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Specific requirements for the Bachelor of Arts, Plan I, are divided into four
areas: A, B, C, and D. Interdepartmental courses and credit by examination may
be used to meet these requirements. Courses in the major and minor may be used
to fulfill area requirements unless expressly prohibited. A course taken to
meet the requirements of one area may not also be used to fulfill the
requirements of another area; the only exception to this rule is that a course
taken to fulfill another area requirement may also be used to fulfill the
requirement for courses having a substantial writing component, if the course
is so certified. No courses used to fulfill area requirements may be taken on
the pass/fail basis.
In addition to the following requirements, the student must fulfill the
University requirements for graduation given in chapter 1 and the requirements
of the College of Liberal Arts given in this chapter.
Area A
English:
English 306 and 316K.
Writing: In addition to English 306 and 316K, each student must complete
two courses certified as having a substantial writing component. One of these
courses must be upper-division; both must be taken for a letter grade. Courses
used to fulfill the writing requirement may be used simultaneously to fulfill
other area requirements or major requirements, unless otherwise specified.
Courses with a substantial writing component are identified in the Course
Schedule.
Foreign language: Students must complete four semesters in a single
foreign language. Students who enter the University with fewer than two high
school units in a single foreign language must take the first two semesters in
a language without degree credit to remove their language deficiency, then
complete the equivalent of two semesters beyond those courses in the same
language to fulfill their foreign language requirement.
The foreign language requirement is the attainment of a certain proficiency, as
well as the completion of a specified number of courses; however, the courses
taken to gain this proficiency are not electives and may not be taken on the
pass/fail basis. Any part of the requirement may be fulfilled by credit by
examination. Students may accelerate their progress at any point in the
sequence by means of credit by examination.
To achieve proficiency in a foreign language as rapidly as possible, qualified
students are urged to take advantage of the intensive foreign language study
program. Information about this program is available from the appropriate
language department. Courses used to fulfill the foreign language requirement
must be language courses; literature-in-translation courses, for example, may
not be counted.
Area B
Eighteen
semester hours, distributed among at least four of the following fields of
study. Courses in social sciences not listed may be used if approved by the
dean. None of the courses used to fulfill Area B requirements may be taken on
the pass/fail basis. Courses in anthropology, geography, and psychology used to
fulfill Area B requirements may not also be used to fulfill Area C
requirements.
- Six hours in each of the following fields of study:
- American government, including Texas government
- American history
- Three hours each from any two of the following fields of study:
- Anthropology
- Economics
- Geography
- Linguistics
- Psychology
- Sociology
Area C
Each
student must have credit for three semester hours in a course offered by the
University of Texas at Austin Department of Mathematics, excluding Mathematics
301, 316K, and 316L. Algebra courses at the level of Mathematics 301 or the
equivalent may not be counted toward the Area C requirement or toward the total
number of hours required for the degree. Students who enter the University with
fewer than three units of high school mathematics at the level of Algebra I or
higher must take Mathematics 301, 303D, or 304E without degree credit to remove
their deficiency.
Fifteen additional semester hours, with no more than nine in any one
department, from the fields of study listed below. Courses in natural sciences
not listed below may be used if approved by the dean. No more than nine hours
of mathematics and computer sciences combined may be included in these fifteen
hours. Nine of these fifteen hours must be taken in courses in the College of
Natural Sciences, items 1 through 9 below, with at least six hours in one
subject; these nine hours may include no more than three hours of
mathematics.
A maximum of three semester hours in courses in the history of science and the
philosophy of science may be used to fulfill Area C requirements; any course
used must have a prerequisite of six semester hours of biological or physical
sciences.
A course listed in two or more departments may be used as a course in only one
department in fulfilling requirements under Area C. Courses in anthropology,
geography, and psychology used to fulfill Area C requirements may not also be
used to fulfill Area B requirements.
- Astronomy
- Biological sciences
- Chemistry
- Computer sciences
- Geology
- Marine science
- Mathematics
- Physical science
- Physics
- Experimental psychology
- Physical anthropology
- Physical geography
- History of science and philosophy of science
"Biological sciences"
includes courses offered by the Division of Biological Sciences and the
Departments of Botany, Microbiology, and Zoology. Students should confer with
their departmental advisers or with counselors in the Student Division to
determine which courses are included in items 10, 11, 12, and 13.
Students, counselors, and advisers are urged to make careful selection of Area
C courses in order to develop a meaningful pattern and a coherent sequence.
Area D
Six
semester hours from the fields of study listed below. Three of these six hours
must be chosen from subarea 1, 2, 3, or 4 (excluding courses in logic).
A student who uses Greek or Latin to meet the foreign language requirement may
use additional coursework in the same language to meet the Area D requirement,
but only upper-division courses may be used.
- Architecture
- Classics, including classical civilization, Greek, Latin
- Fine arts, including art history, design, ensemble, fine arts,
instruments, music, studio art, theatre and dance, visual art studies
- Philosophy
- Other courses that emphasize the topics listed above, if approved by the
Office of the Dean
Elective Requirements and Limitations
In
addition to the area requirements given above and the major
requirements given in "Majors and Minors" in this chapter,
the student must take enough elective
coursework to complete the 120 semester hours required for the degree. A
student may count no more than twelve semester hours of lower-division Bible
courses, nine hours of lower-division ROTC courses, sixteen hours of coursework
taken on the pass/fail basis, thirty-six hours in any one subject offered in
the College of Liberal Arts or the College of Natural Sciences (except where
the requirements for the major state otherwise), and thirty-six hours in
courses offered in any other single college or school of the University.
The
student must earn a grade point average of at least 2.00 in all courses taken
at the University of Texas at Austin (including credit by examination,
correspondence, and extension) for which a grade or symbol other than Q,
W, X, or CR is recorded; in addition, the student must
earn a grade point average of at least 2.00 in courses taken at the University
and counted toward the major requirement. The student should also refer to the
description of his or her major program in the section "Majors and Minors"
in this chapter, since some majors include higher minimum scholastic
requirements.
For more information about grades and the grade point average, see General
Information.
Requirements in Order of Work
In
general, it is desirable that a student register for a foreign language course
in the first long-session semester and continue the foreign language sequence
until the requirement is complete. A freshman may not take two first-semester
language courses.
A freshman may not register for more than eight semester hours in one
department in a single semester.
Each regularly enrolled student must have completed fifteen semester hours of
required coursework by the end of the first long session (or two long-session
semesters) in residence, thirty semester hours by the end of the second, and
forty-five semester hours by the end of the third, including credits and
exemptions earned by examination. If the student has not passed the required
number of hours by the end of the specified period, he or she must register for
at least nine semester hours of required coursework in each long-session
semester in residence until the deficiency is removed.
If there is a conflict between these requirements and orderly progress in the
student's major program or preprofessional program, exceptions may be
authorized by the dean upon recommendation of the department chairman or
program supervisor in the student's major field. "Major program" is understood
to mean all work, in any department, necessary to the program.
Within
the general requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts and the
requirements of the major, a student may also complete a concentration in one
of the following programs offered by the College of Liberal Arts.
Any course taken to meet the requirements under "Prescribed Work," above,
may also be counted toward the requirements of a concentration, unless
otherwise specified.
European Studies
The
concentration in European studies is designed to complement departmental
specialization with an integrated sequence of courses that emphasizes a
multidisciplinary approach to modern European history, politics, and culture.
Students who wish to enter the program should consult the European studies
adviser.
The student must fulfill the following requirements:
- A departmental major or the equivalent.
- Competence in an appropriate European language. Students must fulfill the
foreign language requirement given under "Prescribed Work."
In addition, they must take at
least one upper-division language course that provides practice in writing and
speaking.
- European Studies 301 and 362. With the approval of the European studies
adviser, an upper-division course may be substituted for European Studies 301.
European Studies 362, taken near the end of the program, is fashioned to suit
the student's individual needs and interests. It includes the writing of a
substantial research paper, which must be interdisciplinary in theme,
perspective, or methodology. Two readers from different disciplines supervise
and judge the paper.
- Five three-semester-hour courses in the field of European studies, chosen
in consultation with the European studies adviser from a list prescribed by the
European studies faculty committee.
Folklore
The
concentration in folklore allows students to pursue a program of
interdisciplinary specialization in addition to the major. Students who wish to
enter the folklore program should consult the undergraduate adviser in the
Center for Intercultural Studies in Folklore and Ethnomusicology.
A student in the program must fulfill the requirements of a major in English,
anthropology, history, sociology, psychology, a foreign language, ethnic
studies, American studies, Latin American studies, or another field approved by
the adviser. The student must also complete a folklore concentration consisting
of (1) Anthropology 325K or English 325K, Anthropology 325L or English 325L,
and Folklore 340; (2) three other courses from a group of folklore-related
courses prescribed by the Folklore Committee; and (3) two other courses from a
group of supporting courses prescribed by the Folklore Committee. Courses
required for the concentration may also be counted toward the major
requirement.
Religious Studies
This
concentration provides an interdisciplinary program in the academic study of
religion. The program is designed to complement the student's major by setting
forth the relationship between religion and other areas of study in the
humanities, the social sciences, literature, and the arts. The concentration is
open to liberal arts majors and, with the approval of their deans, to students
of other colleges and schools. It requires the completion of eighteen semester
hours of coursework, consisting of six hours in religious studies and twelve
hours of related coursework in other areas.
The student must fulfill the following requirements:
- A departmental major or the equivalent.
- Religious Studies 310 and 356.
- Twelve semester hours of coursework with content related to religious
studies. Such courses are offered by the Departments of American Studies,
Anthropology, Art and Art History, Asian Studies, Classics, English, History,
Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, Philosophy, and Sociology, the Center
for Middle Eastern Studies, and others.
These twelve semester hours must be
chosen with the approval of the religious studies adviser and must include the
study of more than one religious tradition and at least six semester hours of
upper-division coursework. Three semester hours in a classical or foreign
language may be used in fulfilling this requirement, if the language is
relevant to the area of study. Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Sanskrit, and
modern languages might be used.
Bible courses may not be counted toward the concentration in religious
studies.
- Courses required for the concentration may also be used to fulfill
requirements of the student's major.
With the approval of his or her major
department, a student may earn a minor in religious studies. Information about
the minor is available from the undergraduate adviser in the student's major
department.
Women's Studies
The
concentration in women's studies offers an interdisciplinary specialization in
contemporary scholarship and research on women and on gender differentiation.
The program of study is designed to complement the student's major, with
courses drawn from the humanities, the empirical social sciences, the natural
sciences, and multicultural studies. Students completing the concentration may
choose to present a thesis involving original research or scholarship. With the
approval of his or her dean and the women's studies adviser, a student outside
the College of Liberal Arts may complete a concentration in women's studies.
The student must fulfill the following requirements:
- A departmental major or the equivalent.
- Eighteen semester hours, consisting of six semester hours chosen from
Women's Studies 321, 322, and 323 and twelve additional semester hours in
women's studies. At least three of these twelve hours must be in a topic of
Women's Studies 340 and at least six of them must be upper-division. Women's
Studies 360 may be included among the eighteen semester hours required.
- Courses required for the concentration may also be used to fulfill major
requirements.
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