory Science \| BS in Computer Sciences \| BS in Human Development and Family Sciences \| BS in Interdisciplinary Science \| BS in Mathematics \| BS in Nutrition \| BS in Physics \| BS in Textiles and Apparel

Courses
Dept or school	Field of study
Natural Sciences	NSC Natural Sciences
Astronomy	AST Astronomy
School of Biological Sciences	BIO Biology
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Placement \| BCH Biochemistry \| CH Chemistry
Computer Sciences	C S Computer Sciences
Human Ecology	HDF Human Development and Family Sciences \| H E Human Ecology \| NTR Nutrition \| TXA Textiles and Apparel
Marine Science	MNS Marine Science
Mathematics	Prerequisites \| ACF Actuarial Foundations \| M Mathematics
Physics	P S Physical Science \| PHY Physics
UTeach-Natural Sciences	UTS UTeach-Natural Sciences
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12 | School of Nursing


General Information \| Admission and Registration \| Academic Policies and Procedures \| Graduation

Degrees
Programs in the School of Nursing \| Purpose of the School of Nursing \| Objectives of the Bachelor's Degree Program \| Applicability of Certain Courses \| Degree Requirements for the BS in Nursing \| BS in Nursing Degree for Registered Nurses

Courses
Dept or school	Field of study
Nursing	N Nursing
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13 | College of Pharmacy


General Information \| Admission and Registration \| Academic Policies and Procedures \| Graduation

Degrees
The Minor \| Applicability of Certain Courses \| Prescribed Work

Courses
Dept or school	Field of study
Pharmacy	PHR Pharmacy
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14 | Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

Courses
Dept or school	Field of study
Public Affairs	P A Public Affairs
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15 | School of Social Work


General Information \| Admission and Registration \| Academic Policies and Procedures \| Graduation

Degrees
Applicability of Certain Courses \| The Minor \| Bachelor of Social Work

Courses
Dept or school	Field of study
Social Work	S W Social Work
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16 | The Faculty

University faculty, by academic unit
College or school	Departmental unit
Architecture
Business	Accounting \| Finance \| Information, Risk, and Operations Management \| Management \| Marketing
Communication	Advertising \| Communication Sciences and Disorders \| Communication Studies \| Journalism \| Radio-Television-Film
Education	Curriculum and Instruction \| Educational Psychology \| Kinesiology and Health Education \| Special Education \| University Colleague of the College of Education
Engineering	Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics \| Biomedical Engineering \| Chemical Engineering \| Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering \| Electrical and Computer Engineering \| Mechanical Engineering \| Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
Fine Arts	Art and Art History \| Music \| Theatre and Dance
Geosciences	Geological Sciences
Liberal Arts	Air Force Science \| African and African American Studies \| American Studies \| Anthropology \| Asian American Studies, Center for \| Asian Studies \| Classics \| Americo Paredes Center for Cultural Studies \| Economics \| English \| French and Italian \| Geography and the Environment \| Germanic Studies \| Government \| History \| Humanities Program \| Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies \| Linguistics \| Mexican American Studies \| Middle Eastern Studies \| Middle Eastern Studies, Center for \| Military Science \| Naval Science \| Philosophy \| Plan II Honors \| Psychology \| Rhetoric and Writing \| Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies \| Slavic and Eurasian Studies \| Sociology \| Spanish and Portuguese \| Women's and Gender Studies
Natural Sciences	Astronomy \| Biological Sciences \| Chemistry and Biochemistry \| Computer Sciences \| Human Ecology \| Marine Science \| Mathematics \| Physics
Nursing
Pharmacy
Social Work
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Appendices


TCCN transfer guides \| Degree and course abbreviations

Contents

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Contents

Chapters

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Undergraduate Catalog | 2006-2008

Contents

1 | The University

2 | School of Architecture

3 | Red McCombs School of Business

4 | College of Communication

5 | College of Education

6 | College of Engineering

7 | College of Fine Arts

8 | John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences

9 | School of Information

10 | College of Liberal Arts

11 | College of Natural Sciences

12 | School of Nursing

13 | College of Pharmacy

14 | Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

15 | School of Social Work

16 | The Faculty

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