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2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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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.
 

ENGR - Engineering (Graduate Courses)
  

  • ENGR 5351 - Wind Energy Essentials CUSP Curriculum

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a closely related field, or consent of instructor. Various essential aspects in harnessing wind energy and its conversion and delivery as electricity. Broad understanding of essential elements in wind-electric systems: turbines, wind-plant development and their integration into the utility grid, environmental impacts, wind forecasting and more.
  

  • ENGR 5352 - Advanced Engineering Analysis for Bioengineers

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Overview of concepts in mathematics and computational methods relevant to bioengineering. Review of differential and integral calculus and vector calculus; introduction to ordinary differential equations, special functions, Fourier and Laplace methods, linear algebra, complex numbers, and other topics. Intended for graduate students in engineering who do not have an undergraduate degree in engineering, mathematics, or physics.
  

  • ENGR 5360 - Fundamentals of Engineering Science

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An overview of physical, mathematical, and engineering concepts; including electronics, materials, statistics, C programming, digital logic, microprocessors, and project management.
  

  • ENGR 5380 - Renewable Electric Power Systems

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Fundamentals of electric power systems, generation, transmission, distribution, system control, and protection with a focus on integration of renewables and long-term sustainability.
  

  • ENGR 5392 - Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Bachelor’s degree. Applications of professional ethics to engineering practice and research in fields of education and technology-related industry. May also be taken by distance learning.
  

  • ENGR 6330 - Master’s Report

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Formal technical report on an interdisciplinary topic under guidance of faculty from one or more departments.

ENTX - Environmental Toxicology (Undergraduate Courses)
  

  • ENTX 3300 - Biological Effects of Chemicals in the Environment

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduces students to the biological effects following exposure to chemicals in the environment.  
  

  • ENTX 3301 - Introduction to Ecotoxicology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A comprehensive overview of wildlife and ecological problems with a focus on toxicology.
  

  • ENTX 4000 - Undergraduate Research in Environmental Toxicology

    V1-3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 15 hours of biology or chemistry, junior or senior standing, and consent of instructor. Selected research problems according to the needs of the student. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENTX 4301 - Special Topics in Environmental Toxicology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Special areas of current interest not commonly included in other undergraduate courses (e.g., wildlife toxicology, pesticides in the environment).
  

  • ENTX 4325 - Principles of Toxicology I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Senior standing or consent of instructor. First half of two-semester course. Examines foundations of toxicological sciences, covering principles, disposition and half of toxicity mechanisms.
  

  • ENTX 4326 - Principles of Toxicology II

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENTX 4325 . Second half of two-semester course. Covers remaining toxicity mechanisms, toxic agents and applied toxicology.
  

  • ENTX 4371 - Procedures and Techniques in Ecologic Risk Assessment

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Designed to provide students with a solid foundation in risk assessment methods. Students will learn how the ecological risk assessment framework developed by U.S. EPA is used to assess the potential hazards of chemicals. [ENTX 6371 ]

ENTX - Environmental Toxicology (Graduate Courses)
  

  • ENTX 6000 - Master’s Thesis

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
  

  • ENTX 6100 - Graduate Seminar

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. A participatory seminar where graduate students condense, review, and present research findings on focused topics. Subject matter varies by semester. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENTX 6105 - Introductory Seminar in Environmental Toxicology

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing. A tour through the discipline of environmental toxicology focusing on its composition and workings. Demonstrations of laboratory, field, computational, presentation, safety, quality assurance, permitting, and career components.
  

  • ENTX 6115 - Environmental Toxicology Seminar

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Seminar on timely topics by experts in environmental toxicology. Required for all environmental toxicology students. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENTX 6300 - Advanced Topics in Environmental Toxicology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Special areas of current interest not generally covered in other courses. Content normally different each time offered. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENTX 6312 - Biological Threats in the Environment

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Undergraduate biological background or consent of instructor. Detailed examination of characteristics, surveillance, and control of naturally-occurring zoonoses and diseases exploitable as biological weapon agents.
  

  • ENTX 6314 - Chemical Warfare and Protective Countermeasures

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Coverage of chemical warfare agents, their protective measures, and technologies. Suitable for science and engineering majors.
  

  • ENTX 6325 - Principles of Toxicology I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the department or consent of instructor. First half of two semester course. Examines the foundations of toxicological sciences. Covers principles, disposition, and first half of toxicity mechanisms.
  

  • ENTX 6326 - Principles of Toxicology II

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENTX 6325 . Second half of two semester course. Covers remaining mechanisms, toxic agents, and applied toxicology.
  

  • ENTX 6327 - Molecular Toxicology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENTX 6325  and ENTX 6326  or consent of instructor. Molecular mechanisms and control of phase I and phase II xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes, oxidative stress, and carcinogenesis. Emphasizes prototypical chemicals with multiple modes of action.
  

  • ENTX 6328 - Molecular Methods in the Toxicology Laboratory

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Theoretical background and hands-on experience with molecular methods to understand and analyze adverse effects of toxicants at the molecular level.
  

  • ENTX 6331 - Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENTX 6325  and ENTX 6326  or consent of instructor. Mechanistic treatment of chemical effects on reproductive and developmental processes and the resulting impacts on reproductive function, fertility, and the developing offspring.
  

  • ENTX 6351 - Analytical Toxicology Lecture

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Corequisite: ENTX 6352 . Theory of isolation, detection, identification, and quantification of toxic substances and their transformation products in environmental and biological samples.
  

  • ENTX 6352 - Analytical Toxicology Laboratory

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Corequisite: ENTX 6351 . Extraction, cleanup, and quantitative analysis of environmental chemicals and their degradates. Reinforces and applies theories taught in ENTX 6351 .
  

  • ENTX 6365 - Fundamentals of Aquatic Ecotoxicology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Graduate or advanced undergraduate background in biological, chemical, or environmental sciences or consent of instructor. Covers effects of water pollution on aquatic organisms and human health. Subjects include fate and transport in aqueous systems, acute toxicity and toxicity tests, and effects of pollutants on aquatic systems from molecular to global levels.
  

  • ENTX 6367 - Advanced Wildlife Toxicology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENTX 6325  and ENTX 6326 , ENTX 6445 , or consent of instructor. Environmental contaminant effects on reproduction, health, and well being of wildlife species and applications to ecological risk assessment.
  

  • ENTX 6371 - Procedures and Techniques in Ecological Risk Assessment

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Designed to provide students with a solid foundation in risk assessment methods. Students will learn how the ecological risk assessment framework developed by the U.S. EPA is used to assess the potential hazards of chemicals.
  

  • ENTX 6385 - Statistical Applications in Environmental Toxicology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: STAT 5302  or equivalent. Designed for students who wish to understand the interrelationships of statistical distributions and particular statistical approaches to environmental toxicology data analysis.
  

  • ENTX 6391 - Modeling and Simulation in Ecotoxicology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Model development, implementation, and simulation applied to ecotoxicology; stressor responses; toxicokinetics; individual organism effects; individual-based models; population, community, and landscape effects; parameter estimation; design and analysis of simulation experiments; and model validation.
  

  • ENTX 6445 - Chemical Sources and Fates in Environmental Systems

    4 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Organic and analytical or environmental chemistry or consent of instructor. Environmental phenomena and physical properties of chemicals are used to understand processes governing chemical fate in the environment from global to micro scales.
  

  • ENTX 7000 - Research

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
  

  • ENTX 8000 - Doctor’s Dissertation

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours

ENVD - Environmental Design (Graduate Courses)
  

  • ENVD 5007 - Internship

    V1-3 Semester Credit Hours
    Supervised internship experiences in established career-related positions. May be repeated for credit up to 6 hours.
  

  • ENVD 5101 - Seminar in Environmental Design

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    May be repeated for up to 3 hours credit.
  

  • ENVD 5301 - Graduate Research Seminar

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduction to philosophies, technologies, and processes involved in research and graduate study.
  

  • ENVD 5310 - Readings

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A comprehensive and critical review of literature and research data related to current issues in the student’s major area of specialization.
  

  • ENVD 5311 - Individual Study in Environmental Design and Consumer Economics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENVD 5320 - Writing for Scholarly Publication

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Teaches students to write effective scholarly publications in environmental design. Publication sources, submission requirements, and review processes will be discussed.
  

  • ENVD 5340 - 3D CAD Pattern Design Systems

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explore 3D CAD pattern design systems and the 3D virtual design process.  Apply these systems to virtual fit product development research.
  

  • ENVD 5341 - Aesthetic Analysis of Apparel Design Studio

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Students will collect qualitative data on a chosen research topic and develop a personal design identity, which will be used to design a collection of clothing.
  

  • ENVD 5342 - Sustainability for Fashion

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Focuses on innovative ways of thinking about textiles, accessories, and garments based on sustainability values and an interconnected approach to design.
  

  • ENVD 5378 - Research Methods I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Positivistic, interpretive, and critical modes of research inquiry.
  

  • ENVD 5380 - Human Factors: Ergonomics in Environmental Design

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of human factors and the anthropometric aspects of ergonomics as applied to environmental design.
  

  • ENVD 5381 - Environment and Behavioral Design Analysis

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Implications from the social sciences as applied to analyzing causes and arriving at possible solutions to problems related to interiors in contemporary society.
  

  • ENVD 5382 - Environmental Design Systems

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of systems used in the design and research of residential and nonresidential interiors.
  

  • ENVD 5383 - Sustainable Communities and Design

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examination of sustainability concepts related to design of communities, buildings, and interiors.
  

  • ENVD 5384 - Advanced Lighting Systems

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Advanced study and application of lighting systems.
  

  • ENVD 5386 - Acute Care Design Research

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examination of important functions of and people working in major departments of typical community acute care hospitals in the United States.
  

  • ENVD 5388 - Design of Interior Environments for Physically and Mentally Challenged Populations

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Adaptation and evaluation of proximate environments to meet the needs of the physically and mentally challenged.
  

  • ENVD 6000 - Master’s Thesis

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
  

  • ENVD 6001 - Master’s Report

    V3-6 Semester Credit Hours
    May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENVD 6310 - Research Design

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examination of topics associated with research quality in designing quantitative and qualitative studies.
  

  • ENVD 6370 - Environmental Design Technology and Development

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examination of environmental design processes and related technologies. Analysis and synthesis of human factors, interior components, information systems, and the built environment.
  

  • ENVD 6378 - Research Methods II

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: ENVD 5378  and 3 credit hours of statistics with a grade of C or higher. Application of statistical packages to analyze data and interpret results.
  

  • ENVD 6389 - Environmental Design Studio

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Development of and/or response to specific environmental design programs. Study of design processes, including visual presentations that exemplify design solutions. Students will exhibit design projects.
  

  • ENVD 7000 - Research

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
  

  • ENVD 8000 - Doctoral Dissertation

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours

ENVE - Environmental Engineering (Undergraduate Courses)
  

  • ENVE 1100 - Environmental Engineering Seminar

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduction of first year and transfer students to the practice of environmental engineering.
  

  • ENVE 3301 - Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 1308  and CE 3305 ; 2.5 GPA or higher. Introduces fundamental physical, chemical, and biological principles used to understand complex natural systems and design engineered systems. Students acquire the tools to analyze and/or design systems across the breadth of environmental engineering fields. First course of the two-course sequence of Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering.
  

  • ENVE 3302 - Application of Environmental Engineering

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: ENVE 3301 ; minimum 2.5 TTU GPA. Surveys the technologies and practice of the major fields of environmental engineering and associated environmental issues. Second course of the two-course sequence of Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering.
  

  • ENVE 4107 - Advanced Physical and Chemical Municipal Water Treatment Lab

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Characterization of water using alkalinity, pH, BOD, and solids concentrations. Students will conduct column tests and filtration studies and analyze water quality data.
  

  • ENVE 4185 - Microbial Applications in Environmental Engineering Lab

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Determine concentration of coliforms, nutrients, and organic pollutants in water; analyze water quality data.
  

  • ENVE 4191 - Advanced Water Treatment Lab

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Design and conduct flocculation, coagulant doses, sedimentation, and disinfection studies; assess impact on water quality.
  

  • ENVE 4307 - Physical and Chemical Municipal Wastewater Treatment

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CE 3309  and instructor consent. Characterization of municipal wastewaters and the application of physical and chemical design procedures to remove and dispose of criteria pollutants in wastewater.
  

  • ENVE 4314 - Membrane Treatment Processes

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CE 3309  or instructor consent. Introduces the fundamental principles and applications of various membrane processes (MF, UF, NF, and RO) in water and wastewater treatment and quality control.
  

  • ENVE 4315 - Environmental Chemistry for Pollution Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CE 3309  or instructor consent. Introduces the fundamental knowledge of reaction kinetics and chemical equilibriums relevant to water quality in natural and engineered processes.
  

  • ENVE 4385 - Microbial Applications in Environmental Engineering

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Presents information regarding bacterial cell structure and microbial genetics, metabolism and the role of microbes in the design of treatment processes and water/wastewater reuse issues.
  

  • ENVE 4391 - Advanced Water Treatment

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Water chemistry and microbiology; design procedures for municipal water treatment; advanced methods of quality control, renovation, and reuse.
  

  • ENVE 4399 - Biological Municipal Wastewater Treatment

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENVE 4307 , CE 3309  or instructor consent. Municipal wastewater treatment methods, including suspend and attached growth biological systems, nitrification, denitrification, phosphorous removal, sludge stabilization, and treated effluent and sludge disposal.

ENVE - Environmental Engineering (Graduate Courses)
  

  • ENVE 5107 - Advanced Physical and Chemical Wastewater Treatment Lab

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Characterization of alkalinity, pH, BOD, and solids concentrations. Students will conduct column tests and filtration studies. Analyze water quality data.
  

  • ENVE 5303 - Design of Air Pollution Control Systems

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Engineering analysis procedures techniques for the selection, application, and operation of air pollution control methods in various operational situations.
  

  • ENVE 5305 - Environmental Systems Design I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Student teams evaluate a waste problem, select and develop a treatment alternative in a feasibility study, and then finalize their design selections in technical memorandums.
  

  • ENVE 5306 - Environmental Systems Design II

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Student teams evaluate a waste problem, select and develop a treatment alternative in a feasibility study, and then finalize their design selections in technical memorandums.
  

  • ENVE 5307 - Advanced Physical and Chemical Municipal Wastewater Treatment

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Characterization of municipal wastewaters and the application of physical and chemical design procedures to remove and dispose of criteria pollutants in wastewater.
  

  • ENVE 5314 - Membrane Treatment Processes

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CE 3309  or instructor consent. Introduces the fundamental principles and applications of various membrane processes (MF, UF, NF and RO) in water and wastewater treatment and quality control.
  

  • ENVE 5315 - Environmental Chemistry for Pollution Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CE 3309  (or equivalent) or instructor consent. Introduces the fundamental knowledge of reaction kinetics and chemical equilibriums relevant to water quality in natural and engineered processes.
  

  • ENVE 5316 - Environmental Nanotechnology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Fundamental physicochemical principles to design and fabricate engineering nanomaterials, the formation of natural nanomaterials, and prediction of their transport, transformation, and toxicity in the environment.
  

  • ENVE 5392 - Environmental Chemodynamics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Environmental chemodynamics; interphase equilibrium, reactions, transport processes and related models for anthropogenic substances across natural interfaces (air-water-sediment-soil) and associated boundary regions.
  

  • ENVE 5399 - Biological Municipal Wastewater Treatment

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Municipal wastewater treatment methods, including suspend and attached growth biological systems, nitrification, denitrification, phosphorous removal, sludge stabilization, and treated effluent and sludge disposal.

EPCE - Counselor Education (Graduate Courses)
  

  • EPCE 5001 - Advanced Workshop in Counseling

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Workshop and field experience assignments in counseling-related activities. A maximum of 6 hours of credit may be earned.
  

  • EPCE 5094 - Internship in Counseling

    V1-3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: EPCE 5360  and admission to the EPCE program. Students cannot enroll in more than 3 semester hours of EPCE 5094 each semester, including summer sessions.
  

  • EPCE 5352 - Child and Adolescent Counseling

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Philosophy, principles, and practices of counseling children and young adolescents in school and clinical mental health settings.
  

  • EPCE 5353 - Introduction to Mental Health Counseling

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Overview of the activities of mental health counseling, nature of specific populations, program development and evaluation, planning for client services, and public policy issues.
  

  • EPCE 5354 - Group Counseling

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An overview of the principles, practices, and approaches to group counseling in school and clinical mental health settings.
  

  • EPCE 5355 - Introduction to Career Counseling

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Overview of career theories, assessment procedures, techniques, and counseling processes used with adolescents and adults in school and clinical mental health settings.
  

  • EPCE 5357 - Techniques of Counseling

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the EPCE program. Theory, simulation, and practice of counseling techniques used in school and clinical mental health agency settings.
  

  • EPCE 5358 - Introduction to School Counseling

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Designed to equip students with skills and knowledge to develop, implement, manage, and assess components of a comprehensive developmental school counseling program.
  
  

  • EPCE 5364 - Theories of Counseling

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Overview of theories and paradigms of counseling.
  

  • EPCE 5365 - Dysfunctional Behavior of Children and Youth

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Overview and analysis of dysfunctional behavior, including substance abuse and disorders affecting children and youth in educational and counseling settings.
  

  • EPCE 5366 - Dysfunctional Behavior of Adults

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: EPCE 5364 , EPCE 5365 , and either EPCE 5353  or EPCE 5358 . Advanced analysis of dysfunctional behavior, diagnosis criteria and tools, and mental and emotional disorders in educational and counseling settings.
  

  • EPCE 5367 - Marriage and Family Counseling for Professional Counselors

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Theory and practice of marriage and family counseling for licensed professional and school counselors.
  

  • EPCE 5369 - Seminar in Counseling

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. A critical investigation of counseling topics related to school and clinical mental health agencies. May be repeated as topic varies.
  

  • EPCE 5370 - Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An investigation of legal and ethical issues in the counseling profession. Focus on schools and clinical mental health agencies.
  

  • EPCE 5371 - Counseling Diverse Populations for Licensed Professional Counselors

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Overview of counseling theory as it applies to diverse groups including gender, geriatric, racial, ethnic, and exceptionality issues.
  

  • EPCE 5372 - Addictions: An Overview for School and Mental Health Counselors

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Overview of addictions theory, issues, and practice. The course’s focus is on clinical mental health and school counseling.
  

  • EPCE 5373 - Advanced Addictions Counseling

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Screening, assessment, diagnosis, and counseling techniques used in treatment of co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders for counselors in school and clinical mental health agencies.
 

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