QUICK REFERENCE FOR TEXAS TECH COURSES

 

Course Prefix: Are four characters in length (including spaces). Course prefix are always four characters.
              
Course Number: Courses are numbered according to the following:
      0001 to 4999 - Undergraduate
      5000 and above - Graduate
      6000 - Always THESIS
      7000 - Research
      8000  - Doctoral dissertation  
     
Courses that begin with a “0” are remediation courses such as XL, TASP, MATH, or ENGL 
          
      
Level: At the Undergraduate level:

1 - Freshman,
2 - Sophomore,
3 - Junior,
4 - Senior;  

At the Graduate level:

5 - Master,
6 - Doctoral,
7 - Professional/Law.

The second number indicates the credit hours (i.e. 4300  is a senior level course that carries three hours of credit).   
      
            
 Texas CIP Code:  10-digit code assigned from the Texas CIP Code taxonomy for each course.   
          
Variable Credit Courses:  Are indicated by a second number of 0 (i.e., 5001 is a variable credit course that could carry 1-12 hours of credit).    
            
     
Course Activity Type: 
 
(DEV) Developmental DEV - Developmental
(DIS) Discussion DIS - Discussion
(DSR) Dissertation Preparation of the dissertation.
(ELE) Elective ELE - Elective
(ENS) Ensemble ENS - Ensemble
(FLD) Field Experience Field experience
(GTV) Group Television GTV - Group Television
  (IND) Independent Study Student works independently with only minimal faculty direction.
(INT) Interview Interview
(LAB) Laboratory Instructing, preparing, and supervising student investigations.
(LEC) Lecture Formal presentation, primarily one way communication
(LLB) Lecture/Lab Combined lecture and lab.
  (MCE) Multiple Course Entry Multiple Course Entry base course. This is used to set up groups of courses to be used for block registration.
(MST) Masters Thesis Preparation of the Masters Thesis.
(PRC) Practicum Practicum
(PRI) Private Lesson Students work one to one with instructor.
(RCT) Recitation Students engaged in discussions with  faculty.
(REM) Remediation Remediation
(RES) Research Independent investigation
(SEM) Seminar Students carry the major responsibility  for preparation.
(SLF) Self Pace Self Pace
(STU) Studio Studio
(THS) Thesis Thesis
(WSP) Workshop Workshop
(XCL) No Credit Lab No Credit Lab
     
Sections Number  

001-299 are Credit Lectures  

 

300-499 are Credit Labs  

 

500-599

are Noncredit attached to credit lectures or labs

600-699

are Special Situations - Freshman Seminar connections

 

700-899

are Noncredit discussions

 

H01-H99

indicate Honors courses

 

J01-J99

indicate Junction courses

 

C01-C99

 Indicate Hill Country courses
  CN1-CN9 Comanche Nation
 

D01-D09

 Distance Education
 

GP1-GP9

 Great Plains
  S01-S99 Service Learning

 

160-169

indicate large enrollment sections that require a discussion

 

140-149

are dual courses that must be taken concurrently.

     
     
   
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