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2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

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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.
 

HIST - History (Undergraduate Courses)

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

  • HIST 1300 - Western Civilization I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: HIST2311 Western civilization from its dawn to the 17th century. Culture and the arts stressed alongside politics. (European history) Fulfills core Language, Philosophy, and Culture requirement.
  

  • HIST 1301 - Western Civilization II

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: HIST2312 The revolutionary transformations of European civilization in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries; world dominion and the world wars; intellectual and cultural developments. (European history) Fulfills core Language, Philosophy, and Culture requirement.
  

  • HIST 1310 - History of Western Medicine I: Antiquity to the Scientific Revolution

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys the history of medical thought and practice in western societies from antiquity to the Scientific Revolution. (European history)
  

  • HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: HIST1301 This course and HIST 2301  satisfy the legislative history requirement. Most sections combine political, military, constitutional, and social history. Special sections emphasize technology, agriculture, business, and family life. (Honors section offered.) (U.S. history) Partially fulfills core American History requirement.
  

  • HIST 2301 - History of the United States since 1877

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: HIST1302 Continuation of HIST 2300 . (Honors section offered.) (U.S. history) Partially fulfills core American History requirement.
  

  • HIST 2302 - Wealth and the Nation: The History of American Business

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys the history of business in America from colonial times to the 21st century. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 2310 - History of Texas

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: HIST2301 A survey of Texas history beginning with the Native American occupation and tracing the major social, political, and economic developments of the state into the modern era. (U.S. history) Partially fulfills core American History requirement.
  

  • HIST 2322 - World History to 1500

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: HIST2321 Introduction to basic narrative and major themes in world history from origins to 1500. (African, Asian, or Latin American history) Fulfills core Language, Philosophy, and Culture requirements.
  

  • HIST 2323 - World History Since 1500

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: HIST2322 Introduction to basic narrative and major themes in world history since 1500. (African, Asian, or Latin American history) Fulfills core Language, Philosophy, and Culture requirement.
  

  • HIST 3300 - The Historian’s Craft

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduces students to the theory, philosophy, and skills of the professional historian. Strongly recommended for students prior to taking HIST 4398 .
  

  • HIST 3301 - Ancient Civilization I

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduction to the study of the ancient Near East and classical Greece. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3302 - Ancient Civilization II

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduction to the study of ancient Rome. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3303 - Introduction to Roman Law

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys all major areas of Roman private and criminal law within the setting of Roman history. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3305 - Creating the American Nation, 1785-1840

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the political and cultural processes by which the U.S. was formed in the decades following the American Revolution. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3306 - African American History to 1877

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys the history of African Americans from the African background through the Civil War and Reconstruction. (U.S. history) Fulfills multicultural requirements.
  

  • HIST 3307 - African American History from 1877 to Present

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys the history of African Americans from the Post-Reconstruction period through Civil Rights years and new forms of activism in the 1900s to the present. (U.S. history) Fulfills multicultural requirements.
  

  • HIST 3308 - United States Foreign Relations to 1913

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A survey of U.S. foreign relations from the American Revolution to 1913 with an emphasis on the evolution of the U.S. as a world power. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3309 - United States Foreign Relations Since 1913

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A survey of U.S. foreign relations from 1913 to the present with an emphasis on the U.S. as a world leader. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3310 - The Indian Wars, 1848-1898

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines cross-cultural encounters between indigenous peoples and American military personnel. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3311 - Social and Cultural History of the Southwest

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Survey of the history of the varied cultures of the American Southwest, emphasizing Anglo-American, Spanish-Mexican, and Indian backgrounds. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3312 - Presidential Politics from Kennedy to Reagan

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores developments and transformations in Americans’ political attitudes, values, ideologies, and behaviors, seen through the lens of modern presidential politics. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3313 - The Old South

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores the society, politics, economics, and race relations of the antebellum South, the development of sectionalism, and the impact of the Civil War. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3314 - The South Since the Civil War

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores the degree to which the South has remained a separate region socially, politically, economically, and in race relations from Reconstruction to the present. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3316 - Mexican American History of Texas

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys the history, culture, and contribution of Mexican Americans to the history and economic development of Texas. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3317 - The Frontier and American West

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores the settlement of the American West to 1900, with emphasis on trapping, mining, transportation and farming frontiers, Spanish borderlands, and Indian-United States relations. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3318 - The Plains Indians

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Culture and history of the Plains Indians; cultural developments prior to contact with the Whites; Plains Indians-White relations; Plains Indians in the 20th century. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3320 - History of Film and American Society

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A history of American film from its beginnings to the present with focus on film and the role it plays in reflecting or changing American society. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3321 - Twentieth Century American West

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An examination of the history and development of the American West from ca. 1900 to the present. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3322 - 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. (U.S. history) Fulfills multicultural requirement.
  

  • HIST 3323 - Women in Modern America

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores the social and cultural history of women and gender in the United States since 1877. (U.S. history) Fulfills multicultural requirement.  [WGS 3323 ]
  

  • HIST 3325 - History of Mexican Americans in the United States

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Survey of the history of Mexican Americans of the United States during the 20th century, relating their daily life and institutional experience to United States and Mexican history. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3326 - History of Native Americans in the United States

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Survey of the history of American Indians from their earliest migrations through the acculturation, termination, and civil rights movements of the 20th century. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3327 - Earth, Wind, and Fire: Nature and History in America

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing. Surveys nature’s role in American history from pre-Columbian Indian societies to the present, including such areas as natural disasters, global warming, wildlife, resources, health, and recreation. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3328 - History of Religion in America

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Traces the development of religious groups in America from colonial times to the present. Emphasizes beliefs and interaction with society. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3329 - Development of Modern Science

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the historical development of the intellectual, institutional, and social dimensions of Western science from the 17th century to the present. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3330 - The Vietnam War

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in HIST 2300 and 2301, or equivalents. Explores the military, diplomatic, political, and social dimensions of the war from its origins in the 1940s through its conclusion in the 1970s. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3331 - History of United States Military Affairs to 1900

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores American military history from the Colonial period through the Spanish-American War, with an emphasis on strategy and the development of military institutions. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3332 - History of United States Military Affairs Since 1900

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines 20th century American military history up to the present. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3333 - United States in the Second World War

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    History of the political and military involvement of the United States in the Second World War. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3334 - Technology in Modern America

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An analysis of major developments in American technology since 1870 and their impact on society, culture, politics, and the economy. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3335 - Sport and the Black Experience

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores black Americans’ contributions to American sport from the era of slavery to the present. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3336 - History of Mass Incarceration

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduces students to the origins, implementation, and consequences of mass incarceration in the United States. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3337 - Science in American Society

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An examination of major developments in American science with an emphasis on the 20th century and their impact on society, politics, and the economy. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3338 - History of Sports and Recreation in the U.S.

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Study of the development and role of sports and recreation in American social history with emphasis on organized amateur and professional sports. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3339 - The History of Baseball: A Mirror on America

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the history of the national pastime with an eye to how the sport has reflected and influenced American society since the late 19th century. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3340 - War and Memory

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines how the experience and trauma of war (victory, defeat, heroism, war crimes, loss) are later integrated into a society’s sense of identity. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3344 - History of Christianity

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys Christianity from immediate pre-Christian era to present. Emphasizes various churches and organizations, theology and Biblical studies, and Christianity’s impact on Western culture. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3345 - The Birth of Europe

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the confrontation between the Later Roman Empire and its barbarian invaders, which ultimately produced new economic, political, social, and cultural structures of a new civilization. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3346 - The Age of Chivalry

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Medieval Europe, 1000-1450, witnesses the domestication of a warrior aristocracy through chivalric ideals, feudal monarchy, and the rise of a powerful bourgeoisie. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3347 - Colonial North America

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys political, social, and cultural changes in colonial North America from the arrival of Europeans to the eve of the American Revolution. (U.S. history)
  

  • HIST 3348 - The Crusades

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys the origins of the holy war ideal, the military campaigns and their leaders, life in the Crusader States, and the Crusades’ ultimate results. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3349 - LGBTQ History in the United States

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Traces the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the United States, from the colonial period to the present. (U.S. history) [WGS 3349 ]
  

  • HIST 3350 - War, Religion, and Revolution: Early Modern Europe

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Explores the political, social, economic, and intellectual transformations that took place during Europe’s early modern period. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3351 - History of Spain

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A survey of Spanish history from ancient times to the present, including the Roman and Medieval heritage, the Golden Age, Enlightenment, and modern developments. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3352 - History of Modern Italy

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines major historical movements in Italy from the unification in 1861 to the present. Topics include nationalism, empire, race, criminology, and politics. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3353 - History of Modern France

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys French political, social, and cultural history from the middle of the 18th century to the present. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3354 - Twentieth Century Europe

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Survey of European history from the immediate origins of World War I to the present. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3355 - Europe in Transformation, 1815-1914

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Transformations in the social, cultural, political, and economic structures of Europe, including Russia and Great Britain during the 19th century. Revolution, nationalism, industrialism, and mass culture. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3356 - Plagues, People, and Public Health in Europe from the Black Death to Spanish Influenza

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys the wide-ranging impacts of epidemic disease in European history, from the first outbreak of bubonic plague (1346) to the influenza pandemic of 1918-1920. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3357 - International Radical Movements

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys theories, national, and transnational sources and impacts of radical and revolutionary movements and societies and governments based on radical or revolutionary ideologies. (African, Asian, or Latin American history)
  

  • HIST 3358 - Origins of Modern Germany, 1517-1871

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the history of Germany from the Protestant Reformation (1517) to Unification (1871) Emphasis placed on formative role of religion and politics in this period. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3359 - The Nazi Era, 1919-1945

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys post-World War I Germany, the rise of national socialism, Hitler in power, the Nazi State, and Germany in World War II. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3360 - Popes, Bastards, and Kings: Medieval and Early Modern Britain

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the social, cultural, and political history of medieval and early modern Britain, focusing on institutions, religion, culture, and everyday life. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3361 - British Politics, Society, and Culture Since 1688

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Examines the social, cultural, and political history of Britain since 1688, focusing on the expansion of government, social movements, industrialization, popular culture, and the world wars. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3362 - Forging a Nation: Germany, 1871-Present

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    An examination of the nation of Germany since its founding. Topics covered include imperial Germany, the Nazi period, Cold War division and reunification.  (European history)
  

  • HIST 3366 - The First World War

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys the social, political, and cultural effects of the First World War, which brought down the last major empires and created the modern world. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3367 - The Second World War

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A history of the major diplomatic, military, social, and economic developments associated with the Second World War. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3372 - Tsarist Russia

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Political, economic, cultural, and social development as well as the territorial expansion of Russia from the earliest times to the beginning of the 20th century. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3374 - History of Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Russian history from the revolutions of 1917 to the present, emphasizing the Soviet state’s internal development, role in international relations, and collapse. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3377 - In Search of the Historical Jesus

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduction to modern historical (not theological) scholarship on the New Testament (especially the gospels) and the life of Jesus. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3381 - Colonial Latin America

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    General introduction to the formation of Latin American civilization, including the Indian empires, voyages of discovery, conquest, extraction of treasure, pirates, and royal administration. (African, Asian, or Latin American history) Fulfills multicultural requirement.
  

  • HIST 3382 - Modern Latin America

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Survey of the principal events in Latin American history beginning with the independence movement and reaching into the contemporary scene. (African, Asian, or Latin American history) Fulfills multicultural requirement.
  

  • HIST 3383 - Modern Mexico and Central America

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Covers major themes in Mexico and Central America since Independence. (African, Asian, or Latin American history)
  

  • HIST 3384 - History of Brazil

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Brazil from preconquest times to the present with emphasis on unique characteristics of Brazilian culture in the context of world history. (African, Asian, or Latin American history)
  

  • HIST 3389 - The British Empire, 1783 to Present

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Studies the growth of the British Empire in the 19th century and its later decline in the 20th century under the impact of war and nationalism. (European history)
  

  • HIST 3394 - Religion, Family, and the State in Asia

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys the main religious traditions of Asia and modern transformations; explores traditional and modern notions of family; examines changing political patterns. (African, Asian, or Latin American history)
  

  • HIST 3395 - Africa: Empires and Civilizations

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    A survey of the development of Africa’s civilizations and cultures from ancient Egypt to the West African trading states of the 18th century. (African, Asian, or Latin American history) Fulfills multicultural requirement.
  

  • HIST 3396 - Africa: Revolution and Nationalism Since 1800

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Surveys the colonial impact on African political, social, and economic life; the rise of African nationalism; and the creation of new nations. (African, Asian, or Latin American history) Fulfills multicultural requirement.
  

  • HIST 3397 - Study Abroad in Africa and the Atlantic World

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Students will experience life in Africa and the Atlantic world through study and research abroad. Topics and locations will vary by semester. (African, Asian, or Latin American history)
  

  • HIST 3398 - The Modern Middle East, 1800 to the Present

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    The history of the Middle East from ca. 1800 to the rise of Arab and other nation-states and the coups and revolutions of recent decades. (African, Asian, or Latin American history) Fulfills multicultural requirement.
  

  • HIST 3399 - Readings in History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing and consent of instructor. An independent study course involving in-depth reading. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • HIST 4301 - The Atlantic World

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. An exploration of British, Spanish, French, and Dutch colonial societies and their connections with one another as well as with African and Native American peoples. (U.S. history) (CL)
  

  • HIST 4302 - The Era of the American Revolution

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. An exploration of the causes, progress, and consequences of the American Revolution as both a domestic and global event from 1750-1820. (U.S. history) (CL)
  

  • HIST 4303 - Slavery in America

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Introduces students to the history of slavery in the United States from colonial times through the end of Reconstruction. (U.S. history) (CL)
  

  • HIST 4304 - Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Explores the causes of the Civil War; the military, political, economic, and social aspects of the war; and the issues and results of Reconstruction. (U.S. history) (CL)
  

  • HIST 4305 - Rise of Modern America, 1877-1919

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Focuses on the economic, social, political, and military impact of the transformation of the United States into an urban, industrial nation. (U.S. history) (CL)
  

  • HIST 4306 - Roaring Twenties, Depression, and War, 1920-1945

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Examines political, social, economic, and military developments in the United States during the 1920s, the Great Depression, the New Deal, and World War II. (U.S. history) (CL)
  

  • HIST 4307 - The United States, 1945 to the Present

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. The study of American society from the Second World War through the 1970s, including political developments, wars, and cultural conflicts. (U.S. history) (CL)
  

  • HIST 4308 - United States Urban and Immigration History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Explores the economic and political issues surrounding U.S. urban and immigration policy and how these policies affected the lives of “ordinary” men and women. (U.S. history) (CL)
  

  • HIST 4309 - United States and the Cold War

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Examines the causes, course, and consequences of the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. (U.S. history) (CL)
  

  • HIST 4310 - United States Foreign Relations Through Film

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor. A study of major issues in modern U.S. foreign relations as presented and interpreted through film. (U.S. history) (CL)
  

  • HIST 4311 - The Nuclear Age

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Examines the historical development of nuclear weaponry and power and their impact on 20th century American politics, society, and culture. (U.S. history) (CL)
  

  • HIST 4312 - The Rise of Modern American Conservatism

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing. Explores the causes and consequences of modern American conservatism’s popular and electoral ascendancy between 1932 and the present. (U.S. history) (CL)
  

  • HIST 4314 - The Golden Age of Piracy

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Traces the history of piracy from antiquity to the present, focusing on Anglo-American piracy’s “Golden Age.” (U.S. history) (CL)
  

  • HIST 4315 - Slavery in the Atlantic World

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or instructor consent. Investigates the growth of chattel slavery, the slave trade, plantation slavery, slave resistance, and the Abolitionist movement in the British American Empire and Atlantic World. (U.S. history) (CL)
  

  • HIST 4317 - The American Culture of Curiosity, 1800-1860

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Examines the creation of a mass culture which combined education and amusement in print and commerce between the Revolution and the Civil War. (U.S. history) (CL)
  

  • HIST 4319 - Empire and Imperialism in United States History

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Undergraduate research seminar on the history of United States imperialism from the founding to the present, considering major works, themes, approaches, and sources in the field. (U.S. history) (CL)
  

  • HIST 4320 - Monuments, Memory, and Commemoration

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or instructor consent. Explores within specific social and political contexts the ways in which societies remember heroes, villains, tragedies, and triumphs. (U.S. history) (CL)
  

  • HIST 4323 - Nature and Americans

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. History of the relationship between Americans and their land from prehistory to the present. (U.S. history) (CL)
  

  • HIST 4324 - History of Capitalism

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Examines the development of modern business enterprise, firms and corporations, entrepreneurship, and the business-government relationship. (U.S. history) (CL)
 

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