UTexas

Suggested Arrangement of Courses, Behavioral and Social Data Science (BSBSDS)

RequirementsHours
1st Semester
UGS 302First-Year Signature Course (Core) 0903
or UGS 303 First-Year Signature Course
RHE 306Rhetoric and Writing (Core) 0103
PSY 301Introduction to Psychology (Major) 0803
SDS 302FFoundations of Data Analysis (General Education) 0203
Natural Science and Technology, Part I (General Education) 0303
2nd Semester
Natural Science and Technology, Part I (General Education) 0303
Visual and Performing Arts (Core) 0503
PSY 317LIntroduction to Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (Major)3
Natural Science and Technology, Part II (General Education) 0933
M 408KDifferential Calculus (General Education) 0204
or M 408C Differential and Integral Calculus
3rd Semester
Natural Science and Technology, Part II (General Education)3
GOV 310LAmerican and Texas Government (Core) 0703
PSY 371EPsychological Data Science Foundations I (Major)3
Foreign Language (General Education)6
4th Semester
PSY 371FPsychological Data Science Foundations II (Major)3
Natural Science and Technology, Part II (General Education)3
GOV 312LIssues and Policies in American Government (Core) 0703
Foreign Language (General Education)6
5th Semester
PSY 420MPsychological Methods and Statistics (Major)4
Upper-division elective (Major)3
U.S. History (Core) 0603
Free elective (Elective)3
Free elective (Elective)3
6th Semester
Multicultural/Diversity/Inclusion course (Major)3
Upper-division elective (Elective)3
Additional Math or Science (General Education)3
U.S. History (Core) 0603
Free elective (Elective)3
7th Semester
Free elective (Elective)3
Social Science course (General Education)3
Upper-division elective (Elective)3
E 316LBritish Literature (Core) 0403
or E 316M American Literature
or E 316N World Literature
or E 316P Masterworks of Literature
Free elective (Elective)3
8th Semester
Upper-division elective (Elective)3
Free elective (Elective)3
Cultural Expression, Human Experience, and Thought course (General Education)3
Natural Science and Technology, Part I (General Education)4
Total Hours120

Four-year degree suggestion (for planning purposes only). 

Currently enrolled students should meet with their academic advisor.

Course categories: Core, General Education, Major, Elective, Opportunity

Core Component Areas010 Communication; 020 Mathematics; 030 Natural Science and Technology, Part I; 040 Humanities; 050 Visual and Performing Arts; 060 U.S. History; 070 American and Texas Government; 080 Social and Behavioral Sciences; 090 First-Year Signature Course; 093 Natural Science and Technology, Part II

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