The Emerging Scholars Program is a first-year honors program at The University of Texas at Austin, which offers separate calculus and chemistry courses for students who are majoring in the Colleges of Natural Sciences, Engineering, Business, and Liberal Arts. The program, which began in the fall of 1988, provides students with a challenging but friendly environment to motivate them in these subjects. A small number of students applying to the University each year are invited to join the program. The University of Texas at Austin, often called UT or Texas, is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. ... Calculus is a central branch of mathematics, developed from algebra and geometry. ... Chemistry (from the Greek word Ïημεία (chemeia) meaning cast together or pour together) is the science of matter at the atomic to molecular scale, dealing primarily with collections of atoms (such as molecules, crystals, and metals). ... The College of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has more than 7,100 students enrolled in nine undergraduate degrees and seventeen graduate programs. ... McCombs School of Business. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...