Undergraduate Tracks
Tracks are courses in a second field of study designed by the College of Education. Most tracks consist of 15 hours, six of which must be upper-division. Tracks do not appear on your UT Austin transcript or diploma but they are reflected on your profile record and degree audit. Any combination of courses can be used to complete a track as long as 6 hours are upper-division.
Cultural Studies Track
Take any class from any of the following departments:
- African Diaspora Studies (AFR)
- Asian America Studies (AAS)
- Asian Studies (ANS)
- European Studies (EUS)
- Islamic Studies (ISL)
- Jewish Studies (JS)
- Latin American Studies (LAS)
- Mexican American Studies (MAS)
- Middle Eastern Studies (MES)
- Russian/East European/Eurasian Studies (REE)
- Religions Studies (RS)
English/Language Arts Track
Take any class from any of the following departments:
- English (E)
- Rhetoric (RHE)
Or any of the following classes:
- I 320-2 Children’s Literature
Education Track
Take any class from any of the following departments:
- Education (EDU)
- Curriculum & Instruction (EDC)
- Educational Psychology (EDP)
- Health Education (HED)
- Kinesiology (KIN)
- Physical Education (PED)
- Special Education (SED)
Physical Activity Education Track
Must take the following classes:
- EDC 345 Curr Iss in PE
- EDC 370E TeachElem PE
- EDC 370S Teach Second PE
- EDC 951W All Level in KIN
Note this track takes 18 hours to complete.
Science Track
May take any class from any of the following departments:
- Architectural Engineering (ARE)
- Aerospace Engineering (ASE)
- Astronomy (AST)
- Biochemistry (BCH)
- Biology (BIO)
- Biomedical Engineering (BME)
- Chemistry (CH)
- Chemical Engineering (CHE)
- Civil Engineering (C E)
- Computational Engineering (COE)
- Computer Science (C S)
- Electrical Engineering (E E)
- Engineering Mechanics (E M)
- Engineering Studies (E S)
- Environmental Science (EVS)
- Geology (GEO)
- Integrative Biology (INB)
- Mechanical Engineering (M E)
- Nursing (N)
- Nutrition (NTR)
- Natural Sciences (NSC)
- Pharmacy (PHM)
- Physics (PHY)
- Physical Science (P S)
- Statistics and Data Sciences (SDS)
- Statistics (STA)
Or any of the following classes:
- ANT 301 Physical Anth
- ANT 304 Intro Ary Stds I: Prehist
- EDC 371 3-Inf Sci Edu
- EDP 371 Intro Stat
- GRG 301C Nat Environ
- GRG 301K Intro Climate
- HIS 322M Hist Mod Sci
- PHL 363L Phil of Sci
- PHL 363L-1 Phl of BIO
- PHL 363L-2 Outer Limits of Reason
- PHL 363-3 Science & Meta
- PHL 363-4 Phl of Geo
- PHL 363-5 Bio & Society
- PSY 308 Biopsy
- PSY 317 Stat Meth Psy
- PSY 352P-Psychopathology
- PSY 458 Experim Psy
Social Studies Track
May take any class from any of the following departments:
- Anthropology (ANT)
- Economics (ECO)
- Government (GOV)
- Geography (GRG)
- History (HIS)
- Linguistics (LIN)
- Psychology (PSY)
- Sociology (SOC)
And EDP 350E Life Span Dev
Sociology/Social Work Track
Take any class from either of the following departments:
- Sociology (SOC)
- Social Work (S W)
