Apr 30, 2024  
2016-2017 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 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.

 

History (Graduate Courses)

Courses are identified as follows: United States history = US; European history = E; African, Asian or Latin American history = AAL.

  
  • HIST 5327 - Studies in United States Immigration and Urban History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores a series of problems in United States immigration and urban history since the mid-nineteenth century.
  
  • HIST 5328 - Studies in U.S. Military History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A readings summary on military history with emphasis on development of institutions and national struggles.
  
  • HIST 5329 - Studies in U.S. Sea Powers

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A study of significant topics in American naval history with emphasis on institutional, organizational, and operational development from the American Revolution to the Gulf War.
  
  • HIST 5330 - Studies in the Vietnam War

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A study of political, military, economic and social issues resulting from American’s involvement in the Vietnam War.
  
  • HIST 5331 - Studies in the Classics of Military History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A readings seminar to introduce the classic works of military strategists, theorists, tacticians, and historians.
  
  • HIST 5332 - 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 5333 - Studies in African-American History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Studies of African influences, racial ideas, slavery, and post-emancipation efforts to achieve civil and political rights, education, economic opportunity and the creation of social institutions.
  
  • HIST 5334 - Studies in Mexican-American History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An extensive reading program and sustained dialogue centering on Mexican-American history with emphasis on theoretical approaches and methods of historical inquiry.
  
  • HIST 5335 - Studies in U.S. Labor

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines trends and topics central to the history of U.S. labor and working-class studies.
  
  • HIST 5336 - Studies in American Sexuality

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines trends and topics central to the key debates in the history of American sexuality.
  
  • HIST 5337 - Studies in Modern U.S. Women’s American

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A survey of significant literature and analysis of problems related to the study of women in American history.
  
  • HIST 5338 - Studies in American Social History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Reading, analysis, and critical reviews of pivotal works. Emphasis on varieties and impact of social history on topics such as family, community, race, gender, and work.
  
  • HIST 5339 - Studies in Ancient Greek History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Studies of selected topics in the political or intellectual history of ancient Greece based upon a study of sources, in translation if advisable.
  
  • HIST 5340 - Studies in Ancient Roman History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Studies of selected topics in the political or intellectual history of ancient Rome based upon a study of sources, in translation if advisable.
  
  • HIST 5341 - Studies in Medieval History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of selected topics in the intellectual history of the early and high middle ages. Individual reports discussed in a seminar situation.
  
  • HIST 5342 - Studies in Renaissance and Reformation History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of selected topics in the intellectual or religious history of the Renaissance or the Reformation. Individual reports discussed in a seminar situation.
  
  • HIST 5343 - Studies in Russian History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines key topics and debates in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary.
  
  • HIST 5344 - Readings in European Nationalism

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Takes a cross-disciplinary approach to the study of European nationalism. Emphasizes historians’ contribution to this field. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • HIST 5345 - Studies in the History of Fascist and Related Right-Wing Movements in Europe

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines individually and collectively themes of nationalism, anti-Semitism, militarism, and anti-Marxism, chiefly in the period 1918-1945.
  
  • HIST 5346 - Studies in Modern European History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the social, cultural, and political history of Europe from 1815 to the present.
  
  • HIST 5347 - Studies in British History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An organized studies course covering selected topics in British history. Topics vary according to the students’ needs.
  
  • HIST 5348 - Studies in Roman Law

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Topics in the historical development of classical Roman law. Designed to meet the needs of both law and graduate students.
  
  • HIST 5349 - Studies in Early Modern European History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of selected topics in the political, social, economic, religious and cultural history of Europe from the 15th to the 18th century.
  
  • HIST 5350 - Studies in African History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A survey of African history focusing on major problems of interpretation. Includes political, economic, religious, and cultural change; pre-colonial and colonial encounters.
  
  • HIST 5351 - Slavery in a World Perspective

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An examination of the main areas and epochs in which slavery institutions were central: Antiquity, Medieval Europe, Pre-Colonial Africa, the West Indies, and Southern U.S.
  
  • HIST 5352 - Studies in Asian History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores key themes in Asian history. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • HIST 5353 - Studies in the History of the U.S. Civil War

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduces students to the key themes and debates in the history of the American Civil War.
  
  • HIST 5354 - Studies in Modern Revolution

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores the causes, courses, and consequences of revolutionary movements in the modern era.
  
  • 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 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 8000 - Doctor’s Dissertation

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours

Health (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • HLTH 1300 - Patterns of Healthful Living

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: PHED1304 A study of patterns of mental, physical, and social development of the individual including relationships of individual and community health.
  
  • HLTH 1306 - Introduction to Public Health

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introductory principles of evidence-based public health and implementation tools, including health communications and informatics, applications of social and behavioral sciences, health policy, law, and ethics.
  
  • HLTH 2302 - Environmental Health and Awareness

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines critical issues and relationships affecting biospheric health including personal, community, and international ecology.
  
  • HLTH 2307 - Understanding Death and Dying

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Exploration of issues concerning the death and dying process, including death anxiety, bereavement, grief, and mourning. Biological, psychological, social, and cultural aspects will be addressed.
  
  • HLTH 2360 - Community Health

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An introduction to community health, including an overview of the competency areas of a health education specialist and their applicability in community settings.
  
  • HLTH 3301 - Epidemiology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Principles and methods in epidemiology about the incidence, distribution, cause and control of disease in populations with applied emphasis to public health issues and practices.
  
  • HLTH 3311 - Communicable and Chronic Diseases

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines etiology of diseases from a body-systems approach, with special emphasis on sexually transmitted diseases, cancer, and cardiovascular disease.
  
  • HLTH 3312 - Health Considerations of Special Populations

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A process-oriented course addressing health needs and/or problems of various ethnic, cultural, and socio-economic groups.
  
  • HLTH 3313 - Health for Preadolescents

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing. An in-depth study of health issues relating to children as well as emphasis on behaviors that would affect health for children.
  
  • HLTH 4300 - Individual Studies in Health

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Departmental approval. An independent study program allowing students to pursue an area of special interest under the guidance of a professor. May be repeated up to three times for credit.
  
  • HLTH 4307 - Health Program Planning and Evaluation

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Principles and applications of planning and implementing health programs in a variety of school and community settings including monitoring techniques.
  
  • HLTH 4308 - Introduction to Biostatistics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Overview of various statistical methods used in public health practice and research with an emphasis on application of appropriate methods and interpretation of results.
  
  • HLTH 4313 - Mental Health

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing. Overview of social, behavioral and contextual factors in well-being with an emphasis on mental health from a biopsychosocial framework.
  
  • HLTH 4344 - Managing Stress

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing. Provides a comprehensive and holistic approach to stress and stress management.

Heritage Management (Graduate Courses)

  
  • HMGT 5323 - Principles of Heritage Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Provides a theoretical framework and examines issues of evaluation, legislation, sustainability, socioeconomic impact, and communication to foster global responsibility and present integrative approaches to managing heritage resources.
  
  • HMGT 5327 - Heritage Planning

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Explores practical approaches and methods to heritage planning with emphasis on the integration of related disciplines to attain environmentally sound and socially responsible preservation, management, and development initiatives.
  
  • HMGT 6000 - Master’s Thesis

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
  
  • HMGT 6001 - Heritage Management Internship

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
    Internship at an approved museum to include a special project approved by the student’s advisory committee. Project provides practical experience for professional development.
  
  • HMGT 7000 - Research

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours

Health Organization Management (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • HOM 4371 - Health Organization Management

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Junior/senior standing. Designed to provide an overview of the health care system and its managerial, social, behavioral, and economic aspects from an organizational viewpoint.

Health Organization Management (Graduate Courses)

  
  • HOM 5306 - HOM I: Introduction to Healthcare Systems

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admitted to HOM or consent of instructor. Provides and introductory-level overview of the United States healthcare system in terms of historical, current, political, organizational, human resources, financial, access-related, and quality dimensions.
  
  • HOM 5307 - Managing Healthcare Organizations

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: B or better in HOM 5306  or consent of instructor. Examines management of healthcare organizations, including issues pertaining to human resources, financing, organizational design, law, and the organization’s role in a rapidly changing environment.
  
  • HOM 5308 - Healthcare Operations Management and Quality

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: B or better in HOM 5306  and HOM 5307  or consent of instructor. A study and application of healthcare operations management and quality tools emphasizing systems improvements through use of information technology and quantitative methods.
  
  • HOM 5309 - HOM IV: Integrated Healthcare Operations

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: B or better in HOM 5306 , HOM 5307 , HOM 5308  or consent of instructor. Synthesizes components of prior courses and presents new knowledge through critical thinking skills and case studies.
  
  • HOM 5382 - Field Experience in HOM

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Exposes students to multiple levels of healthcare organizations while allowing them to develop skills in a defined project.

Honors Studies (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • HONS 1101 - FYE Learning Community Group

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Required learning community group provides orientation to Honors College and university for students in Honors College First Year Experience classes.
  
  • HONS 1102 - Honors Arts and Letters Seminar II

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Integrates content from English, history, and political science required core courses. Required for all Honors Arts and Letters majors.
  
  • HONS 1301 - Honors First-Year Seminar in Humanities

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Honors College or approval of the Honors Dean. An introductory course for first-year Honors students emphasizing the development of critical thinking and oral and written communications skills through the framework of a humanities discipline. Topics vary. Fulfills core Language, Philosophy, and Culture requirement.
  
  • HONS 1302 - Honors First-Year Seminar in Sciences

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Honors College or approval of the Honors Dean. An introductory course for first-year Honors students emphasizing the development of critical thinking and oral and written communications skills through the framework of a technology and applied science discipline. Topics vary.
  
  • HONS 1303 - Honors First-Year Seminar in Social Sciences

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Honors College or approval of the Honors Dean. An introductory course for first-year Honors students emphasizing the development of critical thinking and oral and written communications skills through the framework of a social and behavioral science discipline. Topics vary. Fulfills core Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement.
  
  • HONS 1304 - Honors First-Year Seminar in Fine Arts

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Honors College or approval of the Honors Dean. An introductory course for first-year Honors students emphasizing the development of critical thinking and oral and written communications skills through the framework of a visual and performing arts discipline. Topics vary. Fulfills core Creative Arts requirement.
  
  • HONS 2301 - Honors Experience in Fine Arts I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Honors College or approval of the Honors Dean. Course surveys highlights of human experience in the arts from the ancient world to the middle ages. Sculpture, architecture, music, painting, music theatre and dance emphasized through hands-on participation experiences. No previous experience required, but an enthusiastic openness for new experiences is essential. May be repeated as the topic varies with permission of the Honors dean.
  
  • HONS 2311 - Seminar in International Affairs

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Humanistic approach to study of international concerns such as migration, trade, environment, population change, economic development, religion, and diplomacy with special reference to cultural values. May be repeated as the topic varies with permission of the Honors dean. Fulfills core Language, Philosophy, and Culture requirement.
  
  • HONS 2314 - Honors Seminar in International Cinema

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Analysis of foreign and ethnic cinema as an expression of human values and creativity viewed through the lens of a distinctive culture or cultures. May be repeated as the topic varies with permission of the Honors dean. Fulfills core Creative Arts requirement.
  
  • HONS 2405 - Honors Integrated Science I

    4 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Honors College or approval of the Honors Dean. An integrated science course introducing students, in an interdisciplinary way, to physics and chemistry. Part of a two-semester integrated presentation. Not open to science majors. Partially fulfills core Life and Physical Sciences requirement.
  
  • HONS 2406 - Honors Integrated Science II

    4 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Honors College or approval of the Honors Dean. An integrated science course introducing students in an interdisciplinary way to biology and geosciences. Part of a two-semester integrated presentation. Not open to science majors. Partially fulfills core Life and Physical Sciences requirement.
  
  • HONS 3300 - Individual Honors Research

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Honors College and approval from the Honors Dean. Contents will vary to meet the needs of students. Independent work under the individual guidance of a faculty member, who must be either a member of the graduate faculty or approved by the Honors Dean. May be repeated once for credit. (Writing Intensive)
  
  • HONS 3301 - Honors Seminar in Humanities

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Honors College or approval from the Honors Dean. An in-depth study of major literary works emphasizing the interrelationships of literature and philosophy. May be repeated as the topic varies with permission of the Honors Dean. (Writing Intensive)
  
  • HONS 3302 - Honors Seminar in Sciences

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Considers the developments and applications of modern science as they affect life today, directed toward cultivating sound individual judgments in the contexts of a technological, scientific, or medical environments. May be repeated as topic varies with permission of the Honors Dean.
  
  • HONS 3303 - Honors Seminar in Social Sciences

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Honors College or approval from the Honors Dean. Study of techniques, principles, and methodology of the social sciences as applied to a central topic to demonstrate the interrelationships of the various disciplines. May be repeated as the topic varies with permission of the Honors Dean.
  
  • HONS 3304 - Honors Seminar in Fine Arts

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Honors College or approval from the Honors Dean. Study of the history, development, and terminology of the fine arts, emphasizing functional relationships between disciplines in an effort to provide bases for aesthetic evaluation of specific artistic entities. May be repeated as the topic varies with permission of the Honors Dean.
  
  • HONS 3305 - European Fine Arts

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Hands-on survey of European fine arts, including visual arts, architecture, music, theatre, and dance. May be repeated as the topic varies with permission of the Honors dean.
  
  • HONS 4100 - Leadership and Ethics

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides an overview of leadership, leadership strategies and styles and leadership related principles in the context of ethics.
  
  • HONS 4300 - Individual Honors Research

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Honors College and approval from the Honors Dean. Contents will vary to meet the needs of students. Independent work under the individual guidance of a faculty member, who must be either a member of the graduate faculty or approved by the Honors Dean. May be repeated once for credit. (Writing Intensive)
  
  • HONS 4302 - Honors College Summit Experience Course

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides the opportunity for development and enhancement of skills that are essential to a well-rounded education as honors students from various disciplines meet to complement and augment each other. Taken in the senior year.
  
  • HONS 4401 - Selected Topics in Honors

    4 Semester Credit Hours
    Special areas of interest not commonly included in other courses. Content normally different each time offered. May be repeated for credit up to two times.

Human Resource Development (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • HRDV 2301 - Introduction to Human Resource Development

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Online course focusing on the foundations of human resource development, including the history of human resource development, recruitment, training and development, and compensation and benefits.
 

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