General Core Requirements
General Core Curriculum for a Bachelor’s Degree
The University requires the following courses for each degree*:
Communication
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| FUNDAMENTALS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING | ||
| PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | ||
| RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION I | ||
| RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION II | ||
| FUNDAMENTALS OF PRESENTATION | ||
| Total Hours | 6 | |
Creative Arts
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN | ||
| ART APPRECIATION | ||
| ART OF THE WESTERN WORLD I: GREECE THROUGH RENAISSANCE | ||
| ART OF THE WESTERN WORLD II: BAROQUE TO MODERN | ||
| MUSIC APPRECIATION | ||
| THEATRE AND FILM APPRECIATION | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE | ||
| JAZZ APPRECIATION | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO WORLD MUSIC | ||
| APPRECIATION OF MUSIC IN FILM | ||
| Total Hours | 3 | |
Government/Political Science
| POLS 2311 | GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES | 3 |
| POLS 2312 | STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT | 3 |
| Total Hours | 6 | |
Language, Philosophy and Culture
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| GLOBAL CULTURES | ||
| INTERMEDIATE ARABIC II | ||
| MASTERWORKS OF WESTERN ARCHITECTURE | ||
| THE ART OF NONWESTERN TRADITIONS | ||
| INTERMEDIATE CHINESE II | ||
| TOPICS IN LITERATURE | ||
| WORLD LITERATURE | ||
| BRITISH LITERATURE | ||
| AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II | ||
| INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL ISSUES | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO POPULAR CULTURE | ||
| INTERMEDIATE KOREAN II | ||
| LANGUAGE IN A MULTICULTURAL USA | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY | ||
| INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE II | ||
| INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN II | ||
| INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II | ||
| CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY | ||
| LATIN LEVEL IV | ||
| GREEK LEVEL IV | ||
| Total Hours | 3 | |
Life and Physical Science
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| INTRODUCTORY ASTRONOMY I | ||
| INTRODUCTORY ASTRONOMY II | ||
| DISCOVERING BIOLOGY: MOLECULES, CELLS AND DISEASE | ||
| LIFE ON EARTH: EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY AND GLOBAL CHANGE | ||
| CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | ||
| EVOLUTION AND ECOLOGY | ||
| HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I | ||
| HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY II | ||
| CHEMISTRY IN THE WORLD AROUND US | ||
| CHEMISTRY IN THE WORLD AROUND US II | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY I | ||
| CHEMISTRY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES | ||
| EARTH SYSTEMS | ||
| EARTH HISTORY | ||
| METEORITES, ASTEROIDS, FLOOD VOLCANISMS AND MASS EXTINCTIONS | ||
| GLOBAL WARMING | ||
| WEATHER AND CLIMATE | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY | ||
| GEOLOGIC HAZARDS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO MUSICAL ACOUSTICS | ||
| PHYSICS FOR NON SPECIALISTS I | ||
| PHYSICS FOR NON SPECIALISTS II | ||
| GENERAL COLLEGE PHYSICS I | ||
| GENERAL COLLEGE PHYSICS II | ||
| GENERAL TECHNICAL PHYSICS I | ||
| GENERAL TECHNICAL PHYSICS II | ||
| Total Hours | 6 | |
Mathematics
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS | ||
| COLLEGE ALGEBRA | ||
| TRIGONOMETRY | ||
| ELEMENTARY STATISTICAL ANALYSIS | ||
| LIBERAL ARTS HONORS MATHEMATICS | ||
| COLLEGE ALGEBRA FOR ECONOMICS & BUSINESS ANALYSIS | ||
| MATHEMATICS FOR ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ANALYSIS | ||
| ENGINEERING PROBLEM SOLVING | ||
| LOGIC | ||
| PREPARATION FOR CALCULUS | ||
| ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOMETRY | ||
| ANALYTIC GEOMETRY | ||
| ARCHITECTURAL CALCULUS | ||
| ARITHMETICAL PROBLEM SOLVING | ||
| GEOMETRICAL INFERENCE AND REASONING | ||
| FUNCTIONS, DATA, AND APPLICATIONS | ||
| CALCULUS I | ||
| CALCULUS III | ||
| CALCULUS II | ||
| Total Hours | 6 | |
Social and Behavioral Sciences
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS | ||
| ECONOMICS OF SOCIAL ISSUES | ||
| MONEY, FINANCE AND THE MODERN CONSUMER | ||
| ECONOMICS FOR ENGINEERS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF HUMAN LANGUAGE | ||
| COMMUNICATIONS IN ORGANIZATIONS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY | ||
| Total Hours | 3 | |
U.S. History
| HIST 1311 | HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES TO 1865 | 3 |
| HIST 1312 | HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, 1865 TO PRESENT | 3 |
| Total Hours | 6 | |
FOUNDATIONAL COMPONENT AREA OPTION
| Any course listed above. A course may only fulfill one component area. | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 3 | |
OLD--through summer 2014
English Composition
Six hours (1301 and 1302 or suitable substitutes).
Literature
Three hours of English or modern language literature or other approved substitute.
Liberal Arts Elective
Three hours above the freshman level of literature, or social and cultural studies designated as taught in the College of Liberal Arts, or fine arts or philosophy, or technical writing.
U.S. History
Six hours of American history or three hours of American and three hours of Texas history. (This requirement is mandated by state law and cannot be waived.)
U.S. Political Science
Six hours covering U.S. and Texas constitutions. (This requirement is mandated by state law and cannot be waived.)
Mathematics
Six hours (MATH 1301 or higher. Credit will not be given for both MATH 1301 and 1302.)
Natural Science
Eight hours in lab science (biology, chemistry, geology and/or physics).
Social/Cultural Studies
Three hours*.
Fine Arts
Three hours from art, dance, music, architecture or theatre arts.
*The Social and Cultural Studies requirement will be satisfied by designated courses which have been approved by the Undergraduate Assembly. For a list of approved courses, contact the University Advising Center or see https://www.uta.edu/universitycollege/current/academic-planning/uac/index.php.
International students whose secondary education was taught in their native tongue (other than English) may meet the modern language requirement for the Bachelor of Arts degree by successfully completing six additional hours in English beyond the general requirements for a bachelor’s degree. The eight additional hours needed to fulfill the total degree requirements must be approved by the student’s major department and must be included in the degree plan. The major department has the right to stipulate the modern language permitted for the bachelor’s degree, provided the language is taught at UT Arlington.