Dear UT ME’s…what was different about your schedule than this schedule: http://www.engr.utexas.edu/attachments/ME2014-2016_SAC.pdf
Because those are a LOT of classes we are supposed to take the second semester…Also, is it just me or are most of those classes Engineering/physics and barely any of the “basic” classes like Language/History, etc.
Did you score above a 600 on the SAT writing or above a 26 on aThe ACT English/Writing? If so, you have credit for RHE 306.
It is unusual for an engineering student to graduate in four years without going to summer school or having the English/History/Government AP credits. Many take an extra semester or year to graduate.
15 hours of the first year are “basics” outside your major and technically math, physics and chemistry are the entry level math and science for engineers. ME302 is the only class that is major specific. All UT students are required to take science and math. Of course, engineering has harder math and sciences and is more restrictive.
As long as you had two years of language in high school, you don’t have to have language at UT in many of the colleges.
The first digit is number of credit hours
PHY 303K is 3 credit hours
PHY 103M is 1 credit hour
M 408D is 4 credit hours
16 credit hours is almost normal for technical majors. You have to get approval if you want 18 credit hours.
You don’t have to follow the exact schedule above, just the sequences, because some classes will require prerequisites, and you have to take all difficult Math and Physics classes in the beginning if you want to graduate in 4 years.
And it is wise to use credits (AP, IB, CLEP, whatever) for as many classes not related to your major as possible
@“Ya Ya” Very helpful!!! Thank you tons!
@gettingschooled Wow, I didn’t know that about the languages!! Thank you so much for all the information.