Program Overview

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The University of Texas at Austin offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs across various colleges and schools.

Undergraduate Programs

The university provides undergraduate programs in several fields, including:

• School of Architecture: Offers degrees in architecture, interior design, and architectural studies.
• Red McCombs School of Business: Provides degrees in business administration, with specializations in finance, accounting, and management.
• Moody College of Communication: Offers degrees in communication, advertising, and public relations.
• College of Education: Provides degrees in education, kinesiology, and health promotion.
• Cockrell School of Engineering: Offers degrees in engineering, with specializations in aerospace, biomedical, chemical, and computer science.
• College of Fine Arts: Provides degrees in fine arts, music, and theatre and dance.
• John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences: Offers degrees in geosciences, with specializations in geology, geophysics, and environmental science.
• School of Information: Provides degrees in information studies and informatics.
• College of Liberal Arts: Offers degrees in liberal arts, with specializations in humanities, social sciences, and languages.
• College of Natural Sciences: Provides degrees in natural sciences, with specializations in biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics.
• School of Nursing: Offers degrees in nursing.
• College of Pharmacy: Provides degrees in pharmacy.
• Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs: Offers degrees in public affairs, with specializations in policy, management, and international relations.
• Steve Hicks School of Social Work: Provides degrees in social work.

Graduate Programs

The university offers graduate programs in various fields, including:

• Architecture: Offers degrees in architecture, with specializations in community and regional planning, interior design, and landscape architecture.
• Business: Provides degrees in business administration, with specializations in finance, accounting, and management.
• Communication: Offers degrees in communication, with specializations in advertising, audiology, and speech, language, and hearing sciences.
• Education: Provides degrees in education, with specializations in curriculum and instruction, educational leadership, and special education.
• Engineering: Offers degrees in engineering, with specializations in aerospace, biomedical, chemical, and computer science.
• Fine Arts: Provides degrees in fine arts, with specializations in art education, art history, and studio art.
• Geosciences: Offers degrees in geosciences, with specializations in energy and earth resources, and geological sciences.
• Information: Provides degrees in information studies and information security and privacy.
• Liberal Arts: Offers degrees in liberal arts, with specializations in humanities, social sciences, and languages.
• Natural Sciences: Provides degrees in natural sciences, with specializations in astronomy, biochemistry, and computer science.
• Nursing: Offers degrees in nursing.
• Pharmacy: Provides degrees in pharmacy.
• Public Affairs: Offers degrees in public affairs, with specializations in global policy studies, national security, and public leadership.
• Social Work: Provides degrees in social work.

Law School

The university's law school offers degrees in law, including:

• Doctor of Jurisprudence: A three-year program that provides a comprehensive education in law.
• Master of Laws: A one-year program that provides advanced training in law.
• Dual Degree Programs: The law school offers dual degree programs in conjunction with other colleges and schools at the university.

Medical School

The university's medical school offers degrees in medicine, including:

• Doctor of Medicine: A four-year program that provides a comprehensive education in medicine.
• Dual Degrees: The medical school offers dual degree programs in conjunction with other colleges and schools at the university.

Finance Program

The finance program at the Red McCombs School of Business offers a comprehensive education in finance, with specializations in:

• Financial Analyst Program: A one-year program that provides students with hands-on experience in financial analysis.
• Energy Finance, Law and Science: A track that provides students with a comprehensive education in energy finance, law, and science.

The requirements for the finance major include:

1. The Core Curriculum and the BBA Degree Requirements
2. Accounting 326, Finance 367, 374C, and 370
3. Only one independent study may be counted toward the finance major
4. One of the following tracks:
   1. Nine semester hours of upper-division coursework in finance
   2. Energy Finance, Law and Science: Finance 377 (Topic 5: Energy Financial Risk Management), two of the following courses: Finance 321K, 366P, 371M, 372T, 373, 374S, 376, 377 (Topic 1: Portfolio Analysis and Management), 377 (Topic 3: Security Analysis), 377 (Topic 4: Financial Analysis), Geological Sciences 303, 401, or 420H, Business, Government, and Society 372T (Topic 10: Nontechnical Exploration and Production), Legal Environment of Business 372T (Topic 4: Oil and Gas Law) or Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering 379 (Topic 8: Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law), Geological Sciences 316P
5. Additional elective coursework, if necessary, to provide a total of at least 120 semester hours

The finance program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in finance, with a focus on theoretical frameworks, analytical tools, and practical applications. The program is designed to prepare students for careers in finance, banking, and related fields.