Course Descriptions

All undergraduate courses offered in the University are described on the following pages and are listed by departments and 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. The course numbering scheme is as follows: 100-199, primarily open to freshmen; 200-299, primarily open to sophomores; 300-399, primarily open to juniors; 400-499, primarily open to seniors; 900-999, professional courses in veterinary medicine open to students who have been admitted to these programs.

Figures in parentheses following the course title 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. Roman numerals to the right of the credit indicate the semester in which it is usually offered--"I" for fall, "II" for spring and "S" for summer. When courses are cross-listed, credit cannot be received for both courses. Any course may be withdrawn from the session offerings in case the number of registrations is too small to justify offering the course.