2004-2006 Undergraduate Catalog Requirements:

Required Core Coursework

• Rhetoric and Composition 306 and English 316K and two courses certified as having a substantial writing component; one of these courses must be upper-division.
• One of the following foreign language/culture options:

1. Second-semester-level proficiency in a foreign language.

2. First-semester level proficiency in a foreign language and a three-semester-hour course in the culture of the same language area.

3. Two three-hour foreign culture courses chosen from a list of available in the dean's office and the college advising centers.

• Six semester hours of American government, including Texas government.
• Six semester hours of American history.
• Three semester hours in anthropology, economics, geography. linguistics, psychology, or sociology.
• Three semester hours in architecture, art (including art history, design, studio art, visual art studies), classics (including classical civilization, Greek, Latin), fine arts, music (excluding music, instruments, ensemble), philosophy (including courses in logic), or theatre and dance.

Non-Biology Science Core Requirements

• Mathematics 408C and 408D, or Mathematics 408K and 408L.
• An eight-hour sequence of coursework in physics chosen from the following:  Physics 301, 101L, 316, and 116L; 317K, 117M, 317L, and 117N; 303K, 103M, 303L, and 103N or 302K, 102M, 302L, and 102N.
• Chemistry 301, 302, and 204.
• Biology 318M with a grace of at least C.
• Chemistry 210C, 310M, and 310N.
• Geological Sciences 307 or Marine Science 307, Biology 101C (Topic: Marine Science Seminar), and three hours of geological sciences chosen from courses that may be counted toward the requirements for a major in geological sciences.

Biology Core Courses

• Biology 311C, 311D and 325, with a grade of at least C in each.  As part of the major, these courses must be completed before students progress to other upper-division biology courses.
• The student must complete at least four laboratory courses in biology with a grade of at least C.  Three of these courses must be upper-division.  The student must complete Biology 205L, 206L, 208L, or 309H.

Major Courses

• Biology 126L and 226R.
• Marine Sciences 320 and 120L.
• At least twenty-one hours of coursework chosen from the following:

1. Biology 321L, 327, 127L, 328, 128L, 354L, 361T, 370, 375, Geological Sciences 422K, Marine Science 440, 352C, 352D, 354C, 354Q, 354T, 354U, 355C, 367K, 170, 270, 370, Biology 448L or Marine Science 354, Biology 364 or Marine Science 354E.

2. Six hours of this coursework must be completed at the Marine Science Institute at Port Aransas.

Additional Requirements

• At least eighteen semester hours of upper-division coursework in biology must be completed in residence at the University.
• Enough additional coursework to make a total of at least 126 semester hours.  All students must complete at least thirty-six semester hours of upper-division coursework.

Summer Courses at the Marine Science Institute

2006 Summer Courses:

Scholarship Opportunities

National

• Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
• Gates Millennium Scholars
• Rhodes and British Marshall Scholarships
• Harry S. Truman Scholarships
• Morris K. Udall Scholarships
• Hispanic Scholarship Fund

State

• Summer Undergraduate Research Program
• Micky Leland Environmental Internship Program

University of Texas

• Undergraduate Research Fellowships
• Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarships

College of Natural Sciences

• Natural Sciences Foundation
• In-State Authorization Agreements (a/k/a tuition waivers)
• Robert E Boyer Endowed Presidential Scholarship, James Vick Endowed Presidential Scholarship, 21st Century Endowed Presidential Scholarship
• Emergency Undergraduate Loan Fund ($300 max)