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Core Curriculum Credit from Texas Public Institutions
UT Austin accepts toward its core curriculum any designated core coursework from Texas public universities and community colleges transferred with a grade of C− or better, consistent with Texas Education Code §61.822 and Texas Administrative Code §4.28.
Core-Complete & Partial Core Transfer
A successfully completed core curriculum transferred from another Texas public institution wholly substitutes for UT Austin's core curriculum. Transfer students with an incomplete core receive component area credit for individual core courses designated by sending institutions, but otherwise are required to satisfy UT requirements.
Direct Equivalency for UT Core Courses
Transfer credit counts toward a core component area if it is evaluated by the Office of Admissions as a specific UT Austin core course (listed in the chart below), even when the course is not designated as core by the sending institution. Equivalent coursework at Texas institutions can be identified using the ATE System; a list of Texas Common Course Numbering equivalencies is also available.
State regulations limit institutional latitude to substitute core coursework with transfer credit that neither originates as a core course nor transfers as a specific UT Austin core course. However, when UT and a sending institution designate a course in different core component areas (e.g. GRG 301C, Physical Geography, as natural vs. social science), students may choose which way to count the credit. Potential substitutions should be discussed with an advisor in the School of Undergraduate Studies.
Transfer Credit from Private & Out-of-State Institutions
Transfer credit counts toward a core component area if it is evaluated by the Office of Admissions as a specific UT Austin core course (listed in the chart below).
State regulations permit more institutional discretion in transferring courses from private and out-of-state institutions as core curriculum credit. Coursework not evaluated by the Office of Admissions as a specific UT Austin core course may be approved, on an individual basis, if it meets the educational objectives of a core component area. Potential substitutions should be discussed with an advisor in the School of Undergraduate Studies.
UT Austin Core Curriculum, 2014-2016
Most UT degrees specify courses to simultaneously fulfill requirements in the major field of study and portions of the core curriculum. To avoid accumulating more semester hour credit than needed for graduation, students should select core courses normally prescribed by their intended degree plan.
Applicable UT Austin Courses1
(Texas Common Course Numbers are available on the TCCNS web site.)
statewide core code: 010
One course chosen from RHE 306, RHE 306Q, E 603A2, T C 603A2; and
3 additional semester hours of Writing Flag coursework.
statewide core code: 020
M 302, 305G, 408C, 408K, 408N, 408R, 316;
SDS 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 328M.
Science & Technology, Part 1
statewide core code: 030
Two courses in a single discipline (see allowable pairings), chosen from
AST 301, 307, 309G, 309L, 309N, 309R, 309S;
BIO 301D, 301E2, 301L, 301M, 311C, 311D, 315H4, 325H4, 326M, 446L, 365S;
CH 301, 301H4, CH 302, 302H4, 304K, 305;
GEO 401, 302C, 302D, 302E, 302M, 303, 303C, 404C, 405;
MNS 307, 308;
NSC 306J, 306K;
P S 303, 304;
PHY 301, 302K, 302L, 303K, 303L, 309K, 309L, 316, 317K, 317L, 3212.
(For transfer credit, two courses intended to be taken in sequence at the originating institution are recommended.)
Science & Technology, Part 2
statewide core code: 093
One course in a discipline different from the one used to satisfy the Science & Technology Part 1 requirement, chosen from
courses listed in Science & Technology Part 1;
ANT 301, 304, 304T;
BIO 305E, 305F, 307D, 309D, 309F;
C S 302, 312;
GRG 301C, 301K, 304E;
NSC 306L, 306M (students who use NSC 306J+306K to fulfill Science & Technology Part 1 may use either 306L or 306M to satisfy Part 2);
NTR 306.
statewide core code: 040
E 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P;
E 603B2, T C 603B2.
Visual & Performing Arts3
statewide core code: 050
Coursework chosen from
AFR 311C, 356C, 356D, 356E;
AMS 330;
ARC 308, 318K, 318L;
ARH 301, 302, 303, 325, 327N, 327R, 327S, 328J, 329J, 329N, 329R, 330G, 331J, 331K, 332K, 332L, 333L, 335J, 337K, 338L, 338M, 339J, 339K, 339L, 339M, 339P, 341K, 341L, 342J, 345J, 346L, 347K, 347L, 347M, 347N, 349K;
C C 301, 302, 303, 307C, 307D;
CTI 350, 351;
DES 308;
E 321P, 379P;
F A 308, 311, 330, 331, 332, 333;
MUS 302L, 303M, 306M, 307, 313, 334;
PHL 317K, 346K;
RTF 305, 314, 316;
T D 301, 317C, 317D.
statewide core code: 060
Legislative requirement – two courses, one of which may be dedicated to Texas history, chosen from
HIS 314K, 315G, 315K, 315L, 317L, 320L, 320P, 320R, 333L, 333M, 334L, 340S, 345J, 345L, 350R, 351P, 355F, 355M, 355N, 355P, 355S, 356G, 356K, 356P, 356R, 357C, 357D, 365G, 376F.
(Courses in other departments – AFR, AMS, MAS, etc. – cross-listed with courses above may also apply.)
statewide core code: 070
Legislative requirement –
GOV 310L and either GOV 312L or 312P;
GOV 310L and generic transfer credit for either GOV 3 US or GOV 3 TX;
generic transfer credit for both GOV 3 US and GOV 3 TX.
(Students with five or more hours of transfer credit in American government lacking a Texas constitution component may complete this requirement by taking GOV 105.)
statewide core code: 080
AFR 324E
ANT 302, 305, 307, 318L;
CTI 302, 365;
ECO 301, 304K, 304L;
GRG 305, 306C, 307C, 319;
H S 301
HIS 329U;
HDF 304, 304H;
LIN 306, 312D, 312E;
PSY 301;
R S 310;
SOC 302, 307C, 307D, 307E, 307F, 307G, 307J, 307K, 307L, 307M, 307N, 307P, 307S, 307T, 308D, 308E, 308F, 308G, 308J, 308K, 308L, 308M, 308N, 309, 313K, 318, 319;
S S 3012.
statewide core code: 090
One course chosen from UGS 302, UGS 303, T C 3022.
(Transfer credit for the Signature Course is not generally available. Students transferring “core-complete” from Texas public institutions are not required to enroll in a UT Signature Course.)
42 total core curriculum semester hours
1 The first digit of UT Austin course numbers denotes semester hour credit value and the combined second+third digits represent course level (01-19 for lower-division and 20-79 for upper-division). The suffixes “A” and “B” identify each half of an integral two-semester course; for example, MUS 605 is comprised of MUS 605A and 605B, each with 3 semester hours.
2 Open only to Plan II Honors Program students, not awarded in transfer.
3 Consistent with Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology standards, engineering students may not count credit in applied fine arts or in mathematics below the level of calculus toward any degree requirement, including the core curriculum.
4 Honors course, not awarded in transfer.