Studies peoples and their environments, including human modification of nature and cultural interpretation and construction of rural and urban landscapes. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours for different topics. Recommended prereq., GEOG 1982 or GEOG 1992 or GEOG 2002 or GEOG 2412. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Learn to critically read and form hypotheses from studies in the developmental literature, gain hands-on experience in testing children and in the design of methods to test children, evaluate experimental data and relate them to hypotheses, previous result, and theory, and write so others can understand. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of PSYC 1001 and 3684 and either PSYC 2111 (same as 3101) or PSYC 3111 (all minimum grade C-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Psychology (PSYC) majors only.
Addresses how artists developed new compositional procedures, graphic techniques, and audiences, and how these procedures were theorized in an age when artists' intellectual and social status rose dramatically. Explores reception of new graphic technology. Studies specific commissions and primary texts in depth. Same as ARTH 5749. Requisites: Requires prerequisite of one 3000-level ARTH course (minimum grade D-).
Intensive analysis of major issues in anthropological research on South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka), including kinship, gender, marriage, caste system, religion and ritual, ethnic conflict, and social change. Recommended prereq., ANTH 2100. Same as ANTH 5750. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
In this course, students will gain deep exposure to the historical, cultural, and socio-economic traditions and pressures that drive domestic and international policy making in Washington D.C. Students will read widely, prepare papers, and lead discussions on fundamental aspects of Washington's professional life. Course takes place in the nation's capital and is taken in conjunction with a professional internship. Restricted to CU in D.C. program participants.
Introduces students to the dynamic causes of deserts in the context of atmospheric processes and land-surface physics. Discusses desert severe weather, desert microclimates, human impacts and desertification, inter-annual variability in aridity (drought), the effects of deserts on global climate, and the impact of desert climate on humans. Department enforced prereq., ATOC 1050. Same as ATOC 5750. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural sciences.
Detailed examination of scriptures, liturgies, precept codes, and hagiographies of Daoism, China's indigenous organized religion. Focusing on origins and development, ethical teachings, ritual activities and world view. Topics include the relationship of Daoism to popular religion, practice of alchemy and self-cultivation, beliefs concerning death and afterlife, and structure of the Daoist pantheon. Same as CHIN 5750 and RLST 4750. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of RLST 3800 (minimum grade C).
Lect., lab, and field trips. Presents origin, evolution, ecology, physical and behavioral characteristics, and taxonomy of orders and families of birds of North America; field work with local species emphasizing avian ecology. Uses animals and/or animal tissues. Recommended prereqs., EBIO 1210 and EBIO 1220 and EBIO 1230 and EBIO 1240 (min. grade C-). Same as EBIO 5750.
Presents current methodology and techniques for teaching foreign language for proficiency. Areas of study include ACTFL guidelines, National Standards, assessment, classroom activities, curriculum, and syllabus design. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Encompasses the structure and replication of both lytic and transforming animal viruses. Emphasizes diversity of naturally occurring genomic structures and the resulting strategies of infection as well as the impact of viral epidemics on society. Includes critical analysis of primary research papers. Fulfills MCDB scientific reasoning requirement. Recommended prereqs., MCDB 3135 (minimum grade C-) or instructor consent required.
Lec. Covers current topics in modern biochemical research through lectures, reading recent research articles, critical thinking, and class discussion. Topics include protein and nucleic acid structure and function, biomolecular interactions, enzyme function, and cellular signaling and regulation. Same as CHEM 5751. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of CHEM 4700 and CHEM 4740 or MCDB 3135 (all minimum grade C-).
Examines theoretical arguments and case studies of interactions of ideas, interests, and institutions in policymaking. Analyzes processes through which ideas come to the public agenda, how institutional settings shape those ideas, and why some ideas and interests are more successful. Recommended prereq., PSCI 1101. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Explores political, economic, social and cultural factors in postwar Japan. Although the defeat in 1945 is often seen as "zero hour", a moment of near total disjunction, the outlines of postwar Japan emerged during World War II. Beginning with the 1930s, traces growth and development, social change, globalization, the quest for collective identity and other themes in the evolving Japanese nation-state. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
Introduces the historical, political, and cultural dimensions of Southeast Asia, focusing primarily on Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Indonesia, with some coverage of mainland Southeast Asia. Recommended prereq., ANTH 2100. Same as ANTH 5760. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Lect., lab, and field studies. Discusses origin, evolution and adaptation, geographic distribution, ecology, and taxonomy of mammals; field and laboratory study of Coloradan species. Uses animals and/or animal tissues. Recommended prereqs., EBIO 1210 and EBIO 1220 and EBIO 2040 and EBIO 2640 (min. grade C-). Same as EBIO 5760.
Two 5-hour periods per week. The first hour of each period is lecture, the remainder is laboratory. Introduction to modern biochemical techniques. Topics include enzymology, spectrophotometry, electrophoresis affinity chromatography, radioisotopes, recombinant DNA, and molecular cloning. Recommended prereq., CHEM 4731 or MCDB 3500. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of CHEM 4700 or CHEM 4711 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to Chemistry (CHEM) or Biochemistry (BCHM) majors only.
Studies the constitutional and legal history of ancient Rome; emphasizes basic legal concepts and comparisons with American law. No Greek or Latin required. Same as CLAS 5761 and HIST 4761.
Explores the postcolonial landscape of political Islam through the lens of political and cultural geography. Develops a critical anti-essentialist framework for understanding the political crisis of the Muslim world in relation to broader questions of empire, nationalism, democracy, revolution, security, terrorism, globalization and modernity. Focuses on the post-1979 period, several key Muslim nation-states (Saudi-Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan) and movements (Taliban, ISIS). Recommended prereqs., GEOG 1982 and GEOG 1992 and GEOG 3742.
Examines 15th and 16th century European ideas about women from a variety of feminist perspectives. Focuses on recent contributions to history of women as they intersect with the visual arts. Same as WMST 4769. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity. Requisites: Requires prerequisite of one 3000-level ARTH course (minimum grade D-).
Introduces students to anthropological theories on tourism and considers those theories in the contexts of the varied sites and forms of tourism practiced around the world today. We will ask: why do people tour? Where do they go? And most centrally: How do the hosts to tourism feel about these outside visitors? Having been exposed to questions of globalization, development, belonging, race, gender, and desire, students will then be asked to reflect upon and theorize their own touristic experiences. Recommended prereq., ANTH 2100. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Explores the complex interactions of the atmosphere and wind energy generation. Surveys wind turbine designs. Explores planetary boundary layer dynamics, traditional and novel wind measurement methods, forecasting methods, wind turbine and wind far wakes, wind far optimization, sound propagation from wind plants, climate change impacts on wind resources, and the impacts of wind plants on local environments. Department enforced prereq., ATOC 1050. Same as ATOC 5770. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.
Implementation of rights and liberties in America. Examines fundamental issues of free speech, press, association, and religion along with rights to due process and equal protection under the law. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Explores competing paradigms of economic development, emphasizing the confrontation between the structuralist/dirigiste paradigm and the neoclassical public choice paradigm. Analyzes economic reforms under way in developing countries, including stabilization policy and structural adjustment. Also explores political reforms, including the pluralist revolution and the design of a constitutional framework in developing societies. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of ECON 3070 or ECON 3080 (minimum grade C-).
