2002-2003 Edition
Texas A&M University Graduate CatalogTexas A&M University Graduate Catalog
Catalog Contents
Academic Calendar
Board of Regents and System Administrative Officers
Texas A&M University Administrative Officers
Office of Graduate Studies
General Information
Degree Information
Admission
Registration and Academic Status
Tuition, Fees and Other Financial Information
Housing
Orientation
Resources for Students
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Course Descriptions
Faculty
Appendices

Course Descriptions

All graduate courses offered in the University are described on the following pages and are listed by departments, arranged alphabetically. Some of the new courses and changes in courses are included in this catalog pending their approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Figures in parentheses following the number of the courses indicate the clock hours per week devoted to theory and practice, respectively. Theory includes recitations and lectures; practice includes work done in the laboratory, shop, drawing room or field. The unit of credit is the semester hour, which involves one hour of theory, or from two to four hours of practice per week for one semester of 15 weeks. Any course may be withdrawn from the session offerings in case the number of registrations is too small to justify offering the course.

Index of Courses

A
K
Accounting (ACCT) Kinesiology (KINE)
Aerospace Engineering (AERO)
L
Agribusiness (AGBU) Land Development (LDEV)
Agricultural Economics (AGEC) Landscape Architecture (LAND)
Agricultural Education (AGED) Liberal Arts (LBAR)
Agronomy (AGRO) Linguistics (LING)
Animal Science (ANSC)
M
Anthropology (ANTH) Management (MGMT)
Architecture, College of (CARC) Marketing (MKTG)
Architecture (ARCH) Mathematics (MATH)
Atmospheric Sciences (ATMO) Mechanical Engineering (MEEN)
B
Mechanics and Materials (MEMA)
Biochemistry (BICH) Medical Biochemistry and Medical
Genetics (MBCH)
Bilingual Education (BPSY) Medical Microbiology and Immunology
(MMIM)
Biological and
Agricultural Engineering (BAEN)
Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology
(MPHM)
Biology (BIOL) Medical Physiology (MPHY)
Biomedical Engineering (BMEN) Medicine, College of (MSCI)
Biotechnology (BIOT) Microbiology (MICR)
Botany (BOTN) Modern Languages (MODL)
Bush School of Government and Public Service (BUSH) Molecular and Environmental
Plant Sciences (MEPS)
Business, College and Graduate School of (BUAD)
N
C
Nuclear Engineering (NUEN)
Chemical Engineering (CHEN) Nutrition (NUTR)
Chemistry (CHEM)
O
Civil Engineering (CVEN) Ocean Engineering (OCEN)
College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) Oceanography (OCNG)
Communication (COMM) Outdoor Education (ODED)
Comparative Literature (COML)
P
Computer Engineering (CPEN) Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine (MPAT)
Computer Science (CPSC) Petroleum Engineering (PETE)
Construction Science (COSC) Philosophy (PHIL)
Counseling Psychology (CPSY) Physics (PHYS)
D
Plant Pathology (PLPA)
Dairy Science (DASC) Political Science (POLS)
E
Poultry Science (POSC)
Econometrics (ECMT) Psychology (PSYC)
Economics (ECON)
R
Educational Administration (EDAD) Rangeland Ecology and Management
(RLEM)
Educational Curriculum and Instruction
(EDCI)
Reading (RDNG)
Educational Human Resource
Development (EHRD)
Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences
(RPTS)
Educational Psychology (EPSY) Renewable Natural Resources (RENR)
Educational Technology (EDTC)
S
Electrical Engineering (ELEN) Safety Education (SAED)
Engineering, College of (ENGR) Safety Engineering (SENG)
Engineering Technology (ENTC) School Psychology (SPSY)
English (ENGL) Sociology (SOCI)
Entomology (ENTO) Special Education (SPED)
F
Special Education Field Based (SEFB)
Finance (FINC) Speech Communication (COMM)
Floriculture (FLOR) Statistics (STAT)
Food Science and Technology (FSTC) Study Abroad (TAMU)
Forest Science (FRSC) Systems Engineering (SYEN)
French (FREN)
T
G
Teacher Education (TEED)
Genetics (GENE) Theatre Arts (THAR)
Geography (GEOG) Toxicology (TOXI)
Geology (GEOL)
U
Geophysics (GEOP) Urban Planning (PLAN)
German (GERM)
V
H
Veterinary Anatomy and Public Health (VAPH)
Health (HLTH) Veterinary Large Animal Medicine and Surgery (VLAM)
Hispanic Studies (HISP) Veterinary Medicine--Interdisciplinary
(VMID)
History (HIST) Veterinary Microbiology (VTMI)
Horticulture (HORT) Veterinary Parasitology (VPAR)
Human Anatomy and Medical
Neurobiology (MANA)
Veterinary Pathology (VPAT)
Humanities (HUMA) Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology (VTPP)
I
Veterinary Small Animal Medicine and Surgery (VSAM)
Industrial Engineering (INEN) Visualization (VIZA)
Information and Operations Management
(INFO)
W
Industrial Distribution (IDIS) Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences (WFSC)
Intercollegiate Faculty in Materials Science and Engineering (MSEN) Women's Studies (WMST)
Interdisciplinary Engineering (ITDE)
Z
International Business (IBUS) Zoology (ZOOL)
J
 
Journalism (JOUR)