What are UT Austin’s core curriculum and flag requirements?

What does every undergraduate need?

The current General Education catalog lists ten core areas totaling 42 hours. A course can’t fill two of these areas.

Core courses need a letter grade of D− or higher. Your major can require a higher grade when the same class is a major requirement or prerequisite.

Do I still need Flags?

UT’s catalog addendum says the university stopped requiring Skills and Experience Flags in April 2025. You don’t need the former university-wide Flag checklist.

Your college or catalog-year degree plan can still have its own general-education or writing requirements. Read the requirement name in your audit instead of assuming every item once called a Flag disappeared from your degree.

How do I check what’s left?

1. Open Interactive Degree Audit and request an audit for your current major and catalog.
2. Include in-progress work, then rerun the audit after registration or a grade change; UT says a saved audit does not update itself.
3. Open each incomplete core or college requirement and note the accepted course choices.
4. Check the current core list against the semester’s Course Schedule before choosing a class.
5. Take the audit to your academic adviser if transfer credit, an exception, or one class serving more than one non-core requirement looks wrong.

What if I brought college credit?

Students who enter with an official Core Complete designation from a Texas public institution generally don’t take more core coursework, though their degree may still require particular classes. The catalog explains Core Complete and Core Waived status; your audit shows how UT applied the status to you.

A transferred class may not land where you expect. Don’t register for a replacement solely from an old checklist: rerun IDA after the transcript posts and ask your adviser about a petition if the result is wrong.

Which class should I take next?

Choose a class that clears an incomplete audit line and also advances your major when the rules allow it. If two choices fit, compare prerequisites, seats, workload, and what each unlocks next semester.

Register from the live Course Schedule only after the audit and your degree plan agree. When they don’t agree, pause and let your adviser decide which rule controls your graduation plan.