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:

CLN	Clinic	Students gain proficiency and broaden experience
DEV	Developmental	Developmental courses designed to improve skills
DSR	Dissertation	Preparation of the dissertation
ENS	Ensemble	Students study and perform instrumental or vocal music skills
FLD	Field	Field work experience
IND	Independent Study	Students work independently with only minimal faculty direction
LAB	Laboratory	Instruction time is spent performing experiments, observations or data analysis
LEC	Lecture	Formal presentation, primarily one way communication
PRC	Practicum	Students applying hands on learning experience in professional setting, supervised
PRI	Private Lesson	Students work one on one with the instructor
RCT	Recitation	Students engaged in discussions with the faculty
SEM	Seminar	Independent investigation, students carry the major responsibility for the preparation
STU	Studio	Supplement to lecture-based work with tactile learning
THS	Thesis	Thesis workshop
XCL	Non-Credit Lab	Mandatory component attached to credit bearing lecture or laboratory course, designed to reinforce course material

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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Phone
806.742.2166
Email
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