Undergraduate Degree Planner Guide This guide contains the following resources for you to complete your undergraduate degree planner through your Howdy portal. 1. Major Flow Chart: A four year plan which shows the prerequisites for courses in your degree plan. The solid lines show a prerequisite for the course and a dotted line shows a co-requisite for the course. To take Math 152 you must complete MATH 151 as indicated by the solid arrow. To take PHYS 218 you must be concurrently enrolled in MATH 151 as indicated by the dotted arrow. Some flow charts will contain the number of credits for the indicated course on the upper left hand corner and classification prerequisites on the upper right hand corner. See the footnotes on your flow chart for meaning of colors and or symbols. 2. Major Core Curriculum Sheet: Contains the Texas Common Core Curriculum and TAMU graduation requirements. It lists the course options for the core on the right and the courses you are required to take for your major on the left. If the left hand side has blank boxes, you have the option of choosing from the list. Here, you must take ENGL 10 as a communications course and then you must choose from the options on the right for your remaining credits.. Major Elective Sheet: Contains a list of directed electives for your major.. Undergraduate Degree Planner Error Sheet: Includes a list of known errors that you will encounter when using the degree planner for your specific major.
CATALOG #18 YR1 FALL YR1 SPRING YR2 FALL YR2 SPRING YR FALL YR SPRING YR FALL YR SPRING HIST HIST COMM POLS 207 MARA 6 FINC 1 MARA 7 POLS 206 COMM ACCT 229 ACCT 20 MKTG 21 MARA 205 MARA 01 MARA 0 MARA 21 GENERAL* MATH 11 2 MARA 250 ECON 202 ECON 20 MARA 212 MARA MATH 12 S 1 MARA 281 S SCMT 0 ART SCMT 6 MARA 0 GENERAL* 1 MARA 66 MGMT 81 SE SE 5 LPS LPS LPC *General Elective (ENGL 10 and CAEN 001-00 are excluded) **Students are required to complete 18 credit hours of MARA electives. Students should choose 6 from the following courses: ACCT 15, ACCT 16, ECON 11, ECON 2, ECON 52, SCMT 6, MARA 2, MARA 01, MARA 02, MARA 16, MARA 2, MARA 5, MARA 50, MARA 60, MARA 70, MARA 8, MARA 85 or MARA 89 To earn an economics minor, elective hours must include ECON 11, ECON 2, ECON 52 For additional requirements please visit: http://www.tamug.edu/academics/minors.html Courses in Yellow must earn C Courses outlined in Red are a Prerequisite for MARA 66
MARA Degree Requirements Texas Common Core Curriculum Communication - 6cr Language, Philosophy and Culture - cr Citizenship - 12cr Graduation Requirements Continued Course Semester Course Semester American History - 6cr International Cultural Diversity - 6cr *** COMM 20 ANTH 210** Course Semester Course Semester ENGL 10 ANTH 16 HIST 105 ARTS 150 ENGL 20 ENGL 20** HIST 106 ECON 52 ENGL 210 ENGL 222** HIST 226 ENGL 20 ENGL 25** HIST 22 ENGL 222 Mathematics - 6cr * ENGL 0 ENGL 251 Course Semester ENGL Government/Political Science - 6cr ENGL 25 MATH 11 MATH 11 ENGL 5 ENGL 8 MATH 12 MATH 12 ENGL 8** Course Semester ENGL 9 MATH 150 ENGL 7** POLS 206 POLS 206 ENGL 7 MATH 151 GEOG 202** POLS 207 POLS 207 FILM 251 MATH 152 GEOG 01** MARA Requirements GEOG 201 MATH 166 HIST 22 GEOG 202 PHIL 20 SPAN 201** GEOG 01 SPAN 202** HIST 05 Life and Physical Sciences - 9cr * MARA 0 Course Semester Creative Arts - cr MARE 00 ANTH 225 Course Semester MARR 00 BIOL 111 ARTS 150** MARS 210 BIOL 112 ENGL 212 MARS 280 CHEM 101 ENGL 251** MARS 2 CHEM 102 KINE 210 MART 00 CHEM 106 MUSC 226** MAST 11 CHEM 107 MUSC 226 CHEM 111 Social and Behavioral Sciences - cr * NAUT 00 CHEM 112 Course Semester POLS 66 CHEM 116 ECON 202 ANTH 202 Graduation Requirements SPAN 201 CHEM 117 ECON 20 ECON 202 Writing Intensive - 6cr SPAN 202 GEOL 101 ECON 20 Course GEOL 106 GEOG 201** MARA 0 Foreign Language - 2yrs High School/1yr College KINE 120 MARS 210** MARA 66 Met KINE 22 PSYC 107 OCNG 251 OCNG 252 PHYS 201 PHYS 202 PHYS 208 *Some majors will require more hours taken in this area than required by state **International and Cultural Diversity (ICD) - 6 credits required ***Choose 2 of the following if not taking a "double dipping" core course for ICD credit PHYS 218
MARA Elective Course Options 18 hours of electives are required for MARA. Students should choose 6 courses from the following. Course Semester Credits ACCT 15 INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING FOR NON-ACCOUNTING MAORS I ACCT 16 INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING FOR NON-ACCOUNTING MAORS II ECON 11 MONEY AND BANKING ECON 2 MICROEONOMIC THEORY ECON 52 INTERNATIONAL TRADE THEORY AND POLICY SCMT 6 DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS MARA 2 MANAGERIAL MARITIME FINANCE MARA 01 BROKERAGE AND CHARTERING MARA 02 INLAND WATERWAYS MARA 16 PORT OPERATIONS, ADMINISTRATIONS AND ECONOMICS MARA 2 ECONOMICS OF TRANSPORTATION MARA 5 LABOR LAW AND POLICY MARA 50 MARITIME SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT MARA 60 MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND CONTROL MARA 70 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW MARA 8 MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP 0- MARA 85 DIRECTED STUDIES 1- MARA 89 SPEICAL TOPICS 1- For more detailed information on your curriculum refer to your university catalog. For more detailed information on course descriptions refer to your university catalog or search the class schedule in Howdy for previous semesters syllabi.
MARA Degree Planner Errors Error Example Action In your Degree Evaluation Tab: Red bars and not met means you have not planned all of the courses necessary to earn your degree. Add all missing courses to your plan. You can check if you have everything by toggling between the Edit Plan and the Degree Evaluation tabs. Everything should read green and yellow. In your Edit Plan Tab: If you add courses that do not exist or that have prerequisites, you will see a message that identifies the courses with errors Check for prerequisites in the PreReq Check tab. Add required prereqs to plan. An error symbol next to the total hours for the semester, it is because the maximum credit hours allowed per semester is 19 Move courses to other semesters. Ensure no more than 19 credits per semester. A balanced schedule is usually between 1-17 credits. A symbol next to a course you planned indicates that course is not historically offered in the semester in which it was placed. Move course to another semester. Or if you plan to take the course at another institution, select the transfer box. If you have problems or questions, please email acen@tamug.edu.