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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.
 

Plant and Soil Science (Graduate Courses)
  

  • PSS 6325 - Epigenetic Mechanisms

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Non-Mendelian phenotypes explained by mechanisms involving histone modification, chromatin remodeling, DNA methylation, regulatory non-coding RNA molecules, genomic imprinting, paramutation and transposable elements
  

  • PSS 6331 - Advanced Environmental Soil Science

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in PSS 2432 . Applications of soil chemical, physical, and biological principles to environmental issues. Applications of soil chemical, physical, and biological principles to environmental issues.
  

  • PSS 6424 - Structural Genomics of Plants and Animals

    4 Semester Credit Hours
    Gene structure and cloning, molecular markers, population structure, QTL and association mapping, physical mapping and position cloning, genome sequencing and structure, SNP identification and analysis.
  

  • PSS 6432 - Advanced Soil Microbial Ecology

    4 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Introductory biology or microbiology, a C or better in PSS 2432 , or instructor permission. Study of soil blots, emphasizing soil microorganisms’ ecology, physiology, and biochemical functions.
  

  • PSS 7000 - Research

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
  

  • PSS 8000 - Doctor’s Dissertation

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
 

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