Courses

    Film production class focusing on developing a basic understanding of the aesthetics and principles of Cinematography. Through projects, screenings, and critiques, students learn creative camera lighting processes. Prereqs., FILM 1502 and 2000 or 2300 with an averaged combined grade in these two courses of 3.15, with a minimum overall GPA of 2.0. Prerequisites: Restricted to Film (FILM or FMST) majors only.

    Puts into practice all that has been learned in the first four semesters of college French. Builds conversational skills and confidence through acquisition of new vocabulary and a review of grammar essential to discussing different aspects of French culture. All work is in French. Prereq., FREN 2120 or equivalent.

    Variety of new courses at the 2000 level. See honors program announcements for specific contents. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., GPA 3.30 or higher. Prerequisites: A minimum 3.3 cum GPA is required for this Honors class or you must be part of the first year student group (PHNR).

    Designed to increase awareness of issues that surround international and U.S. health care. Provides broad overview of topics relevant to 21st century medical practice. Includes guest lectures by faculty and practitioners from Denver Metro region, followed by opportunities to integrate new concepts using small group discussion and writing. Topics change each semester and may include: global development and health; socio-cultural issues in health care; health disparities; applied bioethics; health care system reform; narrative medicine. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors. Pass/Fail grading only.

    Introduces timely studio subjects in the visual and performing arts that cannot be offered on a regular basis. Information concerning the studio topics offered in any given semester is available prior to registration from the Libby RAP. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to Libby Residential Academic Program students only.

    Introduces the field of peace and conflict studies. Examines causes and dynamics of conflict and violence (interpersonal to global), peace institutions and research, peace movements, nonviolence, and careers in conflict resolution and peacemaking.

    Explores the development of various religions within the shaping influences of American culture, including separation of church and state, the frontier experience, civil religion, and the interaction of religions of indigenous peoples, immigrants, and African Americans. Approved for GT-AH2. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: United States context or ideals and values.

    Explores the technique, styles, and rhythms of regional and national cultures of Africa. Areas of concentration may vary each semester (e.g. Ghana, Mali, Guinea, etc.). Introduces signature attributes common to different countries' dance traditions and features discussions of the musical traditions, histories, cosmologies, philosophies and aesthetics to contextualize and increase familiarity. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Same as ETHN 2502.

    Short stories by Thomas Mann, Kafka, Boell, and Grass, such as Death in Venice, Metamorphosis, and Cat and Mouse. Emphasizes literary themes, their traditions, and their cultural significance. Taught in English. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.

    Introduces students to post-communist Russia, its values and ideologies. It is equally wrong to interpret post-Soviet society through the prism of the Cold War as through the models of contemporary post-industrial capitalism. Neither totalitarian nor liberal, contemporary Russia raises numerous questions about such ideological and cultural constructions as neo-liberalism and capitalism, nationalism, globalization, state power, and popular vs. high cultures. Taught in English. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies.

    Explores the technique, styles, and rhythms of regional and national cultures of Africa. Areas of concentration may vary each semester (e.g. Ghana, Mali, Guinea, etc.). Introduces signature attributes common to different countries' dance traditions and features discussions of the musical traditions, histories, cosmologies, philosophies and aesthetics to contextualize and increase familiarity. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Same as DNCE 2501.

    Examines how the memory of the Holocaust in Nazi Germany is increasingly determined by the means of its representation, e.g., film, autobiography, poetry, architecture. Taught in English. Same as JWST 2502. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.

    Examines how the memory of the Holocaust in Nazi Germany is increasingly determined by the means of its representation, e.g., film, autobiography, poetry, architecture. Same as GRMN 2502. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.

    Provides a chronological study of great figures and forces in English literature from Beowulf to 1660. Formerly ENGL 2502.

    Explores the origins, cultural significance, stylistic and thematic features of the German fairy tale, with emphasis on the Brothers Grimm; on artistic fairy tales by Goethe, Tieck, Brentano, and others; and, on modern retellings in literature and popular culture. Taught in English. Approved for GT-AH2. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.

    Introduces the basic properties of metal, wood, and mold making. Students will explore and demonstrate an understanding of basic fabrication methods involved in each element. Students will investigate both traditional and non-traditional working methods and will consider how materials and techniques inform sculptural concepts. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ARTS 1010 and 1020 (all minimum grade C-). Restricted to Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors only.

    Provides a chronological study of great figures and forces in English literature from 1660 to the present. Formerly ENGL 2512.

    Eighteen films depict our capacities for good and evil. Topics addressed include the following: the Holocaust, Jung's concept of "The Shadow," the Seven Deadly Sins, altruistic and sociopathic personalities, capital punishment, the redemptive narrative, and the satanic in film. Same as FILM 2613. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.

    Introduces timely subjects in the visual and performing arts that cannot be offered on a regular basis. Information concerning the seminar topics offered in any given semester is available prior to registration from the Libby RAP. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to Libby Residential Academic Program students only.

    Elementary statistical measures. Introduces statistical distributions, statistical inference, and hypothesis testing. Prereq., two years of high school algebra.

    Surveys the major Asian directors from China, India, Japan, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Recommended prereq., FILM 1502. Restricted to FILM/FMST majors. Non-majors will need instructor's consent.

    Baseball could not have existed without America. Course explains how the game fit into the larger context of social, cultural, economic, and political history from the nineteenth century to the present. Studies the events and people who made baseball the national pastime. Similar to HIST 4556. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: United States context. Prerequisites: History (HIST) majors are restricted from taking this course.

    Surveys the classics of international cinema from the 1960s to the present. Recommended prereq., FILM 1502. Restricted to FILM/FMST majors. Non-majors will need instructor's consent.

    Explores ideas concerning the structure and nature of visual thinking and their relationship to the creative thought process. Also investigates form in terms of the organizing principles of three-dimensional design and its application to contemporary sculpture. Includes lecture and studio projects. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ARTS 1010 and 1020 (all minimum grade C-). Restricted to Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors only.

    Through historical and social scientific studies, novels, autobiographies, testimonies, films, music, and art, this course will provide students a survey of Chicana/o history and culture. Historical overviews of Chicana/o peoples from Mesoamerica; the Spanish Conquest; the historical presence of Chicana/o peoples in the Southwest; the rise of the Chicana/o student and community movements; immigration issues; and the gender, sexuality, and criminalization issues. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity or United States context.

    Pages