All students at The University of Texas at Austin must complete a 42-hour core curriculum requirement, regardless of major. Courses in the core may be used to satisfy other degree requirements.

Students graduating from the College of Natural Sciences with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree under the 2008-10 Catalog must complete all of the following requirements except the Signature Course. Beginning with the 2010-2012 Catalog, all graduates in the College of Natural Sciences must complete the entire core.

Requirements (2008-10):

First-Year Signature Course

One of the following courses, completed during the first year in residence:

• Undergraduate Studies 302, 303

• Tutorial Course 302¹

English Composition

One of the following courses:

• Rhetoric and Writing 306 or 306Q

• English 603A¹ or Tutorial Course 603A¹

Humanities

One of the following courses:

• English 316K

• English 603B¹ or Tutorial Course 603B¹

American and Texas Government

• Government 310L and 312L

• Government 105³

American History

Six hours are required; three hours may be in Texas history. The following courses may be used:

• History 314K, 315K, 315L, 317L, 320L, 320P, 320R, 329K, 333L, 333M, 334L, 334M, 336L, 340S, 341N, 345J, 345L, 345M, 351N, 351P, 355F, 355M, 355N, 355P, 355S, 356G, 356K, 356N, 356P, 356R, 357C, 357D, 357F, 357P, 365G, 366R, 366S, 376F, and other courses identified in the Course Schedule

Social & Behavioral Science (Texas core code 080)

One of the following courses:

• Anthropology 302, 305, 307, 309L, 316L, 318L

• Economics 304K, 304L

• Geography 305, 306C, 307C, 308, 309, 312, 319

• Linguistics 306, 312

• Psychology 301

• Sociology 302, 308, 308C, 308D, 309, 313K, 318, 319

• Social Science 301¹

Mathematics (Texas core code 020)

One of the following courses:

• Mathematics 302, 303D, 403K, 305G, 408C, 408K, 316

• Statistics and Scientific Computation 303, 304, 305, 306, 318

• Mathematics 310P¹

Natural Science, Part I (Texas core code 030)

Six hours in a single field of study. The following courses may be used:

• Astronomy 301, 302, 303, or 307; 309; 309L; 309N or 309Q; 309Q or 309R; 309S; 309T

• Two courses chosen from one of the following series: ⁴ Biology 301D, 301L, 301M; 311C, 311D; 416K, 416L

• One of the following series: ⁴ Chemistry 301, 302; 301H, 302H; 304K, 305; 313N, 314N

• Geological Sciences 401, 303, or 420H; 302C; 302D; 302E; 302K; 302M; 302P; 404C or 405; 305E; 307

• Natural Sciences 306J, 306K, 306L (Note that this 9-hour sequence may be used to fulfill both parts I and II of the core natural science requirement.)

• Physical Science 303, 304

• One of the following series: ⁴ Physics 301, 316; 302K, 302L; 303K, 303L; 309K, 309L; 317K, 317L

• Biology 301E¹

• Physics 321¹

Natural Science, Part II (Texas core code 031)

Three hours in a field of study different from the field counted toward the preceding requirement. Courses listed under Natural science, Part I, may be counted toward this requirement; the following courses may also be used:

• Anthropology 301, 304

• Biology 301C, 305E, 305F, 406D, 307D, 309D, 309F

• Computer Sciences 302, 307

• Geography 301C, 301K, 304E

• Mathematics courses at the level of Mathematics 302 or higher, excluding courses used to fulfill the mathematics requirement

Visual and Performing Arts (Texas core code 050)

Three hours required. The following courses may be counted toward this requirement:

• American Studies 330

• Architecture 308, 318K, 318L

• Art History 301, 302, 303, 325, 327J, 327L, 327M, 327N, 327P, 327R, 329J, 329K, 329R, 330G, 331K, 331L, 331M, 332K, 332L, 333K, 333L, 334, 335N, 335P, 337K, 338L, 338M, 339J, 339K, 339L, 339M, 341K, 341L, 346, 347K, 347L, 347M, 359, 360L, 361, 361L, 362, 362R, 363, 364, 365, 366J, 366N, 366P, 367, 370, 372

• Classical Civilization 302K, 307D

• Ensemble 103L, 103P, 105, 106, 107J, 107K, 207L, 107S, 109C, 109K, 109L, 109P

• Fine Arts 310, 320

• Music 201J, 201K, 302L, 302P, 303M, 303N, 303P, 606A, 307, 313, 334

• Philosophy 317K, 346

• Studio Art 320K, 320L

• Theatre and Dance 301, 302T, 303, 303C, 317C, 317D

Note that no single course may be used to fulfill two core areas simultaneously, though in most cases students may satisfy both a core requirement and a major requirement with a single course.

² State guidelines call for six hours of coursework in communication. At the University, three hours are provided by the English composition course and three are provided by one of the writing courses required for every undergraduate degree.

³ Government 105 is designed for transfer students with five or more hours in American government who need one hour in Texas government to fulfill the core requirement.

⁴ While it is recommended that students complete two courses from the same series, courses from more than one series may be combined to fulfill the natural science, part I, requirement. In all cases, the natural science, part I, requirement must be fulfilled by two courses from the same field of study.