Courses Offered

An introduction to economics principles and concepts in agriculture today as they relate to the American economic system. Emphasis will be on management problem-solving techniques under various situations, especially those agricultural in nature, including producing, processing, distributing, and consuming farm and ranch products.

3 credit hours, Social and Behavioral Sciences Core

Principles and practices in the development, production, and management of field crops including growth and development, climate, plant requirements, pest management, and production methods.

3 credit hours, Field of Study

This laboratory-based course accompanies AGRI 1307. Laboratory activities will reinforce the fundamental principles in the development, production, and management of field crops including growth and development, climate, plant requirements, pest management, and production methods. Corequisite: AGRI 1307

1 credit hour, Field of Study

The scientific study of animal agriculture involving beef cattle, dairy cattle, swine, sheep, goats, and horses. Topics covered will include general management practices, reproduction, nutrition, health, handling, genetic selection, shelter/housing and marketing strategies and procedures. 

3 credit hours, Life and Physical Sciences Core

General overview of animal agriculture including beef cattle, dairy cattle, swine, sheep, goats, and horses; major disciplines of animal production including breeding and genetics, nutrition, reproductive physiology and products; use of live animals, physical and virtual models and feedstuffs/equipment to enhance experiential learning approach.

1 credit hour, Life and Physical Sciences core

Introduces and develops foundational skills in applying essential and emerging business productivity information technology tools. The focus of this course is on business productivity software applications, including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentation graphics, data analytics, and business-oriented utilization of the internet.

3 credit hours, Field of Study

Basic physiological principles and their applications in the study of the skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems are emphasized. Substantial microscopic observation required.

4 credit hours, Life and Physical Sciences core

This course provides a survey of economic systems, forms of business ownership, and considerations for running a business. Students will learn various aspects of business, management, and leadership functions; organizational considerations; and decision-making processes. Financial topics are introduced, including accounting, money and banking, and securities markets. Also included are discussions of business challenges in the legal and regulatory environment, business ethics, social responsibility, and international business. Emphasized is the dynamic role of business in everyday life.

3 credit hours, Field of Study

Personal and family accounts, budgets and budgetary control, bank accounts, charge accounts, borrowing, investing, insurance, standards of living, renting or home ownership, and wills and trust plans.

3 credit hours, Social and Behavioral Sciences core

The study of the principles of law relating to law and ethics, the judicial system, constitution, tort and criminal law, law of sales, and commercial property.

3 credit hours, Field of Study

Fundamental principles of chemistry for majors in the sciences, health sciences, and engineering; topics include measurements, fundamental properties of matter, states of matter, chemical reactions, chemical stoichiometry, periodicity of elemental properties, atomic structure, chemical bonding, molecular structure, solutions, properties of gases, and an introduction to thermodynamics and descriptive chemistry. 

3 credit hours, Life and Physical Sciences core

Basic laboratory experiments supporting theoretical principles presented in CHEM 1311; introduction of the scientific method, experimental design, data collection and analysis, and preparation of laboratory reports. Corequisite: CHEM 1311.

1 credit hour, Life and Physical Sciences core

An introduction to the principles and practice of presentational communication. Methods of topic analysis, research, evidence evaluation, organization, and delivery are covered and assignments require critical thinking skills, teamwork, and personal responsibility. Students participate in several classroom presentations.

3 credit hours, Communications Core

An enriched, integrated pre-service course and content experience that provides active recruitment and instructional support of students interested in a teaching career, especially in high needs fields. The course provides students with opportunities to participate in early field observations at all levels of P-12 schools with varied and different student populations and provides students with support from college and school faculty, preferably in small cohort groups, for the purpose of introduction to and analysis of the culture of schooling and classrooms. Course content should be aligned as applicable with State Board of Education Certification Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities standards. Course must include a minimum of 16 contact hours of field experience in P-12 classrooms as directed by faculty.

3 credit hours, Field of Study

An enriched, integrated pre-service course that provides an overview of schooling and classrooms through the lenses of language, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and other factors that influence learning, with an emphasis on conditions that support student success. The course provides students with opportunities to participate in early field observations of P- 118 12 special populations and should be aligned as applicable with State Board for Educator Certification Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities standards. Must include a minimum of 16 contact hours of field experience in P-12 classrooms with special populations.

3 credit hours, Field of Study

This course explores key factors that influence curriculum design, instructional strategies, and classroom communication in elementary education. Educators will examine how different backgrounds, traditions, and perspectives shape learning experiences and classroom interactions. The course also provides practical approaches for developing instructional materials and teaching methods that engage all students effectively.

3 credit hours, Field of Study

A prerequisite to English 1302, the course introduces students to a variety of different characteristics of writing for academic contexts. Students in English 1301 write about ideas, in particular responding analytically and critically to written sources. The course helps students become familiar with academic audiences, situations, purposes, genres, and some primary conventions (style, arrangement) of those genres. Moreover, students work to develop their own composing processes, particularly for ways of inventing ideas, planning, and revising their texts.

3 credit hours, Composition Core

A sequel to English 1301, this course introduces students to research in academic contexts. Students address questions such as What is it for? What are its limitations? What are some of its shapes? How does one go about it? The course introduces students to a variety of research methods, systems of documentation, contemporary library resources, and research genres. Among other writing tasks for the course, each student is expected to carry out his/her own research study for possible publication in The Tarleton Freshman Writer. Prerequisite: ENGL 1301

3 credit hours, Communications Core

Practical experience in the techniques of imaginative writing. May include fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, or drama.

*Paired with ENGL 1302 for a year-long pairing with high school Senior English.

Optional if Language, Philosophy, and Culture core satisfied.

A survey of American literature from the period of exploration and settlement to the present. Students will study works of prose, poetry, drama, and fiction in relation to their historical and cultural contexts. Texts will be selected from among various groups of authors for what they reflect and reveal about the evolving American experience and character. Prerequisite: ENGL 1301

*Paired with ENGL 1301 for a year-long offering with high school Junior English

3 credit hours, Language, Philosophy, and Culture core

This course covers the origin and development of the U.S. Constitution, structure and powers of the national government including the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, federalism, political participation, the national election process, public policy, civil liberties and civil rights.

3 credit hours, Government core

This course is a survey of United States history from the first European contacts through the end of the Reconstruction Period. It is designed to cover the broad sweep of United States political, cultural, social, and economic history with emphasis on those periods that have helped to shape a distinctive American character. This course with HIST 1302 will fulfill the legislative requirement of two semesters of United States history.

3 credit hours, US History core

This course continues the survey of United States history to present times. The emphasis is on the developments that contributed to the growth of modern America. This course with HIST 1301 will fulfill the legislative requirement of two semesters of United States history.

3 credit hours, US History core

Introduction to the horticulture industry and the career opportunities that are available. The course includes an introduction to plant classification and structure, greenhouse construction and management, orchard and vegetable crops, and plant propagation.

3 credit hours, Field of Study

Advanced study of leadership theories and models. Explores major theories and applications associated with various leadership practices throughout the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Provide students the framework to critically think about their leadership philosophy and the situations they will encounter in future careers.

3 credit hours, only offered through JROTC programs

In-depth study and applications of polynomial, rational, radical, exponential and logarithmic functions, and systems of equations using matrices.

3 credit hours, Mathematics core

Collection, analysis, presentation and interpretation of data, and probability. Analysis includes descriptive statistics, correlation and regression, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing. Technology will be incorporated where appropriate.

3 credit hours, Mathematics core

Continuation of the study of algebra with the addition of trigonometry and other topics for calculus readiness. 

4 credit hours, Mathematics core

This course provides opportunities to become familiar with the basic elements of music. Emphasis is on learning to listen to music and on the role it plays within the wider contexts of history and society. Listening materials are drawn from a variety of sources: classical music, non-Western music, American popular music (particularly jazz, country, and rock), and the American folk tradition.

3 credit hours, Creative Arts core

An overview of psychology, the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes and the variables that influence these processes. Topics covered in the course include motivation, emotions, intelligence, sensory processes, perception, learning, thinking, mental health, and psychotherapy. All psychology majors must earn a C or better in the course.

3 credit hours, Social and Behavioral Sciences