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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.
 

MUEN - Music Ensemble (Undergraduate Courses)
  

  • MUEN 3101 - Choir

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Auditions required.
  

  • MUEN 3102 - Opera Theatre

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Auditions required.
  

  • MUEN 3103 - Band

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Auditions required.
  

  • MUEN 3104 - Orchestra

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Auditions required.
  

  • MUEN 3105 - Jazz Ensemble

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Auditions required.
  

  • MUEN 3106 - Chamber Ensemble

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
    Chamber Ensemble is a by-audition placement into a non-conducted ensemble consisting of three to twelve members.
  

  • MUEN 3110 - Medium Ensemble

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
    Auditions required.
  

  • MUEN 3201 - University Choir

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Auditions required.
  

  • MUEN 3203 - Band

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Auditions required.
  

  • MUEN 3204 - Orchestra

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Auditions required.

MUEN - Music Ensemble (Graduate Courses)
  

  • MUEN 5101 - Choir

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Auditions required.
  

  • MUEN 5102 - Opera Theatre

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Auditions required.
  

  • MUEN 5103 - Band

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Auditions required.
  

  • MUEN 5104 - Orchestra

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Auditions required.
  

  • MUEN 5105 - Jazz Ensemble

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Auditions required.
  

  • MUEN 5106 - Chamber Ensemble

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
    By-audition placement into a non-conducted ensemble consisting of three to 12 members.
  

  • MUEN 5110 - Medium Ensemble

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
    Auditions required.

MUHL - Music History and Literature (Undergraduate Courses)
  

  • MUHL 1308 - Music in Western Civilization

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: MUSI1306, 1307, 1308 Introductory course for non-music majors in the history of music and its role in western civilization from the Middle Ages through the 20th century and beyond. Fulfills core Creative Arts requirement.
  

  • MUHL 2301 - Music as Cultural History I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MUSI 1300 . Survey of music history, culture and style from 1750 to 1880. Part I of MUHL 2301, MUHL 3302 , MUHL 3303  sequence. (CL)
  

  • MUHL 2304 - History of Jazz

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Historical and analytical survey of jazz from its beginning through “Rock” its form, style, literature, and influence on 20th century music. Fulfills core Creative Arts requirement.
  

  • MUHL 2307 - Music and Globalization

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Considers the behavior and significance of music within a global context. Students study processes of cultural transmission, exchange and global communication through music. Fulfills core Creative Arts and multicultural requirements.
  

  • MUHL 2308 - Musics of Latin America

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Traditions, styles, and history of Latin American musics: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela. Fulfills core Creative Arts requirement.
  

  • MUHL 2310 - History of Rock and Roll

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Focuses on hearing, understanding, and contextualizing Anglo-American rock and roll, a popular idiom rooted in the music of African Americans and rural whites. Fulfills core Creative Arts requirement.
  

  • MUHL 2312 - Music of the Beatles

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Music of the Beatles will focus on the musical analysis of the works of the Beatles and their profound influence on popular music and culture at large.
  

  • MUHL 3302 - Music as Cultural History II

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: MUSI 1300 , MUHL 2301 . Survey of music history, culture and style from antiquity to 1750. Part II of MUHL 2301 , 3302, MUHL 3303  sequence. (CL)
  

  • MUHL 3303 - Music as Cultural History III

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: MUSI 1300 , MUHL 2301 , and MUHL 3302 . Survey of music history, culture and style from 1880-present. Part III of MUHL 2301 , MUHL 3302 , 3303 sequence. (CL)
  

  • MUHL 4300 - Special Topics in Music History and Literature

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: MUHL 2301  and MUHL 3302 . Topics may cover any historical period of music, music literature, or composers. May be repeated under a different topic.
  

  • MUHL 4330 - Music in the United States

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores the interactions of American music and cultural history since first Colonial contact, with particular emphasis on vernacular traditions that have historically been unique to the North American experience.
  

  • MUHL 4338 - Music, Folklore, and Traditional Culture in Irish History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An intensive topics-oriented survey of the styles, practices, and cultures of music and oral tradition in Ireland since St. Patrick.

MUHL - Music History and Literature (Graduate Courses)
  

  • MUHL 5300 - Graduate Music History Survey

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Repertoire, context, and composers. Prerequisite to graduate music history unless waived by placement examination or by consent of Musicology Division. Not intended to fulfill major or minor graduate degree requirements.
  

  • MUHL 5306 - Pedagogy of Music History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prepares graduate-level music students for the experience of teaching a college-level course in musicology or music history.
  

  • MUHL 5311 - Symphonic Literature

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Studies in the development of orchestral music from the Classic Period to the present.
  

  • MUHL 5312 - Chamber Music Literature

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Studies in the development of chamber music from the Classic Period to the present.
  

  • MUHL 5313 - Great Composer Seminar

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Critical examination of the works of a single composer, e.g., Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Verdi, Brahms, or Stravinsky. A different composer will be studied each time the course is offered. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUHL 5320 - Topics in Music History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Topics include specific styles, ethnomusicology, vernacular musics, graduate history review, advanced research projects, and others as needed. May be repeated for credit on different topic; 12 maximum credit hrs.
  

  • MUHL 5321 - Constructs in Ethnomusicology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Detailed examination of topics in ethnomusicology (the study of musical behavior in its original contexts) and its history, philosophies, methods and areas of study.
  

  • MUHL 5322 - Early Music Performance Practice

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of the use of period instruments, original sources, and musical techniques contemporary to medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque musics.
  

  • MUHL 5323 - Music, Folklore and Tradition in Irish Cultural History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Intensive topics seminar on music and oral culture in Ireland. Enhanced learning experience combining history folklore, ethnomusicology, literature, and geography. Includes field trip.
  

  • MUHL 5324 - Transcription and Analysis of Non-Western Musics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of graduate music history and theory placement exams and MUHL 5321 . Provides students with professional skills in transcription and analysis of vernacular musics and the theoretical frameworks for understanding those works. Required for the Ph.D. in musicology.
  

  • MUHL 5325 - Music Paleography, Codicology, and Notation, 900-1750

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides graduate-level music students with research tools essential to the interpretation and analysis of early music manuscripts, treatises, and notated scores.
  

  • MUHL 5330 - Music in the United States

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A study of 20th century American music together with its historical and cultural background.
  

  • MUHL 5331 - Seminar in the History and Literature of Music: Medieval

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    May be repeated with consent of instructor.
  

  • MUHL 5332 - Seminar in the History and Literature of Music: Renaissance

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    May be repeated with consent of instructor.
  

  • MUHL 5333 - Seminar in the History and Literature of Music: Baroque

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    May be repeated with consent of instructor.
  

  • MUHL 5334 - Seminar in the History and Literature of Music: Classical Period

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    May be repeated with consent of instructor.
  

  • MUHL 5335 - Seminar in the History and Literature of Music: Romantic Period

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    May be repeated with consent of instructor.
  

  • MUHL 5336 - Seminar in the History and Literature of Music: Twentieth Century

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    May be repeated with consent of instructor.
  

  • MUHL 5337 - Seminar in the History and Literature of Music: World Music

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    May be repeated with consent of instructor.
  

  • MUHL 5339 - Music and American Radical Politics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Intensive seminar exploring interactions of American music, cultural history, and radical thought across the political spectrum since the founding of the Republic.
  

  • MUHL 6000 - Master’s Thesis

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours

MUSI - Music (Undergraduate Courses)
  

  • MUSI 1101 - Introduction to Music Teaching

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Exploration and inquiry into music education environments, music teachers, and music students EC-12. Includes examination of music teachers’ and music students’ roles. Includes peer teaching, observation, and discussion. Open to all music majors.
  

  • MUSI 1300 - Creating the Critical Listener

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Drawing on classical, folk, popular, and world music traditions, this course cultivates a set of analytical tools that enables one to listen, read, speak, and write accurately, critically, and insightfully about music from a variety of global traditions. Fulfills multicultural and core Creative Arts requirement.
  

  • MUSI 2000 - Independent Studies in Music

    V1-3 Semester Credit Hours
    Individual study at the freshman and sophomore levels, providing greater depth than required by the established curricula. Enrollment and credit hours subject to the approval of divisional coordinators.
  

  • MUSI 2301 - Essential Elements of Music

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: MUSI1304 Basic elements of music with appropriate techniques and principles of singing, playing, moving to, and listening to music. For students preparing to teach young children. Not for music majors. Fulfills core Creative Arts requirement.
  

  • MUSI 2313 - Dance Practices and Music

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Integrated approach to dance and dance-related bodywork, including vernacular forms, improvisation, and body-mind awareness. Enhances attention, concentration, creative insight, and health and wellness. 
  

  • MUSI 3216 - Choral Techniques

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: MUAP 3206  and MUAP 3207  (choral conducting). Materials, repertoire, and procedures for developing instructional programs in choir. Field experiences required.
  

  • MUSI 3217 - Choral Techniques

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: MUAP 3206  and MUAP 3207  (choral conducting); MUSI 3216 . Materials, repertoire, and procedures for developing instructional programs in choir. Field experiences required.
  

  • MUSI 3218 - Orchestra Techniques

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: MUAP 3206  and MUAP 3208  (instrumental conducting). Materials, repertoire, and procedures for developing instructional programs in orchestra. Field experiences required.
  

  • MUSI 3219 - Orchestra Techniques

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: MUAP 3206  and MUAP 3208  (instrumental conducting); MUSI 3218 . Materials, repertoire, and procedures for developing instructional programs in orchestra. Field experiences required.
  

  • MUSI 3225 - Band Techniques

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: MUAP 3206  and MUAP 3208  (instrumental conducting). Materials, repertoire, and procedures for developing instructional programs in band. Field experiences required.
  

  • MUSI 3226 - Band Techniques

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: MUAP 3206  and MUAP 3208  (instrumental conducting). Materials, repertoire, and procedures for developing instructional programs in band. Field experiences required.
  

  • MUSI 3237 - Music for Children

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Comprehensive study of musical skill development in primary grades. Contemporary pedagogical approaches to music teaching; skill development in children emphasized. Field experiences required. Music majors only.
  

  • MUSI 3238 - Music for Children

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Comprehensive study of musical skill development in primary grades. Contemporary pedagogical approaches to music teaching; skill development in children emphasized. Field experiences required. Music majors only.
  

  • MUSI 3341 - Introduction to Technology for Musicians

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Outlines development and impact of music technology from outset of electric/electronic music synthesis to the present. Provides basic knowledge of Web site design, sound synthesis, elements of sound, MIDI, digital audio recording and FX, computer generated notation and MIDI sequencing. For both majors and non-majors.
  

  • MUSI 4000 - Individual Studies in Music

    V1-3 Semester Credit Hours

MUSI - Music (Graduate Courses)
  

  • MUSI 5100 - Teaching Music in College

    1 Semester Credit Hours
  

  • MUSI 5216 - Graduate Studies: Choral Techniques I

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Materials, repertoire, and procedures for developing instructional programs in choir. Field experiences required. For graduate music certification candidates only.
  

  • MUSI 5217 - Graduate Studies: Choral Techniques II

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Materials, repertoire, and procedures for developing instructional programs in choir. Field experiences required. For graduate music certification candidates only.
  

  • MUSI 5218 - Graduate Studies: Orchestra Techniques I

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Materials, repertoire, and procedures for developing instructional programs in orchestra. Field experiences required. For graduate music certification candidates only.
  

  • MUSI 5219 - Graduate Studies: Orchestra Techniques II

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Materials, repertoire, and procedures for developing instructional programs in orchestra. Field experiences required. For graduate music certification candidates only.
  

  • MUSI 5225 - Graduate Studies: Band Techniques I

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Materials, repertoire, and procedures for developing instructional programs in band. Concert band is emphasized. Field experiences required. For graduate music certification candidates only.
  

  • MUSI 5226 - Graduate Studies: Band Techniques II

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Materials, repertoire, and procedures for developing instructional programs in band. Concert band is emphasized. Field experiences required. For graduate music certification candidates only.
  

  • MUSI 5237 - Graduate Studies: Music for Children I

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Contemporary pedagogical approaches to music teaching in primary grades; skill development in children emphasized. Field experiences required. Music majors only; teaching certification candidates only.
  

  • MUSI 5238 - Graduate Studies: Music for Children II

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Contemporary pedagogical approaches to music teaching in primary grades; skill development in children emphasized. Field experiences required. Music majors only; teaching certification candidates only.
  

  • MUSI 5305 - Administration in Music

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of basic structure of music programs in higher education; organizational characteristics related to curriculum, budget, and personnel; leadership principles; and administrative activities.
  

  • MUSI 5306 - Music for Students with Exceptionalities

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Strategies and materials for assisting students from special populations to learn music. Includes characteristics of various disabilities and current policy affecting exceptional students.
  

  • MUSI 5307 - Current Issues in Music

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Current issues in policy, learning, schools, and society affecting student musical learning. Continually revised based on current events. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUSI 5310 - Historical and Critical Perspectives in Music

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Historical and critical overview of the field including introduction to major theories and methodologies, study of particular artists, works or movements that provide insight into specific creative techniques, basic media and techniques of the field; and interdisciplinary relationships with the other arts. Not for music majors.
  

  • MUSI 5314 - Music in Contemporary Context

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Contemporary issues in the field including current artistic trends, theory and criticism, organization (e.g., funding, administration), and cultural policy (e.g., education, assessment, multicultural issues, censorship).
  

  • MUSI 5341 - Introduction to Technology for Musicians

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduction to technological resources for all aspects of the musical experience, primarily from the standpoint of the Macintosh operating system. Topics covered include computer-assisted instruction, music printing, MIDI sequencing, digital sampling, HyperCard software development, and nonmusic topics such as word processing, graphics, multimedia, and electronic communication.
  

  • MUSI 5342 - Applications of Technology in Music I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Current technological applications in music settings related to learning music. Personal applications in educational settings emphasized. Continually updated to reflect current technological trends in music.
  

  • MUSI 5343 - Applications of Technology in Music II

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MUSI 5342  or consent of instructor. Advanced technological applications in music settings related to learning music. Personal applications in educational settings emphasized. Continually updated to reflect current technological trends in music.
  

  • MUSI 7000 - Research

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
  

  • MUSI 7301 - Music Bibliography and Research

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Required of all doctoral students.
  

  • MUSI 8000 - Doctor’s Dissertation

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
  

  • MUSI 8301 - Doctoral Performance Project I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Individual directed project in music performance or composition.
  

  • MUSI 8302 - Doctoral Performance Project II

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Individual directed project in music performance or composition.
  

  • MUSI 8303 - Doctoral Performance Project III

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Individual directed project in music performance or composition.
  

  • MUSI 8304 - Doctoral Performance Project IV

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Individual directed project in music performance or composition.
  

  • MUSI 8305 - Doctoral Pedagogy Project I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Individual directed project in pedagogy of music.
  

  • MUSI 8306 - Doctoral Pedagogy Project II

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Individual directed project in pedagogy of music.

MUSM - Museum Science (Graduate Courses)
  

  • MUSM 5321 - Museology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Establishes a historical and theoretical framework for museum science, promotes a global perspective of museums, and acquaints students with the broad-based implications of museum work as a science. This is a required course for M.A. in Heritage and Museum Sciences.
  

  • MUSM 5325 - Museum Field Methods

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Problems of collecting museum artifacts, specimens, and samples in the field and methods of handling material before it reaches the museum. Sections will allow work in anthropology, history, paleontology, and vertebrate biology.
  

  • MUSM 5326 - Museum Administration

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Instruction and investigation in aspects of museum management and administration including policies and procedures, personnel management, budget formulation, governance, and interaction with support organizations. This is a required course for M.A. in Heritage and Museum Sciences.
  

  • MUSM 5327 - Museum Collection Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Defines the roles of museum collections and focuses on general museum concepts, procedures, and issues related to the management and care of collections. Instruction in art, humanities, and natural science collections. This is a required course for M.A. in Heritage and Museum Sciences.
  

  • MUSM 5328 - Museum Practicum

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Individual instruction course of supervised experiences involving hands-on activities in museum administration, collections, education, and exhibitions. Sections will allow work in all areas of the Museum of Texas Tech.
  

  • MUSM 5329 - Material Culture

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Discussion of major trends in historical, psychological, philosophical, anthropological, and art historical literature in terms of their application to the interpretation of the past through its material culture.
  

  • MUSM 5330 - Museum Law, Ethics, and Standards

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Addresses the ethical considerations and legal obligations of museum collections, administration, and operations. Attention given to international concerns as well as to state and national issues. This is a required course for M.A. in Heritage and Museum Sciences.
  

  • MUSM 5331 - Exhibition Principles

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Investigates the theories and methods of effective interpretation of museum objects through exhibit planning, development, design, fabrication and implementation. Combines theoretical and practical aspects. This is a required course for M.A. in Heritage and Museum Sciences.
  

  • MUSM 5332 - Museum Preventive Conservation

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Designed to give future museum workers an awareness of the need for specialized care of artifacts. Introduction of current methods and theories pertaining to museum collection care. This is a required course for M.A. in Heritage and Museum Sciences.
 

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