Courses

    Explores a wide variety of challenging and interesting humanistic themes (love, responsibility, ambition, etc.) in many forms (fiction, philosophy, plays, poetry, art, music, etc.). In small discussion-based classes, emphasizes the writing, public speaking and critical thinking skills needed to excel as a professional engineer. Fulfills College of Engineering writing requirement for first-year freshmen only. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 0-26 (Freshmen) College of Engineering majors only.
    Explores different important themes in the humanities; check with the department for specific semester topics. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 0-56 credits (Freshmen or Sophomore) College of Engineering majors only.
    Explores how engineering has shaped who we are, how we think, and what we think about, by examining preconceived notions of progress, property, time, and work. Textbook readings plus original sources in philosophy, literature, psychology, and economics provide a rich and stimulating tour of engineering history. 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. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.
    Surveys the history of information technologies and modern techniques of information production, storage, transmission, and retrieval. Emphasizes understanding not only the technological transformations in interpersonal, organizational, and mass communication, but also the technological, social and political changes that underlie the movement toward a digital society. ATLS 2000 and HUEN 2020 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.
    Spans invention and discovery from the Stone Age to the age of Newton, raising questions about culture, history, and personal expectation; studies Pyramids, odometers, cathedrals , Galileo, etc., on the way. Prerequisites: Restricted to 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; closely examines scientific method, evolution, light and quantum theory. Uses original sources by Newton, Faraday, Lavoisier, Darwin, etc., for immediate contact with the great minds in science. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.
    Surveys the great innovations from the Steam Age to the Atomic Age: transportation, modern construction, communications, internal combustion, etc. Supplements textbook accounts with drawings, patents, and original selections by Edison, Carnegie, Tesla, Bell, etc. Studies the sociological impact of social change via contemporary sources in literature, philosophy, painting and film. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.
    Explores challenges that engineering and science pose for society plus the ways that societies shape or impede science and engineering. Case studies range from contemporary issues (global warming, nuclear weapons, and genetic engineering) to classic cases (the execution of Socrates). Core texts in the Western Tradition supplement contemporary articles and films. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.
    Explores different important themes in the humanities; check with the department for specific semester topics. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.
    Explores what it means to be a fully human being: through group discussion, closely examines individual works of culturally and historically significant philosophy, literature, and art. Includes extensive writing. Fulfills the College of Engineering & Applied Science writing requirement. Department restriction, a minimum GPA of 3.0 is preferred. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) College of Engineering students only.
    Continues HUEN 3100's discussion of the human condition by exploring culturally and historically significant works of multiple genres in small-group seminars. Alert class participation is required, and writing skills will be honed through regular assignments. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of HUEN 3100 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) College of Engineering students only.

    Investigates in Rome, Italy (during Maymester), the cultural contrasts among three different cities: ancient, pagan, aristocratic Rome; medieval, Christian, theocratic Rome; and modern, secular, democratic Rome. Draws on evidence from Roman literature, politics, art, and architecture. Must have completed a minimum of 26 credit hours by start of course. Requires some preparatory work in Boulder.

    Explores Chinese culture abroad, focusing on 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. Held on the campus of Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of HUEN 1010 (minimum grade D-).
    Offers an opportunity for students to do independent work in the humanities. Subject arranged to fit the needs of the student. May be repeated up to 3 total credit hours. Department consent required. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) College of Engineering students only.
    Explores different important themes in the humanities, check with department for specific semester topics. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) College of Engineering students only.

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