May 21, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


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Texas Tech offers over 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.

 

RHIM - Restaurant, Hotel, and, Institutional Management (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • RHIM 4330 - Contemporary Problems in the Hospitality Industry

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Senior RHIM majors and instructor consent. In-depth examination of selected problems in the hospitality industry.
  
  • RHIM 4340 - Wine Marketing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Analyzes the concepts of marketing as related to the wine industry. Students will develop a marketing plan for a winery.
  
  • RHIM 4341 - Hospitality Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; ENGL 1302 ; and C or better in HRM 2310 . Factors involved in establishing hospitality operations, organization, administrative development, allocation of labor, and control. Examines hospitality organizations with emphasis on planning and problem analysis. F, S
  
  • RHIM 4342 - Wedding Planning and Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of wedding planning and management. Students complete a portfolio for wedding plans. [RETL 4342 ]
  
  • RHIM 4345 - Foundations of Meeting, Conference and Convention Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An in-depth analysis of convention and exhibition planning and execution will provide students with a foundation in managerial strategies while embracing a functional and operational context. [RETL 4345 ]
  
  • RHIM 4348 - Hospitality Revenue Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: C or better in RHIM 3360  or NS 2310 . Focus on hospitality revenue management activities for strategic decision making, including pricing, forecasting, and trend analysis.
  
  • RHIM 4350 - Wine Tourism

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the business of wine with specific focus on wine tourism. Addresses global tourism and local economic impact of the wine industry.
  
  • RHIM 4360 - Experimental Methods with Food

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Suggested prerequisites: C or better in RHIM 3360 , RHIM 3370 , or NS 2310 . Investigation of food quality factors through laboratory experiences that conclude with a comprehensive research project. Online courses do not apply to certifications.

RHIM - Restaurant, Hotel, and Institutional Management (Graduate Courses)

  
  • RHIM 5101 - Colloquium in Hospitality Management

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    An interactive forum on current issues and trends affecting the hospitality field from an industry professional’s perspectives. Leaders from major hospitality corporations will present.
  
  • RHIM 5300 - Perspective in Restaurant Hotel and Institution

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Foundation concepts in hospitality management. May be repeated for credit. Does not apply to a graduate degree.
  
  • RHIM 5305 - Hospitality Career Practicum

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Students are provided the opportunity to interact and interview with industry professionals for their career search in hospitality management.
  
  • RHIM 5309 - Leadership Practices in Hospitality Organizations

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A review of hospitality leadership practices, strategies, and philosophies to motivate and inspire individual employees and teams.
  
  • RHIM 5310 - Sensory Evaluation of Food Products

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Principles and techniques of sensory evaluation of food products in personal and professional settings.
  
  • RHIM 5316 - Hospitality and Service Marketing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examination of marketing theories and specific applications to the hospitality and service industry. Concentrates on differences of marketing concepts in service versus products market.
  
  • RHIM 5343 - Advanced International Retailing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of the concepts and execution of international retailing, including an international experience.
  
  • RHIM 5345 - Wine Marketing and Tourism

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An in-depth study of marketing and tourism in the wine industry. Wine products, brand development, and promotion are addressed.
  
  • RHIM 5350 - Travel and Tourism

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A study of principles and concepts of travel and tourism behavior. Emphasis on tourism theories, history, planning, development, and research techniques. Trip fee non-refundable 48 hours after enrollment.
  
  • RHIM 5352 - Advanced Culture and Cuisine

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores various cuisines in terms of history, lifestyle, and foods peculiar to a culture and their impact on individuals from a global and multicultural perspective.
  
  • RHIM 5370 - Food Systems Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examination of current trends in food service operations and technology. Emphasis on the functional subsystems of procurement, production, service and delivery, and sanitation and maintenance.
  
  • RHIM 5375 - Operations Management for Service Industries

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Integration of quantitative production, operations methods, and traditional qualitative management in both the unit and multi-unit service operations.
  
  • RHIM 6300 - Perspectives in Hospitality Administration

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Foundation concepts in hospitality management. May be repeated for credit. Does not apply toward graduate credit.
  
  • RHIM 6308 - Advanced Lodging and Leisure

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the lodging industry from a strategic management standpoint. Discussions and research will focus on industry interrelationships with economic, social, political, and financial entities.
  
  • RHIM 6322 - Financial Management in Hospitality Administration

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Investigation of theories, strategies, and financial policies influencing corporate decisions in operations of domestic and international hospitality.
  
  • RHIM 6335 - Managing Crisis in the Hospitality Industry

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines various crisis management scenarios in the hospitality industry, including natural and man-made disasters. Provides future executives with the basic knowledge to handle these challenges.
  
  • RHIM 6340 - Organizational Behavior in Hospitality Administration

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    The study and practice of the latest concepts related to leadership and supervision in hospitality management.
  
  • RHIM 6341 - Strategic Management in the Hospitality Industry

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examination of strategy formulation, content development, implementation, and evaluation at the unit and multi-unit level.
  
  • RHIM 6350 - Advanced Travel and Tourism

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An in-depth study of tourism supply, demand, policy, planning, development, and marketing at the local, regional, state, national, and international levels. Economic, social, political, and environmental considerations of tourism management and development will be a focus. Tourism-related research and experiences with tourism organizations and agencies are components of the course.
  
  • RHIM 6370 - Advanced Food Systems Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An examination of current technologies and processes in food industry related operations with emphasis on the subsystems of concept, and product development, production, and marketing.
  
  • RHIM 6380 - Grants and Project Funding

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examination and application of the processes related to grants and sponsored projects, including identification of sources of funding, proposal development, and grant administration.
  
  • RHIM 6381 - Community Action, Involvement, and Leadership

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Analyze and assess opportunities for community involvement. Students gain insight into the interconnectedness of individuals, businesses, and the larger community through problem-based learning.

RRP – RaiderReady (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • RRP 1100 - RaiderReady: First Year Seminar

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Supports first-year students in successfully managing their transition from high school to college, focusing on academic success strategies and skills and how to utilize campus resources in fulfillment of their academic goals.
  
  • RRP 2100 - RaiderReady: Second Year Seminar

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Builds on RaiderReady: First Year Student Seminar and focuses on higher learning, involvement, transformation, and wellness.
  
  • RRP 3100 - RaiderReady: Service and Research Seminar

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores the complex challenges of academic life. Focuses on skills, techniques, institutional support essential to academic success, research, and service. 
  
  • RRP 4100 - RaiderReady: Experience and Professional Skills Seminar

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Designed to help ease student transition from college to occupation, including understanding job market trends, and developing professional skills in job interviewing, preparation, and negotiation.

RUSN - Russian (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • RUSN 1501 - A Beginning Course in Russian I

    5 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: RUSS1411 Introduction and development of the four language skills: listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing.
  
  • RUSN 1502 - A Beginning Course in Russian II

    5 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: RUSS1412 Prerequisite: RUSN 1501 . Introduction and development of the four language skills: listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing.
  
  • RUSN 2301 - A Second Course in Russian I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: RUSS2311 Prerequisite: RUSN 1502 . Training in oral and written expression and in aural and reading comprehension, including optional work in the language laboratory.
  
  • RUSN 2302 - A Second Course in Russian II

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: RUSS2312 Prerequisite: RUSN 2301 . Training in oral and written expression and in aural and reading comprehension, including optional work in the language laboratory.
  
  • RUSN 2304 - Russian Culture

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An examination of the important historical, political, and cultural events and trends that have been instrumental in forming Russian cultural identity. Fulfills multicultural and core Language, Philosophy, and Culture requirements.
  
  • RUSN 3301 - Russian Civilization Through Literature in the 19th Century

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A survey course of 19th century Russian literature. Includes the works of the century’s most important writers from Alexander Pushkin to Anton Chekhov. Taught in English.
  
  • RUSN 3302 - 20th Century Russian Civilization Through Literature in Translation

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    This course will deal with the literature and other arts of the turn of the 20th century in Russia and with the survival of this pre-1917 cultural tradition among the émigrés and in the Soviet Union. Taught in English.
  
  • RUSN 3305 - Studies in Advanced Russian

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: RUSN 2302  and consent of instructor. Advanced Russian language skill development at third- and fourth-year levels. May be repeated for credit up to 12 hours when content differs. (CL)
  
  • RUSN 4301 - The Great Russian Realists: Tolstoy and Dostoevsky

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the significance of masterpieces by Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. The works will be read in translation. Conducted in English. (CL)
  
  • RUSN 4302 - Contemporary Russian Literature in Translation

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the works of major Russian authors such as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Tatyana Tolstaya from 1953 to the present. (CL)

RUSN - Russian (Graduate Courses)

  
  • RUSN 5301 - Russian Language for Graduate Students

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    This course is conducted entirely in Russian. Students work towards achieving an American Council for Teaching Foreign Languages advanced or superior proficiency rating. May be repeated for credit up to 12 hours.
  
  • RUSN 5303 - Topics in Russian Culture

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    This course will study selected aspects of classical or contemporary Russian culture organized around a particular period or theme. Readings, most writings, and a significant portion of the class will be in Russian. May be repeated for credit up to 12 hours when content is different.
  
  • RUSN 5304 - Topics in Russian Literature

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    This course will study selected classical or contemporary Russian literary texts organized around a particular period or theme. Readings, most writings, and a significant portion of the class will be in Russian. May be repeated for credit up to 12 hours when content is different.
  
  • RUSN 7000 - Research

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours

SCM - Supply Chain Management (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • SCM 3351 - Business Process Improvement

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: B or better in ISQS 3344 , completion of all lower division coursework, and a 3.2 TTU GPA. Focuses on the fundamental concepts, techniques, and tools for improving business processes in supply chain contexts.
  
  • SCM 3353 - Supply Chain Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: B or better in MKT 3350  (may be taken concurrently); 2.75 TTU GPA. An introduction to principles and practices used today in managing relationships among manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and consumers.
  
  • SCM 4370 - Forecasting and Inventory Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to the supply chain management program; 2.75 TTU GPA. Covers demand management, customer service, forecasting, and inventory management aspects of business logistics. Introduces select analytical techniques, strategies, and applied problem-solving approaches.
  
  • SCM 4371 - Transportation and Distribution Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Admission into the supply chain management program; 2.75 TTU GPA. Covers transportation and distribution aspects of business logistics. Introduces select analytical techniques, strategies, and applied problem-solving approaches.
  
  • SCM 4372 - Global Sourcing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Admission into the supply chain management program; 2.75 TTU GPA. Focuses on the global sourcing function, supplier selection and development, total cost of ownership, and performance management.
  
  • SCM 4373 - Supply Chain Strategy

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Admission into the supply chain management program; B or better in 9 hours of SCM courses; 2.75 TTU GPA. Capstone course with emphasis on strategic supply chain management that integrates concepts, processes, and tools learned in previous coursework.
  
  • SCM 4382 - Internship in Supply Chain Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Admission into the supply chain management program and approval of internship coordinator prior to employment; 2.75 TTU GPA. Hours of employment must be worked in the term that internship credit is awarded.
  
  • SCM 4383 - Special Topics in Supply Chain Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Admission into the supply chain management program and consent of instructor; 2.75 TTU GPA. Examination of specialized problems or select current events in supply chain management. May be repeated once for credit as topic varies.

SLAV - Slavistics (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • SLAV 2301 - The Vampire in East European and Western Culture

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An investigation of the myth of the vampire from its inception in early East European culture to its popularization in the West. Fulfills core Language, Philosophy, and Culture and multicultural requirement.
  
  • SLAV 4300 - Individual Studies in Slavistics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Independent study in Slavic and East European subjects under guidance of a faculty member, with content varying according to needs. May be repeated for credit up to 24 hours with consent of instructor.

SOC - Sociology (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • SOC 1301 - Introduction to Sociology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: SOCI1301 Human group behavior, influence on the individual, and relationships of individuals to each other as members of groups. Fulfills core Social and Behavioral Sciences and multicultural requirement.
  
  • SOC 1320 - Current Social Problems

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: SOCI1306 Problems in basic social institutions as marriage and the family, community, economy, government, education, health and welfare, recreation, etc. Fulfills core Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement.
  
  • SOC 3300 - Special Topics in Sociology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines selected topics in sociology. May be repeated when topics vary.
  
  • SOC 3323 - Race and Ethnicity

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Sociological and global analysis of racial and ethnic groups. Analysis of diversity and multiculturalism from a global perspective. Fulfills multicultural requirement.
  
  • SOC 3325 - Gendered Lives

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of the gendered nature of society, emphasizing the experiences of women in such areas as family, health, and the economy. [WGS 3325 ]
  
  • SOC 3326 - Women and Crime

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the nature and extent of female crime, contemporary debate in feminist criminology, and the construction of gender in criminal justice discourse.
  
  • SOC 3327 - Sociology of Law and Policing

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines social forces affecting the development and current operation of criminal law and policing. Special attention given to contemporary issues concerning each.
  
  • SOC 3331 - Sexuality, Intimate Relations, and Family Life

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An examination of the sociology of love and intimate partnership formation; sexuality; and historical, global, and cultural variations in family life. [WGS 3331 ]
  
  • SOC 3333 - White Collar Economic Crimes

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines white collar and economic crimes in the United States as well as from a global perspective.
  
  • SOC 3335 - Family Violence

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys definitions, prevalence, and theories of family violence. Focuses on impact of variations in definitions of family violence and societal responses to family violence.
  
  • SOC 3336 - Sociology of Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the education system over time as well as the impacts of education on income, racial equality, and stratification in American society.
  
  • SOC 3337 - Inequality in America

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Inequality as expressed in occupational, class, ethnic, and sexual hierarchies is examined from varying sociological perspectives. [WGS 3337 ]
  
  • SOC 3339 - International Migration

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines international migration as a social process. Provides sociological tools to understand the causes, social processes, and consequences of international migration. Service Learning.
  
  • SOC 3340 - Sociology of Terrorism

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduces the sociological study of terrorism and examines fundamental questions on terrorism as a social phenomenon.
  
  • SOC 3352 - Technology and Society

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores the interrelationships between technology and society, emphasizing the impacts of technology on society and social factors contributing to the development and diffusion of technology.
  
  • SOC 3355 - Global Food Issues: On Bread and Water

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores contemporary global circumstances and problems through food-related topics, including public policy, conflict, water issues, climate change, inequalities, cultural imperatives, consumer demands and concerns.
  
  • SOC 3357 - Sociology of Globalization

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of cultures, political and economic institutions, and interdependencies of societies through a sociological lens. Fulfills Multicultural requirement.
  
  • SOC 3368 - Sociology of Deviance

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of different forms of deviant behavior in Western societies, emphasizing the social relativity of deviance and theories that attempt to explain it. Examples of topics include tattooing, drug abuse, topless dancing, pedophilia, and mental illness.
  
  • SOC 3370 - Social Inequality and Health

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides an introduction to social disparities in population health. From a sociological perspective, this course explores the social mechanisms that shape the health disparities in the U.S.
  
  • SOC 3383 - Alcohol, Drugs, and Society

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Analysis of social factors related to the use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs.
  
  • SOC 3391 - Introduction to Social Statistics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Statistical analysis and interpretation of sociological research data. (CL)
  
  • SOC 3392 - Introduction to Social Research Methods

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Nature of the sociological research process, including the scientific method, experimentation, participant observation and survey research. (CL)
  
  • SOC 3393 - Development of Sociological Theory

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Emergence of systematic sociological theory out of social philosophy; evolution of sociology as a discipline in the late 19th century. (CL)
  
  • SOC 3394 - Contemporary Sociological Theories

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Review of selected current perspectives on social behavior. Special attention given to linkages between micro and macro levels of the social world. (CL)
  
  • SOC 4300 - Internship Supervision Class

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides sociology credit for students who have obtained an internship with a qualifying program related to sociology or criminology.
  
  • SOC 4307 - Individual Studies in Sociology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent and high scholastic achievement. Independent study. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • SOC 4311 - Sociology of the Person

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Effects of group membership on individual attributes and behavior; focuses on the influence of experience in primary groups and positions in social structure.
  
  • SOC 4312 - Human Societies, Health and Environment

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Focuses on the connections between human societies, health and environment. Topics include societal structure, health issues and environmental degradation.
  
  • SOC 4316 - Aging and Society

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Theory and research on aging: covering demographic, sociocultural, economic, individual, and social factors.
  
  • SOC 4327 - Juvenile Delinquency

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Delinquency is reviewed as a form of deviant behavior. Attention is given to prevalent theories of causation, distribution, and frequency of delinquency, and the treatment, prevention, and control of delinquent patterns of behavior.
  
  • SOC 4331 - Religion and Society

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    The sociological study of religious groups and beliefs. The reciprocal relationships between religious institutions and society.
  
  • SOC 4335 - Victims of Crime

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A sociological analytical approach to social, scientific, and popular theories of criminal victimization, including its extent, nature, causes and effects, and lived experience of victims.
  
  • SOC 4381 - Sickness, Health, and Society

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    The sociological study of the medical institution and its interrelationship with other societal institutions. Differential definitions of health and illness.
  
  • SOC 4399 - Research

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    By invitation and under direction of a professor. Requires a completed research project and presentation at a formal conference for credit.

SOC - Sociology (Graduate Courses)

  
  • SOC 5101 - Professional Socialization

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Practical issues in sociological research, scholarship, and teaching. Required of first-semester graduate students and teaching assistants through their appointment period. Pass/fail grading. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 hours credit.
  
  • SOC 5303 - Seminar in Contemporary Sociological Theory

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of contemporary approaches to society, including conflict theory, functionalism, symbolic interaction, ethnomethodology, rational choice, emotions, feminist theory, globalization, and postmodern perspectives.
  
  • SOC 5308 - Seminar in the Origins of Social Theory

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Development of sociological theory in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Topics may vary, but emphasis usually will be on the work of Marx, Durkheim, and Weber.
  
  • SOC 5311 - Seminar in Criminology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Critical review of theory and research on selected topics in criminology.
  
  • SOC 5312 - Seminar in Urban Education Problems

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Extensive analysis of the process and consequences of urbanization and education, with emphasis upon causation and critiques of proposed solutions.
  
  • SOC 5313 - Seminar in Minority Relations

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    American and world patterns of interethnic relations are covered with emphasis on recent and current trends.
  
  • SOC 5315 - Seminar in Social Change

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Linear and cyclical theories; analysis of the idea of progress, stage theories, dialectical materialism, and the lag hypothesis.
  
  • SOC 5316 - Aging and Social Disparities in Health

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Theory and research on aging and health issues in later life, covering demographic, sociocultural, economic, individual, and societal factors. Interdisciplinary aspects are stressed.
 

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