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2016-2017 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

How to Read Catalog Course Descriptions

Texas Tech offers nearly 5,000 courses as part of its curriculum. These courses are listed alphabetically by subject prefix within each college and departmental section of this catalog. The courses appear in numerical order, moving from beginning freshman or developmental level courses to graduate, research, and professional courses.

Not all courses listed in this catalog are offered every year. An online class schedule published before each registration period indicates courses that will be available during the upcoming term or semester and when each class will meet. The class schedule can be found at (www.depts.ttu.edu/officialpublications/class_schedule/index.php). The university reserves the right to cancel any scheduled course or withdraw any program from the list of offerings when the best interests of the institution require such action.

Courses are designated by a subject prefix and number along with a descriptive title. Learn more  about interpreting the course descriptions found throughout the catalog.
 

Geography (Undergraduate Courses)
  

  • GEOG 1101 - Physical Geography Laboratory

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: GEOG 1301 Laboratory course for transfer students with previous lecture credit for Physical Geography.
  

  • GEOG 1300 - Fundamentals of Geography

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Survey of world cultures and natural systems with a focus on human/environmental interaction, natural resources, globalization, and the concept of regions.
  

  • GEOG 1401 - Physical Geography

    4 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: GEOG1301 Study of the atmospheric and terrestrial systems that shape our natural environment, especially the global patterns of climate, landforms, and vegetation. Provides laboratory and nonlaboratory science credit. Fulfills laboratory science requirements. Partially fulfills core Life and Physical Sciences requirement.
  

  • GEOG 2300 - Introduction to Human Geography

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: GEOG1302 Survey of human geography, including factors affecting location of different aspects of culture, economy, and politics. Fulfills multicultural and core Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement.
  

  • GEOG 2351 - Regional Geography of the World

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: GEOG1303 An introduction to the geography of world regions for students who have had no previous geography courses. Fulfills multicultural and core Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement.
  

  • GEOG 3301 - Remote Sensing of the Environment

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduction to remote sensing techniques, including air photo interpretation and digital satellite image processing. Emphasis on the use of remote sensing imagery in geographic information systems.
  

  • GEOG 3310 - Environmental Change

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1401 or equivalent natural science courses. Investigates changes in climate, hydrology, soils, biota and landforms since the start of the Ice Age, and the effects of these environmental changes on humans.
  

  • GEOG 3337 - Economic Geography

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Consideration of the characteristics and distribution of production and consumption of goods and services and of variation and interaction of economic activities.
  

  • GEOG 3340 - Introduction to Research in Human Geography

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An introduction to research and research methods in geography. (Writing Intensive) [WS 3342 ]
  

  • GEOG 3350 - Social and Cultural Geography

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An examination of the spatial dimensions of human social, cultural, economic, and historical interactions.
  

  • GEOG 3351 - Geography of Urban Places

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An analysis of the location, distribution, function, and spread of urban places, including a study of current urban problems, sprawl, city decline, and metropolitan transportation.
  

  • GEOG 3352 - Geography of US and Canada

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of the physical and cultural geography of the United States and Canada, including geographical aspects of the development of Texas.
  

  • GEOG 3353 - Man, Resources, and Environment

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of the interrelated problems of population growth, efficient use of natural resources, and human disruption of the earth’s environment.
  

  • GEOG 3356 - Geography of Texas

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of the physical and human geography of Texas.
  

  • GEOG 3360 - Technology and the Human Landscape

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of the relationship of technological development and energy use with human use of the earth from pre-humans to the present.
  

  • GEOG 3363 - Geography of South America

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of the physical and human geography of South America, with special emphasis on contemporary issues.
  

  • GEOG 4300 - Seminar in Geography

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Enrollment restricted to geography majors or minors unless approved by course instructor. A capstone course required of all majors, intended to assess knowledge in the discipline. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit. (Writing Intensive.)
  

  • GEOG 4301 - Geomorphology in Environmental Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1401 , GEOL 1303 , or consent of instructor. Evaluation and analysis of earth-forming processes and terrain features in relation to human activities. Course emphasizes analytical techniques.
  

  • GEOG 4310 - Internship in Geography

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Minimum of 12 hours in geography, minimum 3. 0 GPA in geography, and consent of instructor. Supervised activity in a nonacademic setting. Students gain experience in the working world while having the opportunity to utilize accumulated geographic concepts and tools.
  

  • GEOG 4320 - Special Topics in Geography

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Seminar-led exploration in current topics and research. May repeat when topics vary.
  

  • GEOG 4321 - Biogeography

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1401  or consent of instructor. Study of plants and animals in their spatial context, functional interaction, and as related to human impacts.
  

  • GEOG 4324 - Geography of Health

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Consideration of the environmental and social factors that affect the distribution of health conditions at local, national, and global scales.
  

  • GEOG 4334 - Field Seminar in Human Geography

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Seminar conducted in field setting. Students will conduct a research project and reflect on human geography of the region. May be repeated when specific region and topic vary.
  

  • GEOG 4335 - Field Methods in Physical Geography

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduction to the collection of environmental and geographic data in the field. Topics Include mapping, sampling, record keeping and automated data collection.
  

  • GEOG 4357 - Geography of Arid Lands

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Systemic and regional inquiry into the physical nature and the problems of human utilization of the arid and semiarid lands of the earth.
  

  • GEOG 4369 - Independent Research in Geography

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Conference course. May be repeated for credit. (Writing Intensive)