<p>i’m going to be an engineering major…</p>
<p>would taking English or something be an easy A for me at UT? (i’m guessing a class with 200+)</p>
<p>or should i just take the credit at CC and concentrate on engineering classes?</p>
<p>also, is there a page that tells you what credits UT will take, what exact classes you need to take, etc?</p>
<p>since you’re an engineering major it should be ok to take those humanities courses at community college…</p>
<p>i would not recommend this if you are pre-med though…</p>
<p>It is probably posted on the engineering department website, I Hope.</p>
<p>But engineering has a lot of requirements, so if you get stuff out of the way it can only help you. Just make sure the courses you are taking are transferrable. Also, you MUST transfer that credit, so it will be on your permanent transcript even if you get a bad grade. However, UT will not apply the grades to your GPA. Only grades earned on campus apply to your GPA.</p>
<p>okay thanks…who should I call at UT to see if the credits are transferable?</p>
<p>Look at the degree requirements for your branch of engineering. There should be a page stating which courses are required. If there are courses that must be taken at UT, that will, in all likelihood, be stated as well. For example, even though my son has Rhetoric 301 (something like that) in dual credit, that will not be accepted in lieu of a Plan II Rhetoric class. However, it will be accepted for elective credit.
In your case, I would guess that the engineering dept. wouldn’t demand that you take a rhetoric class at UT. They are probably more concerned about certain math or science classes being taken on campus.<br>
Search for the interactive degree audit (IDA) on UT’s website. Click on transfer course, select your CC from the drop down menu, then select the course you plan to take at the CC. The IDA will then tell you what credit you will receive at UT for your CC class. I think all of the Texas CCs and their classes are on the drop down menu.</p>
<p>I took/am taking all but one of the non major classes at community college. The way you see if a class is transferable is the Course Equivalency. </p>
<p>[UT</a> ATE System - Query by UT Course](<a href=“UT ATE System”>UT ATE System)</p>
<p>So the courses you need to take are one humanities from the list([UT</a> ECE | Fine Arts/Humanities Electives](<a href=“http://www.ece.utexas.edu/undergrad/finearts.html]UT”>http://www.ece.utexas.edu/undergrad/finearts.html)) ,one social science from the list([UT</a> ECE | Social Science Electives](<a href=“http://www.ece.utexas.edu/undergrad/socscience.html]UT”>http://www.ece.utexas.edu/undergrad/socscience.html)), RHE 306, E 316k, GOV 310L, GOV 312L, HIS 315k, HIS 315L . Plug those in to the bottom field, and select where you want to take them, and it will tell you what courses will count for that credit. I recommend you not take any of those classes at UT unless you need a filler class.</p>
<p>Note: you should get credit for Rhetoric if you scored above a 600 on CR reading section on SAT I think.</p>
<p>thanks foxshox! what fine arts/humanities and social science electives would you recommend taking?</p>
<p>I took philosophy at community college and it was a joke and a little interesting. I took microeconomics here at UT and I liked it, although the teacher was terrible at math, so we never got into the mathematics side of economics. This was mostly personal preference though, I took AP Econ in high school and my teacher was completely incompetent, so I didn’t learn anything, although I wanted to know more.</p>
<p>Also I will take/took all of these classes online at San Jacinto Community College, so it makes it that much easier. I plan on taking 12 hours this summer and I fully expect it to be a complete joke. Grades don’t transfer from community college so my community college GPA < UT GPA.</p>
<p>Although it is true that UT doesn’t factor community college/junior college grades into your gpa, that doesn’t mean that you should slack off and take the class just for the credit not caring about your grade… especially if you plan on going to grad school. Grad schools require you to send in all transcripts from post secondary schools and they do add the community college/junior college grades into your gpa. So your UT gpa when you apply will not be the gpa the grad schools use for admissions.</p>
<p>Whatever whatever, I’ll do what I want.</p>
<p>Resurgam why don’t you recommend it for pre-med?</p>
<p>I have heard it is a great idea to take the two required American History classes at a community college. Go for it.</p>
<p>You know, you can fairly easily CLEP sociology and/or psychology if you want to free up time for classes in your major. Study on your own to learn enough to pass the CLEP test.</p>
<p>Does history count as a social science elective? I made a 4 on the APUSH exam. Do I still need to take another history class?</p>
<p>It counts for HIS 315k (and/or??) HIS 315L which are both required classes, I am not sure if it counts for only one, or both. Though it shows you can claim credit for either one on the ap scores ut website.</p>
<p>cool…Since I got credit for RHE306 from my SAT score, I can still take English 316k for credit right? </p>
<p>on the ECE cirriculum, it says 316k is for sophomore year…I can still place out of it this summer regardless right?</p>
<p>Can someone post a link or list all the classes that are required by everyone regardless of major? I can’t seem to find it on the UT website. The core classes that everyone has to take like RHE 306, history, etc.</p>
<p>This should be it:</p>
<p>[Core</a> Curriculum Courses](<a href=“Spotlight & Events | Faculty Council”>Spotlight & Events | Faculty Council)</p>
<p>“Since I got credit for RHE306 from my SAT score…”</p>
<p>Is this for SAT I or SAT II? Can someone give me the link that tells you what score you need?</p>
<p>[Required</a> Tests](<a href=“http://www.utexas.edu/academic/mec/cbe/required.html]Required”>http://www.utexas.edu/academic/mec/cbe/required.html)</p>
<p>Are you sure those classes need to be taken as a freshman? the ECE cirriculum doesn’t have any sciences in the first year…</p>