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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.
 

Geochemistry (Undergraduate Courses)
  

  • GCH 3303 - Introduction to Geochemistry

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: C or better in GEOL 3401 ; MATH 1451 , MATH 1452 ; CHEM 1308 , CHEM 1108 . Principles and concepts of inorganic geochemistry with an emphasis on applications of geologic and environmental problems.
  

  • GCH 4308 - Techniques and Applications in Mineral Sciences

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: C or better in GEOL 3401 , CHEM 1308 , PHYS 1403  or PHYS 1408 . Fundamental and practical aspects of mineral science with application to properties of natural crystalline phases.
  

  • GCH 4405 - Inorganic Geochemistry

    4 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in GCH 3303 . Origin of elements and isotopes, theory and application of isotopic systems, element mobility, thermodynamics, solution geochemistry, and geochemical cycles.