Prospective Freshmen

Visiting the College

We would like to encourage all prospective (Non-UT) freshmen to visit us. Learn more about the College by attending an information session and take a campus tour. Click here for more information about visiting the campus and the College.

Degrees Offered

The College of Communication offers six degrees:

Admission

Admission decisions for the College of Communication are made solely by the Office of Admissions . The College of Communication does not review freshman applications.

Summer / Fall 2008 Freshman Applications

Applicants:	3270
Admitted:	790
Enrolled:	482

Orientation

New Student Orientation is offered to all newly admitted freshman and transfer students. Orientation is a campus-wide program that is offered several weeks throughout the summer. During orientation students will attend various programs about the University, take necessary placement tests and work with an Academic Adviser within their major. Click here for more information about Freshmen Orientation.

Honors

There are various ways for a student to achieve honors:

Senior Fellows
Departmental Honors Program
University Honors
Graduating with Honors
Honors Societies for Freshmen
Dean's List

Learn more about Honors here.

Scholarships

Scholarship for incoming Communication freshmen are handled by the Office of Student Financial Services. In addition, The University of Texas has created TexasScholarships.org, a scholarship information website in conjunction with the Office of Student Financial Services.

First-Year Interest Groups (FIGs)

The FIG is a cluster of classes organized around an area of interest or academic major. Each FIG group has twenty students, one academic advisor and a peer mentor (a returning UT student). Click here for more information about FIGs.

Placement Test Information

Instructional Assessment and Evaluation conducts placement exams and the Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation (GSP) and the Word Processing (WP) tests. All current Journalism majors must make appropriate scores on these before they are allowed to take J 315 News Media Writing and Editing. This course is usually taken in their sophomore year.

Transfer Equivalencies of coursework taken

The Automated Transfer Equivalency (ATE) system provides UT Austin transfer credit evaluations for courses commonly transferred from Texas colleges and universities.

Student Financial Services

Please contact the Office of Student Financial Services for options available to the students at the University of Texas at Austin.

Office of Student Affairs