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Minor and Certificate Programs

Minor

The transcript-recognized undergraduate academic minor must be completed in conjunction with an undergraduate degree at The University of Texas at Austin; students pursuing an integrated undergraduate/graduate program must complete the requirements for the minor within one year after completing the undergraduate requirements of their program.

Minors in all areas except foreign languages. Transcript-recognized undergraduate minors require a minimum of 15 hours of coursework in the minor area, but may not require more than 18 hours. None of the specified coursework from the minor can include unnumbered topics courses. Minors must include a minimum of six hours of upper division coursework.

Minors in foreign languages. Transcript-recognized undergraduate minors in foreign languages require a minimum of 15 hours of coursework in the minor area, but may not require more than 21 hours. None of the specified coursework from the minor can include unnumbered topics courses. Minors must include a minimum of nine hours beyond first year competence in the language, including at least three hours of upper division coursework.

At least half of the required course work in the minor must be completed in residence at The University of Texas at Austin.

A student may not earn a minor in the same field of study as his or her major, and at least nine of the hours required for the minor must include coursework not used to satisfy the requirements of the student’s major. However, courses in the minor may fulfill other degree requirements such as general education requirements or required elective hours.

Transcript recognition is awarded at the time of undergraduate degree completion.

Each of the following transcript-recognized minor programs is described in the catalog section for the college that sponsors it.

School of Architecture

Architectural History Minor
Architectural Studies Minor
Interior Design Minor
Landscape Studies Minor

McCombs School of Business

Accounting Minor
Accounting Minor for Business Economics Option Program
Business Minor
Entrepreneurship Minor
Finance Minor
Finance Minor for Business Economics Option Program
Management Minor
Management Information Systems Minor
Marketing Minor
Supply Chain Management Minor

Moody College of Communication

Communication and Social Change Minor
Communication Studies Minor
Digital Media Minor
Global Communication Minor
Health Communication Minor
Journalism Minor
Media and Entertainment Industries Minor
Media Studies Minor
Science Communication Minor
Sports Media Minor
US Latino and Latin American Media Studies Minor
Visual Media Minor

College of Education

Educational Psychology Minor
Kinesiology and Health Education Minor

Cockrell School of Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering Minor

College of Fine Arts

Art History Minor
Arts Management and Administration Minor
Minor in Studio Art

School of Information

Information Studies Minor

College of Liberal Arts

African and African Diaspora Studies Minor
American Sign Language Studies Minor
American Studies Minor
Anthropology Minor
Arabic Minor
Archaeology Minor
Asian American Studies Minor
Asian Religions Minor
Chinese Minor
Classical Studies Minor
Comparative Literature Minor
Core Texts and Ideas Minor
Cultural Anthropology Minor
Economics Minor
English Minor
European Studies Minor
Evolutionary and Functional Anatomy Minor
French Studies Minor
Geography Minor
German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies Minor
Government Minor
Greek Minor
Hebrew Minor
History Minor
Iberian and Latin American Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Minor
Islamic Studies Minor
Italian Studies Minor
Korean Minor
Language, Culture, and Communication Minor
Latin Minor
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Sexualities Studies Minor
Medieval Studies Minor
Mexican American and Latina/o Studies Minor
Middle Eastern Studies Minor
Persian Minor
Philosophy Minor
Philosophy of Law Minor
Philosophy of the Mind and Language Minor
Portuguese Minor
Primatology Minor
Religious Studies Minor
Rhetoric and Writing Minor
Russian Minor
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Minor
Slavic and Eurasian Languages Minor
Sociology Minor
Turkish Minor
UTeach-Liberal Arts Minor
Women's and Gender Studies Minor

School of Social Work

Disability Studies Minor
Social Work Minor

Transcript-Recognized Certificate Programs

Transcript-recognized certificate programs offer interdisciplinary curricula that support and extend a student’s major or curricula in a specific academic or technical field that support a student's educational goals. Undergraduates who complete certificate requirements in conjunction with their degree requirements or within one year after earning the degree receive recognition on the University transcript; students in integrated undergraduate/graduate programs must complete certificate requirements within one year after they complete their undergraduate degree requirements. A maximum of nine hours of certificate coursework may be taken after the student has earned the undergraduate degree. At least half of the required certificate coursework must be completed in residence at the University.

A student may not earn a certificate in the same field as his or her major, and at least one certificate course must be outside the requirements of the major. However, certificate courses outside the major may be counted toward other degree requirements.

Students should apply for the certificate when they apply for graduation or when they complete the certificate program, whichever is later. Transcript recognition is awarded at the end of that semester or summer session.

The above requirements do not apply to Extended Campus students who are not seeking a degree from The University of Texas at Austin. For Extended Campus students, all of the required course work in a certificate program must be University of Texas at Austin credit, unless otherwise specified for a specific program. Extended Campus students apply for transcript recognition at the time of certificate completion and transcript recognition is awarded at that time.

Not all transcript-recognized certificate programs are available to Extended Campus students. More information about certificate programs available through TEXAS Extended Campus (TEC), including related policies, is on the TEC website.

Each of the following transcript-recognized certificate programs is described in the catalog section for the college that sponsors it. Certificate programs that do not lead to transcript recognition are also described in the following sections of this catalog.

School of Undergraduate Studies