Interdisciplinary Graduate Opportunities

In today’s global society, the grand challenges facing us—energy, water, climate, food, health—require the understanding of more than a single discipline to achieve the desired impactful solutions. The intersection of ideas from several disciplines across all of the arts and sciences on intellectual provides the potential to address these grand challenges and organizational issues. Interdisciplinary Studies at Texas Tech University allows graduate students to integrate areas and courses from the existing graduate colleges and programs to best fit their interests and career aspirations that might not be defined in traditional disciplinary boundaries. Popular combinations of disciplines have been formalized into pre-designed program structures. More unique combinations can be created by students in the self-designed program options within the Interdisciplinary Studies Master of Arts (M.A.) and Master of Science (M.S.) degree programs.

Program Offerings & Graduate Course Descriptions

Programs

• Biotechnology, M.S. / J.D.

• Arid Land Studies, M.S.
• Biotechnology, M.S.
• Heritage and Museum Sciences, M.A.
• Interdisciplinary Studies, M.A. or M.S.
• Interdisciplinary Studies, M.A. or M.S.: Interdisciplinary Studies Concentration
• Interdisciplinary Studies, M.S.: Energy Concentration

• Land-Use Planning, Management, and Design, Ph.D.
• Wind Science and Engineering, Ph.D.

• Biotechnology Graduate Minor
• Business Graduate Minor
• Cross-Cultural Studies (CCS) Graduate Minor
• Ethnic Studies Graduate Minor
• Indigenous and Native American Studies Graduate Minor
• Interdisciplinary Studies, Graduate Minor
• Latin American and Iberian Studies Graduate Minor

• Biotechnology Graduate Certificate
• Energy Economics and Finance Interdisciplinary Energy Certificate
• Global Bridge Graduate Certificate
• Indigenous and Native American Studies, Graduate Certificate
• Law and Policy Interdisciplinary Graduate Energy Certificate
• Oil and Gas Interdisciplinary Graduate Energy Certificate
• Renewables Interdisciplinary Graduate Energy Certificate
• Wind Energy (Managerial) Graduate Certificate
• Wind Energy (Technical) Graduate Certificate
• Women’s and Gender Studies Graduate Certificate

Courses

• BTEC 5001 - Topics in Biotechnology
• BTEC 5100 - Scientific Communication
• BTEC 5301 - Introduction to Biotechnology
• BTEC 5311 - Protein Engineering
• BTEC 5312 - Gene Expression Analysis
• BTEC 5313 - Experimental Mass Spectrometry in Biotechnology
• BTEC 5322 - Bioinformatics: Methodologies and Applications
• BTEC 5333 - Advanced Bioinformatics
• BTEC 5338 - Methods in Biotechnology
• BTEC 5340 - Advanced Instrumentation Techniques in Biotechnology
• BTEC 5344 - Biocomputing: BioPython and Bioconductor
• BTEC 5414 - Advanced Plant Biotechnology
• BTEC 6000 - Master’s Thesis
• BTEC 6001 - Biotechnology Internship
• BTEC 6101 - Biotechnology Seminar
• BTEC 7000 - Research in Biotechnology

• HMGT 5323 - Principles of Heritage Management
• HMGT 5325 - Heritage Management Field Methods
• HMGT 5327 - Heritage Planning
• HMGT 5330 - Heritage Education
• HMGT 5331 - World Heritage Sites
• HMGT 5332 - Digital Heritage
• HMGT 5333 - Heritage Tourism
• HMGT 5334 - Public Heritage Communication
• HMGT 5335 - Heritage Resource Management
• HMGT 5336 - Heritage Resource Marketing
• HMGT 5337 - Perspectives on Intangible Heritage
• HMGT 5338 - Heritage Information Management
• HMGT 5339 - Heritage Provenance Research
• HMGT 5341 - Heritage Management Practicum
• HMGT 6000 - Master’s Thesis
• HMGT 6001 - Heritage Management Internship
• HMGT 7000 - Research

• INAS 5301 - Seminar in Indigenous & Native American Studies

• IS 5000 - Graduate Directed Studies
• IS 5001 - Graduate Studies Abroad
• IS 5031 - Internship in Interdisciplinary Studies
• IS 5310 - Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies
• IS 5332 - Advanced Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies
• IS 6000 - Master’s Thesis
• IS 6301 - Foundations of Interdisciplinary Studies
• IS 6302 - Frontiers in Transdisciplinary Research
• IS 6303 - Leading Interdisciplinary Teams
• IS 6304 - Tackling Wicked Problems
• IS 6305 - Making Connections with Diverse Communities
• IS 6306 - Enhancing Employability, Recognizing Diversity
• IS 6330 - Master’s Report in Interdisciplinary Studies
• IS 6350 - Professional Portfolio in Interdisciplinary Studies
• IS 6351 - Career Advancement Internship
• IS 7000 - Research

• LAIS 5300 - Directed Studies

• LPMD 7000 - Research
• LPMD 8000 - Doctor’s Dissertation

• MLIS 5310 - Introduction to Information Technology
• MLIS 5315 - Public Services
• MLIS 5316 - Introduction to Health Sciences Librarianship
• MLIS 5318 - Curriculum and Course Design for Librarians
• MLIS 5319 - Introduction to Archives: Theory and Practice
• MLIS 5320 - Organizational Knowledge
• MLIS 5321 - Introduction to Legal Research Methods
• MLIS 5322 - Introduction to Legal Informatics
• MLIS 5323 - Issues in Law Librarianship
• MLIS 5325 - Fundamentals of Collection Strategies and Resources Management
• MLIS 5330 - Special Topics in Library/Archival Sciences
• MLIS 5331 - Independent Study in Library/Archival Sciences
• MLIS 5340 - Practicum

• MUSM 5321 - Museology
• MUSM 5325 - Museum Field Methods
• MUSM 5326 - Museum Administration
• MUSM 5327 - Museum Collection Management
• MUSM 5328 - Museum Practicum
• MUSM 5329 - Material Culture
• MUSM 5330 - Museum Law, Ethics, and Standards
• MUSM 5331 - Exhibition Principles
• MUSM 5332 - Museum Preventive Conservation
• MUSM 5333 - Museum Education
• MUSM 5334 - Curatorial Methodology
• MUSM 5340 - Museum Collections Documentation
• MUSM 6000 - Master’s Thesis
• MUSM 6001 - Museum Internship
• MUSM 7000 - Research

• PRAG 5000 - Independent Research in Peirce Studies
• PRAG 5301 - Seminar in Semeiotic: A Common Method for Interdisciplinary Study
• PRAG 6000 - Master’s Thesis
• PRAG 7000 - Independent Research in Peirce Studies
• PRAG 8000 - Doctor’s Dissertation

• WE 5300 - Advanced Technical Wind Energy I
• WE 5301 - Advanced Technical Wind Energy II
• WE 5302 - Renewable Energy Systems
• WE 5304 - Applications of Renewable Energy Technology
• WE 5310 - Wind Energy Law, Policy, and Regulation
• WE 5311 - Wind Energy Finance and Economics
• WE 5312 - Renewable Energy Law, Policy, & Regulation
• WE 5320 - Renewable Energy Policy
• WE 5332 - Special Topics in Wind Energy
• WE 7000 - Research
• WE 8000 - Doctor’s Dissertation

• WGS 5000 - Practicum in Women’s Studies
• WGS 5300 - Directed Studies
• WGS 5310 - Feminist Thought and Theories
• WGS 5340 - Special Topics in Women’s Studies