The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts 24 courses 120 total credits
The Plan of Study is a suggested four-year course sequence to support academic planning and serves as a helpful guide. Currently enrolled students should meet with their academic advisor to tailor their course selections and timelines to their individual goals and circumstances. All requirements are listed below, starting with the most specialized moving to the most general. Additional requirements may follow the table, so be sure to read the entire page. Some required courses listed below may also satisfy General Education requirements, including Core Curriculum. With permission from the director of the Center for European Studies, however, students may study other languages for their major—such as Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Hebrew, Turkish, Russian, Latin, or ancient Greek—when an application of those language skills will significantly enhance their work as distinctly European studies scholars in their track. Courses taught in English may not be used. Courses used to fulfill the European studies language requirement will be counted toward the major.
| A course from an approved list. | credits |
| Additional Coursework | credits |
| Hours chosen from: Additional coursework in European thought, chosen from an approved list on the Center's website, only three hours of which may be lower-division. | 6 credits |
| Foreign Language other than English, Intermediate Proficiency | credits |
| College Requirements - Liberal Arts | credits |
| General University Requirements | credits |
| Participation in an approved study abroad program or in an approved internship in Europe selected from a list available from the European studies faculty advisor | credits |
| Hours chosen from upper-division coursework in one of the following languages: Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, modern Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian/Croatian, Spanish, or Swedish. | 6 credits |
| Three Hours chosen from: | credits |
| Art history, music history, or history of theatre and dance | credits |
| Upper-division classical civilization, humanities, literature, or philosophy | credits |
| Sequence 2: Plan I International Relations and Global Studies | credits |
| Free electives: Additional coursework to reach total hours required. | credits |
| Sequence 3: Other Plan I | credits |
| Hours chosen from: | credits |
| Transcript-recognized minor or certificate | credits |
| Liberal Arts multi-disciplinary minor in the Social and Behavioral Sciences | credits |
| Liberal Arts multi-disciplinary minor in Cultural Expression, Human Experience, and Thought | credits |
Concentration
Hours chosen from:
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PHL 349 | History of Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy | 3 |
| Total Concentration | 3 credits | |
Concentration
Hours chosen from:
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CTI 304 | Topics in World Religions: Traditions and Texts | 3 |
| HIS 343 | The Age of Reformation | 3 |
| R S 304 | Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: An Introduction | 3 |
| R S 318 | The Rise of Christianity | 3 |
| Total Concentration | 3 credits | |
Concentration
Hours chosen from:
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HIS 322D | The Scientific Revolution of the Seventeenth Century | 3 |
| HIS 322G | History of the Modern Life Sciences | 3 |
| HIS 322M | History of Modern Science | 3 |
| Total Concentration | 3 credits | |
Major-European Studies (BA)
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EUS 305 | Introduction to European Studies | 3 |
| EUS 350 or GOV 351D | Governments and Politics of Western Europe or The Theoretical Foundations of Modern Politics | 3 |
| EUS 375 | Capstone Research in European Studies | 3 |
| Total Major-European Studies (BA) | 15 credits | |
Degree
Sequence 1: Plan II Honors (requires at least a C-; may also count toward Core Curriculum)
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| E 303C or T C 303C | Plan II World Literature Part I or Plan II World Literature Part I | 3 |
Degree
Sequence 2: Plan I E 316L may also be replaced by E 316N.
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| E 316L or E 316M | British Literature or American Literature | 3 |
Degree
Sequence 1: Plan II Honors (requires at least a C-; may also count toward Core Curriculum) S S 302C may also be replaced by S S 302E, S S 302E, S S 302F.
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| S S 302C or S S 302D | Honors Social Science: Methods and Theory or Honors Social Science: Psychology | 3 |
Degree
Sequence 1: Plan II Honors
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| T C 310 or PHL 313Q | Modes of Reasoning or Logic and Scientific Reasoning | 3 |
Degree
Six Hours chosen from: Astronomy, biology, chemistry, geological sciences, physical science, or physics (may also count toward Core Curriculum)
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BIO 301E | Problems in Modern Biology | 3 |
| PHY 321 | Modern Physics: Plan II | 3 |
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