Program Overview

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University Catalogs

The University of Texas at Austin offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs across various colleges and schools. The university's catalogs provide detailed information on these programs, including descriptions, requirements, admission criteria, tuition fees, research areas, and more.

Undergraduate Programs

The university offers undergraduate programs in several colleges, including the College of Liberal Arts, College of Natural Sciences, College of Fine Arts, and more. Each college offers a range of majors and minors, with some programs offering specialized tracks or concentrations.

College of Liberal Arts

The College of Liberal Arts offers undergraduate programs in a variety of fields, including humanities, social sciences, and languages. Some of the majors offered by the college include:

• African and African Diaspora Studies
• American Studies
• Anthropology
• Asian Studies
• Classics
• Economics
• English
• French and Italian
• Geography
• Germanic Studies
• Government
• History
• Human Dimensions of Organizations
• Humanities
• International Relations and Global Studies
• Italian Studies
• Jewish Studies
• Latin American Studies
• Linguistics
• Mexican American and Latina/o Studies
• Middle Eastern Studies
• Philosophy
• Psychology
• Religious Studies
• Rhetoric and Writing
• Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
• Sociology
• Spanish and Portuguese
• Women's and Gender Studies

College of Natural Sciences

The College of Natural Sciences offers undergraduate programs in fields such as biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics. Some of the majors offered by the college include:

• Astronomy
• Biochemistry
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Environmental Science
• Geology
• Human Development and Family Sciences
• Mathematics
• Neuroscience
• Nutrition
• Physics
• Statistics and Data Sciences

College of Fine Arts

The College of Fine Arts offers undergraduate programs in fields such as art, music, theatre, and dance. Some of the majors offered by the college include:

• Art Education
• Art History
• Design
• Music
• Studio Art
• Theatre and Dance

Graduate Programs

The university offers graduate programs in several colleges and schools, including the Graduate School, Law School, and Medical School. Each program has its own set of requirements, admission criteria, and research areas.

Graduate School

The Graduate School offers graduate programs in a variety of fields, including humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. Some of the programs offered by the Graduate School include:

• Master's and doctoral programs in fields such as anthropology, economics, English, history, and psychology
• Interdisciplinary programs such as computational science, engineering, and mathematics
• Certificate programs in fields such as data science and artificial intelligence

Law School

The Law School offers graduate programs in law, including the Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) and Master of Laws (L.L.M.) degrees. The Law School also offers dual degree programs and combined J.D./Ph.D. programs.

Medical School

The Medical School offers graduate programs in medicine, including the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees. The Medical School also offers dual degree programs and combined M.D./Ph.D. programs.

Jewish Studies Program

The Jewish Studies program offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Jewish studies, with a focus on the history, culture, and literature of the Jewish people. The program includes courses in Hebrew and Yiddish, as well as courses on Jewish history, philosophy, and religion.

Major Requirements

To major in Jewish studies, students must complete 27 semester hours of coursework, including:

• 18 hours in-residence
• Jewish Studies 304M or 304N
• At least three additional hours of lower-division coursework
• 18 hours of upper-division coursework

Students must also complete each of the following areas:

1. Humanities and arts: six hours of Jewish Studies 363
2. History and social science: six hours of Jewish Studies 364, or six hours of Jewish Studies 365, or three hours of each
3. Nine additional hours of Jewish studies coursework, six of them upper-division

Option in Israel Studies

The Jewish Studies program also offers an Option in Israel Studies, which requires students to complete six semester credit hours of upper-division coursework focused on Israel and three semester credit hours of content course in Middle Eastern studies not in Israel. Students in the Option in Israel Studies are encouraged but not required to use Hebrew or Arabic to fulfill the foreign language requirement.