May 10, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 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.

 

ENGL - English (Graduate Courses)

  
  • ENGL 5306 - Studies in Seventeenth-Century British Literature

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Concentrated studies in British literature, 1600-1660, treating in various semesters poetry, prose, drama, and major authors.
  
  • ENGL 5307 - Studies in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Concentrated studies in British literature, 1660-1800, treating in various semesters poetry, prose, drama, and major authors.
  
  • ENGL 5309 - Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Concentrated studies in British literature, 1800-1900, treating in various semesters poetry, prose, drama, and major authors.
  
  • ENGL 5313 - Studies in Twentieth-Century British Literature

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Concentrated studies in British literature, 1900-present, treating in various semesters poetry, prose, drama, and major authors.
  
  • ENGL 5315 - Studies in British Fiction

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Concentrated studies in British fiction, treating in various semesters major figures and movements.
  
  • ENGL 5317 - Studies in Postcolonial Literature

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Concentrated studies in postcolonial theory and global literature, treating in various semesters poetry, prose, drama, film, popular culture, and major authors. May be repeated when topics vary.
  
  • ENGL 5320 - Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century American Literature

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Concentrated studies in American literature, 1600-1800, treating in various semesters poetry, prose, drama, and major authors.
  
  • ENGL 5323 - Studies in Nineteenth-Century American Literature

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Concentrated studies in American literature, 1800-1900, treating in various semesters poetry, prose, drama, and major authors.
  
  • ENGL 5324 - Studies in Twentieth-Century American Literature

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Concentrated studies in American literature, 1900-present, treating in various semesters poetry, prose, drama, and major authors.
  
  • ENGL 5325 - Studies in American Fiction

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Concentrated studies in American fiction, treating in various semesters major figures and movements.
  
  • ENGL 5327 - Studies in Multicultural American Literature

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Concentrated studies in the literature, theory, and culture of minority American populations, treating in various semesters poetry, prose, drama, film, popular culture, and major authors. May be repeated when topics vary.
  
  • ENGL 5334 - History of the English Language

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An exploration of the external and internal history of the English language and the people who speak it. Considers linguistic, historical, and literary materials.
  
  • ENGL 5335 - Principles of Language

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A broad introduction to the major subfields of descriptive and applied linguistics. Covers theoretical and practical issues in modern analyses of language.
  
  • ENGL 5337 - Studies in Linguistics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Special topics. May be repeated when the topic varies.
  
  • ENGL 5338 - Syntax

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys syntactic analysis and generative syntactic theory.
  
  • ENGL 5339 - Phonology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys the study of sound patterns, phonological description and analysis, and generative phonological theory.
  
  • ENGL 5340 - Research Methods in Literature and Languages

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Survey of research methods in literature and languages, providing experience with enumerative and analytical bibliography, bibliographic theory, and textual criticism.
  
  • ENGL 5341 - Histories and Theories of the Book

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys the global history of written communication from the earliest writing systems to the rise of digital technologies.
  
  • ENGL 5342 - Critical Methods

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Survey of contemporary critical methods with special attention to their application to literature.
  
  • ENGL 5343 - Studies in Literary Criticism

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Concentrated study of specific problems in literary theory and its application to literature.
  
  • ENGL 5344 - Teaching History of the Book

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys the best practices for integrating book history and material studies into the postsecondary and graduate classroom in the Humanities.
  
  • ENGL 5345 - Letterpress Printing History and Practice

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys the historical rise of printing from Gutenberg, with practical experience in letterpress printing on a 19th century historic iron handpress.
  
  • ENGL 5346 - Digital Humanities

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys theories and practices associated with using computer-aided resources to perform and present humanities texts and research.
  
  • ENGL 5347 - Scholarly Editing in Digital Environments

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys the theories and best practices for textual editors and examines the implications associated with transforming cultural artifacts into digital form.
  
  • ENGL 5348 - Studies in History of the Book

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Concentrated study of specific problems in the history of the book and material culture. May be repeated when topics vary.
  
  • ENGL 5349 - Religion and Material Texts

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores the relationship between religion and material texts across histories and cultures.
  
  • ENGL 5350 - Studies in Drama

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Concentrated studies in American, British, or world drama.
  
  • ENGL 5351 - Studies in Film and Literature

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Readings, analysis, and research in the interrelationships between film and literature.
  
  • ENGL 5352 - Studies in Fiction

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Concentrated studies in world fiction.
  
  • ENGL 5353 - Studies in Poetry

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Concentrated studies in American, British, or world poetry.
  
  • ENGL 5355 - Studies in Comparative Literature

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Theory and practice of the study of comparative literature, with emphasis on themes and motifs.
  
  • ENGL 5360 - History and Theories of College Composition

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Seminar in history and contemporary theories of composition and rhetoric studies. Required for all new teaching assistants and graduate part-time instructors.
  
  • ENGL 5361 - Theories of Invention in Writing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Classical and modern theories of rhetoric.
  
  • ENGL 5362 - Rhetorical Analysis of Text

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Classical and modern theories of rhetorical analysis.
  
  • ENGL 5363 - Research Methods in Technical Communication and Rhetoric

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Survey of research methods in technical communication, rhetoric, and composition studies with emphasis on current research trends.
  
  • ENGL 5364 - History of Rhetoric

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Survey of history and theories of rhetoric with an emphasis on applications to written communication.
  
  • ENGL 5365 - Studies in Composition

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Consideration of classical and modern theories and research in written composition.
  
  • ENGL 5366 - Teaching Technical and Professional Writing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Theory and teaching of technical and professional writing with special attention to developing course objectives, syllabi, and teaching techniques.
  
  • ENGL 5368 - Studies in Written Argumentation

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    History and theories of written argumentation.
  
  • ENGL 5369 - Discourse and Technology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of the effects of computer networks and digitally mediated knowledge management on theoretical, practical, and pedagogical notions of discourse and discourse communities.
  
  • ENGL 5370 - Studies in Creative Writing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Theory and practice of creative writing. This class may be taught as a single genre poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or other writing or as multiple genres. May be repeated for credit towards creative writing specialization.
  
  • ENGL 5371 - Foundations of Technical Communication

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Theory and practice of technical communication.
  
  • ENGL 5372 - Technical Reports

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Theory and practice of reports and proposals.
  
  • ENGL 5373 - Instructional Design for Technical Communicators

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Theory and practice of instructional document development and design.
  
  • ENGL 5374 - Technical Editing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Substantive editing and design of technical documents.
  
  • ENGL 5375 - Document Design

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Theory and practice of creating comprehensible, usable, and persuasive texts.
  
  • ENGL 5376 - Online Publishing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Design and testing of online materials to support instruction and information retrieval.
  
  • ENGL 5377 - Theoretical Approaches to Technical Communication

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Intensive analysis and application of one or more theories of technical communication.
  
  • ENGL 5378 - Graduate Internship

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of the Director of Graduate Studies. Substantial writing, editing, and/or teaching experience under the direction of a faculty member or professional mentor.
  
  • ENGL 5379 - Empirical Research Methods in Technical Communication and Rhetoric

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Empirical research methods in technical communication and rhetoric
  
  • ENGL 5380 - Advanced Problems in Literary Studies

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Concentrated studies in works, authors, or approaches.
  
  • ENGL 5381 - Global Technical Communication

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduction to theories and practices in global technical communication.
  
  • ENGL 5382 - Theory and Research in the Written Discourses of Health and Medicine

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Current theory and research in the written discourses of health and medicine, focusing on the roles of technical and professional communicators.
  
  • ENGL 5383 - Grants and Proposals

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Theoretical issues and practical experience dealing with the genre and process of writing grants and proposals.
  
  • ENGL 5384 - Rhetoric of Scientific Literature

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of the role of rhetoric in the texts of scientific inquiry.
  
  • ENGL 5385 - Ethics in Technical Communication and Rhetoric

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Definitions, philosophies, and applicability of ethics to technical communication problems and solutions.
  
  • ENGL 5386 - Written Discourse and Social Issues

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of uses of written discourse in problem solving on social issues involving science or technology.
  
  • ENGL 5387 - Publications Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Strategies of managing processes and knowledge that support publication.
  
  • ENGL 5388 - User Experience Research

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Methods of planning, conducting, and analyzing user experience research and tests.
  
  • ENGL 5389 - Field Methods of Research

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Survey of methods such as ethnography, observation, and participatory design with application to research in rhetoric and technical communication.
  
  • ENGL 5390 - Writing for Publication

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Designed to teach students in graduate programs how to write clear and effective articles for professional journals in their field.
  
  • ENGL 5391 - Grants and Proposals for Nonprofits

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Strategies and techniques for researching, writing, and editing grant proposals for nonprofit organizations.
  
  • ENGL 5392 - Teaching College Literature

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Survey of pedagogical issues associated with the teaching of university-level literature courses.
  
  • ENGL 5393 - Grants and Proposals for the Academy and Industry

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Strategies and techniques for researching, writing, and editing grant proposals and business plans for the academy and industry.
  
  • ENGL 5394 - User-Centered Design

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Theory, practice, and methods of user-centered design for technical information products.
  
  • ENGL 6000 - Master’s Thesis

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
  
  • ENGL 7000 - Research

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
  
  • ENGL 8000 - Doctor’s Dissertation

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours

ENGR - Engineering (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • ENGR 1105 - Strategies for Success in Engineering

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Laboratory course to provide engineering majors with practice in skills to improve academic performance. Topics include study skills and habits, note taking, collaborative learning and teamwork, test-taking skills, and time management.
  
  • ENGR 1106 - Math Fundamentals for Engineering Students

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: MPE score of 4-6 and department approval.
  
  • ENGR 1107 - Engineering Seminar

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Topics in engineering.
  
  • ENGR 1108 - General Chemistry Bridge Course for Engineers

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 43% or higher on Chemistry Placement Exam. Review/preview of high school/college chemistry designed to increase preparedness for CHEM 1307  while allowing co-registration in the ConocoPhillips Academic Success Bridge Program. [CHEM 1101 ]
  
  • ENGR 1110 - Engineering Seminar

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduction of all first year and transfer students to the practice and career paths of engineering majors.
  
  • ENGR 1301 - Engineering Design for Sustainability

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Emphasizes energy, environment, creativity, engineering design, innovation, entrepreneurship and teamwork. Teams design projects focused on conceptualization of sustainable transportation and/or building systems for the future.
  
  • ENGR 1315 - Introduction to Engineering

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: ENGR1201 Prerequisite: MATH 1451  (may be taken concurrently). Introduction to the engineering profession, including the distinction between different majors, engineering problem solving, MatLab programming, Excel basics, professionalism and ethics, and experiences in team design projects.
  
  • ENGR 1320 - Bio-Inspired Design for Engineers

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Designed to introduce students to and give a basis for bio-inspired design. Students will learn about various biomimetic methods and projects.
  
  • ENGR 1330 - Computational Thinking with Data Science

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduces Python programming, its relevant modules and libraries, and computational thinking for solving problems in Data Science. Students will learn data science approaches to importing, manipulating, and analyzing data as well as modeling and visualizing real-world data sets in various science and engineering disciplines.
  
  • ENGR 2331 - Professional Communication for Engineers

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1302 . Rhetorical theory and conventions applied to communication strategies for engineering practice in the global workplace, addressing collaboration, ethical situations, community service, and electronic communication. Fulfills core Communication (Oral) requirement.
  
  • ENGR 2392 - Engineering Ethics and Its Impact on Society

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Development of ethical reasoning and enhancing critical thinking skills using theory and case studies with applications to engineering practice, including international issues. Available in classroom and by online distance learning. Fulfills core Language, Philosophy, and Culture requirement.
  
  • ENGR 2393 - Environmental Literacy and Ethics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Familiarizes students with some of the contemporary challenges they are likely to face as professionals as the concepts and practices of environmental literacy and sustainability become more prevalent in their industries.
  
  • ENGR 3000 - Engineering Cooperative Education

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Approval by the Engineering Cooperative Education Director. Field course for supervised preprofessional educational employment experiences in industry and government involving assignments in the student’s major.
  
  • ENGR 3301 - International Engineering

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. The capstone course of the international engineering minor. The Capstone Project is a culmination of the students’ experiences abroad and engineering knowledge. Students are required to connect their international experience to engineering. May be retaken abroad. 
  
  • ENGR 3303 - Fundamentals of Mechanics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: PHYS 1408 . Introduction to the principles of mechanics, including statistics, dynamics, and mechanics of solids.
  
  • ENGR 3321 - Fundamentals of Thermal Science

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: PHYS 1408 . Introduction to the principles of the thermal sciences, including thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer.
  
  • ENGR 4001 - Special Topics in Engineering

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Special topics in engineering. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • ENGR 4361 - Global Regulatory and Legal Requirements of Quality

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Regulatory requirements for the healthcare industry from an engineering perspective. [ENGR 5361]

ENGR - Engineering (Graduate Courses)

  
  • ENGR 5000 - Special Topics in Engineering

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in engineering. Individual study of advanced interdisciplinary topics in engineering under the guidance of one or more members of the engineering faculty.
  
  • ENGR 5321 - Electric Power Systems CUSP Curriculum

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a closely related field or consent of Instructor. Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution with an integrated focus on a set of courses on electric energy systems with an emphasis on sustainability as part of the CUSP (Consortium of Universities for Sustainable Power) curriculum.
  
  • ENGR 5322 - Advanced Electric Power Systems CUSP Curriculum

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a closely related field, ENGR 5321 , or consent of instructor. Power system protection, power system grid management, power system planning, demand forecasting, and distribution system engineering.
  
  • ENGR 5323 - Power Generation, Operation and Control CUSP Curriculum

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a closely related field, ENGR 5321 , or consent of instructor. Fundamentals of electric power generation, economic dispatch, locational marginal pricing and electricity markets, scheduling of generation units, optimal power flow.
  
  • ENGR 5324 - Electricity Markets CUSP Curriculum

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a closely related field, ENGR 5321  , or consent of instructor. “Locational marginal pricing” model of “organized” or “centralized” day-ahead and real-time electricity markets in the ERCOT market. Power flow, optimal dispatch, transmission and unit commitment issues, transmission price risk hedging, network models, and capacity adequacy.
  
  • ENGR 5325 - Power System Protection CUSP Curriculum

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a closely related field, ENGR 5321 , or consent of instructor. Main, back up and redundant relay protection; protection zones; proper instrumentation transformers; calculate fault currents; power system equipment in fault programs; relay and fuse settings; auto restoration methods.
  
  • ENGR 5326 - High Voltage Technology CUSP Curriculum

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a closely related field, ENGR 5321 , or consent of instructor. Students are expected to have basic knowledge of electric circuit analysis, transient and steady state response, electromagnetics and an introductory course on power system components and operation. Sources of overvoltages in power systems, methods of generating and measuring high voltages, insulating materials, electric field and stress control, insulation coordination, and protective devices.
  
  • ENGR 5331 - Power Electronics CUSP Curriculum

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a closely related field or consent of Instructor. Power electronics and power conditioning with an integrated focus on electric energy systems with an emphasis on sustainability as part of the CUSP (Consortium of Universities for Sustainable Power) curriculum.
  
  • ENGR 5332 - Advanced Power Electronics I CUSP Curriculum

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a closely related field, ENGR 5331  , or consent of instructor. Integrated focus on electric energy systems with an emphasis on sustainability as part of the CUSP (Consortium of Universities for Sustainable Power) curriculum.
  
  • ENGR 5333 - Advanced Power Electronics II CUSP Curriculum

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a closely related field, ENGR 5332 , or consent of instructor. Devices used in power electronics and their protection: semiconductor physics review, power diodes, thyristors and GTOs, JFETs and FCTs, MOSFETs, IGBTs, wide bandgap devices, snubbers, heat sinks, magnetic component design, and electromagnetic compatibility.
  
  • ENGR 5341 - Electric Machines and Drives CUSP Curriculum

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a closely related field, or consent of instructor. Structure and applications of electric drive systems, mechanical systems, power electronics, switch-mode converters and PWM, magnetic circuits, energy conversion, control of induction and synchronous machines, energy efficiency.
  
  • ENGR 5342 - Electric Machine Design CUSP Curriculum

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a closely related field, ENGR 5341 , or consent of instructor. Design process for electric motors and generators based upon fundamental theories. Supplements electric machine theory for advanced courses in electric machines and provides a thorough knowledge of design procedures in design of electric machines. Topics include mechanical, manufacturing and future challenges for machine design.
  
  • ENGR 5343 - Vector Control of Drives CUSP Curriculum

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a closely related field, ENGR 5341 , or consent of instructor. Accurate torque, speed and position control; dynamic analysis and modeling of induction machines; vector control of induction motor drives; parameter errors; direct-torque control; PM and SRM drives.
  
  • ENGR 5344 - FEA for Machine Design CUSP Curriculum

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a closely related field, ENGR 5341 , or consent of instructor. Introduces students to modern and classical methods used by engineers to design electromagnetic devices such as electric machines and transformers. Finite element analysis techniques, winding analysis and material modelling, and problem solving using commercial finite element analysis software.
 

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