University Core Curriculum

Effective Fall 2017 through Summer 2018

q Humanities (3 hours)
q E 316LGC British Literature (prereq: RHE 306)
This document includes core courses approved to q E 316MCD American Literature (prereq: RHE 306)
carry course-level flags offered during the 2017- q E 316NGC World Literature (prereq: RHE 306)
q E 316P Masterworks of Literature (prereq: RHE 306)
2018 academic year. Plan II students can choose either E 303D or T C 303D.

Courses carrying course level writing flags are not q American and Texas Government (6 hours)
included here. (complete one option below)
q Option 1:
GOV 310L AND
This information is also available on the online GOV 312L or GOV 312P
course schedule: registrar.utexas.edu/schedules q Option 2:
GOV 310L AND
Course Flags: Cultural Diversity in the US (CD); Ethics GOV 3TX OR GOV 3US (in transfer)
and Leadership (EL); Global Cultures (GC); q Option 3:
Independent Inquiry (II); Quantitative Reasoning (QR) GOV 3TX (in transfer) AND
GOV 3US (in transfer)
Students who passed the AP Government exam will still need

to take the UT Austin Texas Government test before earning
credit for GOV 310L.
q First-Year Signature Course (3 hours)
q UGS 302 First-Year Signature Course (seminar-format) q US History (6 hours)
q UGS 303 First-Year Signature Course (large-format) Six hours are required; three hours may be in Texas History.
Plan II students can choose T C 302. q ____________ q ____________
Options for US History:
q English Composition (3 hours) HIS 314KCD, 315GCD, 315KCD, 315LCD, 317LCD, 333L, 333M,
q RHE 306 Rhetoric and Composition 334LEL, 340SCD, 345JCD, 345LCD, 350RII, 351P, 355FCD, 355MCD,
q RHE 306Q (for non-native English speakers only) 355NCD, 355PCD, 355SCD, 356GCD, 356KCD, 356PCD, EL, 356RCD, EL,
Students born in an even-numbered month may sign up for 356S, 357CCD, 357DCD, 365G, 376F
RHE 306 for the fall semester. Students born in an odd-
numbered month take the course in the spring. Options for 3 hours of Texas History:
Plan II students can choose either E 303CGC or T C 303CGC. HIS 320LCD, 320PCD, 320RCD

q Writing Flag Requirement (3 hours)
q ____________ Writing Flag

q Mathematics (3 hours)
Check for prerequisites, including required placement tests.
q AFR 302M Numbering Race
q EDP 308QR Statistical Literacy & Reasoning
q EDP 371QR Introduction to Statistics
q M 302QR Introduction to Mathematics
q M 305G Preparation for Calculus CNS
q M 408CQR Differential and Integral Calculus
q M 408KQR Differential Calculus
q M 408NQR Differential Calculus for Sciences
q M 408R Differential & Integral Calculus for Sciences
q M 316 QR Elementary Statistical Methods
q One course from Statistics and Data Sciences: SDS 301QR,
302QR, 303QR, 304QR, 305QR, 306QR, 328MQR
Plan II students can choose M 310P QR.

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q Social & Behavioral Sciences (3 hours) q Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) (3 hours)
q AFR 324E Racism and Antiracism q AET 304 Foundations of Arts and Entertainment
q ANT 302CD Cultural Anthropology Technologies
q ANT 305 Expressive Culture q AET 308 Music, Technology, and Culture
q ANT 307CD Culture & Communication q AFR 311C Performance, Feminism, and Social Change
q ANT 318LCD Mexican American Culture q AFR 356CCD African American Theatre History: Precolonial-
q CTI 302 Classics of Social/Political Thought 1950
q CTI 365 Classics of Social Scientific Thought q AFR 356DCD African American Theatre History: 1950-
q ECO 301QR Introduction to Economics Present
q ECO 304KQR Intro to Microeconomics
q AFR 356E Black Women and Dance
q ECO 304LQR Intro to Macroeconomics
q AMS 330 Modernism in American Design and Architecture
q EDC 319 Qualitative Inquiry & Education for Social Change
q EDP 350E Introduction to Lifespan Development q ARC 308GC Architecture and Society
q EDP 350L Human Sexuality q ARC 309W Frank Lloyd Wright: Organic Architecture
q GRG 305GC This Human World q ARC 318KGC World Architecture: Origins to 1750
q GRG 306C Conservation q ARC 318LGC World Architecture: Industrial Revolution-
q GRG 307CCD Introduction to Urban Studies Present
q GRG 319GC Geography of Latin America q ARC 342CGC Mexican Architecture: Pre-Columbian
q H S 301CD Introduction to Health & Society Contemporary
q HIS 329U Perspectives on Science & Math q ARH 301GC Introduction to Visual Arts
q HDF 304 Family Relationships q ARH 302GC Survey of Ancient through Medieval Art
q HDF 304H Family Relationships, Honors q ARH 303GC Survey of Renaissance through Modern Art
q HDO 301 Intro to Human Dimensions of Organizations q one of these upper-division ARH courses: 325GC, 327NGC,
q KIN 311K Sport Psychology 327RGC, 327S, 328J, 329JGC, 329N, 329RGC, 330GGC, 330J,
q LIN 306 Introduction to the Study of Language 331JGC, 331KGC, 331PGC, 332KGC, 332LGC, 333LGC, 335J, 337KGC,
q LIN 312D Languages around the World 338J, 338L, 338MCD, 338V, 339J, 339K, 339LCD, 339M, 339N,
q LIN 312E Language of Sign and Gesture 339P, 339R, 341KGC, 341LGC, 342J, 345J, 346L, 347JGC, 347K,
q MAS 301CD, II Intro to Mexican American & Latina/o Studies 347LGC, 347MGC, 347NGC, 348NGC, 349K
q MAS 309CD, GC Bilingualism in the Americas q CC 301GC Introduction to Ancient Greece
q PSY 301 Introduction to Psychology
q CC 302GC Introduction to Ancient Rome
q PSY 306 Introduction to Human Sexuality
q CC 303GC Introduction to Classical Mythology
q RS 310GC Introduction to the Study of Religion
q SOC 302 Introduction to the Study of Society q CC 307CGC Introduction to Greek Archaeology
q SOC 307C American Families Past and Present q CC 307DGC Introduction to Roman Archaeology
q SOC 307D Capital Punishment in America q CTI 350EL Masterworks of World Drama
q SOC 307E Contemporary US Social Problems q CTI 351 The Idea of the Beautiful
q SOC 307F Diversity in American Families q DES 308EL Introduction to Design Studies
q SOC 307GCD Culture and Sociology in the US q E 310F Literature, Film, and Other Arts
q SOC 307J Education and Sociology q E 321P Shakespeare through Performance
q SOC 307K CD, GC Fertility and Reproduction q E 379P Drama in Performance
q SOC 307L Gender/Race/Class American Sociology q FA 308 Arts Integration for Multidisciplinary Connections
q SOC 307NGC Introduction to Sociology of Development q MUS 302L An Introduction to Western Music
q SOC 307P Introduction to Sociology of Health/Well-being q MUS 303C Fundamentals of Music: Classroom Instrument
q SOC 307Q Environmental Inequality and Health q MUS 303D Fundamentals of Music: Guitar
q SOC 307S Judaism & Christianity in Sociological Perspective q MUS 303E Fundamentals of Music: Piano
q SOC 307T Punishment and Society q MUS 303MGC Intro to Traditional Music in World Cultures
q SOC 308D Ethnicity and Gender: La Chicana q MUS 306M Elements of Music
q SOC 308E Race/Ethnicity/Gender in Democracy q MUS 307 Topics in Popular Music
q SOC 308F Religion and Gender in America q MUS 334 The Music of the Americas
q SOC 308G Rich & Poor in America: Sociological Perspective
q PHL 317K Introduction to the Philosophy of the Arts
q SOC 308J Romantic Relationships and Family Formation
q PHL 346K Aesthetics
q SOC 308KGC Social Change and the Future
q SOC 308LGC Social Transformation of Love & Relationships q RTF 305 Introduction to Media Studies
q SOC 308M Sociology of Identity q RTF 306 Introduction to World Cinema History
q SOC 308NGC Comparative Religion/Politics/Culture q TD 301CD Introduction to Theatre
q SOC 309CD Chicanos in American Society q TD 317CGC Theatre History through the Eighteenth Century
q SOC 309C Creating the Sustainable Society q TD 317D Theatre History since the Eighteenth Century
q SOC 313K Introduction to the Study of Religion
q SOC 318 Juvenile Delinquency
q SOC 319GC Introduction to Social Demography
Plan II students can choose S S 301.

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q Natural Science & Technology Part I (6 hours) q Natural Science & Technology Part II (3 hours)
Must be taken in the same subject. Requirements vary by 3 hours from a subject other than the one chosen for Part I of
major. Visit www.utexas.edu/ugs/core/sciencepairings-II for the sciences requirement; again, requirements vary by
a chart of approved course pairings. major. Visit www.utexas.edu/ugs/core/sciencepairings-II to
Some examples of courses for non-science majors are in help choose a subject for this requirement.
bold.
Anthropology
Astronomy (check prereqs) q ANT 301, ANT 304GC, ANT 304T
q Only one of the following: AST 301 or AST 307QR
q Only one of the following: AST 309C, AST 309G, AST 309L, Computer Science
AST 309N, AST 309R, or AST 309S q CS 302QR, CS 303E, CS 312

Biology (check prereqs) Electrical Engineering
Complete two courses from one of the following series: q EE 302
q BIO 301D, BIO 301G, BIO 301L, BIO 301M,
BIO 305F, BIO 309D Geography
q BIO 311C with one of the following: BIO 311D, BIO 326M, q GRG 301C, GRG 301K, GRG 304EEL, QR
BIO 446L, or BIO 365S
q BIO 315H and BIO 325H Nutrition
Plan II students may pair Biology 301E with BIO 301D, 301G, q NTR 306
305F, 309D, 311C, or 315H.
Additional Part I Course from Another Subject
Chemistry (check prereqs) q ____________ Any course from the Part I list can be taken as
Complete two courses from one of the following series: an option to fulfill Part II as long as you are not using that
q CH 301QR and CH 302QR subject for Part I
q CH 301HQR and CH 302HQR
q CH 304KQR and CH 305

Geological Sciences (check prereqs) Questions about the Core Curriculum?
q Any of the following: GEO 302C, GEO 302D, GEO 302E, Visit ugs.utexas.edu/core
GEO 302M, GEO 302P, GEO 303, GEO 303C, GEO 405
q Only one of the following: GEO 401 or GEO 303

More questions? Contact the Vick Advising Center,
Marine Sciences ugs.utexas.edu/vick or email the core degree audit
q Complete this series: MNS 307 and MNS 308 team at core.audit@austin.utexas.edu

Natural Sciences (nine hours of this interdisciplinary
sequence can be used to complete parts I and II)
q Complete two courses from this series: NSC 306J, NSC
306K, NSC 306L, NSC 306M

Physical Science & Physics (check prereqs)
Complete two courses from one of the following series:
q PS 303QR and PS 304QR
q PHY 309K and PHY 309L
q PHY 301QR and PHY 316QR (note: PHY 301 is taken with
PHY 101L and PHY 316 is taken with PHY 116L; for Physics
majors)
q PHY 302KQR and PHY 302LQR (note: PHY 302K is taken
with PHY 102M and PHY 302L is taken with PHY 102N)
q PHY 303KQR and PHY 303LQR (note: PHY 303K is taken
with PHY 103M and PHY 303L is taken with PHY 103N; for
Engineering)
q PHY 317KQR and PHY 317LQR (note: PHY 317K is taken
with PHY 117M and PHY 317L is taken with PHY 117N)
Plan II students may pair Physics 321 with any of the PHY or
PS courses listed above.

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