<p>My son (an OOS rising senior) will have taken a pretty heavy high school load, including AP Biology (he scored a 5 on the AP test), AP Calculus, AP Physics, AP Spanish V, AP Modern European History, several honors English classes, and Latin IV (he completed three years of Latin in one year). We saw in the Princeton Review book that he would need 3 units of social studies, so that's what he signed up for. Now we look online and see that he needs 3 1/2 units of social studies, and 1/2 unit of economics. Ack! Can he make up the deficiency at UT or take correspondence classes next summer? There's no way he can fit these classes into his senior schedule.</p>
<p>Thanks for any advice!</p>
<p>If I am understanding your question correctly, I would suggest you have him take the remainder of the courses required for his graduation at the local community college.</p>
<p>I am surprised that Eco is not a requirement at your high school. According to the admissions website, it says that you cannot be admitted without the required courses unless you are a Texas top 10% from a school that did not offer the required courses. </p>
<p>"Admission is not granted to applicants who have not completed the required units (or their equivalent) "</p>
<p>I would not wait until next summer, any way he can change what is is taking this year? </p>
<p>I would definitely put in a call to the admissions office in Austin. We can only speculate on what they will or will not do. On something this important, I’d get it from the horse’s mouth!</p>
<p>[Required</a> HS Courses | Freshmen | Be a Longhorn](<a href=“http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/freshmen/admission/hs-courses/index.html]Required”>http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/freshmen/admission/hs-courses/index.html)</p>
<p>Was the economics requirement in effect for the class of 2013?</p>
<p>I think it’s always been there. Traditionally in TX you take a Government and Econ in your senior year as your “social studies”, each one semester long.</p>
<p>Short version of story: I just talked to Admissions, and the requirements were just revised on the “Be a Longhorn” site two weeks ago!! The Registrar’s website still shows the old requirements. </p>
<p>That’s hard, because next year’s HS schedule has already been set. The good news, though, is that my son could make up the deficiencies next summer before school starts. They may possibly give him SS credit for all his advanced languages classes, too.</p>
<p>So economics wasn’t a requirement until this year? I tried to find the old requirements on the registrar’s page, but could not locate them.</p>
<p>^^^ Here’s the link: [2</a>. Admission | General Information, 2008-2009 | Registrar | University of Texas at Austin](<a href=“http://registrar.utexas.edu/catalogs/gi08-09/ch02/index.html]2”>http://registrar.utexas.edu/catalogs/gi08-09/ch02/index.html)</p>
<p>Economics is not shown on this page.</p>
<p>I know it says 08-09, but they don’t have 09-10 up yet. At least as of 9 am, 8/5/09!</p>
<p>Thanks. That’s a relief. My son didn’t have govt. or econ., and I was beginning to worry that it might be an issue.</p>