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2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

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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.
 

ECO - Economics (Graduate Courses)
  

  • ECO 5356 - Advanced Topics in Energy Economics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ECO 5317  or instructor consent. Students will use economic models to analyze current local and global energy markets from both theoretical and empirical perspectives.
  

  • ECO 5357 - Forecasting and Applied Macroeconomics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: ECO 5311 , ECO 5381 . Introduction to forecasting and applied empirical methods in macroeconomics. Focuses on forecasting models and evaluations, VAR/SVAR applications, and estimation of DSGE models.
  

  • ECO 5375 - Topics in Labor Economics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: ECO 5311  and ECO 5381  or instructor consent. Topics in labor economics from macroeconomic perspective: business cycle fluctuations, effects of minimum wage, taxes, and EITC on labor supply, changes in income inequality, discrimination.
  

  • ECO 5381 - Empirical Studies in Macroeconomics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ECO 5311  or consent of instructor. Contemporary theoretical and empirical macroeconomic issues. Use of empirical studies to evaluate competing hypotheses. Student conducted empirical studies.
  

  • ECO 5382 - Advanced Microeconomics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ECO 5312  or consent of instructor. Topics include investment and capital theory, uncertainty, general equilibrium, and welfare.
  

  • ECO 6000 - Master’s Thesis

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
  

  • ECO 7000 - Research

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
  

  • ECO 8000 - Doctor’s Dissertation

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours

ECTE - Curriculum Studies Teacher Education (Graduate Course)
  

  • ECTE 5310 - Critical Pedagogy and Social Justice

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduces ideas in critical theory that concern education and pedagogy, identifying barriers to the development of a more just and egalitarian society.
  

  • ECTE 5315 - Connecting Instructional Theory into Practice

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides graduate students with working knowledge of various instructional theories necessary for examining instructional theories with the intention to inform one’s personal instructional style.
  

  • ECTE 5318 - Authentic Curriculum Assessment

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Designed to provide theoretical and experiential knowledge regarding basic principles of educational assessment, primarily the acquisition of alternative assessment skills through authentic approaches.
  

  • ECTE 5335 - Emerging Pedagogies and Designs

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Focuses on curriculum design and pedagogical strategies and examines the ways we think, interact, teach, and learn with digital technology in schooling spaces.
  

  • ECTE 5381 - Practical Applications of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment through Action Research

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: EDCI 5380 , EPSY 5379 , or consent of instructor. Designed to allow students to investigate a specific issue in their classroom/workplace, design a project using the Action Research model, collect and analyze data.
  

  • ECTE 6301 - Curriculum Theory: Foundations

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Designed to help conceptualize the curriculum field, understand philosophical approaches and identify important curriculum issues and tasks involved with curriculum development and theory.
  

  • ECTE 6305 - Critical Contemporary Issues in Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Learn, think, and discuss critical contemporary issues in teaching and learning through interactive debates, discussions, and dialogue.
  

  • ECTE 6310 - Theoretical Frameworks for Curriculum Inquiry

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Addresses epistemological and ontological knowledge that a research should be able to conceptualize when approaching, analyzing, and interpreting their research phenomena.
  

  • ECTE 6312 - Curriculum Theory: Contemporary Perspectives

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Curriculum theory. Contemporary perspectives.
  

  • ECTE 6322 - Writing for Publication and Dissemination of Research in Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Research, connect with educational networks, and build community partnerships while learning to present research to professional audiences and disseminate research through professional journals.
  

  • ECTE 6393 - Advanced Practicum in Curriculum and Instruction I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    First supervised laboratory or field experience course that supports doctoral students to complete a proposal for their application research experience project in Phase 1 of CSTE track.

EDBL - Bilingual Education (Undergraduate Courses)
  

  • EDBL 3135 - Teaching Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students in the EC-6 Classroom I

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Application of knowledge and skills concerning culture, linguistics, and instructional practices for teachers of linguistically and culturally diverse students.
  

  • EDBL 3205 - Bilingual Programs and Language Issues at the Middle Level

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Overview of bilingual programs, issues, and second language research related to middle level students. Field experience required.
  

  • EDBL 3235 - Teaching Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students in the EC-6 Classroom II

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Application of knowledge and skills concerning culture, linguistics, and instructional practices for teachers of linguistically and culturally diverse students in classroom settings during student teaching.
  

  • EDBL 3300 - Introduction to Teaching in a Bilingual/ESL Classroom

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduces bilingual/ESL teacher education candidates to the fundamentals of teaching, including instructional principles and lesson planning.
  

  • EDBL 3310 - Spanish for Bilingual Teachers

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to bilingual program or instructor consent. Proficiency and instructional skills for bilingual classrooms. Emphasis on academic language.
  

  • EDBL 3320 - Content Area Instruction in Spanish for Dual Language Classrooms

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Teacher-training course taught entirely in Spanish. Instructional language for bilingual education across content areas in dual language classrooms.
  

  • EDBL 3332 - Foundations of Bilingual Studies

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Overview of history, philosophy, assessment processes, research, and legal aspects related to bilingual education.
  

  • EDBL 3334 - Dual Language and Cognitive Development in Bilingual Programs

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Skills, attitudes, psycholinguistic knowledge related to first and second language acquisition. Field experience required.
  

  • EDBL 3335 - Teaching Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students in EC-6 Mainstream Classrooms

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Skills, attitudes, cultural, and psycholinguistic knowledge relevant for second language acquisition and development in relation to teaching practices for linguistically and culturally diverse students.
  

  • EDBL 3336 - Instruction and Management in Bilingual and Multilingual Settings

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Developing instruction and management skills in bilingual and multilingual classrooms.
  

  • EDBL 3337 - Content Area Development for English as a Second Language Populations

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Adapting the school curriculum for English as a second language (ESL) students with emphasis on developing appropriate teaching materials for content areas.
  

  • EDBL 3338 - Methods for Teaching English Language Learners

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Rationale, theories, and goals of a comprehensive curriculum program for English language learners.
  

  • EDBL 4321 - Teaching Literacy/Biliteracy in Elementary Dual Language Programs

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Emphasizes the current perspective of the biliteracy process, English literacy, native-language literacy, biliteracy, and the impact of educational policies and programs for English language learners.

EDBL - Bilingual Education (Graduate Courses)
  

  • EDBL 5306 - Seminar in Bilingual/ESL Education in K-12 Contexts

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Recent research trends and issues in bilingual education or English-as-a-Second Language in K-12 contexts.
  

  • EDBL 5310 - Advanced Spanish for Bilingual Teachers

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in bilingual education or instructor consent. Advanced proficiency and instructional skills for bilingual classrooms. Emphasizes academic language.
  

  • EDBL 5320 - Advanced Content Area Instruction in Spanish for Dual-Language Classrooms

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in EDBL 5310 . Teacher-training course. Advanced instructional language for bilingual education across content areas in dual-language classrooms.
  

  • EDBL 5332 - Foundations of Bilingual Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Overview of curriculum, assessment process, teaching strategies, research, and legislation related to bilingual education.
  

  • EDBL 5333 - Teaching the Multicultural-Multilingual Student

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Strategies and techniques for teaching and working with the multicultural-multilingual student.
  

  • EDBL 5334 - First and Second Language Acquisition

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    First and second language acquisition and development as related to bilingual education and the teaching of English as a second language.
  

  • EDBL 5336 - Instructional and Management Issues in Bilingual Education/ESL

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A survey of issues relating to classroom instruction and management for language minority students.
  

  • EDBL 5337 - Teaching Strategies for ESL and Content-Area Teachers of Limited English Proficient Students

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides an instructional framework for material development and teaching approaches to limited English proficient students.
  

  • EDBL 5338 - Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language to PreK-12 Students

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of rationale, theories, and goals of a comprehensive ESL curriculum program in compliance with public school needs and standards of the State of Texas.
  

  • EDBL 5340 - Academic Writing Development for K-12 Second language Learning Contexts

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Theory, research, and development of written school-based genres of bilingual students for K-12 curriculum and assessment design considerations.
  

  • EDBL 5393 - Internship in Bilingual Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Experience in various roles in bilingual education.
  

  • EDBL 7000 - Research

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
  

  • EDBL 8000 - Doctor’s Dissertation

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours

EDCI - Educational Curriculum and Instruction (Undergraduate Courses)
  

  • EDCI 3325 - Honors Seminar: Trends and Issues in Educational Policy and Practice

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A seminar course that involves the analysis and synthesis of current trends in educational policy and practices.

EDCI - Educational Curriculum and Instruction (Graduate Courses)
  

  • EDCI 5306 - Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Recent research, trends, and issues in curriculum and instruction. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • EDCI 5308 - Improving Mentoring Practices

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides an instructional framework for teaching specific mentoring skills and for developing and nurturing the teaching of skillful and reflective thinking.
  

  • EDCI 5309 - Mentoring Models for New Professionals

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Selected mentoring models of well-conceived introduction programs that offer practitioners a valuable tour of the mentoring landscape. Emphasis is placed on professional support and development.
  

  • EDCI 5310 - Instructional Theory and Design

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Applications of contemporary educational theory and design procedures to secondary education, including models of teaching, enhancement of self-concept, and adolescent needs and interests.
  

  • EDCI 5311 - Mentorship

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Guides veteran professionals through a cycle of learning based on established professional development national standards. Required for Master Mentoring Certificate.
  

  • EDCI 5312 - Collaborative Communities in Mentoring

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Designed to assist those planning to teach or work in professional settings in acquiring a perspective dealing with the theory and practice of professional learning communities. Required for Master Mentoring Certificate.
  

  • EDCI 5313 - Nature of Informal Science Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduction to the nature of informal science education, the process of informal learning, and educating a wide range of audiences.
  

  • EDCI 5315 - Learning Theories and Curriculum Models in Informal Science Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Formal learning theories and curriculum methodologies are investigated and applied to learning in informal settings.
  

  • EDCI 5316 - Assessing Learning in Informal Science Settings

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Theoretical underpinnings of assessment in informal settings and the diversity and complexity of assessing science learning in informal contexts.
  

  • EDCI 5320 - Curriculum Theory: Foundations

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Fundamental bases for curriculum development.
  

  • EDCI 5321 - Curriculum Theory: Design and Development

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Principles of curriculum needs assessment, design, implementation, and evaluation.
  

  • EDCI 5330 - Ethics and Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A critical study of ethical theories and their implications for teaching and the teaching profession.
  

  • EDCI 5333 - Improving the Teaching of Thinking

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides an instructional framework for teaching specific thinking skills and for developing and nurturing the teaching of skillful and reflective thinking in all content areas (K-12).
  

  • EDCI 5335 - Models of Teaching

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Selected models of or approaches to teaching are described, demonstrated, and practiced. Emphasis is placed on expanding the repertoire of teaching skills.
  

  • EDCI 5362 - Curriculum and the Media

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Investigates popular media and its role in development of relevant curriculum. Educators gain knowledge and skills for communicating educational issues in public environments.
  

  • EDCI 5371 - Curriculum and Instruction in Sciences and Math Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Guides exploration of science and mathematics curricula: what it is, who writes it, who makes decisions about it, who field tests it, what content should be learned, and how teachers can prepare for proper enactment.
  

  • EDCI 5372 - Assessment Issues in Science and Math Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Guides exploration of current issues related to assessment, multiple dimensions of assessment, and the processes of assessment in mathematics and science education.
  

  • EDCI 5373 - Designing Project-Enhanced Environments for Science and Mathematics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduces interdisciplinary pedagogies, technological tools, instructional strategies, and appropriate assessments for designing and developing project-enhanced environments in science and mathematics classrooms.
  

  • EDCI 5375 - Creativity in the Curriculum

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A critical exploration of the trends, issues, and multiple perspectives related to creativity; its importance to individuals, groups, and society; and its place in cross-disciplinary curricula. Development of an informed position and curriculum recommendations.
  

  • EDCI 5377 - Technology in Science/Math Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores the use of technology to promote science, mathematics, and integrated learning with a focus on current research.
  

  • EDCI 5378 - High Cognitive Demand Tasks in Mathematics and Science Classrooms

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Gives students the opportunity to experience, evaluate, and design interdisciplinary, inquiry-based instructional environments within mathematics and/or science classrooms.
  

  • EDCI 5380 - Action Research I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Fundamentals of quantitative and qualitative design. Students write a literature review and design an original action research project.
  

  • EDCI 5390 - Foundations in Blended and Personalized Learning

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Personalized/Blended Learning skill development using actual classroom context alongside relevant case studies. Development of data-literacy skills to support planning and implementation of personalized learning strategies.
  

  • EDCI 5391 - Blended Learning / Personalized Learning and Student Agency

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Understand the importance of student ownership of learning, and develop strategies that facilitate student ownership and agency. Participants will practice these strategies.
  

  • EDCI 5394 - Personalized Learning Coaching and Critical Communities of Practice

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: EDCI 5390 , EDCI 5391 . Final practicum in PL/BL Graduate Certificate. Focuses on coaching models/frameworks, teacher leadership models/frameworks. Provides practice in conducting feedback and coaching sessions in PL contexts.
  

  • EDCI 5395 - Special Topics in Personalized Learning

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: EDCI 5390 , EDCI 5391 . Bridge course for students moving from PL Graduate Certificate to the PL Master’s concentration. Focuses on current research and innovation in PL/BL contexts.
  

  • EDCI 6000 - Master’s Thesis

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
  

  • EDCI 6303 - Inquiry into Teacher Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines issues, questions, and trends of teacher education and their social, historical, and theoretical backgrounds using different forms of literature in the field.
  

  • EDCI 6304 - Comparative Study in Curriculum, Teaching, and Teacher Learning

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Compares issues of curriculum, teaching, and teacher learning across different countries and examines the purposes, theories, methodology, and policy implication of such comparisons.
  

  • EDCI 6306 - Advanced Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Critical analysis and design of research in selected curriculum areas. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • EDCI 6316 - Orientation to Research and Scholarship in Curriculum and Instruction

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Craft research questions using both qualitative and quantitative methods and examine the affordances, limitations, and assumptions within each paradigm.
  

  • EDCI 6320 - Curriculum Theory: Theoretical Frameworks in Curriculum and Instruction

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Antecedents of contemporary curriculum paradigms; relationships among curriculum, instruction, and society; tactics and models of curriculum analysis and criticism.
  

  • EDCI 6331 - John Dewey’s Theory of Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A critical analysis of John Dewey’s theory of education, pedagogy, and curriculum.
  

  • EDCI 6332 - Advanced Study in Teacher Education Practices

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Engages doctoral students in developing questions, a literature base, and methods; and completing a research report on a particular issue important to teacher education practices.
  

  • EDCI 6333 - Diversity Ideologies: Implications for Schooling

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the origin, purpose, disciplinary orientation, and ideological positions of diversity theoretical perspectives.
  

  • EDCI 6345 - New Literacies

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Concept of literacy is transforming due to changes in education, media, technology and society. Introduction to literacies and the implications for research and instruction.
  

  • EDCI 6360 - Introduction to Data-driven Models of Inquiry in Curriculum and Instruction

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides the foundational knowledge required to analyze large-scale data sets used in the implementation and evaluation of programs of curriculum, instruction, and teacher development.
  

  • EDCI 6361 - Advanced Studies in Data-driven Models of Inquiry in Curriculum and Instruction

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: EDCI 6360  or consent of instructor. Advanced course on the uses of statistical methods to examine questions and large data sets related to the issues of curriculum, instruction, and teacher education.
  

  • EDCI 6367 - Design-Based Research for Educational Contexts

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Demonstrate the ability to use design-based research for educational improvement through the application research experience project (APEX).
  

  • EDCI 6370 - Policy Issues in K-12 Curriculum and Instruction

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the theories and relevant examples about the processes of policy formation and implementation in curriculium and instruction and how politics shape these processes in educational institutions.
  

  • EDCI 6381 - Constructivist Inquiry Methodologies in Curriculum and Instruction

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores various constructivist research methodologies vital to research in educational settings. Narrative, autoethnography, action research, interactionism, and other theoretical approaches are explored and practiced.
  

  • EDCI 6382 - Advanced Field Methods in Constructivist Inquiry

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: EDCI 6381  or consent of instructor. Advanced course investigating methods used in constructivist inquiry. Students will complete three studies using observations, interviews, and documents culminating in a completed case study.
  

  • EDCI 6383 - Narrative Inquiry

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: EDCI 6382  or consent of instructor. Advanced qualitative research regarding what narrative inquiry entails, examining narrative inquiry’s theoretical underpinnings, genres, methods, analysis and interpretation, and contemporary issues related to narrative inquiry.
  

  • EDCI 6392 - Advanced Practicum in Mentoring

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A supervised lab or field experience in a mentoring curricular area. Includes assessment, planning, instruction, and evaluation.
  

  • EDCI 6393 - Advanced Practicum in Curriculum and Instruction

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: EDCI 6382  and EDCI 6361 , or consent of instructor. A supervised laboratory or field experience in a curricular area; includes assessment, planning, instruction, and evaluation. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • EDCI 6395 - Advanced Seminar: Best Practices in Mentoring

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Critical analysis and design of research in selected curriculum areas of induction training and support.
  

  • EDCI 7000 - Research

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
  

  • EDCI 8000 - Doctor’s Dissertation

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours

EDEL - Elementary Education (Undergraduate Courses)
  

  • EDEL 2300 - Schools, Society, and Diversity

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: [EDUC 1301, 1325] Historical, philosophical, sociological, and ideologic foundations of education: Purposes and roles of schools in a pluralistic society. Contemporary issues and reform trends in American public schools. Fulfills multicultural requirement.
  

  • EDEL 3099 - Independent Study

    V1-3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Independent study of special aspects or topics of elementary education. May be repeated for up to 3 hours credit.
  

  • EDEL 3100 - Introduction to Teaching I

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduces teacher education students to fundamentals of teaching, including teaching ethics and principles and state and national standards for student learning.
  

  • EDEL 3200 - Introduction to Teaching II

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduces teacher education students to fundamentals of teaching, including instructional planning and assessment.
  

  • EDEL 3300 - Introduction to Teaching

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides new teacher candidates information, access, and skills needed to successfully complete the teacher education program. (CL)
  

  • EDEL 4000 - Student Teaching Elementary Level

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Attainment of admission standards to student teaching. Supervised teaching involving a period of major responsibility for instruction and learning in an elementary classroom of an accredited school. Course graded credit (CR) or no credit (NC). (CL)
 

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