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CATALOG

2002 - 2003

(USPS 075-460)

Vol. LXXIX, No. 2

June 2002

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President’s WelcomeAll of us who are currently membersof the Texas Tech family wish toextend to you a cordial invitation tojoin us on our beautiful campus inLubbock, Texas. An exciting andrewarding educational experienceawaits you.

Texas Tech has long been able toboast of its outstanding faculty, manyof whom are world-renowned schol-ars. We take great pride in ourrecruiting efforts. Among our studentsare some of the country’s highestacademic achievers.

Texas Tech is a fully accredited institution with a wonderful complementof degree offerings and research initiatives. Degree programs areavailable at the baccalaureate, master’s, doctoral, and professionallevels.

If you have already chosen to attend Texas Tech to continue youreducation, then you are to be congratulated for your judgment andinsight. If you are still considering Texas Tech, then I encourage you tolook more closely at our program offerings and other informationcontained in this catalog. New students at Texas Tech should take timeto read the policies and regulations published herein and keep thecatalog as a ready reference for the future. It is designed to alert you tothe common difficulties students encounter as well as introduce you tothe many special services and opportunities Texas Tech offers.

The faculty, staff, students, alumni, and administration of Texas Techshare a common bond. We believe in the strength of our universitycommunity and we believe in fostering diversity and supporting access,equity, and opportunity for all members of our community. Please joinour campus family at Texas Tech.

Sincerely,

David J. SchmidlyPresident

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McNair Scholars Program 22Psychology Clinic 22Speech–Language and Hearing Clinic 22Transcript Service 23Texas Tech Police Department 23

Motor Vehicle Regulations 23

Admission to the University 24

Admission Requirements 24Alternate Admission Programs 27New Student Orientation 33Special Programs 33

Credit by Examination 34

Registration and Finances 40

Residence Halls 51

Student Affairs 54

Academic Information 62

Uniform Undergraduate 62Degree Requirements

Foreign Language Requirement 63Multicultural Requirement 63Core Curriculum 66Academic Regulations 73Scholastic Probation and Suspension 79Teacher Education 80

Explanation of Course Offerings 84

Graduate School 88

School of Law 91

All-University Programs 92

Cooperative Education 92Institute for Studies in Pragmatism 92Interdisciplinary Studies: 92

Freshman SeminarLibrary Research 93University Writing Center 93

Women’s Studies 93

Division of Outreach and 95

Extended Studies

Reserve Officer Training Corps 98

Department of Aerospace Studies 99

Department of Military Science 101

President’s Welcome 2

Administration 5

Board of Regents 5Administrative Officers 5

University Calendar 6

General Information 9

Using This Catalog 9Misson 9Campuses, Location, History 9Financial Support 10Organizational Structure 10Equal Opportunity Policy 11Accrediting Organizations 11

Facilities and Services 12

Alumni Association 12Parent Relations Office and the 12

Texas Tech Association of ParentsTexas Tech University—Hill Country 12Texas Tech University Farm at Pantex 13Office of Community and 13

Multicultural AffairsOffice of International Affairs 13Overseas Opportunities 14

Resource CenterInternational Center for Arid 15

and Semiarid Land Studies 15Museum of Texas Tech 15Lubbock Lake Landmark 16National Ranching Heritage Center 16Landmark Arts Galleries 16Libraries 17Southwest Collection 17Municipal Auditorium/Coliseum 17Athletic Facilities, NCAA Programs 18Recreational Sports 18International Textile Center 19Computing Services 20Radio and TV Stations 21Texas Tech University Theatre 21Child Development Research Center 21Check Cashing Services 22Campus Bus System 22Learning Center 22

Contents

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University Honors College 105

College of Agricultural Sciences 109

and Natural Resources

Department of Agricultural and 111Applied Economics

Department of Agricultural Education 116and Communications

Department of Animal and 119Food Sciences

Department of Landscape Architecture 124Department of Plant and Soil Science 127Department of Range, Wildlife 132

and Fisheries Management

College of Architecture 138

College of Arts and Sciences 149

Department of Biological Sciences 163Department of Chemistry 170

and BiochemistryDepartment of Classical and 176

Modern Languages and LiteraturesDepartment of Communication Studies 183Department of Economics and 186

GeographyDepartment of English 190Department of Environmental 195

ToxicologyDepartment of Geosciences 196Department of Health, Exercise 199

and Sport SciencesDepartment of History 206Department of Mass Communications 212Department of Mathematics and 220

StatisticsDepartment of Philosophy 230Department of Physics 226Department of Political Science 230Department of Psychology 233Department of Sociology, 236

Anthropology, and Social Work

College of Business Administration 244

College of Education 264

Division of Curriculum and Instruction 267Division of Educational Psychology 270

and Leadership

College of Engineering 271

Department of Chemical Engineering 277Department of Civil Engineering 282Department of Computer Science 287Department of Electrical and 294

Computer EngineeringEngineering Physics 300Department of Engineering Technology 305Department of Industrial Engineering 313Department of Mechanical Engineering 316Department of Petroleum Engineering 319

College of Human Sciences 324

Department of Education, Nutrition, 326and Restaurant-Hotel Management

Department of Human Development 335and Family Studies

Department of Merchandising, 340Environmental Design, andConsumer Economics

College of Visual and 350

Performing Arts

School of Art 353School of Music 362Department of Theatre and Dance 374

Health Sciences Center 380

School of Allied Health 380School of Nursing 387

Directory of Faculty 391

Horn Professorships 391Teaching Faculty 391Emeritus Faculty and 417

Administrative Officers

Residency Status Determination 423

Index 438

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Administration

Vice Chancellor and General Counsel PatCampbell, 1981. B.S., Texas Tech, 1968;J.D., 1971

Vice Chancellor for Facilities Planning andConstruction Michael A. Ellicott, 1999.B.S., Lafayette, 1968; M.S., Missouri (Rolla),1976; P.E., 1977

Vice Chancellor for News and InformationCynthia R. Rugeley, 1998. B.A., TexasChristian, 1978; M.A., Midwestern State,1984

Vice Chancellor for Governmental RelationsJohn Michael Sanders, 1969. B.A., AbileneChristian, 1966; J.D., Texas Tech, 1970

Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advance-ment William G. Wehner, 1990. B.A.,Oklahoma State, 1963

Office of the PresidentPresident David J. Schmidly, Professor of

Biological Sciences, 1996. B.S., Texas Tech,1966; M.S., 1968; Ph.D., Illinois (Champaign–Urbana), 1971

Provost John Burns, Professor of BiologicalSciences, 1969. B.S., New Mexico State,1963; M.S., 1966; Ph.D., Indiana, 1969

Vice President for Enrollment ManagementMichael R. Heintze, 1998. B.A., TexasLutheran, 1972; M.A., Southwest TexasState, 1974; Ph.D., Texas Tech, 1981

Vice President for Fiscal Affairs LyndaGilbert, 2001. B.S., Texas A&M, 1975; M.S.,1983; Ph.D., 1998

Vice President for Information TechnologyGary L. Wiggins, 1989. B.S., Texas Tech,1971; M.S., 1973; Ph.D., 1978

Vice President for Institutional AdvancementRobert L. Streibich, 2001. B.A., Knox, 1965

Vice President for Operations MaximillianoHinojosa III, 2001. B.S., Texas A&M, 1977;BED, 1977

Vice President for Student Affairs Michael D.Shonrock, Associate Professor in Educa-tional Psychology and Leadership, 1990.B.S., Western Illinois, 1979; M.S., 1981;Ed.S., Pittsburgh State, 1987; Ph.D., Kansas,1991

Vice President for Research, GraduateStudies, and Technology Transfer RobertM. Sweazy, Professor of Civil Engineering,1970. B.A., Wichita State, 1962; M.S., 1966;Ph.D., Oklahoma, 1970; Reg. Prof. Engr.(Texas)

Board of Regents

Officers

J. Robert Brown, ChairDr. Nancy E. Jones, Vice ChairBen W. Lock, SecretaryLucy Lanotte, Executive Secretary

Members

Term Expires January 31, 2003John W. Jones .................................. BradyDr. Nancy E. Jones ........................ AbileneJ. Michael Weiss .......................... Lubbock

Term Expires January 31, 2005Carin Barth.................................... HoustonE.R. Brooks ...................................... DallasBrian C. Newby ................................ Austin

Term Expires January 31, 2007C. Robert Black ................ Horseshoe BayJ. Robert Brown ............................ El PasoDavid R. Lopez ................................ Austin

Administrative Officers

(Date following rank indicates calendar yearof initial appointment to Texas Tech.)

Office of the ChancellorChancellor David R. Smith, Professor of

Pediatrics and President of the Texas TechUniversity Health Sciences Center, 1996. B.A.,Cornell, 1976; M.D., Cincinnati, 1980

Deputy Chancellor for System OperationsElizabeth G. Haley, Professor of HumanDevelopment and Family Studies, 1981. B.S.,Louisiana Tech, 1966; M.S., Florida State,1968; Ph.D., 1972

Chief Financial Officer Jim Brunjes, 1991. B.A.,Texas A&M, 1969; M.Stat., 1972

Executive Assistant to the Chancellor and theBoard of Regents Ben W. Lock, 1996. B.B.A.,Texas (Austin), 1981; M.B.A., 1984

Vice Chancellor for Community and MulticulturalAffairs Cathy H. Allen, 1996. B.B.A., StephenF. Austin State, 1981; M.Ed., 1989

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University Calendar 2002–2003

Summer 2002

Intersession at JunctionMay 9-23 – Classes held at Junction Center

campus for Intersession

First TermMay 27 – Residence halls open at noon.

May 28 – Registration for new students. Last dayto register without penalty. First meal (break-fast) served in residence halls.

May 29 – Classes begin.

May 29-30 – Student-initiated drop-add online.

June 3 – Last day to drop course, receive refund.

June 5 – Last day for graduate degree candi-dates to file statement of intention to graduatewith the Graduate School.

June 13 – Last day to declare pass-fail inten-tions. Last day to drop a course and receivean automatic W.

June 14 – Last day for degree candidates andfaculty to order invitations and academicregalia at the bookstore.

June 25 – Last day to drop a course, transferbetween colleges, or withdraw.

June 27 – Last day of classes.

June 28-29 – Final examinations for first term.

June 29 – First summer term ends.

June 30 – Students without room reservations forthe second term must vacate residence hallrooms by 10 a.m.

July 2 – Final grade rolls due in the Registrar’sOffice at 9 a.m. Last day for graduate degreecandidates to pay binding fee at StudentBusiness Services. Last day for graduatedegree candidates to defend theses/disserta-tions.

July 3 – Last day for graduate degree candidatesto remove grades of I, PR, or CR and to sub-mit final comprehensive examination anddefense reports.

Second TermJuly 8 – Residence halls open to new occupants

at 10 a.m. Registration for new students. Lastday to register without penalty.

July 9 – Classes begin. Last day for graduatedegree candidates to submit official version oftheses and dissertations to Graduate School.

July 9-10 – Student-initiated drop-add online.

July 12 – Last day to drop a course and receivea refund.

July 24 – Last day to declare pass-fail intentions.Last day to drop a course and receive anautomatic W.

August 5 – Last day to drop a course, transferbetween colleges, or withdraw from university.

August 7 – Last day of classes. Last day forgraduate degree candidates to submit to theGraduate School the final (corrected) copies oftheses and dissertations.

August 8-9 – Final examinations for second term.Last meal served in residence halls Thursdayevening. Second summer term ends Friday.

August 10 – Commencement. Residence hallsclose at 10 a.m.

August 12 – Final grade rolls due at 9 a.m. in theRegistrar’s Office.

Fall Semester 2002

August 18 – Residence halls open for occupancyat 10 a.m.

August 19 – Faculty on duty.

August 21-23 – Registration for new students.

August 22 – First meal (breakfast) served inresidence halls.

August 23 – Last day to register without penalty.

August 26 – Classes begin.

August 26-29 – Student-initiated drop-add online.

September 2 – Labor Day. University holiday.

September 6 – Last day for graduate degreecandidates to file statement of intention tograduate with the Graduate School.

September 11 – Last day to drop course andreceive refund.

September 23 – Last day to withdraw from theuniversity and receive a partial refund.

October 2 – Last day for graduate degree candi-dates to pay binding fee at Student BusinessServices.

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October 7 – Last day to declare pass-fail inten-tions. Last day to drop a course and receivean automatic W.

October 21 – Midsemester grade rolls due at 5p.m. in the Registrar’s Office. Last day fordegree candidates and faculty to order invita-tions and academic regalia at bookstore.

November 4-19 – Advance registration (currentlyenrolled students) for spring semester.

November 5 – Last day for graduate degreecandidates to defend theses/dissertations.

November 6 – Last day for graduate degreecandidates to submit final defense reports tothe Graduate School.

November 11 – Last day for graduate degreecandidates to remove grades of I, PR, or CRand for master’s candidates to submit finalcomprehensive examination reports. Last dayfor graduate degree candidates to submit theirofficial version of theses and dissertations tothe Graduate School.

November 20 – Open registration begins.

November 27-December 1 – Thanksgiving.

December 2 – Classes resume.

November 25-December 4 – Period of no exami-nations except for make-up exams or sched-uled lab exams.

November 26 – Last day to drop a course, trans-fer between colleges, or withdraw from theuniversity. Last day for undergraduate degreecandidates to remove grades of I and PR andto complete final examinations in correspon-dence courses.

December 4 – Last day of classes.

December 5 – Individual study day.

December 6-11 – Final examinations.

December 11 – Last day for graduate degreecandidates to submit to the Graduate Schoolthe final (corrected) copies of theses anddissertations. Fall semester ends.

December 12 – Last meal, breakfast, served inresidence halls. Residence halls close at 10a.m. Grade rolls for graduating students due atnoon in the Registrar’s Office.

December 14 – Commencement. Degree candi-dates may occupy rooms until noon.

December 16 – Final grade rolls due at noon inthe Registrar’s Office.

Spring Semester 2003January 12 – Residence halls open for occu-

pancy at 10 a.m.

January 13 – Faculty on duty.

January 13-14 – Registration for new students.

January 14 – Last day to register without penalty.First meal (breakfast) served in residencehalls.

January 15 – Classes begin.

January 15-21 – Student-initiated drop-addonline.

January 20 – Holiday. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

January 31 – Last day to drop course and re-ceive refund. Last day for graduate degreecandidates to file statement of intention tograduate with the Graduate School.

February 12 – Last day to withdraw from theuniversity and receive a partial refund.

February 24 – Last day for graduate degreecandidates to pay binding fee at StudentBusiness Services.

February 26 – Last day to declare pass-failintentions. Last day to drop a course andreceive an automatic W.

March 12 – Midsemester grade rolls due at 5p.m. in the Registrar’s Office. Last day fordegree candidates and faculty to order invita-tions and academic regalia at the bookstore.

March 15 – Spring vacation; dismiss at noon.

March 24 – Classes resume.

April 3-18 – Advance registration (currentlyenrolled students) for summer and fall.

April 9 – Last day for graduate degree candi-dates to submit their final defense reports tothe Graduate School.

April 14 – Last day for graduate degree candi-dates to remove grades of I, PR, or CR and formaster’s candidates to submit final compre-hensive examination reports. Last day forgraduate degree candidates to submit theirofficial version of theses and dissertations tothe Graduate School.

April 21 – No classes.

April 22 – Open registration begins.

April 29-May 5 – No examinations except formake-up exams or scheduled lab exams.

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May 2 – Last day to drop a course, transferbetween colleges, or withdraw. Last day forundergraduate degree candidates to removegrades of I and PR and complete final exami-nations in correspondence courses.

May 5 – Last day of classes.

May 6-7 – Individual study days.

May 8-14 – Final examinations.

May 14 – Last day for graduate degree candi-dates to submit to the Graduate School thefinal (corrected) copies of theses and disserta-tions. Spring semester ends.

May 15 – Last meal (breakfast) served in resi-dence halls. Residence halls close at 10 a.m.Degree candidates may occupy rooms untilSaturday, May 17. Grade rolls for graduatingstudents due at noon in the Registrar’s Office.

May 17 – Commencement.

May 19 – Final grade rolls due at noon in theRegistrar’s Office.

Summer 2003

Intersession at JunctionMay 15-27 – Classes held at Junction Center

campus for Intersession

First TermMay 27 – Residence halls open for occupancy at

noon.

May 28 – Registration for new students. Last dayto register without penalty. First meal (break-fast) served in residence halls.

May 29 – Classes begin.

May 29-30 – Student-initiated drop-add online.

June 3 – Last day to drop course and receiverefund.

June 5 – Last day for graduate degree candi-dates to file statement of intention to graduatewith the Graduate School.

June 13 – Last day to declare pass-fail inten-tions. Last day to drop a course and receivean automatic W. Last day for degree candi-dates and faculty to order invitations andacademic regalia at the bookstore.

June 25 – Last day to drop a course, transferbetween colleges, or withdraw from the Uni-versity.

June 27 – Last day of classes.

June 30-July 1 – Final examinations.

July 1 – First summer term ends.

July 2 – Students without room reservations forthe second term must vacate residence hallrooms by 10 a.m.

July 2 – Last day for graduate degree candidatesto defend theses/dissertations.

July 3 – Final grade rolls due in the Registrar’sOffice at 9 a.m. Last day for graduate degreecandidates to pay binding fee at StudentBusiness Services. Last day for graduatedegree candidates to remove grades of I, PR,or CR and to submit final comprehensiveexamination and defense reports.

Second TermJuly 7 – Residence halls open to new occupants

at 10 a.m. Registration for new students. Lastday to register without penalty.

July 8 – Classes begin. Last day for graduatedegree candidates to submit official version oftheses and dissertations to Graduate School.

July 8-9 – Student-initiated drop-add online.

July 11 – Last day to drop a course and receive arefund.

July 23 – Last day to declare pass-fail intentions.Last day to drop a course and receive anautomatic W.

August 4 – Last day to drop a course, transferbetween colleges, or withdraw from university.

August 6 – Last day of classes. Last day forgraduate degree candidates to submit to theGraduate School the final (corrected) copies oftheses and dissertations.

August 7-8 – Final examinations for second term.Last meal served in residence halls Thursdayevening. Second summer term ends Friday.

August 9 – Commencement. Residence hallsclose at 10 a.m.

August 11 – Final grade rolls due at 9 a.m. in theRegistrar’s Office.

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Campuses

Nearly 26,000 students attend classes inLubbock on the 1,839-acre universitycampus. The university also operates theResearch Center–East Campus (Lubbock);Texas Tech University Farm at Pantex, anagricultural research farm of approximately16,000 acres in the Texas Panhandle; andthe Texas Tech University Campus atJunction, an educational facility consistingof 411 acres in the Texas Hill Country.

Location

Lubbock, with a population of more than200,000, is located on top of the caprock onthe South Plains of Texas. The climate isexcellent, with over 3,550 hours of sunshineevery year. Winters are dry and moderate(average annual rainfall is 18 inches) whilethe summer heat is tempered by very littlehumidity. An average annual temperature of60 degrees coupled with the average noonhumidity of 46 percent combine to makeLubbock comfortable year round. The citylies 320 miles west of Dallas and 320 milessoutheast of Albuquerque, New Mexico.Several airlines and an interstate bus lineserve the city, as well as four U.S. highways,including an interstate highway.

History

Created by legislative action on February 10,1923, Texas Technological College waslocated in Lubbock. Texas Tech opened inthe fall of 1925 with six buildings and anenrollment of 910. The subdivisions forinstruction—called “colleges” of Liberal Arts,Household Economics, Agriculture, andEngineering in the Preliminary Announce-ment of the First Annual Catalogue 1925-1926—became “schools” before the openingdate for instruction in 1925 and “Household”became “Home Economics.” In 1933 theseunits became, in this order, the “divisions” ofAgriculture, Engineering, Home Economics,and Arts and Sciences. In 1944 the designa-tion reverted to “schools.”

General Information

Using This Catalog

This catalog is an official publication ofTexas Tech University and contains thepolicies, regulations, procedures, and feesin effect as the document went to press.Published in the summer, its provisionsapply during the following school year,September through August. However, astudent who registers for the first time in theuniversity during a summer session is sub-ject to the degree requirements set forth inthe catalog effective for the fall semesterimmediately following initial enrollment.The university reserves the right to makechanges at any time to reflect board poli-cies, administrative regulations and proce-dures, state law amendments, and feechanges.

Students should study the contents of thiscatalog carefully, because each student isresponsible for knowing and following theacademic rules, regulations, guidelines,and timelines of the university and theappropriate academic degree. Faculty,academic advisors, and staff membersassist students with this responsibility.

Courses to be offered during any semesteror summer term are announced prior to theregistration period for that semester or termin the form of class schedules that can befound on the web site of the Office ofOfficial Publications (www.ttu.edu/catalogs).Both the Undergraduate Catalog and theGraduate Catalog, as well as other officialuniversity documents, are available online.

Mission of the University

As a comprehensive public researchuniversity, Texas Tech University is commit-ted to teaching and the advancement ofknowledge by providing the higheststandards of excellence in higher educa-tion, fostering intellectual and personaldevelopment, and stimulating meaningfulresearch and service to humankind.

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Graduate instruction was begun in the fallof 1927 within the School of Liberal Arts. In1935 a “Division of Graduate Studies” wasestablished; in 1954 it became the Gradu-ate School. The Division of Commerce,created in 1942, became the Division ofBusiness Administration in 1947 and theSchool of Business Administration in 1956.Both the School of Law, provided for in1965, and the School of Education,organized in 1966, began instruction in1967. The School of Agriculture becamethe School of Agricultural Sciences in 1968.

By action of the Texas State Legislature,Texas Technological College formally be-came Texas Tech University on September1, 1969. At that time the schools of Agricul-tural Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Busi-ness Administration, Education, Engineer-ing, and Home Economics also becameknown as “colleges.” Architecture became acollege in 1986. Two colleges changed theirnames in 1993 to reflect the broadeningfields each serves: the College of Agricul-tural Sciences became the College of Agri-cultural Sciences and Natural Resourcesand the College of Home Economics be-came the College of Human Sciences. TheHonors College was established in the fallof 1998. The College of Visual and Per-forming Arts opens in the fall of 2002.

Texas Tech was first accredited by theSouthern Association of Colleges andSchools in 1928 and has been accreditedcontinuously since that time. The universityis classified as a Research University Ex-tensive by the Carnegie Foundation, mak-ing it one of the top 125 universities in thenation. Texas Tech University is a memberof the Big 12 Conference. An InternationalCultural Center provides a unique approachto international education and contributes toongoing efforts to diversify the campus andfoster diversity among students.

Although Texas Tech is one of the youngestmajor universities in the nation, a spirit ofintellectual growth pervades the campus.Many of the special facilities for researchare described in this catalog. The library isone of the finest in the Southwest, withstrong collections in the humanities and inbiological and physical sciences.

The presidents of Texas Tech have beenPaul Whitfield Horn (1925–1932), BradfordKnapp (1932–1938), Clifford Bartlett Jones(1938–1944), William Marvin Whyburn(1944–1948), Dossie Marion Wiggins (1948–1952), Edward Newlon Jones (1952–1959),Robert Cabaniss Goodwin (1960–1966),Grover Elmer Murray (1966–1976), MauriceCecil Mackey, Jr., (1976–1979), Lauro FredCavazos (1980–1988), Robert W. Lawless(1989–1996), and Donald R. Haragan(1996–2000). David J. Schmidly becamepresident on August 1, 2000.

Financial Support

The university receives the major share ofits operating funds from appropriations bythe Legislature and student fees. For theconstruction and renovation of academicand general buildings, funds are madeavailable from the Higher Education Assis-tance Fund (HEAF), institutional tuition, andfederal matching funds. State-appropriatedfunds are not used to support the residencehalls, intercollegiate athletics, bookstore,student publications, health service, orStudent Union.

The Texas Tech Foundation is a nonprofitcorporation that receives and distributesgifts to the university. Gifts and grants re-ceived through the foundation supplementstate funds in supporting research, estab-lishing scholarships and fellowships, andhelping to provide physical facilities andeducational materials.

Organizational Structure

Texas Tech University is governed by anine-member Board of Regents who alsogovern the Texas Tech University HealthSciences Center, which is a separate insti-tution by legislative mandate. The Regentsare appointed to six-year terms by theGovernor of the State of Texas. The termsof office of three Regents expire every twoyears. The government, control, and direc-tion of the university are vested in the Re-gents who in turn appoint a Chancellor tocarry out the policies of the system as de-termined by the Regents. The Chancellorappoints a President of Texas Tech Univer-sity and a President of Texas Tech Univer-sity Health Sciences Center. The presidents

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are chief executive officers of their respec-tive institutions and responsible for thestrategic operation of each institution. ThePresident of Texas Tech University is sup-ported by a Provost who oversees theeducational programs of the university; aVice President for Fiscal Affairs who isresponsible for the fiscal operations of theuniversity; a Vice President for StudentAffairs who is concerned with the generalwelfare of the students of the university; aVice President for Research, GraduateStudies, and Technology Transfer whodirects the research efforts and graduateeducation of the university; a Vice Presi-dent for Enrollment Management who is incharge of recruiting students and oversee-ing financial aid; a Vice President for Op-erations who manages the physical plant ofthe university; a Vice President for Institu-tional Advancement who is responsible fordeveloping private giving to the university;and a Vice President for Information Tech-nology who is responsible for electroniccommunications and computer systems forthe university.

Texas Tech University consists of the Col-leges of Agricultural Sciences and NaturalResources, Architecture, Arts and Sci-ences, Business Administration, Education,Engineering, Human Sciences, Visual andPerforming Arts; the Honors College; theSchool of Law; and the Graduate School.Each college is administered by a dean andconsists of a number of instructional depart-ments or areas.

Equal Opportunity Policy

Texas Tech University is open to all personseligible for admission as students regard-less of race, color, religion, sex, age, na-tional origin, or disability. All students admit-ted to the university are treated withoutdiscrimination in regard to their participationin university educational programs or activi-ties. The university is an equal opportunityemployer and no applicant or employee willbe discriminated against because of race,color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ordisability in regard to employment or duringthe course of employment in the institution.The university does not discriminate on thebasis of sex or disability in its educationalprograms. Any student inquiries or com-

General Information

plaints concerning Section 504 of the Reha-bilitation Act of 1973 (504) or the AmericansWith Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 shouldbe referred to the ACCESS TECH Office,214 West Hall, (806) 742-3674, or the Cen-ter for Campus Life, 250 West Hall, (806)742-2192.

Accrediting Organizations• AACSB–The International Assn. for Management

Education• Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology• Accreditation Commission for Dietetics Education• Accrediting Commission for Education for Health Services

Administration• Accrediting Commission for Programs in Hospitality

Administration• Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass

Communications• American Assn. of Colleges for Teacher Education• American Assn. of Family and Consumer Sciences• American Association of Law Schools• American Association of Museums• American Assn. of Petroleum Land Management• American Bar Association• American Chemical Society• American Nurses Credentialing Center• American Occupational Therapy Association• American Physical Therapy Association• American Psychological Association• American Society of Landscape Architects• American Society of Mammalogists• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association• Association for Access Merit and Accreditation of Laboratory

Animal Care, Intl.• Association of American Law Schools• Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas• The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc.• Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family

Therapy Education• Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education

Programs• Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education• Council for Exceptional Children• Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related

Educational Programs• Council on Rehabilitation Education• Council on Social Work Education• Foundation for Interior Design Education Research• Intl. Assn. for the Education of Young Children• Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs for the

EMT Paramedic• Landscape Architectural Accrediting Board• Natl. Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences• Natl. Architectural Accrediting Board• Natl. Assn. for the Education of Young Children• Natl. Assn. of Schools of Art and Design• Natl. Assn. of Schools of Music• Natl. Assn. of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration• Natl. Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education• Natl. Collegiate Athletic Association• Natl. League for Nursing Accrediting Commission• Society for Range Management• Southern Assn. of Colleges and Schools• State Board for Educator Certification• Supreme Court of Texas• Texas Educational Theatre Assn.• Texas State Board of Nurse Examiners

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Facilities and Services

programs and services as a toll-free hotlineand e-mail for parent questions and con-cerns, the Parents’ Page web site, transitionprograms for parents at new studentorientation and publication of The Parent’sGuide, move-in program week for parents,publication of Your Campus Letter newsletterfor parents, “Road Raiders” Safe TravelParent Network to promote student safetyand serve as an emergency network, FamilyWeekend in the fall, Spring ScholarshipWeekend, faculty awards for excellence, 10annual student academic-citizenship awards,a Distinguished Visiting Professor programto bring Nobel Laureates to campus, JuniorRaiders for family members 12 and under,summer area/chapter Red Raider Rallysend-offs for Texas Tech students, and theAnnual Tuition Draw.

Contact information: 244 West Hall, (806)742-3630, toll free (888) 888-7409, fax(806) 742-0330, e-mail [email protected],www.ttu.edu/parent.

Texas Tech University —Hill Country

Texas Tech University—Hill Country oper-ates in the Hill Country Region of CentralTexas to extend Texas Tech programs andactivities to that popular region. Created in2001, Texas Tech University—Hill Countryhas two major subdivisions:

Texas Tech University Junction Cam-pus. This campus encompasses 411 acreson the South Llano River in the Texas HillCountry. It consists of two academic build-ings, a large lecture hall and dining area,four classroom and living quarter studyareas, a two-story laboratory and facultyhousing unit, and two combination seminarand housing units. Within these structuresare 12 classrooms, four wet labs, a dark-room, a library, and offices. The accommo-dations can provide for up to 120 peoplewhile an additional 100 can be housed in10 screened cabins that share two largebathhouses. Full meal service is availableyear round for groups of 20 or more. Tech-nical resources include a state-of-the-art

Alumni Association

Started in 1927 by the first graduating class,the Texas Tech Alumni Association hasgrown to a membership of 25,000 graduates,former students, current students, andfriends of Texas Tech. Located in the MerketAlumni Center, which is part of the originalPresident’s Home, the association providesacademic support to the university throughscholarships, professorships, and faculty andstaff awards, as well as by sponsoring RedRaider Camp for entering freshmen and thehigh school counselor’s conference eachsummer. In addition, the organizationsponsors many on-campus activities,including class reunions and homecomingevents. A chapter network across the statehelps members stay in touch with the school.The association publishes the bimonthlyTexas Techsan Magazine, hosts ceremoniesfor The Official Texas Tech Alumni Associa-tion Class Ring, and provides commence-ment pins to all graduates.

Parent Relations Officeand the Texas TechAssociation of Parents

The mission of the Parent Relations Office isto provide programs and services designedto enhance support and retention of studentsby meeting the educational, informational,and involvement needs of their parents andfamilies. As home to the Texas TechAssociation of Parents, the office serves allparents and families of Texas Tech students.

The purpose and mission of the associationis to build bridges of mutual support andserve as a network for parents to sharetheir concerns. One of the most significantactivities of the association is the annualawarding of 55 scholarships made possibleby contributions and memberships to theassociation. Applications are available to allstudents after January 1 and are due byMarch 1.

As an incorporated non-profit organization,the association provides such valuable

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multimedia conferencing system, an inter-active distance learning classroom, a com-puter lab with 12 PCs, and a 10-stationMac computer graphics lab. Also availableare multiple Internet ports in classroomsand some housing units.

The campus offers regular, full-credit under-graduate and graduate courses in intensiveformat over three-week periods during Maythrough July. These courses ordinarilyinclude art, biology, botany, zoology, geog-raphy, photography, education, and foreignlanguages. In addition, classes from theTexas Tech Hill Country University Centeralso may be available to the Junction cam-pus during long semesters. The center isavailable to Texas Tech student organiza-tions, faculty groups, and researchers andcan be used for workshops, retreats, andother special activities. This campus ishome to the Red Raider Camp that oper-ates from mid to late summer. Recreationalopportunities include river activities, hiking,a nature trail, a sand volleyball court, anda large swimming pool. Contact informa-tion: Academic Director of the JunctionCampus, (806) 742-1621, M.S. 2019,www3.tltc.ttu.edu/junction.

Texas Tech Hill Country UniversityCenter. This campus is located inFredericksburg and has a mission toprovide academic, research, and supportprograms while simultaneously expandingeducational, economic, and culturalopportunities throughout the Hill Countryregion. HCUC offers undergraduate andgraduate degrees as well as continuingeducation programs at three sites: Junc-tion, Fredericksburg, and Marble Falls. Asstudent demand increases, additional HillCountry sites may be developed. TexasTech students may enroll in universitycourses offered at this campus during thesummer with instruction provided byfaculty in traditional face-to-face instruc-tion, as well as by interactive video,Internet, and correspondence. Severalpartner institutions also are involved inoffering degree programs at this campus.Contact information: www.hillcountry.ttu.edu,(830) 990-2717 or (888) GOTECH2.


Texas Tech UniversityFarm at Pantex

The university operates the Texas TechUniversity Farm at Pantex, located 12 mileseast of Amarillo. This farm consists of 5,822acres of deeded land and an agriculturaluse permit on an additional 5,304 acrescontrolled by the Department of Energy.The farm serves as a valuable resource foragricultural research and education, addingstrength, flexibility, and prestige to the aca-demic programs at Texas Tech.

Office of Community andMulticultural Affairs

The mission of the Office of Communityand Multicultural Affairs, a division of theTexas Tech University System Chancellor’sOffice, is to promote and foster an inclusiveclimate that values and respects students,faculty and staff, and the communities thatthey serve.

Short and long-range plans includecollaborating and partnering with theinstitutions in creating a campus climatethat values diversity; partnering with and/orassisting the university to recruit and retaina diverse faculty and staff across all levelsand areas; providing training or profes-sional development opportunities that assistpersonnel, students, and local communitiesin understanding their own and othercultures; assisting the institutions inpromoting a user-friendly campus in whichall campus citizens—students as well asemployees—feel welcome and appreciated;assisting with student support activities thatfacilitate an environment of success; andpromoting and enhancing communityinvolvement whereby students, faculty, andstaff are encouraged to participate incommunity activities. Contact information:Office of Community and MulticulturalAffairs, (806) 742-8671.

Office of International Affairs

The Office of International Affairs (OIA) iscomposed of a division of immigrationservices and student advisement; anOverseas Resource Center for studyabroad, international sponsored student

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recruitment, and alumni development; theInternational Center for Arid and SemiaridLand Studies (ICASALS); the Division ofPublic Education for K–12 students; theInternational Cultural Center; and severalsupport units. OIA facilitates programs thatbring an international dimension to theuniversity’s roles in teaching, research, andpublic service. OIA works with and assiststhe various units of the university, coordi-nating international activities at Texas Tech.

The immigration division provides informa-tion, counseling, and advisement to interna-tional students and scholars on allnoncurricular issues including immigrationregulations, financial issues, personal con-cerns, and general American academicquestions. The office also coordinatescross-cultural programming and other ex-tracurricular activities with campus- andcommunity-based organizations to facilitatedevelopment of cross-cultural understand-ing. OIA offers customized services tosponsoring agencies and students. Ser-vices to sponsoring agencies include moni-toring of placement, customized billing pro-cedures, timely reports, special programdesign, and maintenance of communica-tions. Special counseling and advising, ori-entation, and administrative services areprovided to sponsored students. An admin-istrative fee of at least $250 per semesterand $125 per summer term enrolled ischarged for sponsored international stu-dents. See also the Overseas ResourceCenter section in this catalog for informa-tion on Texas Tech opportunities for studyabroad. The public education division,funded through the university with the sup-port of an external organization, providesan outreach program of an international di-mension for K–12 students. ICASALS pro-vides special research and sustainable de-velopment projects for faculty, staff, andstudents. See the ICASALS entry for addi-tional information. The International CulturalCenter houses all units of the Office of In-ternational Affairs; a library featuring spe-cialized publications, videotapes, and CD-ROMs; the CNN World Report TelevisionArchive; and the area studies programs ofthe university. It offers attractive facilities forall types of meetings, conferences, andspecial events and represents Texas Tech’scommitment to internationalization.

Overseas OpportunitiesResource Center

A period of time spent studying abroad is ofmore importance today than ever before.Students in almost any field will be morecompetitive in the globalized job market ifthey have studied abroad. For example,pre-med students will be more competitivewhen applying to a medical school if theyhave studied abroad. The reason for this isthat study abroad offers a kind of educationthat can be obtained in no other way thanthrough the experience of living in anotherculture for in this situation one is affordedthe opportunity to view one’s own culturethrough the eyes of another culture. Thisopportunity broadens one’s perception ofthe world and enables one to gain skills inworking cooperatively with people fromother cultures. The experience obviouslyoffers the opportunity to improve facility inother languages, to study problems andapproaches to problems that are specific toother areas, and to gain a new understand-ing of oneself and one’s own culture.

Many of the foreign language areas andother departments offer their own programsin the summer. Additionally, the OverseasResources Center, a unit of the Office ofInternational Affairs, coordinates reciprocalstudent exchanges with institutions inEastern and Western Europe, Scandinavia,Turkey, and Central and South America.This type of exchange allows qualifiedTexas Tech students to trade places withstudents from other countries for a year orsemester and to receive credit and gradesfor their academic work. The cost of theseexchanges is usually much less than that ofmany other education abroad programs,and participants remain eligible for financialaid and scholarships through Texas TechUniversity.

There are also affiliated study abroadprograms in which Texas Tech students paytuition to another institution or program withwhich the university has an affiliationagreement. Through the center, participantsin these programs remain registered in anontuition-bearing registration while theyare away so that they are not required toreapply for admission upon return to theUnited States. They also remain eligible for


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financial aid and scholarships throughTexas Tech. Transfer credit is earned foracademic work completed on theseprograms. Students can travel almostanywhere in the world on these programs—Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, Africa,South America, and Australia.

In addition to coordinating programs, thecenter maintains a reference library ofcatalogs and announcements of overseaseducational, work abroad, internships, andvolunteer programs. These programs in-clude those offered by Texas Tech depart-ments as well as those sponsored by otherinstitutions. The staff of the center helpsstudents clarify their objectives for overseasopportunities and assists them in identifyingeducationally sound programs. The staffassists students throughout the applicationprocess including an all-day orientationprogram to prepare students for their inter-national experience, and, upon their return,the awarding of credit for academic workcompleted while abroad. Students wishingto study abroad are advised to begin plan-ning at least one year in advance of theirdeparture.

International Centerfor Arid and SemiaridLand Studies

ICASALS, a division of the Office ofInternational Affairs, was created in 1966 topromote the university’s special mission—the interdisciplinary study of arid andsemiarid environments and the humanrelationships and problems of those areas,which encompass about one-third of theearth’s land surface.

The purpose of ICASALS is to stimulate,coordinate, and implement teaching,research, and public service activities relatedto all aspects of the world’s arid and semiaridareas. In regions where low productivity andlow rainfall significantly affect the inhabitantsand economies, ICASALS brings togetherthe sciences, technologies, humanities, andarts. ICASALS serves as a contracting unitof the university for international sustainabledevelopment programs.

A special emphasis on arid and semiaridenvironments is available in the interdisci-

plinary doctoral program in Land-UsePlanning, Management, and Design.Students also may take a master’s degreein interdisciplinary studies of arid lands.

Approximately 150 Texas Tech faculty havebeen designated “ICASALS Associates”and provide a broad base of expertise forthe numerous and varied functions of thecenter. ICASALS disseminates informationabout arid lands research and developmentand publishes a newsletter with interna-tional readership. In addition to supportingand facilitating publications resulting fromsymposia, research, and professionalmeetings, ICASALS operates an interna-tional data exchange and coordinatesresearch and consultations for internationalscholars, government officials, and stu-dents coming to Texas Tech for scholarlypurposes.

Museum of Texas Tech

The Museum of Texas Tech University islocated on the campus at Fourth Street andIndiana. Its mission is to collect, preserve,interpret, and disseminate knowledge aboutnatural and cultural material from Texas,the Southwest, and other regions related bynatural history, heritage, and climate.

The building, completed in 1970, containsover 206,000 square feet of galleries,research facilities, classrooms, work areas,and storage space. The museum complexincludes the main museum building, MoodyPlanetarium, Natural Science ResearchLaboratory, Diamond M Fine Art Gallery,Helen DeVitt Jones Auditorium andSculpture Court, Lubbock Lake Landmarkfacilities, and a 92-acre natural science andarchaeological site in Val Verde County. A40-foot mural, created in India ink by PeterRogers, dominates the lobby. Exhibitsinclude permanent and temporary displaysdrawn from the museum’s own collectionsas well as traveling exhibits.

The Moody Planetarium, an 82-seatauditorium with a Spitz A4 projector, hasdaily programs for the public. Theseprograms are at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday throughFriday, 7:30 p.m. Thursday evening, and 2and 3:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.


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A Master of Arts degree in MuseumScience and a Master of Science inHeritage Management are offered asacademic components of the museum.

Although the chief source of funding for themuseum staff and facilities is legislativeappropriation, additional support for pro-grams and exhibitions comes from theMuseum of Texas Tech University Associa-tion and granting agencies. Membership inthe support association is open to all per-sons interested in the Museum.

The education division of the museumconducts tours and programs throughoutthe year, including curriculum-based toursfor public schools, public workshops andlectures, special events, and opening activi-ties for major exhibitions. Volunteers fromthe community and Texas Tech are alwaysneeded and welcome.

The museum is closed on Monday but openfrom 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday throughSaturday (Thursday evening until 8:30p.m.) and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Lubbock Lake Landmark

The Lubbock Lake Landmark, a renownedarchaeological and natural history preserve,contains a complete cultural record fromthe Clovis Period (12,000 years ago)through historic times, making Lubbock oneof the oldest communities in the world. Themuseum offers tours, outreach, and pro-grams related to the archaeological andnatural history research that is on-going atthe Landmark. Community and studentvolunteers assist in much of the educationalprogramming offered at the site. The Land-mark is closed on Monday but open from 9a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturdayand 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

National RanchingHeritage Center

The NRHC is a 16-acre outdoor museum of35 historic structures that have been movedto the site from locations throughout thestate and date from the late 1780s to theearly 1930s. The structures—which includea bunk house, one-room school house,half-dugout, train depot, blacksmith shop,

barns, windmills, and more—have beenauthentically restored and illustrate thedevelopment of the ranching industry in theSouthwest. Dedicated on July 4, 1976, theNRHC hosts Ranch Day each fall andCandlelight at the Ranch in December.Community and student volunteers whocomprise the Ranch Host organization helpwith these events and others at the Na-tional Ranching Heritage Center, which isopen to the public free of charge from 10a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Landmark Arts Galleries

The mission of Landmark Arts: The Galler-ies of Texas Tech University is to promotefine arts development in the Lubbock com-munity through a comprehensive programof exhibitions, symposia and workshops,publications, and hands-on experience withworking artists. A component of the Schoolof Art, the program integrates academicand professional experience.

The six galleries of Landmark Arts areLandmark Gallery, Studio Gallery, Folio,South Gallery, SRO-Photo, and SculptureAlternative. The Landmark Gallery exhibitscontemporary art by professional artists.Typically, exhibitions will feature residen-cies by artists with national and interna-tional reputations. The gallery hosts pro-grams that engage campus and Lubbockcommunity participation. Folio Gallery is aworks-on-paper venue that displays prints,photographs, and drawings by professionalartists and provides a study venue for theSchool of Art ColorPrint collection of prints.The Studio Gallery and South Gallery offerstudent-driven exhibitions such as thecapstone exhibitions of the M.F.A., B.F.A.,and Art Teachers Certificate programs, theannual undergraduate juried competition,as well as work by alumni. SRO-PhotoGallery presents the viewer with wide-ranging exhibitions of fine art photographyby professional artists. Sculpture Alternativefunctions as an experimental art laboratoryfor projects in sculpture and electronicmedia. Exhibitions are experimental instal-lations produced by students and visitingartists. The galleries are open from 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.on Saturday.


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Libraries

The latest technology is integrated intolibrary search and retrieval systems tostrengthen both undergraduate and graduateprograms. In addition to providing on and off-campus access to many full-text, biblio-graphic, and electronic journals and data-bases covering a range of subjects, thelibrary Web site (www.lib.ttu.edu) offersinformation about library services andprovides access not only to library catalogsof libraries on campus, including the HealthSciences Center library, Vietnam Archive,and Southwest Collection, but also catalogsof research libraries worldwide.

The 2.1 million volumes in the collectionprovide rich and timely support for the hu-manities, social sciences, and science-technology programs of the university.Nearly 2 million microforms hold images ofmany specialized collections such as West-ern Americana, Wright’s American Fiction,and Early American Imprints. Periodicalsand other serial formats total over 20,000titles, including those in electronic format.

The University Library is a Patent andTrademark depository and is one of tworegional depositories for United Statesgovernment documents in Texas.

The interlibrary loan service can obtainbooks and articles from periodicals notowned by the Texas Tech libraries, with theexception of rare books, reference materials,textbooks, and some dissertations from otherlibraries. Service counters are located onmost floors of the University Library, andlibrarians and trained staff provide a support-ive environment for students, including a 1-credit hour course on how to do effectivelibrary research. The course covers a widerange of library research strategies such asusing abstracts, indexes, encyclopedias, andother library research tools to find books andarticles in journals, newspapers, and maga-zines for a research paper or class project.Reciprocal borrowing agreements allowTexas Tech students to use libraries at otherTexas public colleges and universities, aswell as some private institutions. The Univer-sity Library is open more than 100 hours aweek during each semester and providesextended hours during final exam periods.

Southwest Collection

The Southwest Collection/Special Collec-tions Library research collections includeRare Books, the University Archive, theArchive of Turkish Oral Narratives, and theSouthwest Collection. The Southwest Collec-tion is the regional repository for historicalinformation pertaining to West Texas and theSouthwest. It has collected and makes avail-able for research more than 1,700 collec-tions of personal papers and more than4,000 hours of oral history interviews, non-current business and institutional records, aswell as a noncirculating library of Texana,Western Americana, maps, periodicals,photographs, newspapers, taped interviews,films, videotapes, and microfilm. It alsohouses one of the nation’s most importantcollections on the Literature of Place—theJames Sowell Collection in Literature, Com-munity, and the Natural World.

All materials may be used by both the uni-versity community and the general publicfor research or reference. The SouthwestCollection is located in the new SouthwestCollection/Special Collections Library Build-ing north of the University Library. Serviceis provided from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday,Wednesday, and Friday; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.Tuesday and Thursday; and 10 a.m. to5 p.m. on Saturday. Inquiries and donationsare welcomed. Tours are available.

Lubbock MunicipalAuditorium/Coliseum

The Municipal Auditorium–Coliseum,located on the north edge of the campusnear Jones Stadium, is operated by the Cityof Lubbock. Its facilities are frequentlyrented by the university for convocations,registration, graduation exercises, culturalevents, rodeos, and other special events.Seating capacity is about 3,200 persons inthe auditorium and 10,000 in the coliseum.Rental arrangements are made through theCity of Lubbock.


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Athletic Facilities,NCAA Programs

As a member of the National CollegiateAthletic Association and the Big 12 Confer-ence, Texas Tech provides intercollegiateathletic programs for men and women. Bothprograms operate under NCAA and Big 12rules and regulations as well as under theauspices of the Texas Tech Athletic Councilwhose membership represents the faculty,the student body, the Alumni Association,and a member-at-large appointed by theuniversity president. Athletic activities areorganized under the Director of Athleticswith head coaches in each of the sportsresponsible to the director. Texas Techbegan competing in the Big 12 Conferencein 1996 after a 35-year membership in theformer Southwest Conference.

Women athletes currently compete in inter-collegiate volleyball, soccer, cross country,basketball, golf, tennis, softball, and trackand field. The program has grown rapidlysince 1974 with teams participating in state,regional, and national competitions. In 1993the Lady Raider basketball team claimedthe school’s first NCAA National Champion-ship. The men’s program includes football,basketball, cross country, track, baseball,golf, and tennis.

Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium,named for Texas Tech’s late PresidentEmeritus and his wife who provided theinitial funds to permit its construction, wasbuilt in 1947. Renovations have expandedseating to the present capacity of 50,500seats. Athletic Department offices in thesouth end of the stadium underwent refur-bishing in 1988. The stadium is currentlyundergoing a $90 million renovation pro-cess.

Baseball is played at Dan Law Field wherea modern lighting system permits nighttimeuse for the added enjoyment of both ath-letes and fans. Additional permanent seat-ing recently brought the capacity to 5,614.The infield was recently resurfaced withAstroturf.

Track and soccer events are held at theR.P. “Bob” Fuller Track Complex, and bas-ketball games tip off in the new 15,098-seat

United Spirit Arena, one of the finest on-campus basketball-volleyball facilities in thenation.

A state-of-the-art Academic Services Build-ing located within the athletic complex nearJones Stadium is scheduled to be opensoon. The facility will feature classrooms, acomputer lab, a resource library, tutoringrooms, private study areas, and administra-tive offices.

During inclement weather, Texas Techathletes can practice in the spacious Ath-letic Training Center, located just south ofJones Stadium. The facility contains over 3million cubic feet of space, making it thelargest full-circle membrane structure in theworld for use by people. All sports mayprepare for competition in the two-levelcomplex. One of its main features is anartificial turf football field that can be rolledout to a maximum length of 60 yards. Otherfeatures include a full-sized wooden bas-ketball court, four tennis or volleyballcourts, nets for pitching and hitting base-balls and golf balls, a 250-yard long circulartrack with six lanes, and 10,000 square feetof weight training facilities.

Recreational Sports

The Department of Recreational Sportsserves the leisure needs of Texas Techstudents through its eight main divisions:intramurals, open recreation, sport clubs,aquatics, clinics and classes, specialevents, fitness, and outdoor pursuits.

Through the intramural program, competi-tion is offered in many coed, men’s, andwomen’s sports activities. These competi-tive activities include individual, dual, andteam competition organized for residencehalls, clubs, fraternities, sororities, and forunaffiliated students in an “open” division.A campus community (CC) program hasalso been developed to provide competitionfor graduate students, faculty, and staff.

Open recreation provides an opportunity forinformal, nonscheduled activities for stu-dents, faculty, and staff at the various cam-pus recreational facilities. The Robert H.Ewalt Student Recreation Center has242,000 square feet of activity and recre-ational space, making it one of the largest


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student recreation centers in the nation.The building includes seven basketball/volleyball courts; an indoor soccer arena; a6,500-square-foot Olympic weight room;more than 10,000 square feet of cardiovas-cular machines and selectorized weightmachines; and a four-lane, 1/8 mile el-evated jogging track. Also available are twoaerobic/dance studios, a 52 foot high climb-ing center, 12 racquetball courts, a fitness/wellness center, locker rooms, an outdoorpursuits center, and an indoor/outdoorOlympic-size swimming pool. The programalso provides equipment checkout for avariety of sports and reservation opportuni-ties for tennis courts, fitness equipment,and racquetball courts.

Sport clubs offer a unique diversion fromacademic life through instruction and extra-mural or intercollegiate athletic competitionon a club basis. Organized clubs includesoccer, rugby, bowling, wrestling, lacrosse,water ski, aikido, kendo, racquetball, swim-ming, polo, judo, volleyball, cycling, rifle,pistol, fencing, and tae kwon do—all ofwhich receive some funding from theDepartment of Recreational Sports.

Texas Tech’s indoor/outdoor aquatic facility,which adjoins the Student Recreation Cen-ter, offers a wide range of water sports andactivities to students. This facility is one ofthe most unusual in the nation, with a re-movable bubble top that allows participantsto enjoy an outdoor facility during warm-weather months. The aquatic facilities andprograms are available to students dailythroughout the year.

The clinic and class program includes non-credit instruction in weight training, racquet-ball, squash, tennis, and other recreation-related activities. Fitness activities include awide range of aerobics, fitness testing,individual analysis, and exercise prescrip-tion.

The special event program includes week-end tournaments, fun runs, triathlons, inter-national olympics, and various other wildand zany recreational activities. Informationon special rules and dates of activities canbe obtained from the office on the upperlevel of the Student Recreation Center.

The outdoor pursuits center provides aunique service for students, faculty, andstaff. It includes an outdoor equipmentrental shop, regularly scheduled trip out-ings, and a resource area with informationon outdoor activities. Students may reservea variety of equipment ranging from canoesto lanterns. The outdoor pursuits center islocated near the main entrance to the Stu-dent Recreation Center.

International Textile Center

The ITC is a complete research and educa-tion facility equipped and staffed to conductresearch and development activities rang-ing from small-scale testing through large-scale manufacturing. Activities revolvearound researching, testing, and evaluatingcotton, wool, mohair, cashmere, other plantand animal fibers, and diverse man-madefibers; production and evaluation of yarnsand fabrics; alternative textile processingsystems; dyeing and finishing; and specialyarn and fabric treatments. A fundamentalobjective is to foster greater use of thenatural fibers and increase textile manufac-turing in Texas.

ITC occupies 110,000 square feet of spaceallowing the center to perform research,testing, and evaluation from raw fibersthrough the finished textile products. ITCfacilities include a classroom, conferenceroom and library, Materials EvaluationLaboratory, Short Staple Spinning Labora-tory, Long Staple Spinning Laboratory,Weaving and Knitting Laboratory, Non-woven Laboratory, Chemical FinishingLaboratory, Chemical Processing Labora-tory, Chemical Properties Laboratory, andFabric Care Laboratory.

The ITC is an integral part of the university’sacademic programs. It is used by the col-leges of Engineering, Agricultural Sciencesand Natural Resources, and Human Sci-ences for advanced degree programs andspecial problems courses as well as foraugmenting course curricula. In addition,scholars from throughout the world conductpost-graduate research at the center.

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twice a year by the Lubbock Cotton Ex-change. Companies, organizations, andassociations can schedule short courses,conferences, and seminars at the facilities,and special tours may be arranged byappointment.

Computing Services

The Information Technology Division(www.infotech.ttu.edu) provides a wide rangeof computing resources, services, and sup-port for students, faculty, and staff. Some ofthe key services are student labs, free shortcourses, Web hosting, personal Web pages,e-mail, aliases, dial-up (RAS) access, HelpDesk, desktop support, teleconference room,server hosting, administration, and consult-ing. The most recent addition to these ser-vices is the student portal “RaiderLink”(www.raiderlink.ttu.edu). Most online ser-vices will be accessible via the use of aneRaider account provided by the IT Division.

Technology Support (www.itts.ttu.edu)provides quality user services and operatesthe Advanced Technology Learning Center(ATLC) in the west basement of theUniversity Library. The 25,000-square-footATLC facility provides leading-edgecomputing technology to the universitycommunity. The Technology Support staffprovides such services as free shortcourses, Web hosting, consulting, docu-mentation, and computing labs at the ATLCand several remote locations.

IT Help Desk (http://helpdesk.ttu.edu) is anexcellent service that provides students,faculty, and staff with a friendly “front line”to meet their technology support needs. It isthe primary point of contact for thoseneeding assistance regarding a technologyissue. The Help Desk is structured toescalate questions, problems, and con-cerns from the user community to theproper IT staff member staff member andtrack the incident until it is resolved. Their742-HELP phone number is easy toremember.

Telecommunications (www.net.ttu.edu)provides Texas Tech with a data and videonetwork, TTUnet, and wide-area Internetand Internet2 connections. Telecommunica-tions directly supports education, research,

and public service by planning and adminis-tering the development, acquisition, repair,maintenance, and delivery of networkservices.

Technology Operations and SystemsManagement (www.tosm.ttu.edu) staff areavailable to answer questions about serveradministration, management, or support;properly backing up data on the server; anddistributed mainframe print. In addition tohosting the IBM 9672-R26 mainframesystem supporting administrative, instruc-tional, and research activities, this divisionalso offers such services as generalpurpose computation, optical scanning, andlarge-scale laser printing.

High Performance Computing Center(www.hpcc.ttu.edu) houses an SGI/CrayOrigin 2000 supercomputer containing 56R12000 processors with 56GB of commonmemory in a single-image system. Thesupercomputer has .8TB RAID storage with8.8TB of robotic tape storage. Theseengines can drive a 3 Megapixel display,which provides an immersive experience. A32-node Beowulf cluster based on IA32architecture is currently being installed.Faculty and researchers are welcome totake advantage of these services.

Communication Services (www.itcs.ttu.edu)assists in providing new office or cellularphones, additional phone lines, voice mail,telephone repair, and individual campusphone numbers.

Institutional Research and InformationManagement (www.irs.ttu.edu) providesprecise statistical and management informa-tion of all units of the university, regulators,and others. This information includesstatistics on students, faculty, semestercredit hours, and course evaluations.

Information Systems (www.itis.ttu.edu/ismain.htm) develops and supports legacy,intranet, and online systems for studentinformation, human resources, payroll,accounting, budget, housing, and communi-cation services.


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Radio and TV Stations

KTXT–FM and KOHM-FM. KTXT–FMoperates on a frequency of 88.1 Mhz with apower of 35,000 watts (ERP) and providesa service of music, news, and specialprograms of interest to the campuscommunity. It also provides a channel ofcommunication within the Texas Techcommunity and from the university to theLubbock community. Another university-owned radio station, KOHM-FM, is adivision of the Office of the Provost andoperates with a professional staff on afrequency of 89.1 Mhz with a power of50,000 watts (ERP). An affiliate of NationalPublic Radio (NPR) and Public RadioInternational (PRI), the station also pro-vides classical music and fine arts program-ming to the South Plains.

KTXT–TV. A noncommercial educationaltelevision station, KTXT–TV (Channel 5) islicensed by the Federal CommunicationsCommission to the university’s Board ofRegents and operates as a division withinthe Office of the Provost. The broadcastoperation includes a cable system capable offeeding a signal to various rooms throughoutthe campus and a multiterminal telecommu-nications receive-only earth station.

Channel 5’s office, studio, production,master-control, transmitter and engineeringfacilities, and its 817-foot antenna-tower arelocated on the southwestern campustriangle west of Indiana Avenue. From thislocation the station broadcasts about 90hours of diverse programming each week.The signal coverage zone encompassesthe geographical area within a 60-mileradius of Lubbock and serves a populationof about 380,000.

KTXT–TV is a member of the Public Broad-casting Service (PBS), a noncommercialnetwork of 349 television stations intercon-nected by satellite. The station is staffed byprofessional personnel who produce pro-gramming to satisfy broadcasting andnonbroadcasting needs of the universityand the community.

Much of the regular programming is avail-able for use in the classroom. In addition,the station purchases, produces, or other-wise acquires instructional television series

designed as college-credit courses or asless formal noncredit courses to broadcaston special schedules as a bonus service tothe university and Channel 5’s viewers.

Texas TechUniversity Theatre

A regular schedule of major dramatic pro-ductions is presented each academic yearunder the direction of professionally quali-fied members of the theatre arts faculty.Plays are chosen so that each studentgeneration has an opportunity to see arepresentative selection of the great playsof the past as well as works by modernplaywrights. These plays are presented onthe main stage of the Charles E. Maedgen,Jr., Theatre, which seats 395 patrons in acomfortable, continental arrangement.

A program of contemporary and originalstudent-directed productions and a summerrepertory season are presented in theMaedgen’s Laboratory Theatre, an intimate,thrust-stage performance space. All TexasTech students are eligible to audition forroles in TTUT plays or to work on produc-tion crews.

Child DevelopmentResearch Center

The Department of Human Developmentand Family Studies in the College ofHuman Sciences operates a Child Develop-ment Research Center (CDRC) that offersa full-day program for children from birth to6 years old. These laboratories providevaried opportunities for university studentsto acquire information and skills regardingthe development and guidance of youngchildren. The CDRC research componentsinclude investigations of child behavior andfamily interactions as well as generation ofinnovative strategies for promoting humandevelopment and family studies across thelife span. Enrollment is open to children ofany race, creed, or nationality. Applicationsshould be made through the Child Develop-ment Research Center Office, 742-3016.


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Check Cashing Services

For convenience of the student, personalchecks printed with magnetic ink charactersmay be cashed for limited amounts at theStudent Union upon presentation of a cur-rent student identification card and a validdriver’s license. Checks returned by thebank may subject the student to suspen-sion of check cashing privileges and/ordisciplinary action.

The Student Union also has several auto-matic teller machines available for students’use. Anyone having ATM access cards hon-ored by financial institutions may use thesemachines for a variety of transactions. TheATMs are normally accessible 24 hours aday in the northeast lobby.

The Texas Tech Credit Union has freecheck cashing services for members of thecredit union at three on-campus locations:166 Administration Building; 1A-99 HealthSciences Center; and the main office at18th and Knoxville (west of IndianaAvenue). ATMs are available 24 hours aday at the main office and the StudentUnion.

Campus Bus System

The campus bus system, funded by theStudent Services Fee, provides transporta-tion throughout the campus and to nearbyoff-campus residential areas. On-campusroutes provide service from the residencehalls and commuter parking lots to theinterior part of the campus. The Texas TechPolice Department provides shuttle busservice from 5 p.m. until 4 a.m.

Learning Center

Under direction of the Programs for Aca-demic Support Services, the Learning Cen-ter provides students with learning assis-tance in the form of teaching study skills andother special topic presentations as well asproviding individual academic skills counsel-ing, in-house and online peer tutoring, and aself-help learning lab. Video and audiotapes, printed materials, and computer soft-ware are available in mathematics, English,study skills, history, and other specific sub-ject areas. Test preparation guides are avail-

able for the GRE, GMAT, TOEFL, LSAT, andMCAT. Supplemental instruction is alsooffered in a limited number of subjects, his-torically targeting difficult courses and provid-ing regularly scheduled modified forms ofdiscussion sessions. Located in 205 WestHall, the Learning Center is free to all TexasTech students and open during the fall andspring semesters from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mon-day through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fri-day, and 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Summer hoursare 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

McNair Scholars Program

The Texas Tech McNair Scholars Programwas established to prepare first-generationundergraduate students from low-incomefamilies for doctoral study. Twenty out-standing Texas Tech University studentsparticipate in the program. Students arechosen in their junior and senior years andcontinue to participate in the program untilthey graduate with a baccalaureate degree.The program provides preparation for doc-toral study by supplying information, learn-ing assessments, research experiences,academic experiences, cultural experi-ences, graduate student mentoring, facultymentoring, and financial assistance. McNairScholars participate in the program forabout four semesters.

Psychology Clinic

The Psychology Clinic, located on theground floor at the east end of the Psychol-ogy Building, was established primarily toprovide practicum experience for advancedgraduate students in clinical and counselingpsychology. Psychological testing and long-and short-term counseling and psycho-therapy are available to Texas Tech stu-dents and staff and to children and adults inthe community. Although clients are oftenreferred to the clinic by other agencies orindividuals, no referral is necessary.

Speech–Languageand Hearing Clinic

The Speech–Language and Hearing Clinic,with facilities on the east side of the HealthSciences Center, serves as a practicum sitefor students in the Department of Commu-nication Disorders. Under faculty supervi-


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sion, students in speech–language pathol-ogy and audiology provide clinical servicesfor the students, faculty, and staff of TexasTech University and other residents of WestTexas and eastern New Mexico. Assess-ment services and therapy are available forchildren and adults with hearing problemsor disorders in language, voice, stuttering,or articulation. Individuals are accepted byself-referral and upon referral from otherprofessionals. Anyone needing these ser-vices should contact the Speech–Languageand Hearing Clinic Office at 743-5678.

Transcript Service

Copies of a student’s transcript are availablefree of charge upon written request to theRegistrar’s Office. Adequate notice is re-quired for transcript processing. To request atranscript, contact the Office of the Registrar,Box 45015, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,Texas 79409-5015. Official transcripts maybe withheld from students who have admin-istrative holds on their records until the holdshave been released. For information aboutadministrative holds and the status of holdson students’ records, refer to the section on“Administrative Holds” in the UndergraduateAcademic Information section of this catalog.

Transcripts furnished from other institutionsbecome the property of Texas TechUniversity.


Texas Tech PoliceDepartment

This branch of the university system opera-tions is supervised by the Chief FinancialOfficer. The department provides police andsecurity services for the entire Texas Techcommunity, an area much larger and morepopulated than many towns in Texas. Inaddition, the police department handlescampus traffic and parking problems whenthe Traffic and Parking Services Office isclosed.

Motor VehicleRegulations

Students are required to register their ve-hicles and display a Texas Tech parkingpermit on any vehicle parked on campusfrom 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday throughFriday. Students who operate motor ve-hicles on campus must comply with cur-rently approved and published regulationsthat can be viewed online (www.ttu.edu/~parking) or obtained at the Traffic andParking Services Office, 2903 4th St., from7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays. Thisoffice also provides vehicle registrationforms and permit purchases.

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Admission to the University

First-Time Freshman Admission. To gainadmission for the first time to Texas Tech,an applicant must complete the following:

1. File an application to Texas Tech Univer-sity and pay an application fee of $50.The application fee may be paid bycheck, money order, or one of the follow-ing credit cards: Visa, MasterCard,American Express, or Discover. If pay-ment of the application fee creates finan-cial hardship, please submit verificationor documentation of need for a feewaiver along with your application andsupporting documents for admission.Applications will not be complete withouteither the application fee or fee waiverdocumentation. No waiver of the interna-tional application fee is available.

2. Have an official high school transcriptshowing class rank sent directly to theOffice of Admissions. Senior courses inprogress must be provided on the tran-script or a grade report or listed on theState of Texas Common Application form.A final transcript showing graduation datewill be required following graduation andwill become part of the student’s perma-nent record.

3. Have college entrance test scores, eitherthe SAT1 or the ACT, sent from the test-ing agency at the time the test is taken.

The Admissions Office recommends thatapplications be on file by March 1 for sum-mer or fall admission; November 1 forspring admission. Students must apply foradmission at least 30 days before the be-ginning of the semester. Falsification oromission of application information will voidadmission to Texas Tech University.

Because success in college depends onsolid preparation in high school, the follow-ing courses must be completed before youattend Texas Tech:

Contact Information: Office of Admissionsand School Relations, Box 45005, Lubbock,Texas 79409, www.admissions.ttu.edu,telephone (806) 742-1480.

Texas Tech accepts the State of TexasCommon Application for Admission toPublic Universities. Applications will besent upon request or can be obtainedfrom the student’s high school counsel-ing office or college advisement center.Students may submit an application elec-tronically (www.applytexas.org) or onpaper. Essays are not required; howeverthey are recommended.

Applicants may be considered for admis-sion to the undergraduate divisions of theuniversity by graduation from high school,by transfer from an accredited college, orequivalent. Students who meet the statedrequirements may reasonably expect to beadmitted. Additional factors may beconsidered in determining the applicant’seligibility for admission.

Students are admitted to a specific collegewithin the university. The university reservesthe right to modify its admission require-ments in order to manage enrollment in high-demand areas. The colleges may set variousrequirements for continuance in certaindegree programs in addition to the generaluniversity minimum requirements.

Admission Requirements

As a state-assisted institution, Texas TechUniversity recognizes its responsibility toprovide excellent educational opportunitiesfor its students. Since experience indicatesthat prospective students with pooracademic records have little chance ofsuccessfully completing degrees at TexasTech, class rank in high school and SAT-Iand ACT scores are used to help predictpotential academic performance. Otherfactors that could predict success at TexasTech may also be considered.

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High School Subjects Units RequiredEnglish 4*Mathematics 3Social Science 2-1/2**Laboratory Science 2†Foreign Language 2Electives 3-1/2

* The Colleges of Architecture and Engineeringrecommend geometry, Algebra II, and trigonometry;the College of Business Administration recommendsAlgebra II.

** The College of Architecture recommends chemistryor physics; the College of Engineering recommendschemistry and physics.

† Unless two units of credit in a single foreign languagehave been received in high school, at least twosemesters of a single foreign language are requiredat the college level.

Assured Admission. Students whograduate from high school or equivalent(including Department of Defense schools)with required course work will be assuredadmission if they present the combinationof class rank and minimum test scoresindicated below:

High School Minimum Test ScoresClass Rank for Assured Admission

ACT SAT1Top Ten Percent No MinimumFirst Quarter 25 1140 (other than top 10%)Second Quarter 28 1230Lower Half 29 1270

Assured admission will be granted allstudents who hold scholarships awarded byan official Texas Tech University scholar-ship committee.

Admission Review. Applicants who do notmeet the assured admission criteria willhave their records reviewed in a holisticmanner. Additional information included onthe application will be considered for thepurpose of identifying students who can besuccessful and graduate from the univer-sity. Applicants should provide informationon the application form regarding highschool course work, honors or advancedplacement, extracurricular activities,leadership experiences, proposed field ofstudy, civic or other service activities, andany other information they wish to includesuch as socioeconomic background, familyeducational background, bilingual profi-ciency, family affiliation with Texas Tech,

and special talents or awards that may bebeneficial to the Admissions Committee inassessing a student’s potential for success.Although a personal statement or essay isnot required, a response to Topic C on theState of Texas Common Application may behelpful in the review process.

Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP).The Texas Academic Skills Program(TASP) was implemented to ensure thatstudents enrolled in Texas public collegesand universities possess the necessaryacademic skills to succeed. The TASPtest—a diagnostic assessment of reading,mathematics, and writing skills—must betaken by entering part-time and full-timeundergraduate students.

The following students may be exempt fromTASP requirements:

• Students who have previously earned abaccalaureate degree.

• Students who earned 3 or more college-levelcredit hours from an accredited college oruniversity prior to September 1, 1989.

• Students who have achieved high test scoreson one of the following:

A. The high school exit-level Texas Assess-ment of Academic Skills (TAAS) test–1770or better on writing, TLI (Texas LearningIndex) X–86 on math, and TLI X–89 onreading within 3 years.

B. The ACT–23 or better composite with atleast a 19 verbal and 19 math within 5 years.

C. The SAT1–1070 or better composite with atleast a 500 verbal and 500 math within 5 years.

D. Active duty military.E. Students who graduated from high school in

1999 with a GPA of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0scale and completed the recommended oradvanced high school curriculum (the ex-emption is effective only for a student whoenrolls in an institution of higher educationon or before the second anniversary of thedate the student graduated from high school).

Students seeking entry into teacher certifi-cation programs may be exempted only onthe basis of high test scores.

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