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Quick Reference For Texas Tech Courses

Course Prefix - Are four characters in length. No spaces and no ampersands (&) character.
   Course Prefix are always four characters.
 
Course Number: - Courses are numbered according to the following:
    • 0001 to 4999 - Undergraduate
    • 5000 to 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

 
THECB Course 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 (3) hours of credit).
 
Texas CIP Code 10-digit code assigned from the Texas CIP Code taxonomy for each course.
To see Texas CIP code listing, please click here.
 
Variable Credit Courses: Are indicated by a second number of zero "0"
(i.e. 5001 is a variable credit course that could carry 1-12 hours of credit).
 
Course Activity Type: (DEV)
(DIS)
(DSR)
(ENS)
(FLD)
(IND)
(LAB)
(LEC)
(MST)
(PRC)
(PRI)
(RCT)
(RES)
(SEM)
(STU)
(THS)
(WSP)
(XCL)
Developmental
Discussion
Dissertation
Ensemble
Field Experience
Independent Study
Laboratory
Lecture
Masters Thesis
Practicum
Private Lesson
Recitation
Research
Seminar
Studio
Thesis
Workshop
No Credit Lab
DEV - Developmental
DIS - Discussion
Preparation of the dissertation.
ENS - Ensemble
Field experience
Student works independently with only minimal faculty direction.
Instructing, preparing, and supervising student investigations.
Formal presentation, primarily one way communication
Preparation of the Masters Thesis.
Practicum
Students work one to one with instructor.
Students engaged in discussions with faculty.
Independent investigation
Students carry the major responsibility for preparation.
Studio
Thesis
Workshop
No Credit Lab
 
Sections Numbering
System:
001-299

300-499
501-599
701-899
D01-D99
H01-H99
S01-S99
Lecture, Development, Dissertation, Ensemble, Independent Study, Practicum, Private lesson, Remediation, Seminar & Thesis
Credit Lab
No credit Lab
Discussions
Distance Education (online) with a campus code.
Honors sections
Service Learning Sections

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