May 01, 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.

 

HIST- History (Graduate Courses)

  
  • HIST 5355 - Studies in Colonial Latin American History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores the principal historical literature and interpretations for Colonial Spanish America from the conquest to independence.
  
  • HIST 5356 - Studies in National Latin American History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the history of the areas since independence with emphasis on modernization. Includes consideration of Latin America as a civilization while revealing unique characteristics of the individual countries.
  
  • HIST 5357 - Studies in LGBT History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores the history of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender individuals in the United States from about 1600 to 1980.
  
  • HIST 5358 - Islamic Reform, Revival, and Politics in the Middle East

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Focuses on various Islamic reform and revival movements in the Middle East and their impact on society and politics.
  
  • HIST 5359 - Studies in Borderlands History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the broad concept of borderlands studies through a historical lens and its applicability across disciplines.
  
  • HIST 5360 - Studies in French History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores problems in the social, cultural, and political history of France since the 17th century. May be repeated.
  
  • HIST 5361 - Studies in the History of Insurgency

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A study of a type of warfare that has existed from the days of early civilizations. Topics will progress from Greece and Rome to Iraq.
  
  • HIST 5362 - Family, Gender, Race, and Empire

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores the influence of imperial expansion and colonialism on familial ties, gender roles, racial identity, and sexuality.
  
  • HIST 5363 - Women in Early America

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores the history of women and gender in the United States from the 16th century to 1877.
  
  • HIST 5364 - The Era of the American Revolution

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the major events of and historical writing about the American Revolution.
  
  • HIST 5366 - Studies in Religious History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Investigations of the development of religious institutions, the relationship between religion and society, and cross-cultural religious phenomena.
  
  • HIST 5367 - Studies in U.S. Masculinity

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores a series of problems in the history of U.S. masculinity from the 18th century to the present
  
  • HIST 5368 - The U.S. and the World

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores the historiography of the U.S. and the world, considering the history of the U.S. in a world history context.
  
  • HIST 5369 - Studies in U.S. Social Movements

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduces students to the advanced study of U.S. social movements.
  
  • HIST 5370 - Readings in Mass Incarceration

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Covers the emerging historiography of prisons and mass incarceration. The geographical focus of the course will vary.
  
  • HIST 5371 - War and Memory

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the ways in which societies commemorate warfare.
  
  • HIST 5372 - Studies in Middle Eastern History: The Modern Middle East

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores key themes in Middle Eastern history.  May be repeated for credit.
  
  • HIST 5373 - Religion in Latin America

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Students will examine religion in Latin America from diverse vantage points. Religion will be a lens to examine broader society and change over time.
  
  • HIST 5632 - Studies Abroad in Southeast Asia

    6 Semester Credit Hours
    Students have the opportunity to travel to Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand and to participate in cultural exchanges with government leaders, students, and Vietnamese veterans.
  
  • HIST 6000 - Master’s Thesis

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in HIST 5304 .
  
  • HIST 6301 - Research Methods Seminar

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in HIST 5304 . Continues advanced examination of historical methods, emphasizing particular approaches to historical investigation and the writing of an ambitious piece of original work.
  
  • HIST 6304 - Seminar in American History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A research course featuring formal papers on selected topics. Topics chosen in consultation with the instructor.
  
  • HIST 6305 - Seminar in European History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Research seminar, with stress on methodology, types of research materials available in our library in European history, delivery of reports, and submission of an extensive term paper.
  
  • HIST 6307 - Historiography of the World

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the major themes and interpretations of world history, emphasizing both the global past and methodological debates.
  
  • HIST 6311 - Readings in American History to 1877

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines major readings and themes in American history to 1877.
  
  • HIST 6312 - Readings in American History Since 1877

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines major readings and themes in American history since 1877.
  
  • HIST 7000 - Research

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
  
  • HIST 7301 - Independent Readings (World)

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Individual readings in selected topics in World history, supervised by an instructor.  May be repeated for credit.
  
  • HIST 7302 - Independent Readings (Europe)

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Individual readings in selected topics in European history, supervised by an instructor. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • HIST 7303 - Independent Readings (U.S.)

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Individual readings in selected topics in American history, supervised by an instructor.  May be repeated for credit.
  
  • HIST 8000 - Doctor’s Dissertation

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
 

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