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Geosystems engineers and hydrogeologists are concerned with the development and
use of engineering approaches in the management of natural resources from the
earth's surface and subsurface, environmental restoration of subsurface sites,
and other processes related to the earth sciences. This degree program, offered
jointly by the College of Engineering and the College of Natural Sciences, is
designed to teach students the geological and engineering principles needed to
solve subsurface resource development and environmental problems. The
curriculum includes a fundamental sequence of engineering and geological
sciences courses in such areas as multiphase fluid flow, physical and chemical
hydrology, heat and mass transfer, field methods, and engineering design. This
interdisciplinary systems approach, combining engineering, geology, and
geophysics, is increasingly required to address complex real-world problems
such as characterization and remediation of aquifers. Graduates are
well-prepared to seek employment with environmental, water resource management,
energy, and mining companies in addition to many government agencies.
Course requirements are divided into three categories: basic sequence courses,
major sequence courses, and other required courses. Enrollment in major
sequence courses is restricted to students who have received credit for all of
the basic sequence courses and have been admitted to the major sequence by the
College of Engineering Admissions Committee. (Requirements for admission to a
major sequence are given on chapter 6.) Enrollment in other required
courses is not restricted by completion of the basic sequence.
Courses used to fulfill technical and nontechnical elective requirements must
be approved by the petroleum and geosystems engineering faculty and the
geological sciences faculty before the student enrolls in them. Courses that
fulfill the social science and fine arts/humanities requirements are listed in chapter 6.
Students must fulfill the foreign language requirement given in chapter 6. They
must also remove any admission deficiencies in mathematics as described in
General Information.
| Courses | Semester Hours
|
|
Basic Sequence Courses
|
| | Chemistry 301, 302, Civil Engineering
319F, Engineering Mechanics 306S, English 306, 316K, Geology 312K, 416K, 416M,
420K, Mathematics 408C, 408D, 427K, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering 310,
312, Physics 303K, 303L, 103M, 103N | 59
|
|
Major Sequence Courses
|
| | Geology 428, 468K, 476K, 376L, 376M, 376S,
Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering 421K, 322K, 424, 326, 331, 333T, 337, 365,
368, 373K, 373L | 56
|
| | Approved environmental engineering
technical elective | 3
|
|
Other Required Courses
|
| | American government, including Texas
government | 6
|
| | American history | 6
|
| | Approved fine arts or humanities elective
| 3
|
| | Approved social science elective | 3
|
|
| | | Minimum Required | 136 |
First Year -- Fall Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours
|
|
| CH 301, Principles of Chemistry I | 3
|
| E 306, Rhetoric and Composition | 3
|
| GEO 312K, Geology of Engineering | 3
|
| M 408C, Differential and Integral Calculus | 4
|
| Approved social science elective | 3
|
| | Total | 16 |
First Year -- Spring Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours
|
|
| CH 302, Principles of Chemistry II | 3
|
| GEO 416M, Sedimentary Rocks | 4
|
| M 408D, Sequences, Series, and Multivariable Calculus
| 4
|
| PHY 303K, Engineering Physics I | 3
|
| PHY 103M, Laboratory for Physics 303K | 1
|
| American government | 3
|
| | Total | 18 |
Second Year -- Fall Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours
|
|
| E M 306S, Statics and Dynamics | 3
|
| GEO 416K, Earth Materials | 4
|
M 427K, Advanced Calculus for
Applications I | 4
|
| PGE 310, Formulation and Solution of Geosystems
Engineering Problems | 3
|
| PHY 303L, Engineering Physics II | 3
|
| PHY 103N, Laboratory for Physics 303L | 1
|
| | Total | 18 |
Second Year -- Spring Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours
|
|
| C E 319F, Elementary Mechanics of Fluids | 3
|
| GEO 420K, Introduction to Field and Stratigraphic
Methods | 4
|
| PGE 312, Physical and Chemical Behavior of Fluids I
| 3
|
| PGE 333T, Technical Communication | 3
|
| American government | 3
|
| | Total | 16 |
Third Year -- Fall Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours
|
|
| GEO 428, Structural Geology | 4
|
| GEO 476K, Groundwater Hydrology | 4
|
| PGE 322K, Transport Phenomena in Geosystems | 3
|
| PGE 424, Petrophysics | 4
|
| PGE 326, Thermodynamics and Phase Behavior | 3
|
| | Total | 18 |
Third Year -- Spring Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours
|
|
| E 316K, Masterworks of Literature | 3
|
| PGE 421K, Physical and Chemical Behavior of Fluids II
| 4
|
| PGE 337, Introduction to Geostatistics | 3
|
| PGE 365, Resource Economics and Valuation | 3
|
| American history | 3
|
| | Total | 16 |
Third Year -- Summer Session
| Courses | Semester Hours
|
|
| GEO 376L, Field Methods in Groundwater Hydrology
| 3
|
Fourth Year -- Fall Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours
|
|
| GEO 376S, Physical Hydrology | 3
|
| PGE 331, Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering
| 3
|
| PGE 368, Fundamentals of Well Logging | 3
|
| PGE 373K, Geosystems Engineering Design and Analysis I
| 3
|
| Approved environmental engineering technical elective
| 3
|
| | Total | 15 |
Fourth Year -- Spring Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours
|
|
| GEO 468K, Geophysics for Geology Majors | 4
|
| GEO 376M, Chemical Hydrogeology | 3
|
| PGE 373L, Geosystems Engineering Design and Analysis
II | 3
|
| American history | 3
|
| Approved fine arts/humanities elective | 3
|
| | Total | 16 |
A professional major in interior design combines broad general education with
specific interior design education. The curriculum incorporates knowledge,
skills, and learning experiences to prepare graduates for careers concerned
with solving the functional and aesthetic problems in the design of living and
working environments. The program meets the standards for accreditation of the
Foundation for Interior Design Education Research.
The student may be prepared for a career as an interior designer in a design
studio, furniture store, or department store, or as a member of a design team
with architectural firms, contract designers, builders, and developers. With
appropriate selection of electives or additional courses in other areas, the
student may qualify for positions in merchandising, historic preservation, or
writing for home furnishings publications.
- English 306 and 316K. In addition, in taking courses to fulfill other
degree requirements, the student must complete two courses certified as having
a substantial writing component; one of these courses must be upper-division.
If the writing requirement is not fulfilled by courses specified for the
degree, the student must fulfill it either with electives or with coursework
taken in addition to the number of hours required for the degree. Courses with
a substantial writing component are identified in the Course Schedule.
- 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.
- Six semester hours of American government, including Texas government; six
semester hours of American history; and six semester hours of economics,
psychology, and/or sociology.
- Three semester hours of mathematics other than Mathematics 301, 302, 316K,
and 316L. Algebra courses at the level of Mathematics 301 or the equivalent may
not be counted 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 or
304E without degree credit to remove their deficiency.
- Chemistry 313N; six semester hours of biological science; and three
additional semester hours of chemistry, physics, or physical science.
- Mechanical Engineering 208G.
- Speech 305 or 319 and three semester hours of advertising, legal
environment of business, or marketing.
- Twelve semester hours in one of the following sequences: (a) architecture
sequence: Architecture 310K, 310L, 311K, 311L; (b) art sequence: Studio Art
301K or 320K (Topic: Basic Drawing Skills), 302K, 302L, and one of the
following: Studio Art 310K, 311K, 313K, 314K, 317K, 320K (Topic: Textile
Surface Design). In addition, three semester hours of upper-division
coursework, approved by the adviser, in art history and/or architectural
history.
- Fifty-one semester hours in the Department of Human Ecology, consisting of
Interior Design 201R, 101S, 202R, 102S, 213R, 313S, 214R, 314S, 335F, 336F,
236R, 136S, 237R, 137S, 245R, 345S, 346R, 346S, 357S, 358S, Textiles and
Apparel 205 and 105L, and one of the following courses: Home Economics 322, 355
(Topic 2: Foundations of Human Ecology), 361, Interior Design 355,
Textiles and Apparel 355N. Eighteen semester hours of this requirement must be
completed in residence at the University.
- Thirty-six semester hours of upper-division coursework, of which at least
eighteen must be within and at least twelve must be outside the Department of
Human Ecology.
- Enough additional coursework to make a total of 126 semester
hours.
The
student must fulfill the University-wide graduation requirements given in chapter 1 and the college requirements given in this chapter. He or she must
also make a grade of at least C in each course used to fulfill
requirements 6, 8, and 9 of the prescribed work above. A University grade point
average of at least 2.50 is a prerequisite for Interior Design 213R, 313S,
214R, 314S, 236R, 136S, 237R, 137S, 245R, 345S, 346R, 346S, 357S, and 358S.
Portfolio requirement. All students must obtain written authorization
from the undergraduate adviser in interior design to enroll in Interior Design
245R and 345S. The student obtains authorization by submitting to the portfolio
review committee a satisfactory portfolio of selected work he or she has
completed in previous courses, such as Interior Design 201R, 101S, 202R, 102S,
213R, 313S, Mechanical Engineering 208G, and art or architecture sequence
courses. In addition, students may include any supplementary material that they
feel will provide useful information to the reviewing committee in evaluating
their progress. Portfolios may be submitted for review during the first week of
the fall semester and the first week of the spring semester.
The reviewing committee, at its discretion, determines that the student will
advance with distinction; advance; advance and retake certain courses with
specified faculty members in order to eliminate weaknesses; or complete
additional coursework and undergo another review.
The student must consult the faculty adviser each semester regarding order and
choice of work.
As an alternative to the Bachelor of Arts degree, the Bachelor of Science in
Mathematics is designed with a twofold purpose: to offer students a more
extensive scientific program that may better prepare them for graduate study or
employment, and to recognize students who choose to pursue a more demanding
program. Students are given the opportunity to develop greater breadth and
depth in their mathematical programs as well as to combine mathematics with a
concentration in another scientific discipline.
To accomplish this, both the minimum number of semester hours of mathematics
required and the maximum allowed are increased by nine hours. Specialization in
one additional scientific area is encouraged, and the foreign language
requirement is shortened by one semester.
- English 306 and 316K. In addition, in taking courses to fulfill other
degree requirements, the student must complete two courses certified as having
a substantial writing component; one of these courses must be upper-division.
If the writing requirement is not fulfilled by courses specified for the
degree, the student must fulfill it either with electives or with coursework
taken in addition to the number of hours required for the degree. Courses with
a substantial writing component are identified in the Course Schedule.
- Courses 506 and 507 (or the equivalent) in a single foreign language, and
a three-semester-hour course in the same language for which 507 is a
prerequisite; or as much of this coursework as required by the student's score
on the appropriate language placement test. For students who enter the
University with fewer than two high school units in a single foreign language,
the first two semesters in a language may not be counted toward the total
number of hours required for the degree.
- Six semester hours of American history.
- Six semester hours of American government, including Texas government.
- Three semester hours in anthropology, economics, geography, linguistics,
psychology, or sociology.
- Eight semester hours chosen from one of the following areas: astronomy,
biology, botany, chemistry, geology, microbiology and biology, physics, and
zoology and biology.
- Computer Sciences 304P or the equivalent.
- Six semester hours in 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, or programs of special concentration. Three of these
six semester hours must be taken in architecture, classics, fine arts, or
philosophy (excluding courses in logic).
- No fewer than forty-one but no more than forty-five semester hours of
mathematics, including Mathematics 408C and 408D, or the equivalent, 311,
either 325K or 328K, 427K, 362K, 365C, 373K, and at least nine additional
semester hours of upper-division mathematics. A grade of at least C is
required in all mathematics courses. Mathematics 301, 304E, 305G, and
equivalent courses may not be counted 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 or 304E without degree credit to remove their deficiency.
- Forty-two semester hours of upper-division coursework. At least six hours
of upper-division coursework must be outside both mathematics and the subject
areas listed in requirement 6.
- Eighteen semester hours in mathematics must be completed in residence at
the University.
- Enough additional coursework to make a total of 126 semester
hours.
The
student must fulfill the University-wide graduation requirements given in chapter 1 and the college requirements given in this chapter. He or she must
also make a grade of at least C in each semester of each course in
mathematics taken at the University and used to fulfill requirement 9 of the
prescribed work above.
The following is recommended as a typical program; it assumes that the student
has the prerequisites for Mathematics 408C. Certain approved courses offered in
the College of Business Administration may be substituted for economics. The
science requirement may be fulfilled by approved courses in the College of
Engineering. Additional courses that may be of interest to mathematics majors
are offered by various departments in these colleges.
First year: Mathematics 408C and 408D; English 306; courses 506 and 507
(or the equivalent) in a single foreign language; three semester hours to
fulfill requirement 5 of the prescribed work above; three semester hours to be
counted toward requirement 8 of the prescribed work above; six semester hours
of electives.
Second year: Mathematics 311, either 325K or 328K, and 427K; English
316K; three semester hours in a foreign language for which course 507 is
prerequisite; six semester hours of American history; Computer Sciences 304P;
six semester hours of electives.
Third year: Mathematics 362K, 365C, and six additional semester hours of
mathematics, including at least three hours of upper-division coursework; eight
semester hours of science to fulfill requirement 6 of the prescribed work
above; six semester hours of American government; a three-semester-hour
elective to fulfill requirement 1 of the prescribed work above; three semester
hours of upper-division electives.
Fourth year: Mathematics 373K and nine additional semester hours of
mathematics, including at least six hours of upper-division coursework; three
semester hours to be counted toward requirement 8 of the prescribed work above;
six semester hours of upper-division nonscience electives; six additional
semester hours of upper-division electives; five additional semester hours of
electives.
This program is designed to enable the student preparing for a career in
medical technology both to earn the bachelor's degree in four years and to
complete the technical training required for certification by the Registry of
Medical Technologists. The purpose of this degree program is to meet the
increasing demands of the medical sciences for technologists with a higher
level of science background and a greater degree of technical competence than
can be attained by satisfying only the minimum registry requirements.
- English 306 and 316K. In addition, in taking courses to fulfill other
degree requirements, the student must complete two courses certified as having
a substantial writing component; one of these courses must be upper-division.
If the writing requirement is not fulfilled by courses specified for the
degree, the student must fulfill it either with electives or with coursework
taken in addition to the number of hours required for the degree. Courses with
a substantial writing component are identified in the Course Schedule.
- Courses 506 and 507 (or the equivalent) in a single foreign language, or
as much of this coursework as required by the student's score on the
appropriate language placement test. For students who enter the University with
fewer than two high school units in a single foreign language, the first two
semesters in a language may not be counted toward the one hundred semester
hours of academic work specified in requirement 13 below.
- Six semester hours of American government, including Texas government.
- Six semester hours of American history.
- Three semester hours chosen from the following: Psychology 301
(recommended), Anthropology 302, economics, or sociology.
- Mathematics 305G or 408C. Algebra courses at the level of Mathematics 301
or the equivalent may not be counted 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 or 304E without degree credit to remove their deficiency.
- Three semester hours in architecture, art (including art history, design,
studio art, visual art studies), classics (including classical civilization,
Greek, Latin), fine arts, music (including music, instruments, ensemble),
philosophy (excluding courses in logic), or theatre and dance.
- Biology 302 and 303, or the equivalent.
- Chemistry 301; 302; 204; either 610A, 610B, and 210C, or 618A, 118K, 618B,
and 118L; 339K; and 455.
- Microbiology 226, 227, 228, 129K, 360, 160K, 361K, and either 321 322, or
330.
- Eight semester hours of physics in one of the following sequences: Physics
317K, 317L, 117M, and 117N; or 302K, 302L, 102M, and 102N; or 301, 101L, 316,
and 116L; or 303K, 303L, 103M, and 103N.
- Zoology 316K, 116L, 325, and three additional semester hours of
upper-division biological science.
- Enough additional elective coursework if necessary to make a total of at
least one hundred semester hours of academic work completed before the
fourth-year training program.
- The completion of twelve months of training in a school of medical
technology accredited by the Board of Schools of the American Medical
Association and the American Society for Clinical Pathology. Upon completion of
this work the student must submit a transcript showing grades in all courses in
the school of medical technology to the Office of the Dean, College of Natural
Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1199. To be
counted toward the degree the coursework must be evaluated by the faculty
adviser in the Department of Microbiology and approved by the dean. None of the
work prescribed for the fourth year of this curriculum may be used to fulfill
the residence requirement.
The
student must fulfill the University-wide graduation requirements given in chapter 1 and the college requirements given in this chapter. He or she must
also make a grade of at least C in each course used to fulfill
requirements 10 and 12 of the prescribed work above.
The student should consult the faculty adviser each semester regarding order
and choice of work and balancing the laboratory load. Students should complete
the requirements both for general chemistry (Chemistry 301, 302, and 204) and
for biology (Biology 302, followed by 303) during the first year, since these
courses are prerequisites for courses required in the second year. Organic
chemistry (Chemistry 610A, 610B, and 210C; or 618A, 118K, 618B, and 118L)
should be completed as soon thereafter as possible since it is prerequisite for
Chemistry 339K.
The Bachelor of Science in Microbiology degree program is intended to prepare
students for eventual professional careers as microbiologists, either upon
graduation or after graduate study in the subdisciplines of microbiology or in
related fields. In addition, it may serve as the basis for a career in many
areas outside basic microbiology, such as pharmacology; medicine and
health-related fields; agricultural, marine, and environmental science; and
biotechnology.
The Bachelor of Science in Microbiology degree program allows the student to
take more semester hours in science in a more intensive course of study than
does the Bachelor of Arts degree program. The Bachelor of Science in
Microbiology degree is intended primarily for students who have made a
commitment to pursue a career in microbiology or a related area. The program is
broad based, encompasses all the major specialties within microbiology, and
emphasizes laboratory experience. Supporting work in biology, chemistry,
physics, and zoology is an integral part of this program.
- English 306 and 316K. In addition, in taking courses to fulfill other
degree requirements, the student must complete two courses certified as having
a substantial writing component; one of these courses must be upper-division.
If the writing requirement is not fulfilled by courses specified for the
degree, the student must fulfill it either with electives or with coursework
taken in addition to the number of hours required for the degree. Courses with
a substantial writing component are identified in the Course Schedule.
- French, German, Spanish, or Russian 506 and 507 and a three-semester-hour
course in the same language for which 507 is a prerequisite; or as much of this
coursework as required by the student's score on the appropriate language
placement test. For students who enter the University with fewer than two high
school units in a single foreign language, the first two courses may not be
counted toward the total number of hours required for the degree.
- Six semester hours of American history.
- Six semester hours of American government, including Texas government.
- Three semester hours in psychology, anthropology, economics, sociology,
geography, or linguistics.
- Mathematics 408C and 408D. Algebra courses at the level of Mathematics 301
or the equivalent may not be counted 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 or 304E without degree credit to remove their deficiency.
- Three semester hours, preferably upper-division, in architecture, art
(including art history, design, studio art, visual art studies), classics
(including classical civilization, Greek, Latin), fine arts, music (including
music, instruments, ensemble), philosophy (excluding courses in logic), or
theatre and dance.
- Chemistry 301; 302; 204; either 610A, 610B, and 210C, or 618A, 118K, 618B,
and 118L; and 339K. Physical chemistry (Chemistry 353 and 153K) is recommended
for students interested in certain areas of specialization; departmental
advisers should be consulted.
- Eight semester hours of physics in one of the following sequences: Physics
302K, 302L, 102M, 102N; 317K, 317L, 117M, 117N; or 301, 101L, 316, 116L. The
last sequence is the prerequisite for Chemistry 353 and is recommended for
students interested in graduate study.
- Biology 302 and 303.
- Zoology 325.
- Microbiology 321 or both 322 and 122K, 226, 227, 228, 129K, 330, 130K,
360, 160K, 362, 366, and nine additional semester hours of upper-division
coursework. At least three of these nine semester hours must be in a laboratory
course.
- At least forty-two of the 130 semester hours required for the degree must
be in upper-division courses.
- At least eighteen semester hours of upper-division coursework, including
at least twelve semester hours of microbiology, must be completed in residence
at the University.
- Elective coursework to make a total of at least 130 semester hours.
Departmental advisers will assist students in the choice of electives. In
general, it is recommended that students take at least three semester hours of
computer sciences (six hours are more desirable) and additional microbiology
courses as part of these elective hours.
The
student must fulfill the University-wide graduation requirements given in chapter 1 and the college requirements given in this chapter. He or she must
also make a grade of at least C in each course in a biological science
taken at the University and used to fulfill requirements 10, 11, and 12 of the
prescribed work above.
The student should consult the faculty adviser for the Bachelor of Science in
Microbiology program each semester regarding course load and balance between
laboratory and nonlaboratory work.
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