Various topics not normally covered in the curriculum: offered depending on student demand and specialties of faculty. Applied to specialization requirement for Environmental Studies major. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours, provided the topics vary. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Various topics not normally covered in the curriculum Requisites: offered intermittently depending on student demand and availability of instructors. See also GEOG 4110 and 4120. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
Examines the history and implications of the central role played by writing in pre-modern China, especially with regard to traditional constructions of the world, including relations with aesthetics, the non-human, and the spiritual. Key works of Chinese literature and thought from different periods are studied, with the aim of determining a particular type of Chinese humanism. All readings in English. Recommended prereqs., HUMN 1010 and/or 1020. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Provides extended critical examination of a few selected issues, chosen each term for their general interest and relevance, e.g., the relation between language and thought, or human language vs. animal languages, and computer languages. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours, provided topics vary. Department enforced prereq., LING 2000. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Explores topics in Hebrew and Jewish literature and cultures. These may include topics such as diasporic literatures, Jewish artists and thinkers, courses on specific authors, figures or communities. Topics change each semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Taught in English. HEBR 4101 and JWST 4101 are the same course.
Explores topics in Hebrew and Jewish literature and cultures. These may include topics such as diasporic literatures, Jewish artists and thinkers, courses on specific authors, figures or communities. Topics change each semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Taught in English. HEBR 4101 and JWST 4101 are the same course.
Variable topic that allows intensive coverage of a subject, theme, or issue in African American studies. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours on different topics. ETHN 4102 and 5102 are the same course. Formerly ETHN 4652/5652. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of ETHN 1022 or ETHN 2001 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Examines construction and use of an information system and its data specifically designed for representing and manipulating geographical data. Emphasizes modern geographical information systems including computer hardware/software with a collection of methods/procedures for recording, transforming, storing/retrieving, analyzing, and mapping geographic data. Same as GEOG 5103. Requisites: Requires prereq crs of GEOG3053 & ANTH4000 or APPM4570 or BCOR1020 or ECON3818 or GEOG3023 or GEOL3023 or MATH2510 or PSCI2075 or PSYC2111 or SOCY2061 or 4061 (all min grade C-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (JR/SR) ENVS or GEOG mjrs only.
Introduces fundamental tools of acting for the camera. Students learn basic film terminology, specific camera acting techniques, and the demands placed on an actor when shooting a film. Uses exercises, scenes, monologues, and readings to provide a solid understanding of how to create a character, analyze a text, utilize important vocabulary, and performeffectively on camera. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of THTR 1003 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Theatre (THTR or TBFA) majors only.
Primarily focuses upon personal imagery as a live situation occurring in either an invented constructed reality or real environment. Work may be individualor group configuration, and may also take on the visual linguistic form of a solo performance or of a multimedia presentation. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours with instructor consent. Same as ARTS 5104. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ARTS 1010, 1020, and ARTH 1300 or 1400 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Examines the historical and international use of capital punishment, and then focuses on its use and status in the United States in this century, with a special look at Colorado. Critically examines the arguments for and against capital punishment. The inmates on death row and their families will be examined, as well as the needs of families of homicide victims. Recommended prereq., SOCY 4014.
Introduces professional screenwriting, in the form of a creative writing workshop. Admission by portfolio (see film department). Students write scenes and scripts for short films, feature treatments, etc., and are graded on a final portfolio. Recommended prereqs., approved writing sample, FILM 3051 and FILM 3061. Same as ARTF 5105. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of FILM 4005 (minimum grade D-).
Explores theatrical make-up styles and techniques from initial research through paper design to final make-up. Ranging from period styles to Byzantine mosaic, to clowns, to special effects (old age, wounds, stages of healing, zombies, etc.) Techniques include ombre blending, removing eyebrows, shrinking and enlarging features, creating 3D appliances and applying silicone and foam prosthetics. Same as THTR 5105.
Examines a particular topic, theme, issue, or problem concerning Chicana and Chicano studies. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours on different topics. Same as ETHN 5686. Formerly ETHN 4686. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of ETHN 2001 or ETHN 2536 (minimum grade D-).
Explores the problems, theories and methods for understanding the iconography, styles, topologies, contexts and techniques of fresco wall painting in ancient Italy from the 6th century B.C.E. to the 4th century C.E. Topics covered include Etruscan tomb paintings, late Republican and early imperial fresco paintings from Rome and Campania, and later Roman wall paintings, including the painted images in ancient catacombs. Previous coursework on ancient Italy or the history of pre-modern art is highly recommended. Recommended prereqs., CLAS/ARTH 1509, 3049. Same as CLAS 4109.
Explores the problems, theories and methods for understanding the iconography, styles, topologies, contexts and techniques of fresco wall painting in ancient Italy from the 6th century B.C.E. to the 4th century C.E. Topics covered include Etruscan tomb paintings, late Republican and early imperial fresco paintings from Rome and Campania, and later Roman wall paintings, including the painted images in ancient catacombs. Previous course work on ancient Italy or the history of pre-modern art is highly recommended. Recommended prereq., CLAS/ARTH 1509 or CLAS/ARTH 3049. Same as CLAS 5109 and ARTH 4109.
For Asia, World War II began with the Mukden Incident (1931), resulting in the Japanese domination of Manchuria and leading to a full-scale war between China and Japan in 1937. Only after the Japanese attacked the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor four years later did the United States enter the war. Discusses the various socioeconomic and political factors leading to the war in Asia, examines the nature of the conflict on the Asian mainland and in the Pacific, and assesses legacy of the war on all those involved. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
Detailed consideration of the fossil evidence for human evolution. Covers the discovery of important fossils and interpretations; descriptive information about the fossils; and data and theory from Pleistocene studies relating to ecology, ecological and behavioral data on modern apes, and molecular studies that have bearing on the study of human evolution. Same as ANTH 5110. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Surveys a wide variety of 20th- and 21st-century texts that are of recognized literary or cultural importance. Focuses on translation, including discussion of content and style. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of CHIN 3120 (minimum grade C).
Students read in English translation the major epics of Graeco-Roman antiquity such as the Iliad, Odyssey, Argonautica, Aeneid, and Metamorphoses. Topics discussed may include the nature of classical epic, its relation to the novel, and its legacy. No Greek or Latin required. Same as CLAS 5110 and HUMN 4110. Approved for arts and science core curriculum: literature and the arts.
Topics vary each semester. Consult the online Schedule Planner for specific topics. See also FREN 4120. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of FREN 3110 or FREN 3120 (minimum grade C-).
Various topics not normally covered in the curriculum Requisites: offered intermittently depending on student demand and availability of instructors. See also GEOG 4100 and 4120. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
