May 08, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 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.

 

EDCI - Educational Curriculum and Instruction (Graduate Courses)

  
  • EDCI 5308 - Improving Mentoring Practices

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides an instructional framework for teaching specific mentoring skills and for developing and nurturing the teaching of skillful and reflective thinking.
  
  • EDCI 5309 - Mentoring Models for New Professionals

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Selected mentoring models of well-conceived introduction programs that offer practitioners a valuable tour of the mentoring landscape. Emphasis is placed on professional support and development.
  
  • EDCI 5310 - Instructional Theory and Design

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Applications of contemporary educational theory and design procedures to secondary education, including models of teaching, enhancement of self-concept, and adolescent needs and interests.
  
  • EDCI 5311 - Mentorship

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Guides veteran professionals through a cycle of learning based on established professional development national standards. Required for Master Mentoring Certificate.
  
  • EDCI 5312 - Collaborative Communities in Mentoring

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Designed to assist those planning to teach or work in professional settings in acquiring a perspective dealing with the theory and practice of professional learning communities. Required for Master Mentoring Certificate.
  
  • EDCI 5313 - Nature of Informal Science Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduction to the nature of informal science education, the process of informal learning, and educating a wide range of audiences.
  
  • EDCI 5315 - Learning Theories and Curriculum Models in Informal Science Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Formal learning theories and curriculum methodologies are investigated and applied to learning in informal settings.
  
  • EDCI 5316 - Assessing Learning in Informal Science Settings

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Theoretical underpinnings of assessment in informal settings and the diversity and complexity of assessing science learning in informal contexts.
  
  • EDCI 5320 - Curriculum Theory: Foundations

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Fundamental bases for curriculum development.
  
  • EDCI 5321 - Curriculum Theory: Design and Development

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Principles of curriculum needs assessment, design, implementation, and evaluation.
  
  • EDCI 5330 - Ethics and Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A critical study of ethical theories and their implications for teaching and the teaching profession.
  
  • EDCI 5333 - Improving the Teaching of Thinking

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides an instructional framework for teaching specific thinking skills and for developing and nurturing the teaching of skillful and reflective thinking in all content areas (K-12).
  
  • EDCI 5335 - Models of Teaching

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Selected models of or approaches to teaching are described, demonstrated, and practiced. Emphasis is placed on expanding the repertoire of teaching skills.
  
  • EDCI 5362 - Curriculum and the Media

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Investigates popular media and its role in development of relevant curriculum. Educators gain knowledge and skills for communicating educational issues in public environments.
  
  • EDCI 5371 - Curriculum and Instruction in Sciences and Math Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Guides exploration of science and mathematics curricula: what it is, who writes it, who makes decisions about it, who field tests it, what content should be learned, and how teachers can prepare for proper enactment.
  
  • EDCI 5372 - Assessment Issues in Science and Math Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Guides exploration of current issues related to assessment, multiple dimensions of assessment, and the processes of assessment in mathematics and science education.
  
  • EDCI 5373 - Designing Project-Enhanced Environments for Science and Mathematics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduces interdisciplinary pedagogies, technological tools, instructional strategies, and appropriate assessments for designing and developing project-enhanced environments in science and mathematics classrooms.
  
  • EDCI 5375 - Creativity in the Curriculum

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A critical exploration of the trends, issues, and multiple perspectives related to creativity; its importance to individuals, groups, and society; and its place in cross-disciplinary curricula. Development of an informed position and curriculum recommendations.
  
  • EDCI 5377 - Technology in Science/Math Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores the use of technology to promote science, mathematics, and integrated learning with a focus on current research.
  
  • EDCI 5378 - High Cognitive Demand Tasks in Mathematics and Science Classrooms

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Gives students the opportunity to experience, evaluate, and design interdisciplinary, inquiry-based instructional environments within mathematics and/or science classrooms.
  
  • EDCI 5380 - Action Research I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Fundamentals of quantitative and qualitative design. Students write a literature review and design an original action research project.
  
  • EDCI 5386 - Constructivist Inquiry Methodologies in Curriculum and Instruction

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores various constructivist research methodologies vital to research in educational settings. Narrative, autoethnography, action research, interactionism, and other theoretical approaches are explored and practiced.
  
  • EDCI 5390 - Foundations in Blended and Personalized Learning

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Personalized/Blended Learning skill development using actual classroom context alongside relevant case studies. Development of data-literacy skills to support planning and implementation of personalized learning strategies.
  
  • EDCI 5391 - Blended Learning / Personalized Learning and Student Agency

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Understand the importance of student ownership of learning, and develop strategies that facilitate student ownership and agency. Participants will practice these strategies.
  
  • EDCI 6000 - Master’s Thesis

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
  
  • EDCI 6303 - Inquiry into Teacher Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines issues, questions, and trends of teacher education and their social, historical, and theoretical backgrounds using different forms of literature in the field.
  
  • EDCI 6304 - Comparative Study in Curriculum, Teaching, and Teacher Learning

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Compares issues of curriculum, teaching, and teacher learning across different countries and examines the purposes, theories, methodology, and policy implication of such comparisons.
  
  • EDCI 6306 - Advanced Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Critical analysis and design of research in selected curriculum areas. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • EDCI 6320 - Curriculum Theory: Inquiry

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Antecedents of contemporary curriculum paradigms; relationships among curriculum, instruction, and society; tactics and models of curriculum analysis and criticism.
  
  • EDCI 6331 - John Dewey’s Theory of Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A critical analysis of John Dewey’s theory of education, pedagogy, and curriculum.
  
  • EDCI 6332 - Advanced Study in Teacher Education Practices

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Engages doctoral students in developing questions, a literature base, and methods; and completing a research report on a particular issue important to teacher education practices.
  
  • EDCI 6333 - Diversity Ideologies: Implications for Schooling

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the origin, purpose, disciplinary orientation, and ideological positions of diversity theoretical perspectives.
  
  • EDCI 6345 - New Literacies

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Concept of literacy is transforming due to changes in education, media, technology and society. Introduction to literacies and the implications for research and instruction.
  
  • EDCI 6360 - Introduction to Data-driven Models of Inquiry in Curriculum and Instruction

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides the foundational knowledge required to analyze large-scale data sets used in the implementation and evaluation of programs of curriculum, instruction, and teacher development.
  
  • EDCI 6361 - Advanced Studies in Data-driven Models of Inquiry in Curriculum and Instruction

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: EDCI 6360 . Advanced course on the uses of statistical methods to examine questions and large data sets related to the issues of curriculum, instruction, and teacher education.
  
  • EDCI 6367 - Design-Based Research for Educational Contexts

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Demonstrate the ability to use design-based research for educational improvement through the application research experience project (APEX).
  
  • EDCI 6370 - Policy Issues in K-12 Curriculum and Instruction

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the theories and relevant examples about the processes of policy formation and implementation in curriculium and instruction and how politics shape these processes in educational institutions.
  
  
  • EDCI 6383 - Narrative Inquiry

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Advanced qualitative research regarding what narrative inquiry entails, examining narrative inquiry’s theoretical underpinnings, genres, methods, analysis and interpretation, and contemporary issues related to narrative inquiry.
  
  • EDCI 6392 - Advanced Practicum in Mentoring

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A supervised lab or field experience in a mentoring curricular area. Includes assessment, planning, instruction, and evaluation.
  
  • EDCI 6393 - Advanced Practicum in Curriculum and Instruction

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A supervised laboratory or field experience in a curricular area; includes assessment, planning, instruction, and evaluation. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • EDCI 6395 - Advanced Seminar: Best Practices in Mentoring

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Critical analysis and design of research in selected curriculum areas of induction training and support.
  
  • EDCI 7000 - Research

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
  
  • EDCI 8000 - Doctor’s Dissertation

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours

EDEL - Elementary Education (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • EDEL 2300 - Schools, Society, and Diversity

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: [EDUC 1301, 1325] Historical, philosophical, sociological, and ideologic foundations of education: Purposes and roles of schools in a pluralistic society. Contemporary issues and reform trends in American public schools. Fulfills multicultural requirement.
  
  • EDEL 3099 - Independent Study

    V1-3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Independent study of special aspects or topics of elementary education. May be repeated for up to 3 hours credit.
  
  • EDEL 3100 - Introduction to Teaching I

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduces teacher education students to fundamentals of teaching, including teaching ethics and principles and state and national standards for student learning.
  
  • EDEL 3200 - Introduction to Teaching II

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduces teacher education students to fundamentals of teaching, including instructional planning and assessment.
  
  • EDEL 3300 - Introduction to Teaching

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides new teacher candidates information, access, and skills needed to successfully complete the teacher education program. (CL)
  
  • EDEL 4000 - Student Teaching Elementary Level

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Attainment of admission standards to student teaching. Supervised teaching involving a period of major responsibility for instruction and learning in an elementary classroom of an accredited school. Course graded credit (CR) or no credit (NC). (CL)
  
  • EDEL 4330 - Capstone Course

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Emphasizes diagnostic teaching and learning, philosophies of education, current issues, classroom organization, professional portfolios, and teacher assessment.
  
  • EDEL 4360 - Teaching Social Studies

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Design and organization of content, materials, and instructional strategies for social studies programs in elementary schools. Field-based course.
  
  • EDEL 4370 - Teaching Mathematics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Application of content, materials, and instructional strategies in teaching elementary school mathematics. Field-based course.
  
  • EDEL 4375 - Teaching Science

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Methodology of teaching appropriate science learning experiences to elementary school children. Field-based course.
  
  • EDEL 4393 - Internship in Elementary Education I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education. Directed experiences in various roles at the elementary level.
  
  • EDEL 4394 - Internship in Elementary Education II

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: C or better in EDEL 4393  and admission to teacher education. Directed experiences in various roles at the elementary school level.

EDEL - Elementary Education (Graduate Courses)

  
  • EDEL 5360 - Developing Social Studies Programs in Elementary Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Objectives, patterns, and principles of organization of social studies in the elementary schools.
  
  • EDEL 5370 - Developing Mathematics Programs in Elementary Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    The development of arithmetic and its educative function in the elementary school curriculum.
  
  • EDEL 5375 - Developing Science Programs in the Elementary School

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Methods and materials for helping children develop an understanding of their natural and physical environments.
  
  • EDEL 6306 - Studies in Elementary Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Trends in modern elementary education.
  
  • EDEL 6360 - Studies in Social Studies Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    In-depth studies of research and instructional practices pertaining to social studies education. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • EDEL 6370 - Studies in Mathematics Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    In-depth studies of research and instructional practices pertaining to mathematics education. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • EDEL 6375 - Studies in Science Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    May be repeated for credit.
  
  • EDEL 7000 - Research

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
  
  • EDEL 8000 - Doctor’s Dissertation

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours

EDHE - Higher Education (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • EDHE 4001 - Higher Education Practicum

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
    Supervised practice in the profession of student affairs with an emphasis on real-world settings in higher education. May be repeated for credit.

EDHE - Higher Education (Graduate Courses)

  
  • EDHE 5001 - Seminar in Higher Education

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
    A special topics course designed to acquaint students with current research, theory, policies, and/or practices in higher education. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • EDHE 5300 - The History of Higher Education in the United States

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An examination of the development of the American system of higher education, its origin, major characteristics, trends, and distinctive features.
  
  • EDHE 5301 - Critical Issues in Higher Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A comprehensive evaluation of the current and future critical issues impacting American higher education.
  
  • EDHE 5302 - Comparative Higher Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A comparative study of systems of higher education throughout the world and their counterparts in the United States.
  
  • EDHE 5303 - Access and Equity in American Higher Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An examination of perspectives on equity and access, excellence, and efficiency concerns in higher education.
  
  • EDHE 5305 - Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Change

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An examination of leadership perspectives and theory and their application in the four-year college and university environment. Addresses organization culture and behavior, management and leadership studies, and entrepreneurial and change leadership.
  
  • EDHE 5313 - The Comprehensive Community College

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An introductory course to acquaint students with the purposes, programs, people, organization, control, and resources of these colleges.
  
  • EDHE 5315 - Community College Leadership

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A study of different leadership styles, strategies, and theories applicable to the community college sector.
  
  • EDHE 5321 - The Administration of Higher Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines administration of higher education at institution and unit level. Addresses organizational culture and behavior, as well as management and leadership studies.
  
  • EDHE 5322 - Strategic Planning and Institutional Effectiveness

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An examination of the principles of institutional effectiveness focused on the processes and implications for accreditation, strategic planning, and evaluation of programs and services that result in continuous improvement.
  
  • EDHE 5323 - Funding Higher Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A study of the requirements for a sound institutional development program, including mission and objectives, budgeting, organization and planning. Relationships with constituencies and proposal preparation is analyzed.
  
  • EDHE 5324 - Higher Education and the Law

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A study of constitutional, statutory, and case law concerning public and private college and university boards, administrators, faculty, and students.
  
  • EDHE 5332 - Student Services in Higher Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Focuses on the theoretical bases of the profession, roles and models for practice and competencies, and techniques of student services.
  
  • EDHE 5334 - College Student Development

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Provides an in-depth study of developmental theories that are unique to college-aged students. Implications for practice will also be included.
  
  • EDHE 5335 - The American College Student

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the changing demographics and characteristics of college students. Research on college students will be reviewed to determine the impact of college on students.
  
  • EDHE 5341 - Program Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An examination of the philosophy and practice of assessment and evaluation in higher education with particular emphasis on assessment of programs/services and/or students.
  
  • EDHE 5342 - College Teaching

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An exploration of the nature of college teaching and the teaching-learning process, including a review of major issues and problems.
  
  • EDHE 5343 - College and University Curriculum

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Issues, problems, and basic considerations in curriculum development. The structure of knowledge. Developments and trends in liberal education, the disciplines, and professional education.
  
  • EDHE 5393 - Internship in Higher Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
  
  • EDHE 6000 - Master’s Thesis

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Involves completing the master’s thesis in higher education under the supervision of a thesis advisor from the higher education program.
  
  • EDHE 6310 - Higher Education Research Seminar

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A series of seminars dedicated to the development of student research proposals, Manuscripts, and grant applications. The seminars bridge the gap between theory and practice. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • EDHE 6311 - Higher Education Doctoral Seminar

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A seminar dedicated to the development of conceptual and theory-based research of Ph.D. students. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • EDHE 6325 - Policy Analysis and Issues in Higher Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the relationship between colleges and universities and policies developed by boards and governments. Explores prevalent issues facing higher education from a policy prospective.
  
  • EDHE 6370 - Dissertation Proposal Seminar

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Required culminating class for both Ph.D. and Ed.D. students. Students will prepare a draft of chapters one through three of their dissertations. At the end of the class, students will have a working draft of their dissertation proposal.
  
  • EDHE 7000 - Research

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
  
  • EDHE 8000 - Doctor’s Dissertation

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours

EDIT - Educational Instructional Technology (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • EDIT 2318 - Computing and Information Technology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Use of computers as productivity tools, societal and ethical implications, and applications and related technology in society.
  
  • EDIT 3118 - Technology in Educational Settings

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Students will have the opportunity to utilize technology applications that enhance the teaching/learning process. Course includes using technology to assess and monitor student learning.
  
  • EDIT 3218 - Introduction to Applications of Technology in Education

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduces students to technology as an educational tool. Students will learn applications of technology to enhance learning in school settings.
  
  • EDIT 3318 - Applications of Technology in Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Engages the undergraduate student in the use of technology as an educational tool. Students will have the opportunity to explore and utilize technology applications that enhance the teaching/learning process.

EDIT - Educational Instructional Technology (Graduate Courses)

  
  • EDIT 5000 - Special Topics in Instructional Technology

    V1-3 Semester Credit Hours
    Covers special designated topics in instructional technology. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • EDIT 5316 - Foundations of Instructional Technology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Overview of the field of instructional technology including the design, development, utilization, management, and evaluation of instructional systems.
  
  • EDIT 5317 - Instructional Design Foundations

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the systematic approach to designing instructional materials. Emphasizes solving real-world learning problems through the application of contemporary instructional design principles and models.
  
  • EDIT 5318 - Introduction to Small Computers in Education

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduction to computers for educators. Includes computer terminology, operations, overview of applications, hardware, and software. Hands-on experience with small computers included.
 

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