Student Resources
The College of Fine Arts guides you every step of the way to identify and accomplish your academic and career goals. Use the following resources to track your degree progress and set yourself up for success.
Undergraduate
Use these documents to prepare for your advising appointment. Degree Plan Roadmaps are a tool to be used in consultation with your professional advisor and should be considered a suggested pathway to graduation.
Follow these instructions to request approval for transfer credit in MyTCU. Prior approval from the Dean’s office is required for transfer coursework.
- Transfer Equivalency Tool
Use this tool to find courses that have previously been approved to transfer to TCU.
- Transfer of Major Coursework Form
Complete this form to request credit for transfer coursework in the major.
Your advisor and department chair will use this form if a course substitution is needed for your major.
Please review the Departmental Honors Guidelines and the Departmental Honors process and principal duties.
Complete this form to request permission to take more than 18 hours in each semester. A minimum cumulative TCU GPA of 3.5 is required for consideration.
Complete this form to request an extension of the deadline for an incomplete grade.
Students must submit the intent to graduate form to the College of Fine Arts Dean’s Office after completing 96 hours of coursework or two semesters before graduation, whichever comes first. For a double degree, file an intent to graduate form with each college housing your major departments.
Complete this form to request a class be added to your schedule after the enrollment deadline.
Complete this form to request permission to take CLEP, AP, IB, or other exams for credit after matriculating at TCU.
The College of Fine Arts Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (URCA) Grants support student excellence in academic and artistic projects.
Applications will be reviewed once a month, beginning on the second Monday of the month, from September until April, or as long as funds are available. Decisions on awards will be emailed by the third Monday of the month in which the application was reviewed.
- The maximum award will be $750 per student per year.
- Open to all Fine Arts majors in good academic standing
- Preference will be given to graduating seniors and students who have not been awarded an URCA grant.
- Funds are not available for summer projects.
2025-26 Deadlines:
- Sept. 8
- Oct. 13
- Nov. 10
- Dec. 8
- Jan. 12
- Feb. 9
- Mar. 9
- April 13 - Funds will be exhausted after this review cycle. Applications will not be accepted after this date. Look for new deadlines in the 2026-27 Academic Year