Mar 28, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


How to Read Catalog Course Descriptions

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.

 

ARTH - Art History (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • ARTH 1301 - Art History Survey I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A survey of painting, sculpture, architecture, and the minor arts from prehistoric times to the 14th century. AP waiver possible. Fulfills core Creative Arts requirements.
  
  • ARTH 2302 - Art History Survey II

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A survey of painting, sculpture, architecture, and the minor arts from the 14th through 19th centuries. AP waiver possible. Fulfills core Creative Arts and multicultural requirements.
  
  • ARTH 3303 - Art History Survey III

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARTH 2302  or instructor consent. Open to non-majors with instructor consent. Introduction to artistic movements, events, innovations, and debates of the 20th and 21st centuries, as examined in an international cultural frame.
  
  • ARTH 3320 - Medieval Art of Europe

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARTH 3303  or instructor consent. Open to non-majors with instructor consent. Examines the artistic achievements of the medieval era, focusing on art and architecture of the Christian faith and culture. May be repeated for credit. (CL)
  
  • ARTH 3333 - Visual Cultures of the Americas

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARTH 2302  or instructor consent. Provides a general survey of the visual cultures of the Americas, from the pre-Columbian period to present day. May not be repeated for credit. (CL)
  
  • ARTH 3345 - Baroque Art

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARTH 2302  or instructor consent. A view of European art of the Counter Reformation and a consideration of the prevailing pressures that produced this art. Analysis of the devices, effects, and dynamics of the age of change. May be repeated for credit. (CL)
  
  • ARTH 3350 - Latin American Art

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARTH 2302 , ARTH 3303 , or instructor consent. May be repeated for credit. (CL)
  
  • ARTH 3364 - Art of the United States

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARTH 2302  or instructor consent. A survey of North American art and architecture during specified eras. May be repeated for credit. (CL)
  
  • ARTH 3366 - 18th and 19th Century Art

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARTH 2302  or instructor consent. Principal developments focusing on European painting, sculpture, and architecture during the 18th and 19th centuries. (CL)
  
  • ARTH 3388 - Animation and Modern and Contemporary Art

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Recommended prerequisite: ARTH 3303 . Offers a synchronic exploration of the history of modern and contemporary art and cinematic and computer animation throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
  
  • ARTH 4301 - Art History Internship

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Minimum of 12 hours Art History and ARTH 3000- or ARTH 4000-level class. This competitive unpaid internship provides Art History majors/minors with 90 hours of supervised professional field work in a museum/gallery.
  
  • ARTH 4304 - Advanced Problems

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Advanced problems in an area of art history in which the student has achieved competence. May be repeated for credit. (CL)
  
  • ARTH 4307 - History of the Book as Art

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1301  or instructor consent. Historical investigations of books that have been regarded as visual art. May be repeated for credit. (CL)
  
  • ARTH 4308 - Seminar in Art History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 6 hours of ARTH 3000-4999 or instructor consent. Extensive exploration of a particular period in art history. May be repeated for credit. (CL)
  
  • ARTH 4309 - Senior Thesis in Art History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. An individual course of intensive study requiring in-depth reading and a substantial written project. (CL)
  
  • ARTH 4320 - Topics in Medieval Art

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Senior-level course requiring in-depth study of the art, architecture, and culture of European Middle Ages. May be repeated for credit. (CL)
  
  • ARTH 4335 - Topics in the Arts of the Americas

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARTH 2302  or instructor consent. Senior-level course providing in-depth examination of major indigenous, diasporic, and transcultural artistic movements and critical theories in the Americas. May be repeated for credit. (CL)
  
  • ARTH 4340 - The Art of the Renaissance

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARTH 2302  or instructor consent. A study of aesthetic and intellectual directions in the Age of Humanism. May be repeated for credit. (CL)
  
  • ARTH 4389 - Topics in 20th and 21st Century Contemporary Art

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARTH 3303  or instructor consent. Major movements in modern and contemporary art, including aesthetic and critical theories. May be repeated when topic differs. (CL)

ARTH - Art History (Graduate Courses)

  
  • ARTH 5301 - Art History Graduate Internship

    e Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Minimum 9 hours of 5000 level Art History. This competitive unpaid internship provides Art History grad students with 90 hours of supervised professional field work in a museum/gallery.
  
  • ARTH 5305 - Topics in Art History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Topics or issues in art historical research that present current disciplinary developments, areas of expertise, new directions of study, etc. May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
  
  • ARTH 5308 - Methods and Theories in Art History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Graduate seminar course that exposes students to main methodology and theory of history of art from classical antiquity to the twentieth century.
  
  • ARTH 5309 - Theories of Contemporary Art

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Advanced survey of contemporary art theory and critical methods, with emphasis on the impact of the post-structuralist critique of representation.
  
  • ARTH 5313 - Arts of the Ancient World

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. An examination of major developments and historical approaches to the art and architecture of the Ancient Mediterranean.
  
  • ARTH 5320 - Arts of Medieval Europe

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Multiple critical, theoretical, and historical approaches to the art and architecture of Medieval Europe. May be repeated with change of topic up to 9 hours.
  
  • ARTH 5335 - Hemispheric Arts of the Americas

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Advanced seminar focusing on major indigenous, diasporic, and transcultural artistic movements and critical theories across the Americas. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • ARTH 5340 - Renaissance and Baroque Art

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Examination focusing upon major developments in Renaissance or Baroque painting, sculpture, architecture, and art criticism. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • ARTH 5363 - 18th and 19th Century Art

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Principal developments in 18th and 19th century painting, sculpture, and architecture. Emphasis on Europe and the United States. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • ARTH 5382 - Modern and Contemporary Art

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. An examination of major developments in modern and contemporary painting, sculpture, graphic, and ceramic art. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • ARTH 6000 - Master’s Thesis

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Research contributing toward the master’s thesis.
  
  • ARTH 7000 - Research

    V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Research in an area of art history in which the student has achieved competence. May be repeated for credit.