Classes meet in Holden Hall. XL courses are listed under the All University heading at the beginning of the course schedule. State law requires entering undergraduate students to take the TASP test or an approved alternate test before enrolling in college-level work at Texas public institutions of higher education. Students may be exempt if they have high ACT or SAT or TAAS test scores, or have earned 3 or more hours of college credit before the fall of 1989. Students who have tested but not attained the established minimum scores on all three sections of the test are required to obtain TASP advising before registration and enroll continuously in a formal program of skills development each semester until they have passed all sections of the test.
Attendance is mandatory.
Students who have not passed all sections of the test will be blocked from enrollment in specific lower level courses related to sections not passed and may not register for upper division courses that would bring them beyond 59 total semester credit hours. Students should enroll prior to their first semester at Texas Tech. Taught by regular faculty, the class is offered in a variety of formats, including the week prior to the start of the fall semester, once or twice a week for seven weeks, and during the summer terms.