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In accordance with University and College of Fine Arts regulations and
policies, a student may choose an undergraduate major offered by the college,
but candidacy for graduation in any degree plan is contingent on the following
approvals:
- Before beginning upper-division coursework in the major, the student must
have the written approval of the faculty of the major in which he or she wants
to graduate.
- A student who has previously undertaken upper-division coursework in the
major (for example, a transfer student) must have the written approval of the
faculty of the major in which he or she wants to graduate before continuing
coursework in the major.
All students must fulfill the general requirements for graduation given
in chapter 1. Students in the College of Fine Arts must also fulfill the following
requirements.
General requirements on coursework to be taken in residence are given in
chapter 1. Unless an exception is approved by the adviser and the dean, a
student in the College of Fine Arts must also complete in residence the last
eighteen semester hours in the major subject counted toward the degree.
All University students must have a grade point average of at least 2.00 to
graduate. In addition, a student in one of the following majors must meet
special grade point requirements.
Studio art. A student majoring in studio art must have a grade point
average of at least 2.50 for all upper-division studio art courses taken in
residence at the University.
Art history. A student majoring in art history must have a grade point
average of at least 2.50 for all upper-division art history courses taken in
residence at the University.
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Dance. A student pursuing the degree of
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Dance must have a grade point average of at
least 2.50 in all upper-division courses undertaken in the Department of
Theatre and Dance.
Teacher certification in art, theatre arts, or music. A student pursuing
teacher certification must meet certain grade point average requirements during
the course of the certification program. For information, consult the teacher
certification officer, College of Education.
Ensemble Requirement
Ensembles
that may be used to fulfill the following requirements are designated by the
School of Music. For information, the student should contact the undergraduate
student office of the school. With the approval of the designated adviser, a
student may enroll in more than one ensemble in a semester, but no more than
one ensemble a semester may be used to fulfill this requirement.
Bachelor of Music
Students
seeking this degree must complete in residence at least eight long-session
semesters of ensemble approved by the School of Music. Transfer students must
complete an approved ensemble each long-session semester in residence until
they have completed eight semesters of ensemble or until they graduate,
whichever comes first. A transfer student may count toward this requirement two
semesters of transferred ensemble approved by the School of Music.
The ensemble requirement is waived for music studies majors during the student
teaching semester.
Bachelor of Arts in Music
Students
seeking this degree must complete in residence at least four long-session
semesters of ensemble approved by the School of Music. Transfer students must
complete an approved ensemble each long-session semester in residence until
they have completed four semesters of ensemble or until they graduate,
whichever comes first. A transfer student may count toward this requirement one
semester of transferred ensemble approved by the School of Music.
Other Music Students
If
required by the School of Music, music majors who are "unclassified majors" or
"degree holders, but nondegree seekers" must complete an approved ensemble each
long-session semester in residence.
A
student majoring in music studies must make one recital appearance during the
last semester of study on the principal instrument.
At registration periods, each student normally receives an advising aid that
summarizes his or her progress toward a degree. A degree audit, however, is the
required statement from the Office of the Dean of the student's official
standing in a College of Fine Arts degree program. Students who have completed
at least seventy-five semester hours of coursework are required to have a
current degree audit application on file. Only students with a current degree
audit may apply for graduation.
Degree audit applications are submitted to the Office of the Dean (Student
Division). To apply for a degree audit, the student must have completed at
least one long-session semester in residence at the University and must have
completed at least sixty semester hours of coursework.
After the audit is completed, a copy is mailed to the student. The student does
not need to submit another degree audit application unless he or she changes
majors, catalogs, or a degree option that affects the requirements of the
program. For example, a new degree audit application must be submitted by a
music major who changes the principal or major instrument.
The degree audit provides an accurate statement of the requirements, but the
student is responsible for knowing the requirements for the degree as stated in
a catalog under which he or she is entitled to graduate, for registering so as
to fulfill all the requirements, and for meeting all deadlines. Before
registering, the student should seek an official ruling from the Office of the
Dean (Student Division) if in doubt about any requirement.
In the semester or summer session he or she intends to graduate, the student
must submit a graduation application to the Office of the Dean (Student
Division) by the deadline given in the official academic calendar. A current
degree audit must be on file at the time of the graduation application. Because
the application process includes a review of all remaining degree requirements,
candidates for graduation are encouraged to apply as early in the semester as
possible. A student who applies for graduation but does not receive the degree
must submit a new application in the semester he or she subsequently intends to
graduate.
The student must be registered at the University for the semester or summer
session in which the degree is to be granted. This requirement may be fulfilled
by registering for courses in residence or by registering in absentia. For
information about registration in absentia, the student should consult the
Office of the Dean (Student Division) no later than the second week of the
semester in which he or she intends to graduate.
Credit received by examination, correspondence, or transfer does not fulfill
the residence requirement. If planning to receive credit by any of these means,
the student must consult the Office of the Dean (Student Division) before the
graduation semester for a ruling about whether the credit may be applied toward
the degree and for information about the procedures and deadlines involving
credit by examination, correspondence, and transfer.
No degree will be conferred unless all requirements have been fulfilled and all
deadlines met.
To be recommended for a certificate to teach in Texas elementary or secondary
schools, an undergraduate or graduate student must complete a University of
Texas at Austin approved program for teacher preparation. The University
maintains approved programs for art, theatre arts, and music, and students
interested in one of these teaching areas ordinarily pursue the degree program
in visual art studies, theatre studies, or music studies. For information about
current teacher certification standards and the requirements for admission to
the professional development sequence, the student should contact the teacher
certification officer in the College of Education, George I. Sanchez Building
216, and the appropriate faculty adviser in art and art history, music, or
theatre and dance.
The College of Fine Arts offers a wide variety of degree programs. For
undergraduate students who seek professional training in the arts or who feel
the need for intensive training in their chosen art, the college offers the
degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Music. These degrees require
that about two-thirds of the coursework be completed in the major area.
The student who wants a broad education with an emphasis in the arts may pursue
the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Art, Bachelor of Arts in Music, or Bachelor
of Arts in Theatre and Dance. These degrees require that about a third of the
coursework be completed in the major area.
The Department of Art and Art History offers academic programs in studio art,
art history, visual art studies, and design. Studio art instruction is given in
drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking (intaglio, lithography,
serigraphy), ceramics, metals, textiles, video art, transmedia art, and
performance art. There is also a full range of instruction in art history and
visual art studies; the latter includes an option leading to teacher
certification in art. Students in design study technologies and methods and
learn to deal creatively and critically with the dynamics of culture and
technological progress.
The University's extensive resources for art research include the departmental
Visual Resources Collection, the Fine Arts Library, the Archer M. Huntington
Art Gallery, the Perry-Castaneda Library, and specialized collections such as
the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the Classics Library, the
Architecture and Planning Library, and the Benson Latin American Collection.
While at the University, students also have access to the large permanent
collection and traveling exhibitions.
Programs of study leading to the following undergraduate degrees are offered in
the Department of Art and Art History.
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Studio art
Design
Art history
Visual art studies
Students who plan to pursue certification to teach art in Texas public
schools should follow the visual art studies program.
Bachelor of Arts in
Art
Studio art
Art history
The instructional programs in the School of Music are intended to meet a broad
range of needs. Faculty members recognized for their professional and scholarly
excellence teach courses extending from the traditional to the experimental,
from the Western tradition to musics of diverse cultures from around the world,
from individual instruction to more than twenty vocal and instrumental
ensembles.
Facilities include the music building and the Performing Arts Center. Within
the center are the Kate Broocks Bates Recital Hall, the Nancy Lee and Perry R.
Bass Concert Hall, and the Ralph and Ruth McCullough Theatre, which are used
for performances by students, faculty members, and guest artists. Also
available are the academic recital hall and organ recital hall, as well as
general and specialized studios such as chamber music rooms, harp studios,
organ practice rooms, percussion studios, the choral, orchestra, and band
rehearsal rooms, and the digital keyboard laboratory. Libraries including
manuscripts, rare editions, and performance collections; a recording studio; a
medieval and Renaissance instrument collection; an electronic and computer
music center; a music education laboratory; and over one hundred individual
practice modules are also available to students studying music at the
University.
Programs of study leading to the following undergraduate degrees are offered in
the School of Music.
Bachelor of Music
Performance
Voice, piano, organ, harp, harpsichord, and orchestral instruments
(including a concentration in jazz studies)
Music theory
Composition (including a concentration in jazz studies)
Music studies
Students who plan to pursue certification to teach music in Texas public
schools should follow the music studies program.
Bachelor of Arts in
Music
The Department of Theatre and Dance serves students in all principal areas of
theatre, drama, and dance. Students have an opportunity to choose programs of
study leading to a variety of academic and professional goals.
The facilities of the department are among the best available to university
programs in the United States. In addition to the performance areas, studios,
and shops of the Performing Arts Center, the department has the B. Iden Payne
Theatre, a flexible-space theatre, a laboratory theatre, an extensive costume
collection, four dance studios, a drafting studio, and a creative drama room
adjoining the classrooms and rehearsal studios in the F. Loren Winship Drama
Building. Of special interest to students pursuing theatre research is the
Hoblitzelle Theatre Arts Library, part of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research
Center, which contains one of the world's most important collections of theatre
material.
Programs of study leading to the following undergraduate degrees are offered in
the Department of Theatre and Dance. Final approval of the Bachelor of Arts in
Theatre and Dance is pending; contact the College of Fine Arts for more
information.
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Theatre studies
This program includes an option for students who plan to pursue
certification to teach theatre arts in Texas public schools.
Dance
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Dance
Physical activity courses (PED) are offered by the Department of Kinesiology
and Health Education. A limited number of these courses may be counted as
electives toward degrees in the College of Fine Arts, but only at the
discretion of the dean. All physical activity courses are counted among courses
for which the student is enrolled, and the grades are included in the grade
point average. For further information, contact the Office of the Dean (Student
Division).
Bible courses may be counted as lower-division electives in College of Fine
Arts degree programs that have room for such electives. No more than twelve
semester hours of such work may be counted toward any degree offered by the
University.
Regulations concerning courses taken on the pass/fail basis are given in
General Information. For most degree programs in the College of Fine
Arts, a very limited and restricted amount of coursework may be taken on the
pass/fail basis. To be assured that a course taken on this basis will apply to
the degree, the student must consult the Office of the Dean (Student Division)
before enrolling in the course.
Credit that a student in residence earns by examination, correspondence, or
extension will not be counted toward a degree in the College of Fine Arts
unless specifically approved in advance by the dean.
Credit that the student earns at another institution while enrolled in
residence at the University also will not be counted toward a degree in the
college unless approved in advance by the dean. In addition to obtaining
approval of the dean, the student should submit a request for concurrent
enrollment to the Office of the Registrar.
A student planning to take coursework at another institution while not enrolled
in residence at the University should also seek a ruling from the Office of the
Dean as to whether the credit may be applied toward a degree and for
information about procedures and deadlines. This ruling should be obtained
before registering for the course.
No more than 10 percent of the semester hours required for any degree offered
in the College of Fine Arts may be completed by correspondence.
The following basic education requirements are part of all baccalaureate degree
programs in the College of Fine Arts except those in music performance. Beyond
this core, some degree programs include additional requirements in general
education. Consult the degree program of interest for further information.
Writing: Both of the following requirements must be fulfilled.
- English: Six semester hours, consisting of English 306 or the equivalent and
316K or the equivalent. Courses used to fulfill this requirement may not also
be counted toward the writing requirement below.
- Certified writing courses: In taking courses to fulfill other degree
requirements, students must complete two courses certified as having a
substantial writing component; at least one of these must be an upper-division
course. If the writing requirement is not fulfilled by courses specified for
the degree, the two courses certified as having a substantial writing component
must be included within the electives or must be taken in addition to the
minimum number of semester hours for the degree. Courses with a substantial
writing component are identified in the
Course Schedule. Students
pursuing teacher certification should consult the University's teacher
certification officer for information about the writing requirements for
certification in Texas.
Foreign language: Demonstrated proficiency
equivalent to that shown by completion of foreign language courses 506 and
507.
- This requirement may be fulfilled by
- Completing two high school units (two years) in a single foreign language.
- Earning college-level credit for courses 506 and 507 or their equivalents
in a single foreign language. Credit may be earned either by examination or by
completing the appropriate courses. Credit for courses 506 and 507 or their
equivalents in the foreign language used to fulfill this requirement may not be
counted toward a degree in the College of Fine Arts. To achieve proficiency in
a foreign language as rapidly as possible, a qualified student may take
accelerated courses in some languages. Information about these courses is
available from the departments offering them.
- Some degree programs require proficiency in a specific foreign language.
Consult the degree program of interest for pertinent requirements.
Courses
used to fulfill the foreign language requirement must be language courses;
literature-in-translation courses, for example, may not be used.
Social science: Fifteen semester hours:
- Six semester hours of American government, including Texas government,
consisting of Government 310L and 312L or their equivalents.
- Six semester hours of American history.
- Three semester hours in one of the following areas:
- Anthropology
- Economics
- Geography
- Linguistics
- Psychology
- Sociology
Natural sciences and mathematics: Twelve
semester hours as indicated below. Visual art studies, theatre studies, and
music studies majors must complete at least one laboratory science course. A
list of courses approved to fulfill this requirement is available in the Office
of the Dean.
- Six semester hours in one of the following areas:
- Astronomy
- Biological science (biology, botany, microbiology, zoology)
- Chemistry
- Geology
- Marine science
- Physical science
- Physics
- Three semester hours of mathematics.
- Three additional semester hours of natural science (chosen from any of the
areas of natural science listed above), mathematics, or computer
sciences.
Fine arts: Six semester hours outside the student's major
department, chosen from Art History 301, Music 302L, and Theatre and Dance
301.
The following basic education requirements are part of all baccalaureate degree
programs in music performance. Beyond this core, some degree programs include
additional requirements in general education. Consult the degree program of
interest for further information.
Writing: Both of the following requirements must be fulfilled.
- English: Six semester hours, consisting of English 306 or the equivalent and
316K or the equivalent. Courses used to fulfill this requirement may not also
be counted toward the writing requirement below.
- Certified writing courses: In taking courses to fulfill other degree
requirements, students must complete two courses certified as having a
substantial writing component; at least one of these must be an upper-division
course. If the writing requirement is not fulfilled by courses specified for
the degree, the two courses certified as having a substantial writing component
must be included within the electives or must be taken in addition to the
minimum number of semester hours for the degree. Courses with a substantial
writing component are identified in the
Course Schedule.
Foreign
language: Demonstrated proficiency equivalent to that shown by the
completion of foreign language courses 506 and 507.
- This requirement may be fulfilled by
- Completing two high school units (two years) in a single foreign language.
- Earning college-level credit for courses 506 and 507 or their equivalents
in a single foreign language. Credit may be earned either by examination or by
completing the appropriate courses. Credit for courses 506 and 507 or their
equivalents in the foreign language used to fulfill this requirement may not be
counted toward a degree in the College of Fine Arts. To achieve proficiency in
a foreign language as rapidly as possible, a qualified student may take
accelerated courses in some languages. Information about these courses is
available from the departments offering them.
- Some degree programs require proficiency in a specific foreign language.
Consult the degree program of interest for pertinent requirements.
Courses
used to fulfill the foreign language requirement must be language courses;
literature-in-translation courses, for example, may not be used.
Social science: Twelve semester hours:
- Six semester hours of American government, including Texas government,
consisting of Government 310L and 312L or their equivalents.
- Six semester hours of American history.
- Each student is encouraged to take additional elective coursework in
social sciences such as anthropology, economics, geography, linguistics,
psychology, and sociology.
Natural sciences and mathematics: Six
semester hours:
- Three semester hours in one of the following areas:
- Astronomy
- Biological science (biology, botany, microbiology, zoology)
- Chemistry
- Geology
- Marine science
- Physical science
- Physics
- Three semester hours of mathematics.
- Each student is encouraged to take additional elective coursework in the
natural sciences and mathematics.
Fine arts: Six semester hours: Art
History 301 and Theatre and Dance 301.
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