Mar 28, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
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.

 

MGT - Management (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • MGT 4389 - Team Leadership

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in MGT 3370  (business majors) or BA 3305  (non-business majors). Introduction to the dynamic nature of teams using an experiential approach. Explores various roles in the interactions among team members, team members and leader, and team leader and the organization.
  
  • MGT 4397 - Management and the Business Environment

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in MGT 3370  (business majors) or BA 3305  (non-business majors). Study and cases in social responsibility, business ethics, and other problems in the external environment of the business organization.
  
  • MGT 4399 - Human Resource Management Capstone

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides students with opportunities to demonstrate mastery of the human resource management concentration coursework through review strategies and intensive preparation for the SHRM Assurance of Learning Assessment.

MGT - Management (Graduate Courses)

  
  • MGT 5199 - M.B.A. Capstone

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of, or concurrent enrollment in, all of the M.B.A. core courses. Integration and review of all M.B.A. core courses; comprehensive exam over all M.B.A. courses; evaluation of individual management and leadership skills; formulation of individual Career Development Plan; assessment of individual progress toward M.B.A. program goals.
  
  • MGT 5300 - Management in Special Contexts

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Special management topics will vary by semester and faculty instructor.
  
  • MGT 5371 - Managing Organizational Behavior and Organizational Design

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines management of individual, interpersonal, group and intergroup relations, organizational design, and the organization’s role in a rapidly changing environmental and global context.
  
  • MGT 5372 - Leadership and Ethics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Students apply alternative leadership and ethical perspectives through cognitive skill building and experiential learning to accelerate their development as authentic leaders.
  
  • MGT 5373 - Opportunity Creation and Discovery

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Develops the new value creation skills and modes of thinking necessary for creating actionable opportunities in a variety of socioeconomic settings.
  
  • MGT 5374 - Negotiation and Conflict Management Skills

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Emphasizes negotiation skills and strategy development for managing organizational stakeholders.
  
  • MGT 5377 - Human Resource Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examination of the principles and methodology of personnel administration with emphasis on manpower planning, selection, development, and evaluation.
  
  • MGT 5378 - Leading and Managing the Effective Family Business

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Focuses on the exploration of the unique aspects of entrepreneurship in a family business enterprise.
  
  • MGT 5379 - Applied Entrepreneurship

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Develops entrepreneurial skills with a focus on applying those skills to real-world situations such as the commercialization of new value-creating technologies.
  
  • MGT 5381 - Managing Innovation and Change

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Focuses on understanding organization innovation and change and applying this knowledge to managing innovation and change processes.
  
  • MGT 5382 - Internship in Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Permits students to enhance their knowledge within their field of specialization through application of concepts, principles, and techniques learned in the classroom.
  
  • MGT 5384 - International Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Comparative analysis of domestic, international, and multinational business operations, and the significance for organization and management.
  
  • MGT 5391 - Strategic and Global Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    M.B.A. Capstone. Global and local strategy formulation and implementation of corporate, business, ad functional strategies.
  
  • MGT 5476 - Executive Skills

    4 Semester Credit Hours
    Develop self-awareness of personal attributes and goals, enhance personal development, and impart skills needed to function as future executives.
  
  • MGT 6305 - Individual Study in Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Directed individual study of advanced management topics varying with the need of each student. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • MGT 6315 - Current Management Issues

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Study and integration of current management issues. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • MGT 6375 - Advanced Organization Behavior

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Doctoral student status or consent of instructor. A seminar which explores research and conceptual foundations of behavioral science and the role and contributions of microorganizational concepts in organization design and functioning.
  
  • MGT 6380 - Colloquium in Management Research

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Doctoral standing. Study of problems related to management for the individual student. Studies in selected areas of management research. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • MGT 6381 - Seminar in Advanced Management Topics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Organized seminar on specific advanced management topics in the areas of management of strategy, organizational studies, personnel and human resources management, or international business. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • MGT 6392 - Advanced Organization Theory

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Doctoral student status or consent of instructor. A seminar which explores the fundamental macro theories and concepts of organization design and functioning.
  
  • MGT 6395 - Advanced Strategic Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Doctoral student status or consent of instructor. A seminar which systematically examines the theoretical and empirical research literature on strategic management content and process.

MILS - Military Science (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • MILS 1101 - MSI Foundations of Officership I

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduction to the Army profession, the role of the Army officer, and military leadership. Instruction on time management and physical fitness, as well as general military skills. Survey of pre-commissioning program requiring no military obligation.
  
  • MILS 1102 - MSI Foundations of Officership II

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduction to the Army profession, the role of the Army officer, and military leadership. Instruction on time management and physical fitness, as well as general military skills. Survey of pre-commissioning program requiring no military obligation.
  
  • MILS 1103 - Holistic Health and Personal Fitness Requirement

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    An overview of basic principles and practice of military fitness training with an introduction to the six events of the new U.S. Army fitness test. Includes complementary training and individual progression.
  
  • MILS 2201 - MSII Individual Leadership Studies - Leadership and Teamwork I

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MILS 1101  and MILS 1102  or consent of instructor. Introduction to decision-making and group processes relating to military leadership. Focus on character development, role of the officer, and Army values.
  
  • MILS 2202 - MSII Individual Leadership Studies - Leadership and Teamwork II

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MILS 1101  and MILS 1102  or consent of instructor. Introduction to decision-making and group processes relating to military leadership. Focus on character development, role of the officer, and Army values.
  
  • MILS 2203 - MSII Independent Studies in Leadership and Teamwork

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of department chairman. Individualized studies in military leadership and teamwork. Select lab and/or class participation may be required. This class may be repeated and may substitute for MILS 2201  or MILS 2202  credit. F and S.
  
  • MILS 3301 - MSIII Leadership and Problem Solving I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: MILS 2201  and MILS 2202 , basic training, or consent of the instructor. Prepares student for summer completion of the Leadership Development and Assessment Course. Emphasis on small-unit tactics, troop leading procedures, field training, and basic soldiering skills such as land navigation and rifle marksmanship. F.
  
  • MILS 3302 - MSIII Leadership and Problem Solving II

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: MILS 2201  and MILS 2202 , basic training, or consent of the instructor. Prepares student for summer completion of the Leadership Development and Assessment Course. Emphasis on small-unit tactics, troop leading procedures, field training, and basic soldiering skills such as land navigation and rifle marksmanship. S.
  
  • MILS 3303 - MSIII Independent Studies in Leadership and Problem Solving

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of department chairman. Individualized studies in military leadership and problem solving. Select lab and/or class participation may be required. This class may be repeated and may substitute for MILS 3301  or MILS 3302  credit. F and S.
  
  • MILS 4301 - MSIV Officership I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: MILS 3301  and MILS 3302 . Focus on transition from cadet to lieutenant with an introduction to military law and ethics, leadership case studies, hands-on practice sessions, and a Senior Leadership Project. F.
  
  • MILS 4302 - MSIV Officership II

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: MILS MILS 3301  and MILS 3302 . Focus on transition from cadet to lieutenant with an introduction to military law and ethics, leadership case studies, hands-on practice sessions, and a Senior Leadership Project. S.
  
  • MILS 4303 - MSIV Independent Studies in Officership

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of department chairman. Individualized studies in military officership and professional development. Select lab and/or class participation may be required. This class may be repeated and may substitute for MILS 4301  or MILS 4302  credit. F and S.

MKT - Marketing (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • MKT 3350 - Introduction to Marketing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: C or better in MATH 1331  or MATH 1452  or MATH 1451 ; and ECO 2302  or ECO 2305  or AAEC 2305 ; minimum cumulative 2.75 Texas Tech GPA. Marketing structures and agencies; motives and buying habits; types of middlemen, marketing institutions, and channels; current marketing practices; marketing of industrial and consumer goods.
  
  • MKT 3351 - Services Marketing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: B or better in MKT 3350 . Services are more difficult to market than products. This course explores the dynamic nature of services marketing based on value and relationships.
  
  • MKT 3352 - Consumer Behavior

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: B or better in MKT 3350 . The buyer as a problem solver; buying decision processes; factors influencing behavior; principles, theories, and models; behavioral research techniques.
  
  • MKT 3353 - Supply Chain Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: B or better in MKT 3350 , completion of all undergraduate course work. An introduction to principles and practices used today in managing relationships among manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and consumers.
  
  • MKT 3356 - Marketing Research and Analysis

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: B or better in MKT 3350  and C or better in MATH 2345  or MATH 2300 . Scientific marketing research methods; emphasis on collection, analysis, and interpretation of data as applied to the solution of marketing problems. (CL)
  
  • MKT 4350 - Personal Selling

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: B or better in MKT 3350 . Customer-focused selling, including socialization to a career in sales.
  
  • MKT 4351 - Customer Relationship Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: B or better in MKT 3350 . Provides knowledge and understanding of customer relationship management (CRM) concepts, strategies, and tools.
  
  • MKT 4352 - Sales Analytics and Data Driven Sales Strategies

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: B or better in MKT 3350 . Focuses on metrics, forecasting and analytical approaches used in sales evaluation and driving sales strategies.
  
  • MKT 4354 - Integrated Marketing Communications

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: B or better in MKT 3350 . Management of the promotional mix of advertising, personal selling, and sales promotion. Emphasizes the interaction and coordination of these three elements and relates them to the other components of the firm’s marketing strategy.
  
  • MKT 4355 - Digital Marketing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: B or better in MKT 3350 . Focuses on digital marketing strategies, and social media tools used by firms to manage and analyze their virtual presence for marketing purposes.
  
  • MKT 4356 - New Product Development

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: B or better in MKT 3350 . Focuses on the elements of marketing strategy, consumer behavior, value proposition, pricing strategies, promotion, and distribution strategies with respect to New Product Development (NPD) Process.
  
  • MKT 4358 - International Marketing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: B or better in MKT 3350 . A survey of international marketing principles, cultural differences, world markets, and political constraints.
  
  • MKT 4359 - Sales Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: B or better in in MKT 3350 . Problems and methods of organization and administration of sales departments, sales operations, sales control, sales promotion, and sales policies.
  
  • MKT 4381 - Individual Problems in Marketing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. For students with high academic achievement who are interested in enhancing their degree program by pursuing individual research or study under the guidance of a marketing faculty member.
  
  • MKT 4382 - Internship in Marketing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: At least 6 hours of approved marketing courses and approval prior to employment. Internship must include at least 10 consecutive calendar weeks of full-time employment; compensation must be commensurate with the work assignment for the entire internship.
  
  • MKT 4383 - Special Topics in Marketing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: B or better in MKT 3350  and consent of instructor. Examination of specialized problems in such topics as working capital management, capital budgeting, cost of capital, commodity and financial future investment, and small business finance. May be repeated once for credit as topic varies.
  
  • MKT 4385 - Marketing Strategy

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in 9 hours of MKT 3000-4999 courses. Explores the field of marketing as it directs the organization’s resources to satisfy customers’ wants and needs through the exchange of process at a profit to the organization. (CL)

MKT - Marketing (Graduate Courses)

  
  • MKT 5353 - Supply Chain Management Concepts and Strategies

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Focuses on managing relationships, risks, and trade-offs in global supply chains. Emphasis on the strategic role of supply chain management as a source of competitive advantage and value creation.
  
  • MKT 5355 - Research Design

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An in-depth examination of measurement issues, including latent constructs and data-gathering procedures in marketing.
  
  • MKT 5358 - Business-to-Business Marketing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MKT 5360 . Designed to provide an overview of the many diverse facets of business-to-business marketing. Specific topics include selling to large businesses, buyer-seller relationships, supply-chain management, strategic alliances, and the effect of the Internet on business-to-business marketing.
  
  • MKT 5359 - Individual Study in Marketing I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Directed individual study of advanced marketing problems varying with the need of the particular student. Can be repeated for credit if subject matter is different.
  
  • MKT 5360 - Marketing Concepts and Strategies

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines marketing functions, the institutions which perform them, and the study of marketing planning, strategy, and tactics. Includes the organization, execution, and control of the marketing effort.
  
  • MKT 5361 - Marketing Administration

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MKT 5360 . A study of marketing planning and strategic issues related to the marketing effort.
  
  • MKT 5364 - Services Marketing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Designed to provide an overview of the basic functions, theoretical concepts, and terminology of the marketing of services to consumers and businesses.
  
  • MKT 5365 - Advanced Professional Selling

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Students learn advanced professional selling techniques through an analytical and role-play approach.
  
  • MKT 5367 - Relationship Management For Financial Services

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides interpersonal and core business development skills to acquire business relationships through excelling in all phases of communication, marketing, presenting, delivering, and managing the critical components of establishing and implementing a successful business development platform in the financial marketplace.
  
  • MKT 5369 - Marketing Analytics Basics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides students a foundation in marketing analytics using databases, analytics, and information systems to collect, analyze, and evaluate consumer information.
  
  • MKT 5370 - Advanced Statistics for Marketing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ISQS 5345  or MKT 5369 . Provides an overview of multivariate data analysis methods for research in the marketing, and provide hands-on experience with marketing-focused techniques. F.
  
  • MKT 5371 - Measurements and Survey Research in Marketing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ISQS 5345  or MKT 5369 . Focuses on measurement issues and developing and designing survey research studies in marketing research. F.
  
  • MKT 5372 - Qualitative Research in Marketing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides an overview of various qualitative research methods that are used in marketing research. SS.
  
  • MKT 5373 - Market Forecasting and Analytics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prequisite: C or better in ISQS 5345  . For future managers who want to learn about advanced forecasting and analytical tools and apply them in making business decisions.
  
  • MKT 5374 - Digital Marketing Analytics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Students will learn analytical tools to analyze digital marketing data and develop digital strategies. S.
  
  • MKT 5375 - Experimental Design and Analysis in Marketing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ISQS 5345  or MKT 5369 . Focuses on developing skills applicable to experimental research in marketing, consumer behavior, and related fields. F.
  
  • MKT 5376 - Consumer Behavior Research

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MKT 5360 . Provides an overview of consumer behavior theories and introduces research methods to analyze consumer data.
  
  • MKT 5380 - Applications of Marketing Research

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Successful completion of all other courses in the degree plan. Provides an opportunity to apply the tools and concepts of marketing research to a practical problem.
  
  • MKT 5381 - STEM Theories in Business

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Survey of STEM topics including artificial intelligence, evolutionary theories, machine learning, optimization, social network analysis, and forecasting.
  
  • MKT 5382 - Internship in Marketing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Permits students to enhance their knowledge within their field of specialization through application of concepts, principles, and techniques learned in the classroom.
  
  • MKT 6300 - Colloquium in Marketing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Studies in selected areas of marketing. Topics vary by semester. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • MKT 6310 - Advanced Topics in Marketing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Seminar covering current issues in marketing. Topics vary by semester. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • MKT 6320 - Advanced Topics in Marketing Research

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Seminar covering current issues in marketing research. Topics vary by semester. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • MKT 6350 - Theory Building and Testing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Advanced graduate standing. Designed to provide an introduction to the research process as it applies to business disciplines.
  
  • MKT 6353 - Marketing Theory

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Advanced graduate standing and consent of instructor. A philosophy of science approach to the study of marketing theory and the components of marketing theory: hypotheses, law-like generalizations, empirical regularities, laws, models, and scientific explanations.
  
  • MKT 6354 - Marketing Strategy

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Advanced graduate standing and consent of instructor. Designed to examine issues regarding marketing strategy, its formulation, and its implementation.
  
  • MKT 6355 - Theory Testing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. A survey of quantitative methods for and issues in the analysis of marketing data.
  
  • MKT 6356 - Consumer Behavior Seminar

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Advanced graduate standing. A survey of the major re-search being carried out in consumer behavior.

MLIS - Library and Information Science (Graduate Courses)

  
  • MLIS 5310 - Introduction to Information Technology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Overview of the utilization, management, and evaluation of technologies in libraries including hardware, software, systems, networking, coding languages, and web design.
  
  • MLIS 5315 - Public Services

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Overview of public services and operations: reference, interlibrary loan, circulation, course reserves, and stacks maintenance; and the development of new technology/services such as makerspaces. Building successful relationships with internal and external stakeholders also addressed.
  
  • MLIS 5316 - Introduction to Health Sciences Librarianship

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Offers an introduction to the health care environment and the librarian’s role in it.
  
  • MLIS 5318 - Curriculum and Course Design for Librarians

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prepares librarians to effectively apply teaching strategies, delivery methods, and assessment instruments to general one-shot instruction sessions, course specific instruction, workshop and semester-long classes incorporating standards from professional associations and endorsed by education institutions.
  
  • MLIS 5319 - Introduction to Archives: Theory and Practice

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Basic knowledge of the history and theory of archives. Special attention to practices in collecting, arranging, preserving, and providing access to archival materials in the digital age. Will deal with diverse formats including paper, photographs, audio-visual recordings, and born digital material.
  
  • MLIS 5320 - Organizational Knowledge

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Design and organizational management of libraries; principles, procedures and practices in human resources; budgeting exercises at both macro and micro levels; and building team, personal and professional development skills for survival in the workplace.
  
  • MLIS 5321 - Introduction to Legal Research Methods

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    During this course, students will become familiar with the skills needed to search for relevant legal authority, both in print and electronic forms.
  
  • MLIS 5322 - Introduction to Legal Informatics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores future trends in legal informatics and the importance of these trends for law librarianship.
  
  • MLIS 5323 - Issues in Law Librarianship

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Presents an overview of law librarianship, the discipline of law, and the culture of the legal information environment.
  
  • MLIS 5325 - Fundamentals of Collection Strategies and Resources Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Students will learn the fundamentals of acquiring and managing collections, and information organization and retrieval for different data types. Discussion will include concepts and standards and how new technology trends impact the information field.
  
  • MLIS 5330 - Special Topics in Library/Archival Sciences

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of special topics in library/archival sciences. May be repeated for up to 6 hours when topics vary.
  
  • MLIS 5331 - Independent Study in Library/Archival Sciences

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A structured independent study under the guidance of a member of the graduate faculty. May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 6 hours.
  
  • MLIS 5340 - Practicum

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Supervised field experiences in library and archival organizations.

MRST - Medieval and Renaissance Studies (Graduate Courses)

  
  • MRST 5301 - Medieval and Renaissance Methods

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduction to the scholarship of medieval and Renaissance studies. Focuses on interdisciplinary perspectives and Texas Tech resources for medieval and Renaissance studies.
  
  • MRST 7000 - Research

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
    Faculty-directed research addressing medieval and Renaissance topics from an interdisciplinary perspective; may involve library archive and museum sources, including venues in Europe.

MUAL - Student Teaching for Music (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • MUAL 4000 - Student Teaching in Music All-Level

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Attainment of admission standards for student teaching. Supervised teaching involving a period of major responsibility for instruction and learning in an accredited school.

MUAP - Music Applied (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • MUAP 1001 - Applied Music

    V1-4 Semester Credit Hours
    Instrument or Voice.
  
  • MUAP 1002 - Applied Music

    V1-4 Semester Credit Hours
    Instrument or Voice.
  
  • MUAP 1103 - Percussion

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: MUSI1188 Introduction to fundamentals of playing and teaching percussion instruments. Laboratory ensemble experience.
 

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