Courses

Explores a wide variety of challenging, interesting, and relevant humanistic expressions (fiction, philosophy, plays, poetry, art, music, etc.). Classes are small and discussion-based in order to focus on the practical skills needed to excel in both remaining humanities and social science electives and as a professional engineer. Restricted to students with 0-26 (Freshmen) College of Engineering majors only. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 0-26 (Freshmen) College of Engineering majors only.

Students should check with the department for specific semester topics. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Restricted to freshmen engineering majors. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 0-56 credits (Freshmen or Sophomore) College of Engineering majors only.

Explores how engineering has shaped up - who we are, how we think, and what we think about - and examines preconceived notions of progress, property, time and work. Textbook readings along with original sources in philosophy, literature, psychology, and economics provide a rich and stimulating tour of engineering history. Restricted to students with 0-56 (Freshmen or Sophomore) College of Engineering majors only. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 0-56 (Freshmen or Sophomore) College of Engineering majors only.

Explores the place and possibility of personal identity both within and against the influence of tradition, including family, culture, language, and social, political and economic institutions. Via literature and film, wrestles with the nature of freedom, self-determination, and belonging.

Surveys the history of information technologies and modern techniques of information production, storage, transmission, and retrieval. Equips students with an understanding of technological transformations in interpersonal, organizational, and mass communication. Emphasis is on the technological, social and political changes that underlie the movement toward a digital society. HUEN 2020 is restricted to ENGR majors only. ATLS 2000 is restricted to TAM students. ATLS 2000 and HUEN 2020 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.

When was the odometer invented? How do you build a Pyramid? What did Galileo do, really? What is the difference between science and technology, and when did they each begin? This course spans invention and discovery from the Stone Age to the age of Newton, raising questions about culture, history, custom, and personal expectation. Prepare yourself for some surprises. Formerly HUEN 1100. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 0-56 (Freshmen or Sophomore) College of Engineering majors only.

Surveys the great discoveries and theoretical disputes from Newtonian celestial mechanics to the theory of relativity. Includes physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology, and biology, with units on scientific method, evolution, light and quantum theory. Original sources (selections by Newton, Faraday, Lavoisier, Darwin, etc.) bring students into contact with the scientists themselves. Restricted to CEAS students. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.

Surveys the great innovations from the Steam Age to the Atomic Age. Includes transportation, modern construction, communications, and internal combustion. Supplements textbook accounts with technical drawings, patents, etc., and with selections by Edison, Carnegie, Tesla, Bell, etc. Studies the sociological impact of social change via contemporary sources in literature, philosophy, painting and film. Restricted to CEAS students.

Explores challenges that engineering and science pose for society as well as the ways societies shape or impede science and engineering. Case studies include contemporary issues like global warming, nuclear weapons, and genetic engineering as well as such classic cases as the execution of Socrates. Core texts in the Western Tradition supplement contemporary articles and films. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.

Students should check with the department for specific semester topics. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Restricted to freshmen and sophomores. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.

First course in a two-semester sequence of Herbst Humanities Program for engineering students. Small group seminar that explores the values and ideals of culturally and historically significant novelists, artists, dramatists, and philosophers. May fulfill upper-level writing requirement. Minimum GPA of 3.0 preferred. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) College of Engineering students only.

Continuation of HUEN 3100. Discusses culturally and historically significant readings in small-group seminars. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., HUEN 3100 or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.

Set in Rome, Italy, this Maymester course investigates the cultural contrasts among three different "Romes:" ancient pagan, aristocratic Rome; medieval Christian theocratic Rome; and modern secular democratic Rome. To do so, it draws on evidence from Roman literature, politics, art, and architecture. Requires some preparatory work in Boulder. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors.

Explore Chinese culture in this Study Abroad course. Study ideas of self and other within special historical, social, political, and economical circumstances. Chinese and American concepts of self and society, of individual, collective, and national identities will be analyzed. The course will be held on the campus of Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. Prereq., HUEN 1010 or equivalent.

Counts toward the humanities and social science degree requirements for a BS in the college of engineering. May be repeated up to 3 total credit hours. Instructor consent required. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) College of Engineering students only.

Check with department for specific semester topics. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

Continuation of HUEN 4100. Provides opportunity to pursue a variety of humanistic themes related to Herbst Humanities Program. Prereq., HUEN 4100.