Encourages a historical and critical investigation into the formative influences on what is often called Western culture, including religious, political, social and economic factors, and contemporary interpretations and critiques of these developments and concepts. Designed as the foundation course for the Center for Western Civilization. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.
Covers how ecological ideas and principles underlie both the problems and solutions of multiple environmental issues. The ecology of environmental concerns ranging from endangered species to global carbon cycling will be reviewed, including perspectives from physiological, behavioral, population, community, and ecosystem ecology. Fulfills intermediate natural science requirement for Environmental Studies major. Recommended prereqs., ENVS 1000, a course in introductory statistics and two courses in introductory biology or physical geography. Similar to EBIO 2040. Credit not granted for this course and EBIO 2040.
Studies an aspect of the theme of the Center for Humanities Seminar Program each year, and will be taught by faculty participants in the Center's fellowship program. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
Introduces students to basic image making technology and aesthetics. Fundamentals of film/video production in Super 8mm, Black Magic Pocket Cinema cameras, ProRes 422 (HQ), and other analog and digital image making, editing, and management formats. May emphasize personal, experimental or narrative films and exercises, according to instructor. Basic competencies include composition, basic audio, basic editing, studio critique, file management, etc. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of FILM 1502 (minimum grade D-).
Provides a transition from the introductory courses to the upper-division courses. Introduces the various technical methods and topics encountered in the department's comparative, interdisciplinary upper-division courses, including cultural studies, rhetoric, translation, hermeneutics, word/image studies, etc.
Investigates the social and historical meanings of racial, gender, and sexual identities and their relationship to contemporary lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgender communities. Same as WMST 2030. Approved for GT-SS3. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.
Introduces the study of languages as structural systems. Principles of sound patterns, word formation, meaning, and sentence structure. Gives attention to language acquisition, psycholinguistics, language families, dialects, historical change in languages, and different language types. Meets MAPS requirement for social science: general.
Examines the debate over globalization and the global environmental crisis. Does increasing global economic development threaten to undermine the environment? What role should America play in the development of a sustainable economy? Credit not granted for this course and SOCY 1002. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.
Surveys communication disorders, including hearing impairments, learning disabilities, and speech-language disorders, as well as an introduction to basic speech and hearing science.
Introduces students to the field of Women & Gender Studies. Examines gender issues in the United States from interdisciplinary, multicultural, and feminist perspectives. Covers such topics as sexuality, beauty ideals, women's health, violence against women, work, the economy, peace and war, and the environment. Meets MAPS requirement for social science: general. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.
Students tour the cultural, social, and natural features of the American West, based on readings and presentations by guest speakers from the CU faculty and from important professions and positions in the West. Designed as the foundation course in the Western American Studies certificate program. Approved for GT-HI1. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: United States context. Requisites: Restricted to students with 0-56 credits (Freshmen or Sophomores).
Serves as an introductory seminar to topics in environmental studies. Topics are diverse and include such areas as climate and conflict, food production, land use change, and other emerging areas in environmental studies.
Introduction to race, ethnicity and gender in the United States. Focuses on the five major racialized groups (African Americans, Asian Americans, Chicanas and Chicanos, European Americans and Indigenous peoples) in the U.S. The course design centers on historical and contemporary ideologies and systems that have constructed and continue to define, shape, and impact the significance of race and ethnicity in our economic, political and social lives.
Explores the dynamics of planet Earth with particular emphasis on the factors that make the planet habitable. Includes examination of heat balance, hydrology, geomorphology, biogeochemistry and climate history through both lecture and lab-based activities. The course is required for the Geology major and will introduce students to the major concepts in contemporary Earth system science. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of GEOL 1010 or GEOL 2100 or ENVS 1000 (minimum grade D-).
Introduces the ideas of rigor and proof through an examination of basic set theory, existential and universal quantifiers, elementary counting, discrete probability, and additional topics. Department enforced prereq., MATH 1300 or MATH 1310 or APPM 1345 or APPM 1350 (minimum grade C-).
Explores varied drawing techniques and media. Introduces concepts relevant to the understanding of drawing and the creative process. May not be repeated. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ARTS 1010 and ARTS 1020 (all minimum grade C-). Restricted to Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors only.
Examines how diverse writers have created unique personal narratives that shape memory within historical and social contexts. Works will exemplify a wide range of literary structures, themes, and strategies that enhance an understanding of the genre and provide models for students' own life writing assignments. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.
Familiarizes students with current trends and major directors in international cinema. Students attend specific films screened in class and/or offered in the International Film Series, and read and write about these films. Recommended prereq., FILM 1502 or 6 hours humanities courses involving critical writing.
Varying topics on important individuals, historical developments, groupings of films, film directors, critical and theoretical issues in film. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours, provided the topics are different.
Emphasizes principles of acting, focusing on exercises in relaxation, talking and listening, actions and objectives, and basic concepts of process work. Requisites: Restricted to Theatre (THTR or TBFA) majors only (excluding minors).
Looks at the tendency in contemporary sculpture to create interactive objects and experiences for the viewer. Students in this course are required to create hands-on projects, participate in group critiques, and develop presentations and research projects. Recommended prereq., ARTS 2504. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ARTS 1010 and 1020 (all minimum grade D-).
Enables students to explore various themes in pre-1865 American culture. Examines these themes, which vary each year, in their social context. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: United States context.
Offers students a unique first-hand understanding of the significance of the film festival circuit in the context of global film culture and scholarship. Students will attend Telluride Film Festival screenings, discussions and Q&A sessions. After the festival, weekly screenings of select films from the previous year's festival offer insight into the festival's influence on box-office and the industry's award season.
Intensive introductory course in Latin including a survey of grammar and practice reading and writing. No previous knowledge of Latin is required. Formerly CLAS 2004.
Studies main political philosophies and political issues of Western culture, from antiquity to 20th century. Approved for GT-SS1. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.
