Dec 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.

 

INTS - Integrative Studies (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • INTS 3110 - Seminar in Health Careers

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Health professionals present weekly seminars related to preparation, training, and activities associated with various health professions and organizations.  
  
  • INTS 3301 - Career and Professional Development

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prepares students for a successful workplace experience. Offers students the opportunity to develop career search and interviewing strategies, resume writing, and professional and personal growth.
  
  • INTS 3310 - Introduction to Interdisciplinary Theory and Research Methods

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Corequisite: INTS 2310 . Introduces theoretically based inquiry and foundational research methods. Covers the goals of scientific research and supports the transition to interdisciplinary methods of inquiry.
  
  • INTS 3320 - Introduction to Computing Applications

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An interdisciplinary course introduction to computing applications and applicable career paths; outside traditional domains of information technology—the arts, languages, experimental biosciences, and wind energy.  
  
  • INTS 3330 - Global Perspectives in Integrative Studies

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Emphasizes interdisciplinary problem solving through critical, analytical, and integrative approaches to the study of general issues and trends facing the contemporary world. Fulfills multicultural requirement. (Writing Intensive)
  
  • INTS 3350 - Team Leadership in Interdisciplinary Problems

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Students will utilize critical, analytical, and integrative approaches to interdisciplinary problem solving while emphasizing the practices of effective interdisciplinary leadership and teamwork. Online.
  
  • INTS 4000 - Independent Study

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: 2. 5 GPA and consent of instructor. Teaching assistantships, independent coursework, student-initiated research experience, or individual studies of special interest in integrative studies. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • INTS 4300 - Perspectives in Integrative Studies

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: INTS 2310 . Introduction to interdisciplinary research methods. Covers methods of disciplinary integration, orientation to interdisciplinary expectations, and standards in academic and professional organizations. (CL) (CL)
  
  • INTS 4320 - Internship in Integrative Studies

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites:  INTS 4300  and instructor consent. Supervised internship in a professional workplace setting. Students apply their research skills and integrative knowledge to a workplace problem. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • INTS 4350 - Capstone in Integrative Studies

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: INTS 4300  and senior standing. Advanced course in integrative studies. Students will draw together the diverse strands of their studies, reflect on their connections, and produce an in-depth senior project. (CL)
  
  • INTS 4351 - BAAS Capstone in Applied Leadership

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An advanced course in the interdisciplinary analysis of the principles of leadership with application to students’ professional and personal goals. B.A.A.S. majors only. (CL)

INTS - Integrative Studies (Graduate Courses)

  
  • INTS 5100 - Colloquium in Integrative Studies

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduces students to the interdisciplinary studies graduate program and expectations through a series of professional presentations and assignments.
  
  • INTS 5300 - Perspectives in Interdisciplinary Studies

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: B or better in theory course in each area of study and at least one disciplinary research methods class, or instructor consent. Provides students with expectations of interdisciplinary methods of inquiry and problem solving.

IPAC - Institute for Peace and Conflict (Graduate Courses)

  
  • IPAC 5300 - Foundations of Strategic Studies

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An introductory course in strategic thought, taught thematically using historical case studies to reinforce the process and environment of strategy in conflict resolution.
  
  • IPAC 5306 - National Security and Intelligence in Post 9/11 World

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: B or better in IPAC 5300 . Covers the structure of the American intelligence community since World War I and changes in response to 9/11 and pre-war intelligence assessments of Iraq.
  
  • IPAC 5307 - Seminar in Strategic Studies

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IPAC 5300  with a grade of B or higher. This capstone course for the Certificate in Strategic Studies utilizes guest lecturers and culminates in the writing of a research paper based on specific student interests.

IS - Interdisciplinary Studies (Graduate Courses)

  
  • IS 5000 - Graduate Directed Studies

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of coordinator. Advanced studies in developing cultural understanding. Projects to be assessed by faculty committee.
  
  • IS 5001 - Graduate Studies Abroad

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of Office of International Affairs. Advanced individual studies in interdisciplinary, international, and /or multicultural experiences.
  
  • IS 5031 - Internship in Interdisciplinary Studies

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
    Supervised internship experience in an aspect of interdisciplinary studies designed to provide students with practical experience in their specified field.
  
  • IS 5310 - Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines selected topics, problems, or current events related to interdisciplinary studies with content varying based on the topic. May be repeated for credit as topic varies.
  
  • IS 5332 - Advanced Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Nature of the course depends on the students’ interests and needs for advanced study in their specific field in interdisciplinary studies.
  
  • IS 6000 - Master’s Thesis

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
  
  • IS 6301 - Foundations of Interdisciplinary Studies

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduces students to the theories and methods of interdisciplinary study as well as the cognitive process that interdisciplinarians use to approach complex problems.
  
  • IS 6302 - Frontiers in Transdisciplinary Research

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examination of the theories, concepts, and strategies of conducting transdisciplinary research to enable students to effectively evaluate, consume, and successfully complete future transdisciplinary research projects.
  
  • IS 6303 - Leading Interdisciplinary Teams

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examination of the leadership theories, concepts, processes, and strategies that can be used to organize, implement, and sustain interdisciplinary teams and projects.
  
  • IS 6304 - Tackling Wicked Problems

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IS 6301  or IS 6302  or consent of the instructor. Students will identify, understand, and address the characteristics of wicked problems and the methods being used to dissolve or reduce these problems.
  
  • IS 6330 - Master’s Report in Interdisciplinary Studies

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An individual project under the guidance of faculty from one or more departments that serves as the culminating academic and intellectual experience of the student’s interdisciplinary program of study.
  
  • IS 6350 - Professional Portfolio in Interdisciplinary Studies

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: MSIS professional concentration student. Designed to showcase how the three areas of study can be integrated into a singular understanding within a chosen business application.
  
  • IS 7000 - Research

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours

ISQS - Information Systems and Quantitative Sciences (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • ISQS 2340 - Introduction to Information Technology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: BCIS1305, 1405 Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C in any college-level math course and a minimum cumulative 2. 75 Texas Tech GPA, COBA majors only. Survey of computer principles, procedures, hardware systems.
  
  • ISQS 3344 - Introduction to Production and Operations Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: C or better in ISQS 2340 ; MATH 2300  or MATH 2345 ; minimum cumulative 2.75 Texas Tech GPA. An overview of the production and operations function in organizations with examples of the application of computer and quantitative skills to management problems. Both design and operating problems are discussed. (CL)
  
  • ISQS 3345 - Analytics and Development with Python

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An introductory course in the design and creation of data analytics, currently in Python.
  
  • ISQS 3346 - Emerging Technologies

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in ISQS 2340 . Internet programming using PHP, Python, .NET, Ruby, and/or any other advanced web application techniques of interest to the industry.
  
  • ISQS 3348 - Data Base Management Systems

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in ISQS 2340 . Basic concepts of data base management systems; recent developments in the area of data base systems. Students develop a prototype data base application of their own.
  
  • ISQS 3349 - Data Communications and Security

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in ISQS 2340 . Hands-on course introducing students to computer-to-computer communications technologies and the Linux operating systems.
  
  • ISQS 3351 - Telecommunications Security Using Linux

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in ISQS 3349 . An advanced hands-on course in securing computer networks. F.
  
  • ISQS 3358 - Business Intelligence

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: C or better in ISQS 3348 . Introductory course to a broad range of applications and technologies for gathering, storing, analyzing, and providing access to data to help make business decisions.
  
  • ISQS 3360 - Information Security

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in ISQS 3349 . Introduction to a practical and theoretical study of information security with a focus on business practices. Topics include cryptography, access control, protocols, and insecurity in software. Best if taken concurrently with ISQS 3351. F.
  
  • ISQS 4345 - Android Development

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in ISQS 3345 . Focuses on the development of mobile Android applications.
  
  • ISQS 4348 - Business Systems Analysis

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in ISQS 2340 . Methods for analyzing information needs and specifying application system requirements, the development life cycle and the life cycle phases leading to the determination of system requirements.
  
  • ISQS 4349 - Information Systems Design

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in ISQS 4348 . Introduces the skills needed to develop a physical design and implement an operational system from the logical design of systems analysis.
  
  • ISQS 4350 - Information Systems Project Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in ISQS 4349 . Methods for management of software development projects; procurement and financial control; career and professional considerations. (CL)
  
  • ISQS 4361 - Web Application Design

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: C or better in ISQS 3345  and ISQS 3348 . The design and creation of web applications using a multi-tier internet technology such as Jakarta Struts and MySQL.
  
  • ISQS 4370 - Data Mining

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: C or better in MATH 2345 . Data mining uses modeling techniques from statistics and computer science to extract useful business knowledge from large data sets.
  
  • ISQS 4377 - Managerial Decision Making

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduces normative and behavioral aspects of managerial decision making as they relate to business analytics and to the broader managerial landscape.
  
  • ISQS 4380 - Mobile Application Development

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in ISQS 3345 . Provides an introduction to the foundations of programming for Android app development. Topics include user interface development, techniques for capturing, storing, and manipulating user input, as well as control structures and data structures. 
  
  • ISQS 4381 - Individual Problems in Information Systems and Quantitative Sciences

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. For students with high academic achievement who are interested in enhancing their degree programs by pursuing individual research or study under the guidance of an ISQS faculty member.
  
  • ISQS 4382 - Internship in Information Systems and Quantitative Sciences

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Approval prior to employment. Permits students to apply the concepts, principles, and techniques learned in the classroom. Up to 3 hours of internships can be applied toward a degree program. Must be taken pass/fail.
  
  • ISQS 4383 - Special Topics in Information Systems and Quantitative Sciences

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Minimum cumulative 2.5 Texas Tech GPA. Examines specialized problems relating to information systems and quantitative sciences. May be repeated once for credit as topic varies.
  
  • ISQS 4385 - Strategic IT and Telecommunications Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Final semester or ISQS advisor approval. The design, management, and maintenance of information systems to provide strategic organizational advantage.

ISQS - Information Systems and Quantitative Sciences (Graduate Courses)

  
  • ISQS 5059 - Individual Study in ISQS

    V1-3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Directed individual study of advanced ISQS topics varying with the need of the particular student. May be repeated for credit if subject matter is different.
  
  • ISQS 5330 - Decision Theory and Business Analytics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides an overview of business analytics and examines normative and behavioral theories that drive managerial decision-making.
  
  • ISQS 5331 - Information Technology and Operations Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Covers current topics in information technology and operations management and examines how to utilize them to gain competitive advantage.
  
  • ISQS 5332 - Data Science for Managers

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides students with data analytics techniques that can be used to improve business problem solving and decision making.
  
  • ISQS 5333 - Data Intelligence and Visualization

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Focuses on methods to identify valuable data both inside and outside the organization and visualize the information to different audiences.
  
  • ISQS 5338 - Information Technology for E-Business

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    E-commerce technology and business environment. E-commerce planning and implementation, Internet technologies, Multimedia on the Web. Web-based databases. Designing and building e-commerce site.
  
  • ISQS 5341 - Big Data Strategy

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Theory and practice of using data to create competitive advantage.
  
  • ISQS 5342 - Big Data Security

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Practical and theoretical study of information security with a focus on big data security guidelines in business practices. Topics may include: cyber threat intelligence, intrusion detection and prevention, cryptography and implementation of secure platforms.
  
  • ISQS 5343 - Operations Management and Management Science

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ISQS 5345 . Fundamentals of the operations management function from a management perspective with an emphasis on the creation of value through the integrated production and distribution of goods and services.
  
  • ISQS 5345 - Statistical Concepts for Business and Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Statistical applications using the personal computer, with emphasis on proper presentation and interpretation of statistics in managerial settings. Topics include descriptive statistics, graphical methods, estimation, testing, regression, forecasting, and quality control.
  
  • ISQS 5346 - Statistics for Data Science

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Discrete and continuous probability distributions, statistical methods for learning, prediction, and decision making. Uses calculus.
  
  • ISQS 5347 - Advanced Statistical Methods

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Discrete and continuous probability distributions, maximum likelihood, Bayesian methods, simulation, statistical methods for learning, prediction, and decision making. Uses calculus.
  
  • ISQS 5348 - Applied Distribution-Free Statistics in Business

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in ISQS 5345  or instructor consent. Distribution-free statistical techniques of inference from non-normal populations and tests of nonparametric hypotheses applied to business problems.
  
  • ISQS 5349 - Regression Analysis

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in ISQS 5347 . Foundations and major topics of regression analysis, model formulation, and methods to deal with standard and nonstandard regression applications in business.
  
  • ISQS 5350 - Project Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Advanced methods for management of software development projects: procurement and financial control; career and professional considerations. BA students only.
  
  • ISQS 5381 - Data Science Project

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ISQS 6347 . Students develop and implement a project in the field of data science.
  
  • ISQS 5382 - Internship in Information Systems and Quantitative Science

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Permits students to enhance their knowledge within their field of specialization through application of concepts, principles, and techniques learned in the classroom.
  
  • ISQS 6337 - Scripting Languages

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Survey of current business analytics scripting languages.
  
  • ISQS 6338 - Database Concepts

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Model organizational data and business rules; logical and physical designs of relational databases, data warehousing, data mining, and data administration.
  
  • ISQS 6339 - Business Intelligence

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in ISQS 6338 . Data warehousing, including extracting, transforming, loading, creating data warehouses, cubes, dimensional data modeling, techniques for managing large data sets, unstructured data sets, distributed data sets, and non-relational data sets.
  
  • ISQS 6340 - Decision Support Systems

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in ISQS 6338 . Theories of decision making, DSS software and design, artificial intelligence in DSS, executive information systems, and institutionalization and behavioral factors.
  
  • ISQS 6341 - Data Communications and Network Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Concepts and terminology of data communications, network design, client -server architecture, distributed information systems with focus on communications architecture, and management.
  
  • ISQS 6347 - Machine Learning

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides in introduction to machine learning techniques including, but not limited to, classification modeling (decision trees, logistic regression), clustering (including the application to marketing), association analysis, machine learning (AI related methods), neural networks, text and web mining.
  
  • ISQS 6348 - Applied Multivariate Analysis

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in ISQS 5347  or instructor consent. Multivariate methods for business research, including classification, visualization, testing, clustering, and latent structure.
  
  • ISQS 6349 - Time Series Analysis

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in ISQS 5346  or ISQS 5347 , or instructor consent. Time series estimation and forecasting methods for business and econometrics.
  
  • ISQS 6350 - Multivariate Analysis

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ISQS 5346  or ISQS 5347 , or instructor consent. Multivariate methods for data science research, including classification, visualization, testing, clustering, and latent structure.
  
  • ISQS 7338 - Systems Analysis and Design

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in ISQS 6338 . Discusses various analysis and design methods and applies them to several case problems. Topics include requirement specification, design, and implementation architectures.
  
  • ISQS 7339 - Simulation & Optimization

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: C or better in ISQS 6337  and either ISQS 5346  or ISQS 5347 . Development of models of causality underlying data structures. Topics may include: Discrete-event simulation, linear optimization, Monte-Carlo simulation, and sensitivity analysis.
  
  • ISQS 7341 - Seminar in MIS Research and Methods

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or consent of instructor. Seminar covering current MIS research methods and issues.
  
  • ISQS 7342 - Advanced Topics in Information Systems and Quantitative Sciences

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Topics include issues in MIS, statistics, and operations management. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • ISQS 7346 - Seminar in Cognitive and Behavioral MIS Research

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or consent of instructor. Seminar covering cognitive and behavioral MIS research.
  
  • ISQS 7347 - Seminar in Managerial and Organizational MIS Research

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or consent of instructor. Seminar covering managerial and organizational MIS research. May be repeated for credit.

ITAL - Italian (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • ITAL 1501 - A Beginning Course in Italian I

    5 Semester Credit Hours
  
  • ITAL 1502 - A Beginning Course in Italian II

    5 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITAL 1501 .
  
  • ITAL 2301 - A Second Course in Italian I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: ITAL2311 Prerequisite: ITAL 1502 . Reading, cultural background, conversation, and composition.
  
  • ITAL 2302 - A Second Course in Italian II

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: ITAL2312 Prerequisite: ITAL 2301 . Reading, cultural background, conversation, and composition.
  
  • ITAL 2307 - Italian Culture

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Survey of Italian culture including art, architecture, design, fashion, cuisine, language, literature, and cinema. Fulfills core Language, Philosophy, and Culture requirement.
  
  • ITAL 2315 - Italian Filmmakers

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An analysis of the development and main themes of major Italian film-makers such as Fellini, Antonioni, Wertmuller, Avati, and Moretti. Taught in English. Fulfills core Creative Arts requirement.
  
  • ITAL 3303 - Italian Conversation

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITAL 2302 . Through discussions on contemporary Italian culture, students will improve their fluency in Italian.
  
  • ITAL 3390 - Italian Cinema

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Covers the development of Italian cinema from the 1940s to the present. Taught in English.
  
  • ITAL 4300 - Individual Problems in Italian

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Independent work under guidance of a staff member. Contents will vary to meet the needs of students. May be repeated for credit up to 9 hours with consent of instructor.
  
  • ITAL 4301 - Topics in Italian Literature

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITAL 2302  or consent of instructor. A study of selected classical masterpieces or contemporary Italian literary works. Taught in Italian. May be repeated once when content is different.
  
  • ITAL 4303 - Advanced Italian Conversation

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ITAL 3303 . The continuation of Italian 3303. Students will be exposed to conversations with native Italian speakers and Italian media such as Italian news broadcasts, magazines and documentaries.

ITAL - Italian (Graduate Courses)

  
  • ITAL 5301 - Topics in Italian Literature

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of selected Italian literary works. Class taught partially in Italian with Italian readings. May be repeated twice if content is different.
  
  • ITAL 7000 - Research

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours

JAPN - Japanese (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • JAPN 1501 - A Beginning Course in Japanese I

    5 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: JAPN1411 Introduction and development of the four language skills: listening comprehension, speaking, writing, and reading.
  
  • JAPN 1502 - A Beginning Course in Japanese II

    5 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: JAPN1412 Prerequisite: JAPN 1501 . Introduction and development of the four language skills: listening comprehension, speaking, writing, and reading.
  
  • JAPN 2301 - A Second Course in Japanese I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: JAPN2311 Prerequisite: JAPN 1502 . Reading, cultural background, grammar review, conversation, and composition skills.
  
  • JAPN 2302 - A Second Course in Japanese II

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: JAPN2312 Prerequisite: JAPN 2301 . Reading, cultural background, grammar review, conversation, and composition skills.
  
  • JAPN 4300 - Individual Studies in Japanese

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: JAPN 2302  or consent of instructor. Independent study in the Japanese language under the guidance of a faculty member. May be repeated for credit up to 24 hours with consent of instructor.
 

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