Course Highlights

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Summer 2026 & Maymester 2026

Summer 2026/Maymester 2026 Enrollment is now through May.

Your Summer shopping cart is open in UCDAccess now, so you need to create your Summer course schedule now so you can enroll before Spring Break.
Review your degree audit, clear any registration holds, discuss your degree plan with your major advisors, and plan your upcoming terms now.
- See ADVISING STEPS and HOW TO REGISTER FOR CLASSES.
- NOW: You need to review your degree audit and work with your Major Faculty Advisor to plan your degree.
- Clear any registration holds now so you are ready to enroll later in March or April.
Review your CORE Requirements and CLAS Requirements with your assigned CLAS Academic Advisor. Students graduating in Summer 2026 must complete the "GRADUATION REQUIREMENT: CLAS" course requirements listed in the degree audit. It is very important that you ask your CLAS Advisor about your specific requirements.
Summer 2026 Maymester courses run May 8-June 4. A student may take up to one Maymester course. Students enrolled for more than one Maymester class will be administratively dropped from the second class. Maymester credit hours are part of your Summer courseload.
Contact CLAS Advising, CLAS.Advising@UCDenver.edu, 303-315-7100, with questions.
GRADUATING? If you are completing your degree requirements in Summer 2026, you need to apply for graduation in UCDAccess now before the June 16 deadline.
- HOW TO APPLY FOR SUMMER GRADUATION: Log into UCDAccess TODAY, find your "Student Center,” select “Academics," then select "Application for graduation." --- Apply before the census date June 16 deadline.
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COMM 1021 Introduction to Media Studies
Summer 2026 Online

We live in a media-saturated world: radio, TV, film, music, social media, smartphones and more. This class explores how media shape our everyday lives and how recent trends and shifts in media technologies are presenting opportunities for and challenges to democratic processes.
COMM 1021 can be used as a CORE Behavioral Sciences course or as a CLAS Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

SJUS 2000 Foundations in Social Justice
Summer 2026 Maymester In-Person/Hybrid

Examines how well the United States, Colorado and Denver are doing in addressing issues of social justice, such as inequality and environmental degradation. Explores various modes of democratic participation -- electoral politics, community activism, and lifestyle changes -- in advancing social justice.
SJUS 2000 can be used as a CORE Social Sciences course or as a CLAS Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ENGL 2156 Introduction to Creative Writing
Summer 2026 Online

Students in this course participate in reading, discussing, writing short fiction and poetry in a workshop setting. This course assumes that students have completed ENGL 1020.
ENGL 2156 can be used as a CORE Arts course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs but assumes you have a C- or better in ENGL 1020.

RLST 1610 Introduction to Religious Studies
Summer 2026 Online

Religion is a complex phenomenon which involves social norms, beliefs and fears, and overarching world view. Religious experiences are among the most profound an individual can have. The course examines religious phenomena from various perspectives, including philosophical, historical, psychological, anthropological, political, sociological, the symbolic and ritual.
RLST 1610 can be used as a CORE Humanities course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ECON 2012 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
Summer 2026 Online -or- In-Person

This macroeconomics course covers topics of inflation, unemployment, national income, growth and problems of the national economy, stabilization policy, plus others at the discretion of the instructor. Purpose is to teach fundamental principles, to open the field of economics in the way most helpful to further a more detailed studyof special problems, and to give those not intending to specialize in the subject an outline of the general principles of economics.
ECON 2012 can be used as a CORE Social Sciences course or as a CLAS Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ENVS 1044 + ENVS 1045 Introduction to Environmental Sciences
Summer 2026 Online

Completely online, this survey course and lab help students develop a basic understanding of ecological relationships and environmental systems. Issues such as the effects of human activities on earth's environment, extinction or diversity, greenhouse effect, hazardous or toxic wastes and human population growth are discussed. Students must take ENVS 1044 and 1045 together.
ENVS 1044+1045 can be used as a CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab or as a CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab or as 4 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No credit if you already have credit in ENVS 1042. No prereqs.

ANTH 2102 Culture and the Human Experience
Summer 2026 Online

An application of the concept of culture to several aspects of the human experience, including gender relations, emotion and personality, cognition, language, health and healing and economic behavior. In exploring these dimensions of the human experience, ANTH 2102 focuses on selected cultures from each of the world's major geographic areas.
ANTH 2102 can be used as a CORE Behavioral Sciences course or as a CLAS Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

PHIL 2441 Logic, Language and Scientific Reasoning
Summer 2026 Online or In-Person

This course introduces you to argumentation, critical thinking and scientific reasoning. Covers rules of logical inference, informal fallacies, problem solving, and probabilistic reasoning.Enhances analytical and critical thinking skills tested on LSAT and MCAT, central to advancement in sciences, and broadly desired by employers.
PHIL 2441 can be used as a CORE Humanities course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as a CLAS Communicative Skills course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

CHEM 1000 Foundations for General Chemistry
Summer 2026 Online

Designed to help you prepare to succeed in CHEM 2031, this is a lecture-only course intended for students pursuing a degree in science or a health-related field. The course is designed for students who have never had a chemistry course or who have not taken general chemistry in 5+ years. Topics include the classification of matter, the Metric system, dimensional analysis, atomic theory and the structure of atoms, periodic relationships, energy and temperature, gas laws and the kinetic molecular theory, compounds and nomenclature of inorganic compounds, the mole, stoichiometry, types of chemical reactions, balancing equations, electron configurations, and chemical bonding.
CHEM 1000 can be used as a CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences course-without-lab or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Students who have already earned credit in CHEM 2031+2061 will not earn credit in CHEM 1000. No prereqs.

Upper-Division Minimum Requirement: CLAS BA & BS students graduating before Fall 2026 must earn at least 45 hours in courses taken as upper-division (CU Denver upper-division courses are numbered 3000-or-higher).CLAS BA & BS students graduating in Fall 2026 or in a later term must earn at least 30 hours in courses taken as upper-division. You need to ask your CLAS Advisor to review your specific CLAS graduation requirements.

ANTH 3072 Lost Worlds and Crystal Skulls
Summer 2026 Online

"Lost Worlds and Crystal Skulls" explores the differences between science and pseudoscience specifically within the realm of anthropology. Scientific method and critical thought are employed in a way that trains students to question and recognize the difference between fact and fiction in data.
ANTH 3072 can be used as a CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-without-lab or as a CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences course-without-lab or as a CLAS Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ENGL 3084 Digital Writing and Storytelling
Summer 2026 Online

Offers Juniors and Seniors opportunities to examine and create compositions where language is integrated with other media, such as video, still images, music, etc. Includes basic instruction in digital multimedia composition and design tools. ENGL 2070 recommended.
ENGL 3084 can be used as a CORE Arts course or as a CLAS Communicative Skills course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Open to students with 60 or more hours earned.

SOCY 3720 Global Perspectives on Social Issues
Summer 2026 Online or Maymester Online

Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors, SOCY 3720 explores various cultural and social frameworks in a sociological examination and international comparison of select social issues, such as globalization, terrorism, inequality and discrimination. Analysis of selected issues across cultures explores how societal and cultural characteristics shape these issues.
SOCY 3720 can be used as a CORE International Perspectives course or as a CLAS Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Prereq: Student must have 30 or more hours earned.

GEOG 4750 Beeography: Geography of Bees
Summer 2026 Maymester In-Person

Beeography is an introduction to the bee world and the amazing diversity in Colorado and beyond. The course will examine the distribution of bees and the pressures they face in different environmental and cultural contexts. It will examine different methods to support and increase bee populations and pollination services, especially in populated environments, including backyard beekeeping of honeybee and native bee populations. Field and lab activities will include beekeeping, native bee collection and identification, bee dissections, pollen processing and identification, and trips to area bee museum collections and apiaries.
GEOG 4750 can be used as a CLAS Social Sciences course or as 4 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Prereqs: ENVS 1044+1045 _or_ BIOL 2010+2011 _or_ BIOL 2020+2021.

ETST 3704 Culture, Racism and Alienation
Summer 2026 Online

Students in ETST 3704 study and discuss the effects of racism on the personality of participants in racist cultures.
ETST 3704 can be used as a CORE Cultural Diversity course or as a CLAS Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

HIST 3121 The World at War, 1914-1945
Summer 2026 Online

Examines World Wars I and II as episodes in a protracted conflict among the nations of the capitalist West, the emerging states of Asia and the colonial world, and the USSR. Studies the causes and consequences of the wars. Note: This course may count for the International Studies major or minor. See your INTS advisor for more information.
HIST 3121 can be used as a CORE International Perspectives course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Note: This course may count for the International Studies major or minor. See your INTS advisor for more information. No prereqs.

Internship
Catalog Number 3939
Subject prefix will reflect your specific program such as PSCI 3939 or COMM 3939.
Spring, Summer and Fall terms

An internship at CU Denver is a supervised work experience, often for-credit, that allows students to apply classroom knowledge in a professional setting, develop career skills, and build professional networks. The CU Denver Experiential Learning Center ("ELC") provides information, resources and assistance with searching for and applying for internships. All students must meet with an internship advisor in ELC to get enrolled to receive academic credit. You need to review www.ucdenver.edu/lynxconnect/internships/students for information and complete the internship workshop to begin the process.
Work directly with your Major or Minor Faculty Advisor to determine applicability of internship credit in your specific major or minor program. Repeatable for up to a maximum of 9 credit hours. Students must have junior standing and at least a 2.75 CU GPA and must work with an internship advisor in the Experiential Learning Center, 303-315-4000, Experiential.Learning@ucdenver.edu, to complete a course contract and gain approval for academic credit.

PSYC 4485 Psychology of Cultural Diversity
Summer 2026 Online -or- Maymester Online

Students in PSYC 4485 study diversity in the development of the individual across Asian, Black, Hispanic, and Native American cultures. The experience of self, role of the family, expression of emotions, and psychology of prejudice are emphasized.
PSYC 4485 can be used as a CORE Cultural Diversity course or as a CLAS Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

Summer 2026 Maymester courses run May 8-June 4. A student may take up to one Maymester course. Students enrolled for more than one Maymester class will be administratively dropped from the second class. Maymester credit hours are part of your Summer courseload.

SJUS 2000 Foundations in Social Justice
Summer 2026 Maymester In-Person/Hybrid

Examines how well the United States, Colorado and Denver are doing in addressing issues of social justice, such as inequality and environmental degradation. Explores various modes of democratic participation -- electoral politics, community activism, and lifestyle changes -- in advancing social justice.
SJUS 2000 can be used as a CORE Social Sciences course or as a CLAS Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

PSYC 4485 Psychology of Cultural Diversity
Summer 2026 Online -or- Maymester Online

Students in PSYC 4485 study diversity in the development of the individual across Asian, Black, Hispanic, and Native American cultures. The experience of self, role of the family, expression of emotions, and psychology of prejudice are emphasized.
PSYC 4485 can be used as a CORE Cultural Diversity course or as a CLAS Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

SOCY 3720 Global Perspectives on Social Issues
Summer 2026 Online or Maymester Online

Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors, SOCY 3720 explores various cultural and social frameworks in a sociological examination and international comparison of select social issues, such as globalization, terrorism, inequality and discrimination. Analysis of selected issues across cultures explores how societal and cultural characteristics shape these issues.
SOCY 3720 can be used as a CORE International Perspectives course or as a CLAS Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Prereq: Student must have 30 or more hours earned.

GEOG 4750 Beeography: Geography of Bees
Summer 2026 Maymester In-Person

Beeography is an introduction to the bee world and the amazing diversity in Colorado and beyond. The course will examine the distribution of bees and the pressures they face in different environmental and cultural contexts. It will examine different methods to support and increase bee populations and pollination services, especially in populated environments, including backyard beekeeping of honeybee and native bee populations. Field and lab activities will include beekeeping, native bee collection and identification, bee dissections, pollen processing and identification, and trips to area bee museum collections and apiaries.
GEOG 4750 can be used as a CLAS Social Sciences course or as 4 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Prereqs: ENVS 1044+1045 _or_ BIOL 2010+2011 _or_ BIOL 2020+2021.

ENGL 2156 Introduction to Creative Writing
Summer 2026 Online

Students in this course participate in reading, discussing, writing short fiction and poetry in a workshop setting. This course assumes that students have completed ENGL 1020.
ENGL 2156 can be used as a CORE Arts course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs but assumes you have a C- or better in ENGL 1020.

ENGL 3084 Digital Writing and Storytelling
Summer 2026 Online

Offers Juniors and Seniors opportunities to examine and create compositions where language is integrated with other media, such as video, still images, music, etc. Includes basic instruction in digital multimedia composition and design tools. ENGL 2070 recommended.
ENGL 3084 can be used as a CORE Arts course or as a CLAS Communicative Skills course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Open to students with 60 or more hours earned.

ANTH 2102 Culture and the Human Experience
Summer 2026 Online

An application of the concept of culture to several aspects of the human experience, including gender relations, emotion and personality, cognition, language, health and healing and economic behavior. In exploring these dimensions of the human experience, ANTH 2102 focuses on selected cultures from each of the world's major geographic areas.
ANTH 2102 can be used as a CORE Behavioral Sciences course or as a CLAS Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

COMM 1021 Introduction to Media Studies
Summer 2026 Online

We live in a media-saturated world: radio, TV, film, music, social media, smartphones and more. This class explores how media shape our everyday lives and how recent trends and shifts in media technologies are presenting opportunities for and challenges to democratic processes.
COMM 1021 can be used as a CORE Behavioral Sciences course or as a CLAS Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

PSYC 4485 Psychology of Cultural Diversity
Summer 2026 Online -or- Maymester Online

Students in PSYC 4485 study diversity in the development of the individual across Asian, Black, Hispanic, and Native American cultures. The experience of self, role of the family, expression of emotions, and psychology of prejudice are emphasized.
PSYC 4485 can be used as a CORE Cultural Diversity course or as a CLAS Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ETST 3704 Culture, Racism and Alienation
Summer 2026 Online

Students in ETST 3704 study and discuss the effects of racism on the personality of participants in racist cultures.
ETST 3704 can be used as a CORE Cultural Diversity course or as a CLAS Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

RLST 1610 Introduction to Religious Studies
Summer 2026 Online

Religion is a complex phenomenon which involves social norms, beliefs and fears, and overarching world view. Religious experiences are among the most profound an individual can have. The course examines religious phenomena from various perspectives, including philosophical, historical, psychological, anthropological, political, sociological, the symbolic and ritual.
RLST 1610 can be used as a CORE Humanities course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

PHIL 2441 Logic, Language and Scientific Reasoning
Summer 2026 Online or In-Person

This course introduces you to argumentation, critical thinking and scientific reasoning. Covers rules of logical inference, informal fallacies, problem solving, and probabilistic reasoning.Enhances analytical and critical thinking skills tested on LSAT and MCAT, central to advancement in sciences, and broadly desired by employers.
PHIL 2441 can be used as a CORE Humanities course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as a CLAS Communicative Skills course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

SOCY 3720 Global Perspectives on Social Issues
Summer 2026 Online or Maymester Online

Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors, SOCY 3720 explores various cultural and social frameworks in a sociological examination and international comparison of select social issues, such as globalization, terrorism, inequality and discrimination. Analysis of selected issues across cultures explores how societal and cultural characteristics shape these issues.
SOCY 3720 can be used as a CORE International Perspectives course or as a CLAS Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Prereq: Student must have 30 or more hours earned.

HIST 3121 The World at War, 1914-1945
Summer 2026 Online

Examines World Wars I and II as episodes in a protracted conflict among the nations of the capitalist West, the emerging states of Asia and the colonial world, and the USSR. Studies the causes and consequences of the wars. Note: This course may count for the International Studies major or minor. See your INTS advisor for more information.
HIST 3121 can be used as a CORE International Perspectives course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Note: This course may count for the International Studies major or minor. See your INTS advisor for more information. No prereqs.

ANTH 3072 Lost Worlds and Crystal Skulls
Summer 2026 Online

"Lost Worlds and Crystal Skulls" explores the differences between science and pseudoscience specifically within the realm of anthropology. Scientific method and critical thought are employed in a way that trains students to question and recognize the difference between fact and fiction in data.
ANTH 3072 can be used as a CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-without-lab or as a CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences course-without-lab or as a CLAS Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ENVS 1044 + ENVS 1045 Introduction to Environmental Sciences
Summer 2026 Online

Completely online, this survey course and lab help students develop a basic understanding of ecological relationships and environmental systems. Issues such as the effects of human activities on earth's environment, extinction or diversity, greenhouse effect, hazardous or toxic wastes and human population growth are discussed. Students must take ENVS 1044 and 1045 together.
ENVS 1044+1045 can be used as a CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab or as a CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab or as 4 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No credit if you already have credit in ENVS 1042. No prereqs.

ECON 2012 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
Summer 2026 Online -or- In-Person

This macroeconomics course covers topics of inflation, unemployment, national income, growth and problems of the national economy, stabilization policy, plus others at the discretion of the instructor. Purpose is to teach fundamental principles, to open the field of economics in the way most helpful to further a more detailed studyof special problems, and to give those not intending to specialize in the subject an outline of the general principles of economics.
ECON 2012 can be used as a CORE Social Sciences course or as a CLAS Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

SJUS 2000 Foundations in Social Justice
Summer 2026 Maymester In-Person/Hybrid

Examines how well the United States, Colorado and Denver are doing in addressing issues of social justice, such as inequality and environmental degradation. Explores various modes of democratic participation -- electoral politics, community activism, and lifestyle changes -- in advancing social justice.
SJUS 2000 can be used as a CORE Social Sciences course or as a CLAS Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

CLAS Behavioral Sciences Graduation Requirement for Summer 2026 graduating students: In addition to CORE, CLAS BA & BS students graduating before Fall 2026 must complete one more course with an ANTH, COMM, or PSYC prefix.

ANTH 2102 Culture and the Human Experience
Summer 2026 Online

An application of the concept of culture to several aspects of the human experience, including gender relations, emotion and personality, cognition, language, health and healing and economic behavior. In exploring these dimensions of the human experience, ANTH 2102 focuses on selected cultures from each of the world's major geographic areas.
ANTH 2102 can be used as a CORE Behavioral Sciences course or as a CLAS Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

COMM 1021 Introduction to Media Studies
Summer 2026 Online

We live in a media-saturated world: radio, TV, film, music, social media, smartphones and more. This class explores how media shape our everyday lives and how recent trends and shifts in media technologies are presenting opportunities for and challenges to democratic processes.
COMM 1021 can be used as a CORE Behavioral Sciences course or as a CLAS Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

PSYC 4485 Psychology of Cultural Diversity
Summer 2026 Online -or- Maymester Online

Students in PSYC 4485 study diversity in the development of the individual across Asian, Black, Hispanic, and Native American cultures. The experience of self, role of the family, expression of emotions, and psychology of prejudice are emphasized.
PSYC 4485 can be used as a CORE Cultural Diversity course or as a CLAS Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ANTH 3072 Lost Worlds and Crystal Skulls
Summer 2026 Online

"Lost Worlds and Crystal Skulls" explores the differences between science and pseudoscience specifically within the realm of anthropology. Scientific method and critical thought are employed in a way that trains students to question and recognize the difference between fact and fiction in data.
ANTH 3072 can be used as a CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-without-lab or as a CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences course-without-lab or as a CLAS Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

CLAS Communicative Skills Graduation Requirement for Summer 2026 graduating students: In addition to CORE, CLAS BA & BS students graduating before Fall 2026 must complete one course from the CLAS Requirements Communicative Skills list. A grade of C- or better is required.

ENGL 3084 Digital Writing and Storytelling
Summer 2026 Online

Offers Juniors and Seniors opportunities to examine and create compositions where language is integrated with other media, such as video, still images, music, etc. Includes basic instruction in digital multimedia composition and design tools. ENGL 2070 recommended.
ENGL 3084 can be used as a CORE Arts course or as a CLAS Communicative Skills course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Open to students with 60 or more hours earned.

PHIL 2441 Logic, Language and Scientific Reasoning
Summer 2026 Online or In-Person

This course introduces you to argumentation, critical thinking and scientific reasoning. Covers rules of logical inference, informal fallacies, problem solving, and probabilistic reasoning.Enhances analytical and critical thinking skills tested on LSAT and MCAT, central to advancement in sciences, and broadly desired by employers.
PHIL 2441 can be used as a CORE Humanities course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as a CLAS Communicative Skills course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

CLAS Humanities Graduation Requirement for Summer 2026 graduating students: In addition to CORE, CLAS BA & BS students graduating before Fall 2026 must complete one more course with an ENGL, HIST, HEHM, HUMN, PHIL, or RLST prefix or a SPAN, FREN, GRMN, CHIN culture or literature course. Students may not use a language acquisition course or a lower-division English Composition course such as ENGL1010 to satisfy this requirement.

PHIL 2441 Logic, Language and Scientific Reasoning
Summer 2026 Online or In-Person

This course introduces you to argumentation, critical thinking and scientific reasoning. Covers rules of logical inference, informal fallacies, problem solving, and probabilistic reasoning.Enhances analytical and critical thinking skills tested on LSAT and MCAT, central to advancement in sciences, and broadly desired by employers.
PHIL 2441 can be used as a CORE Humanities course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as a CLAS Communicative Skills course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ENGL 2156 Introduction to Creative Writing
Summer 2026 Online

Students in this course participate in reading, discussing, writing short fiction and poetry in a workshop setting. This course assumes that students have completed ENGL 1020.
ENGL 2156 can be used as a CORE Arts course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs but assumes you have a C- or better in ENGL 1020.

HIST 3121 The World at War, 1914-1945
Summer 2026 Online

Examines World Wars I and II as episodes in a protracted conflict among the nations of the capitalist West, the emerging states of Asia and the colonial world, and the USSR. Studies the causes and consequences of the wars. Note: This course may count for the International Studies major or minor. See your INTS advisor for more information.
HIST 3121 can be used as a CORE International Perspectives course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Note: This course may count for the International Studies major or minor. See your INTS advisor for more information. No prereqs.

RLST 1610 Introduction to Religious Studies
Summer 2026 Online

Religion is a complex phenomenon which involves social norms, beliefs and fears, and overarching world view. Religious experiences are among the most profound an individual can have. The course examines religious phenomena from various perspectives, including philosophical, historical, psychological, anthropological, political, sociological, the symbolic and ritual.
RLST 1610 can be used as a CORE Humanities course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ENGL 3084 Digital Writing and Storytelling
Summer 2026 Online

Offers Juniors and Seniors opportunities to examine and create compositions where language is integrated with other media, such as video, still images, music, etc. Includes basic instruction in digital multimedia composition and design tools. ENGL 2070 recommended.
ENGL 3084 can be used as a CORE Arts course or as a CLAS Communicative Skills course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Open to students with 60 or more hours earned.

CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences Graduation Requirement for Summer 2026 graduating students: In addition to CORE, CLAS BA & BS students graduating before Fall 2026 must complete one more course with a BIOL, CHEM, GEOL, PHYS, or MATH prefix, or ANTH 1303, ENVS 1044+1045, GEOG 1202, PSYC 2220. If you have only one science course-with-lab for the CU Denver Core Curriculum, this course MUST have an associated lab.

ENVS 1044 + ENVS 1045 Introduction to Environmental Sciences
Summer 2026 Online

Completely online, this survey course and lab help students develop a basic understanding of ecological relationships and environmental systems. Issues such as the effects of human activities on earth's environment, extinction or diversity, greenhouse effect, hazardous or toxic wastes and human population growth are discussed. Students must take ENVS 1044 and 1045 together.
ENVS 1044+1045 can be used as a CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab or as a CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab or as 4 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No credit if you already have credit in ENVS 1042. No prereqs.

CHEM 1000 Foundations for General Chemistry
Summer 2026 Online

Designed to help you prepare to succeed in CHEM 2031, this is a lecture-only course intended for students pursuing a degree in science or a health-related field. The course is designed for students who have never had a chemistry course or who have not taken general chemistry in 5+ years. Topics include the classification of matter, the Metric system, dimensional analysis, atomic theory and the structure of atoms, periodic relationships, energy and temperature, gas laws and the kinetic molecular theory, compounds and nomenclature of inorganic compounds, the mole, stoichiometry, types of chemical reactions, balancing equations, electron configurations, and chemical bonding.
CHEM 1000 can be used as a CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences course-without-lab or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Students who have already earned credit in CHEM 2031+2061 will not earn credit in CHEM 1000. No prereqs.

ANTH 3072 Lost Worlds and Crystal Skulls
Summer 2026 Online

"Lost Worlds and Crystal Skulls" explores the differences between science and pseudoscience specifically within the realm of anthropology. Scientific method and critical thought are employed in a way that trains students to question and recognize the difference between fact and fiction in data.
ANTH 3072 can be used as a CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-without-lab or as a CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences course-without-lab or as a CLAS Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

CLAS Social Scienes Graduation Requirement for Summer 2026 graduating students: In addition to CORE, CLAS BA & BS students graduating before Fall 2026 must complete one more course with an ECON, ETST, GEOG, PBHL, PSCI, or SOCY prefix or ENVS1342, RLST3800 or SJUS2000.

ETST 3704 Culture, Racism and Alienation
Summer 2026 Online

Students in ETST 3704 study and discuss the effects of racism on the personality of participants in racist cultures.
ETST 3704 can be used as a CORE Cultural Diversity course or as a CLAS Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

SJUS 2000 Foundations in Social Justice
Summer 2026 Maymester In-Person/Hybrid

Examines how well the United States, Colorado and Denver are doing in addressing issues of social justice, such as inequality and environmental degradation. Explores various modes of democratic participation -- electoral politics, community activism, and lifestyle changes -- in advancing social justice.
SJUS 2000 can be used as a CORE Social Sciences course or as a CLAS Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

GEOG 4750 Beeography: Geography of Bees
Summer 2026 Maymester In-Person

Beeography is an introduction to the bee world and the amazing diversity in Colorado and beyond. The course will examine the distribution of bees and the pressures they face in different environmental and cultural contexts. It will examine different methods to support and increase bee populations and pollination services, especially in populated environments, including backyard beekeeping of honeybee and native bee populations. Field and lab activities will include beekeeping, native bee collection and identification, bee dissections, pollen processing and identification, and trips to area bee museum collections and apiaries.
GEOG 4750 can be used as a CLAS Social Sciences course or as 4 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Prereqs: ENVS 1044+1045 _or_ BIOL 2010+2011 _or_ BIOL 2020+2021.

ECON 2012 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
Summer 2026 Online -or- In-Person

This macroeconomics course covers topics of inflation, unemployment, national income, growth and problems of the national economy, stabilization policy, plus others at the discretion of the instructor. Purpose is to teach fundamental principles, to open the field of economics in the way most helpful to further a more detailed studyof special problems, and to give those not intending to specialize in the subject an outline of the general principles of economics.
ECON 2012 can be used as a CORE Social Sciences course or as a CLAS Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

SOCY 3720 Global Perspectives on Social Issues
Summer 2026 Online or Maymester Online

Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors, SOCY 3720 explores various cultural and social frameworks in a sociological examination and international comparison of select social issues, such as globalization, terrorism, inequality and discrimination. Analysis of selected issues across cultures explores how societal and cultural characteristics shape these issues.
SOCY 3720 can be used as a CORE International Perspectives course or as a CLAS Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Prereq: Student must have 30 or more hours earned.

Online Asynchrounous Courses: CU Denver asynchrounous online courses have no scheduled class times. CU Denver Online courses are accessed through Canvas at http://ucdenver.instructure.com.

CHEM 1000 Foundations for General Chemistry
Summer 2026 Online

Designed to help you prepare to succeed in CHEM 2031, this is a lecture-only course intended for students pursuing a degree in science or a health-related field. The course is designed for students who have never had a chemistry course or who have not taken general chemistry in 5+ years. Topics include the classification of matter, the Metric system, dimensional analysis, atomic theory and the structure of atoms, periodic relationships, energy and temperature, gas laws and the kinetic molecular theory, compounds and nomenclature of inorganic compounds, the mole, stoichiometry, types of chemical reactions, balancing equations, electron configurations, and chemical bonding.
CHEM 1000 can be used as a CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences course-without-lab or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Students who have already earned credit in CHEM 2031+2061 will not earn credit in CHEM 1000. No prereqs.

ENGL 3084 Digital Writing and Storytelling
Summer 2026 Online

Offers Juniors and Seniors opportunities to examine and create compositions where language is integrated with other media, such as video, still images, music, etc. Includes basic instruction in digital multimedia composition and design tools. ENGL 2070 recommended.
ENGL 3084 can be used as a CORE Arts course or as a CLAS Communicative Skills course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Open to students with 60 or more hours earned.

COMM 1021 Introduction to Media Studies
Summer 2026 Online

We live in a media-saturated world: radio, TV, film, music, social media, smartphones and more. This class explores how media shape our everyday lives and how recent trends and shifts in media technologies are presenting opportunities for and challenges to democratic processes.
COMM 1021 can be used as a CORE Behavioral Sciences course or as a CLAS Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

RLST 1610 Introduction to Religious Studies
Summer 2026 Online

Religion is a complex phenomenon which involves social norms, beliefs and fears, and overarching world view. Religious experiences are among the most profound an individual can have. The course examines religious phenomena from various perspectives, including philosophical, historical, psychological, anthropological, political, sociological, the symbolic and ritual.
RLST 1610 can be used as a CORE Humanities course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

PSYC 4485 Psychology of Cultural Diversity
Summer 2026 Online -or- Maymester Online

Students in PSYC 4485 study diversity in the development of the individual across Asian, Black, Hispanic, and Native American cultures. The experience of self, role of the family, expression of emotions, and psychology of prejudice are emphasized.
PSYC 4485 can be used as a CORE Cultural Diversity course or as a CLAS Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

PHIL 2441 Logic, Language and Scientific Reasoning
Summer 2026 Online or In-Person

This course introduces you to argumentation, critical thinking and scientific reasoning. Covers rules of logical inference, informal fallacies, problem solving, and probabilistic reasoning.Enhances analytical and critical thinking skills tested on LSAT and MCAT, central to advancement in sciences, and broadly desired by employers.
PHIL 2441 can be used as a CORE Humanities course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as a CLAS Communicative Skills course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ENVS 1044 + ENVS 1045 Introduction to Environmental Sciences
Summer 2026 Online

Completely online, this survey course and lab help students develop a basic understanding of ecological relationships and environmental systems. Issues such as the effects of human activities on earth's environment, extinction or diversity, greenhouse effect, hazardous or toxic wastes and human population growth are discussed. Students must take ENVS 1044 and 1045 together.
ENVS 1044+1045 can be used as a CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab or as a CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab or as 4 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No credit if you already have credit in ENVS 1042. No prereqs.

ANTH 3072 Lost Worlds and Crystal Skulls
Summer 2026 Online

"Lost Worlds and Crystal Skulls" explores the differences between science and pseudoscience specifically within the realm of anthropology. Scientific method and critical thought are employed in a way that trains students to question and recognize the difference between fact and fiction in data.
ANTH 3072 can be used as a CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-without-lab or as a CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences course-without-lab or as a CLAS Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

HIST 3121 The World at War, 1914-1945
Summer 2026 Online

Examines World Wars I and II as episodes in a protracted conflict among the nations of the capitalist West, the emerging states of Asia and the colonial world, and the USSR. Studies the causes and consequences of the wars. Note: This course may count for the International Studies major or minor. See your INTS advisor for more information.
HIST 3121 can be used as a CORE International Perspectives course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Note: This course may count for the International Studies major or minor. See your INTS advisor for more information. No prereqs.

SOCY 3720 Global Perspectives on Social Issues
Summer 2026 Online or Maymester Online

Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors, SOCY 3720 explores various cultural and social frameworks in a sociological examination and international comparison of select social issues, such as globalization, terrorism, inequality and discrimination. Analysis of selected issues across cultures explores how societal and cultural characteristics shape these issues.
SOCY 3720 can be used as a CORE International Perspectives course or as a CLAS Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Prereq: Student must have 30 or more hours earned.

ETST 3704 Culture, Racism and Alienation
Summer 2026 Online

Students in ETST 3704 study and discuss the effects of racism on the personality of participants in racist cultures.
ETST 3704 can be used as a CORE Cultural Diversity course or as a CLAS Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ANTH 2102 Culture and the Human Experience
Summer 2026 Online

An application of the concept of culture to several aspects of the human experience, including gender relations, emotion and personality, cognition, language, health and healing and economic behavior. In exploring these dimensions of the human experience, ANTH 2102 focuses on selected cultures from each of the world's major geographic areas.
ANTH 2102 can be used as a CORE Behavioral Sciences course or as a CLAS Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ENGL 2156 Introduction to Creative Writing
Summer 2026 Online

Students in this course participate in reading, discussing, writing short fiction and poetry in a workshop setting. This course assumes that students have completed ENGL 1020.
ENGL 2156 can be used as a CORE Arts course or as a CLAS Humanities course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs but assumes you have a C- or better in ENGL 1020.

ECON 2012 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
Summer 2026 Online -or- In-Person

This macroeconomics course covers topics of inflation, unemployment, national income, growth and problems of the national economy, stabilization policy, plus others at the discretion of the instructor. Purpose is to teach fundamental principles, to open the field of economics in the way most helpful to further a more detailed studyof special problems, and to give those not intending to specialize in the subject an outline of the general principles of economics.
ECON 2012 can be used as a CORE Social Sciences course or as a CLAS Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

Experiential & Individualized Learning: Experiential Learning classes provide an opportunity to engage in personalized learning through practical experiences like research, independent studies, and internships with the support and collaboration from a designated faculty member in your major or minor program.

Internship
Catalog Number 3939
Subject prefix will reflect your specific program such as PSCI 3939 or COMM 3939.
Spring, Summer and Fall terms

An internship at CU Denver is a supervised work experience, often for-credit, that allows students to apply classroom knowledge in a professional setting, develop career skills, and build professional networks. The CU Denver Experiential Learning Center ("ELC") provides information, resources and assistance with searching for and applying for internships. All students must meet with an internship advisor in ELC to get enrolled to receive academic credit. You need to review www.ucdenver.edu/lynxconnect/internships/students for information and complete the internship workshop to begin the process.
Work directly with your Major or Minor Faculty Advisor to determine applicability of internship credit in your specific major or minor program. Repeatable for up to a maximum of 9 credit hours. Students must have junior standing and at least a 2.75 CU GPA and must work with an internship advisor in the Experiential Learning Center, 303-315-4000, Experiential.Learning@ucdenver.edu, to complete a course contract and gain approval for academic credit.

Independent Study
Catalog Number 4840 or 3840 or 2840
Subject prefix will reflect your specific program e.g. PSYC 4840 or BIOL 2840.
Spring, Summer and Fall terms

Independent Study offers you the opportunity to study specific topics working directly with a faculty member in your major or minor program. To get enrolled for credit, you must have a 2.5 or higher CU GPA and you need to work with your instructor to get a Special Processing Form completed. After you and the professor complete the form, the completed/signed form must be submitted to CLAS.Advising@UCDenver.edu for processing. Watch your email for information on how to enroll.
Work directly with your Major or Minor Faculty Advisor to determine applicability of independent study credit in your specific major or minor program. Repeatable for up to a maximum specified number credit hours depending on course subject prefix. IMPORTANT: It is your responsibility as the student to know how many max hours you can earn/use in the specific Independent Study you are signing up for. You, the student, must review the catalog entry and pay attention to the “Max Hours” listed. You will never earn more than this maximum over any number of attempts.

Directed Research
Catalog Number 4880 or 3880 or 2880
Subject prefix will reflect your specific program e.g. CHEM 4880 or PSYC 2880.
Spring, Summer and Fall terms

Directed Research offers you the opportunity to earn credit while conducting research working directly with a faculty member in your major or minor program. To get enrolled for credit, you must have a 2.5 or higher CU GPA and you need to work with your instructor to get a Special Processing Form completed. After you and the professor complete the form, the completed/signed form must be submitted to CLAS.Advising@UCDenver.edu for processing. Watch your email for information on how to enroll.
Work directly with your Major or Minor Faculty Advisor to determine applicability of directed research credit in your specific major or minor program. Repeatable for up to a maximum specified number credit hours depending on course subject prefix. IMPORTANT: It is your responsibility as the student to know how many max hours you can earn/use in the specific Directed Research you are signing up for. You, the student, must review the catalog entry and pay attention to the “Max Hours” listed. You will never earn more than this maximum over any number of attempts.

Fall 2026

Fall 2026 Enrollment starts in Late March.

Your Fall shopping cart is open in UCDAccess now, so you need to create your Fall course schedule now so you can enroll in late March or April.
Review your degree audit, clear any registration holds, discuss your degree plan with your major advisors, and plan your upcoming terms now.
- See ADVISING STEPS and HOW TO REGISTER FOR CLASSES.
- NOW: You need to review your degree audit and work with your Major Faculty Advisor to plan your degree.
- Clear any registration holds so you are ready to enroll in March.
Review your CORE Requirements with your assigned CLAS Academic Advisor. Students graduating in Fall 2026 or in a later term will not need the "GRADUATION REQUIREMENT: CLAS" course requirements listed in the degree audit - ask your CLAS Advisor about your specific requirements.
Contact CLAS Advising, CLAS.Advising@UCDenver.edu, 303-315-7100, with questions.
GRADUATING? If you are completing your degree requirements in Fall 2026, you must apply for graduation in UCDAccess in April-August.
- HOW TO APPLY FOR FALL GRADUATION: After March 30, log into UCDAccess, find your "Student Center,” select “Academics," then select "Application for graduation." --- Apply before census date deadline.
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BIOL 1400 Biology for All
Fall 2026 Online

For students who are not majoring in science, BIOL 1400 focuses on how biology impacts our lives. Foundational concepts (DNA, evolution, and ecology) will be applied to current events. Combine with BIOL 1401 Biology for All Laboratory (Online) to earn CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab credit.
BIOL 1400 can be used as a CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. You can take BIOL 1401 lab with BIOL 1400 for CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab credit. Students may not receive credit for BIOL 1400 if they have already received credit for BIOL 2010(2051) or BIOL 2020(2061). No co-credit with BIOL 1550. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

COMM 1011 Communication and Communities
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

All day, every day, we communicate with others. This survey class teaches students the fundamental roles communication plays in our everyday lives, work places, communities, and interpersonal relationships. The course foregrounds the ways different communities practice different methods of communication.
COMM 1011 can be used as a CORE Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

LING 2000 Foundations of Linguistics
Fall 2026 In-Person

In LING 2000, students will explore the foundations of the scientific study of language. Examines core areas within theoretical linguisitics, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, language acquisition, and writing systems, using a variety of languages.
LING 2000 can be used as a CORE Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

RLST 2660 World Religions
Fall 2026 Online

Provides an introduction to the basic beliefs and concepts of the world's great religious traditions. Covers the history, development, belief patterns, and institutional forms of the world's religions, including Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism and Shintoism.
RLST 2660 can be used as a CORE Humanities course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

PHIL 1020 Right, Wrong, and Seeing the Difference: Introduction to Ethics
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

We’re commonly told to “do the right thing,” and everybody seems to agree that we should. But what is right? What is wrong? How can we see and know the difference? This course helps students examine and analyze the ethical concepts, situations, and problems raised by these fundamental questions. Specific problems will vary with contemporary concerns, e.g., poverty, war, injustice, famine, abortion, punishment, and environmental sustainability. The course goal is to help students sharpen their ethical reasoning skills so they can better navigate and contribute to the ethical, social, and political arenas in which they will live their lives.
PHIL 1020 can be used as a CORE Humanities course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

PHYS 1052 General Astronomy I
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

The history of astronomy is studied from early civilizations to the present. The basic motions of the earth, moon, sun, and planets are discussed both qualitatively and quantitatively, using elementary principles of physics. Properties of our solar system are discussed in detail, including results from unmanned space probes. IMPORTANT: 30 hours of laboratory work (at times to be arranged) along with appropriate report preparation time are required to complete the laboratory component of the course. High school algebra or equivalent is strongly recommended preparation for this course.
PHYS 1052 can be used as a CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab or as 4 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs but high school algebra or equivalent is strongly recommended as preparation for this course.

GEOG 1602 Urban Studies and Planning
Fall 2026 In-Person

Surveys the process of urbanization, emphasizing the development of American cities, using Denver as an example. Topics covered include: evolution of metropolitan form/land use patterns, cultural landscape formation, city planning and architectural design, and urban social and policy issues. Note: This course is a prerequisite for GEOG 4680 Urban Sustainability: Perspectives and Practice AND GEOG 4640 Urban Geography Denver and the US.
GEOG 1602 can be used as a CORE Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

INTS 2020 Foundations of International Studies
Fall 2026 In-Person

Through a combination of lecture, discussion, and hands-on learning activities, students will develop skills and abilities necessary for academic and professional success in the international studies arena, especially critical thinking, connection building, conceptual understanding, and cultural awareness. The course is structured in three phases: (1) core interdisciplinary concepts; (2) regional foci; and (3) global issues.
INTS 2020 can be used as a CORE International Perspectives course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Note: Students may not receive credit for INTS 2020 if they have already received credit for INTS 2000. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ENGL 2156 Introduction to Creative Writing
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

Students in this course participate in reading, discussing, writing short fiction and poetry in a workshop setting. This course assumes that students have completed ENGL 1020.
ENGL 2156 can be used as a CORE Arts course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs but assumes you have a C- or better in ENGL 1020.

GEOL 1073 Physical Geology: Surface Processes
GEOL 1074 Physical Geology: Surface Processes Lab
Fall 2026 Online

This course and required accompanying lab helps student develop a basic understanding of surface processes and landforms in geology. An all-day field trip is part of the course.
GEOL 1073 and GEOL 1074 can be used as a CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab or as 4 hours of lower-division elective credit. If you have credit in GEOL 1072, you will not earn new credit in GEOL 1073+1074 Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ECON 2022 Principles of Economics: Microeconomics
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

Topics include price determination in a market system composed of households and firms: resource allocation and efficiency of various market structures, plus others at the discretion of the instructor. Note: Complementary to and normally taken following ECON 2012 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics. ECON 2012 is not a prerequisite for ECON 2022.
ECON 2022 can be used as a CORE Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ANTH 1302 Introduction to Archaeology
Fall 2026 In-Person

Introduces the study of past cultures and their environments. Emphasis is on the scientific method, aspects of research design and analytical techniques used by archaeologists to determine chronology, taphonomy, source production areas, exchange networks, and human-environment interactions. This 4-credit course includes three hours of lecture and a two-hour lab each week.
ANTH 1302 can be used as a CORE Behavioral Sciences course or as 4 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ETST 2357 Asian American & Pacific Islander Cultures
Fall 2026 Online

This is an introductory course that will examine how Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have been represented in American popular culture and how Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have sought to challenge and complicate those dominant cultural images to define themselves and their diverse experiences.
ETST 2357 can be used as a CORE Humanities course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

Upper-Division Minimum Requirement: CLAS BA & BS students graduating in Fall 2026 or in a later term must earn at least 30 hours in courses taken as upper-division (CU Denver upper-division courses are numbered 3000-or-higher). You need to ask your CLAS Advisor to review your specific CLAS graduation requirements.

ETST 3036 American Indian Cultural Images
Fall 2026 Online

Analysis of images and perceptions of American Indians in American culture, as seen in politics, education, film, photography, advertising, art, literature and the media. Note: Students may not earn credit for this course if they have earned credit for ETST 2036.
ETST 3036 can be used as a CORE Cultural Diversity course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. If you have credit in ETST 2036, you will not earn new credit for ETST 3036. No prereqs.

GEOG 3412 Globalization and Regional Development
Fall 2026 In-Person

Addresses global political-restructuring and its implications for regional development in the U.S. Both historical and contemporary processes of globalization are examined. Topics include: the environmental basis of American industrial growth, the relationship between technological change and geographical shifts, the rise and decline of Fordism, the transfer of Japanese manufacturing methods to the U.S., the role of regional and national industrial policy, and the social consequences of globalization for labor and communities.
GEOG 3412 can be used as a CORE International Perspectives course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Note: This course may count for the International Studies major or minor. Students will not earn credit for GEOG 3412 if they have already earned credit for GEOG 3411. See your INTS advisor for more information. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

Internship
Catalog Number 3939
Subject prefix will reflect your specific program such as PSCI 3939 or COMM 3939.
Spring, Summer and Fall terms

An internship at CU Denver is a supervised work experience, often for-credit, that allows students to apply classroom knowledge in a professional setting, develop career skills, and build professional networks. The CU Denver Experiential Learning Center ("ELC") provides information, resources and assistance with searching for and applying for internships. All students must meet with an internship advisor in ELC to get enrolled to receive academic credit. You need to review www.ucdenver.edu/lynxconnect/internships/students for information and complete the internship workshop to begin the process.
Work directly with your Major or Minor Faculty Advisor to determine applicability of internship credit in your specific major or minor program. Repeatable for up to a maximum of 9 credit hours. Students must have junior standing and at least a 2.75 CU GPA and must work with an internship advisor in the Experiential Learning Center, 303-315-4000, Experiential.Learning@ucdenver.edu, to complete a course contract and gain approval for academic credit.

RLST 3800 Spirituality and Ecology in Global Societies
Fall 2026 Zoom

This course, meeting over Zoom at scheduled course time weekly, will examine the historical and contemporary attitudes and actions of religion in responding to the societal impacts of environmental concerns. We will investigate four worldviews in particular: indigenous traditions, Christianity, Judaism and Buddhism, and also consider how these traditions interact with public policy debates and their position on social justice and environmental issues. Religions both create and mitigate conflict. This course will consider ethical and moral approaches, philosophical principles and social movements including ecofeminism and ethics to provide tools for dialogue and critical thinking around ecological challenges.
RLST 3800 can be used as a CORE Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ENGL 3084 Digital Writing and Storytelling
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

Juniors and Seniors can take this course for opportunities to examine and create compositions where language is integrated with other media, such as video, still images, music, etc. Includes basic instruction in digital multimedia composition and design tools. ENGL 2070 recommended.
ENGL 3084 can be used as a CORE Arts course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Open to students with 60 or more hours earned.

ETST 3704 Culture, Racism and Alienation
Fall 2026 In-Person

In ETST 3704, students will examine the effects of racism on the personality of participants in racist cultures. This upper-division course is open to students from Freshmen through Seniors.
ETST 3704 can be used as a CORE Cultural Diversity course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

HIST 3349 Social Movements in 20th Century America
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

By surveying 20th Century American social movements, this course will explore how Americans have created categories of race, ethnicity, culture, and sexuality and how elite and marginalized citizens have deployed these categories in politics.
HIST 3349 can be used as a CORE Cultural Diversity course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

HIST 3121 The World at War, 1914-1945
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

Examines World Wars I and II as episodes in a protracted conflict among the nations of the capitalist West, the emerging states of Asia and the colonial world, and the USSR. Studies the causes and consequences of the wars.
HIST 3121 can be used as a CORE International Perspectives course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Note: This course may count for the International Studies major or minor. See your INTS advisor for more information. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ENGL 3084 Digital Writing and Storytelling
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

Juniors and Seniors can take this course for opportunities to examine and create compositions where language is integrated with other media, such as video, still images, music, etc. Includes basic instruction in digital multimedia composition and design tools. ENGL 2070 recommended.
ENGL 3084 can be used as a CORE Arts course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Open to students with 60 or more hours earned.

ENGL 2156 Introduction to Creative Writing
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

Students in this course participate in reading, discussing, writing short fiction and poetry in a workshop setting. This course assumes that students have completed ENGL 1020.
ENGL 2156 can be used as a CORE Arts course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs but assumes you have a C- or better in ENGL 1020.

ANTH 1302 Introduction to Archaeology
Fall 2026 In-Person

Introduces the study of past cultures and their environments. Emphasis is on the scientific method, aspects of research design and analytical techniques used by archaeologists to determine chronology, taphonomy, source production areas, exchange networks, and human-environment interactions. This 4-credit course includes three hours of lecture and a two-hour lab each week.
ANTH 1302 can be used as a CORE Behavioral Sciences course or as 4 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

COMM 1011 Communication and Communities
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

All day, every day, we communicate with others. This survey class teaches students the fundamental roles communication plays in our everyday lives, work places, communities, and interpersonal relationships. The course foregrounds the ways different communities practice different methods of communication.
COMM 1011 can be used as a CORE Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

LING 2000 Foundations of Linguistics
Fall 2026 In-Person

In LING 2000, students will explore the foundations of the scientific study of language. Examines core areas within theoretical linguisitics, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, language acquisition, and writing systems, using a variety of languages.
LING 2000 can be used as a CORE Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

HIST 3349 Social Movements in 20th Century America
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

By surveying 20th Century American social movements, this course will explore how Americans have created categories of race, ethnicity, culture, and sexuality and how elite and marginalized citizens have deployed these categories in politics.
HIST 3349 can be used as a CORE Cultural Diversity course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ETST 3036 American Indian Cultural Images
Fall 2026 Online

Analysis of images and perceptions of American Indians in American culture, as seen in politics, education, film, photography, advertising, art, literature and the media. Note: Students may not earn credit for this course if they have earned credit for ETST 2036.
ETST 3036 can be used as a CORE Cultural Diversity course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. If you have credit in ETST 2036, you will not earn new credit for ETST 3036. No prereqs.

ETST 3704 Culture, Racism and Alienation
Fall 2026 In-Person

In ETST 3704, students will examine the effects of racism on the personality of participants in racist cultures. This upper-division course is open to students from Freshmen through Seniors.
ETST 3704 can be used as a CORE Cultural Diversity course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

RLST 2660 World Religions
Fall 2026 Online

Provides an introduction to the basic beliefs and concepts of the world's great religious traditions. Covers the history, development, belief patterns, and institutional forms of the world's religions, including Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism and Shintoism.
RLST 2660 can be used as a CORE Humanities course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ETST 2357 Asian American & Pacific Islander Cultures
Fall 2026 Online

This is an introductory course that will examine how Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have been represented in American popular culture and how Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have sought to challenge and complicate those dominant cultural images to define themselves and their diverse experiences.
ETST 2357 can be used as a CORE Humanities course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

PHIL 1020 Right, Wrong, and Seeing the Difference: Introduction to Ethics
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

We’re commonly told to “do the right thing,” and everybody seems to agree that we should. But what is right? What is wrong? How can we see and know the difference? This course helps students examine and analyze the ethical concepts, situations, and problems raised by these fundamental questions. Specific problems will vary with contemporary concerns, e.g., poverty, war, injustice, famine, abortion, punishment, and environmental sustainability. The course goal is to help students sharpen their ethical reasoning skills so they can better navigate and contribute to the ethical, social, and political arenas in which they will live their lives.
PHIL 1020 can be used as a CORE Humanities course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

GEOG 3412 Globalization and Regional Development
Fall 2026 In-Person

Addresses global political-restructuring and its implications for regional development in the U.S. Both historical and contemporary processes of globalization are examined. Topics include: the environmental basis of American industrial growth, the relationship between technological change and geographical shifts, the rise and decline of Fordism, the transfer of Japanese manufacturing methods to the U.S., the role of regional and national industrial policy, and the social consequences of globalization for labor and communities.
GEOG 3412 can be used as a CORE International Perspectives course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Note: This course may count for the International Studies major or minor. Students will not earn credit for GEOG 3412 if they have already earned credit for GEOG 3411. See your INTS advisor for more information. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

HIST 3121 The World at War, 1914-1945
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

Examines World Wars I and II as episodes in a protracted conflict among the nations of the capitalist West, the emerging states of Asia and the colonial world, and the USSR. Studies the causes and consequences of the wars.
HIST 3121 can be used as a CORE International Perspectives course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Note: This course may count for the International Studies major or minor. See your INTS advisor for more information. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

INTS 2020 Foundations of International Studies
Fall 2026 In-Person

Through a combination of lecture, discussion, and hands-on learning activities, students will develop skills and abilities necessary for academic and professional success in the international studies arena, especially critical thinking, connection building, conceptual understanding, and cultural awareness. The course is structured in three phases: (1) core interdisciplinary concepts; (2) regional foci; and (3) global issues.
INTS 2020 can be used as a CORE International Perspectives course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Note: Students may not receive credit for INTS 2020 if they have already received credit for INTS 2000. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

BIOL 1400 Biology for All
Fall 2026 Online

For students who are not majoring in science, BIOL 1400 focuses on how biology impacts our lives. Foundational concepts (DNA, evolution, and ecology) will be applied to current events. Combine with BIOL 1401 Biology for All Laboratory (Online) to earn CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab credit.
BIOL 1400 can be used as a CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. You can take BIOL 1401 lab with BIOL 1400 for CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab credit. Students may not receive credit for BIOL 1400 if they have already received credit for BIOL 2010(2051) or BIOL 2020(2061). No co-credit with BIOL 1550. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

PHYS 1052 General Astronomy I
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

The history of astronomy is studied from early civilizations to the present. The basic motions of the earth, moon, sun, and planets are discussed both qualitatively and quantitatively, using elementary principles of physics. Properties of our solar system are discussed in detail, including results from unmanned space probes. IMPORTANT: 30 hours of laboratory work (at times to be arranged) along with appropriate report preparation time are required to complete the laboratory component of the course. High school algebra or equivalent is strongly recommended preparation for this course.
PHYS 1052 can be used as a CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab or as 4 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs but high school algebra or equivalent is strongly recommended as preparation for this course.

GEOL 1073 Physical Geology: Surface Processes
GEOL 1074 Physical Geology: Surface Processes Lab
Fall 2026 Online

This course and required accompanying lab helps student develop a basic understanding of surface processes and landforms in geology. An all-day field trip is part of the course.
GEOL 1073 and GEOL 1074 can be used as a CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab or as 4 hours of lower-division elective credit. If you have credit in GEOL 1072, you will not earn new credit in GEOL 1073+1074 Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ECON 2022 Principles of Economics: Microeconomics
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

Topics include price determination in a market system composed of households and firms: resource allocation and efficiency of various market structures, plus others at the discretion of the instructor. Note: Complementary to and normally taken following ECON 2012 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics. ECON 2012 is not a prerequisite for ECON 2022.
ECON 2022 can be used as a CORE Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

GEOG 1602 Urban Studies and Planning
Fall 2026 In-Person

Surveys the process of urbanization, emphasizing the development of American cities, using Denver as an example. Topics covered include: evolution of metropolitan form/land use patterns, cultural landscape formation, city planning and architectural design, and urban social and policy issues. Note: This course is a prerequisite for GEOG 4680 Urban Sustainability: Perspectives and Practice AND GEOG 4640 Urban Geography Denver and the US.
GEOG 1602 can be used as a CORE Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

RLST 3800 Spirituality and Ecology in Global Societies
Fall 2026 Zoom

This course, meeting over Zoom at scheduled course time weekly, will examine the historical and contemporary attitudes and actions of religion in responding to the societal impacts of environmental concerns. We will investigate four worldviews in particular: indigenous traditions, Christianity, Judaism and Buddhism, and also consider how these traditions interact with public policy debates and their position on social justice and environmental issues. Religions both create and mitigate conflict. This course will consider ethical and moral approaches, philosophical principles and social movements including ecofeminism and ethics to provide tools for dialogue and critical thinking around ecological challenges.
RLST 3800 can be used as a CORE Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

Online Asynchrounous Courses: CU Denver asynchrounous online courses have no scheduled class times. CU Denver Online courses are accessed through Canvas at http://ucdenver.instructure.com.

ENGL 2156 Introduction to Creative Writing
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

Students in this course participate in reading, discussing, writing short fiction and poetry in a workshop setting. This course assumes that students have completed ENGL 1020.
ENGL 2156 can be used as a CORE Arts course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs but assumes you have a C- or better in ENGL 1020.

ENGL 3084 Digital Writing and Storytelling
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

Juniors and Seniors can take this course for opportunities to examine and create compositions where language is integrated with other media, such as video, still images, music, etc. Includes basic instruction in digital multimedia composition and design tools. ENGL 2070 recommended.
ENGL 3084 can be used as a CORE Arts course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Open to students with 60 or more hours earned.

PHIL 1020 Right, Wrong, and Seeing the Difference: Introduction to Ethics
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

We’re commonly told to “do the right thing,” and everybody seems to agree that we should. But what is right? What is wrong? How can we see and know the difference? This course helps students examine and analyze the ethical concepts, situations, and problems raised by these fundamental questions. Specific problems will vary with contemporary concerns, e.g., poverty, war, injustice, famine, abortion, punishment, and environmental sustainability. The course goal is to help students sharpen their ethical reasoning skills so they can better navigate and contribute to the ethical, social, and political arenas in which they will live their lives.
PHIL 1020 can be used as a CORE Humanities course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ETST 2357 Asian American & Pacific Islander Cultures
Fall 2026 Online

This is an introductory course that will examine how Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have been represented in American popular culture and how Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have sought to challenge and complicate those dominant cultural images to define themselves and their diverse experiences.
ETST 2357 can be used as a CORE Humanities course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

BIOL 1400 Biology for All
Fall 2026 Online

For students who are not majoring in science, BIOL 1400 focuses on how biology impacts our lives. Foundational concepts (DNA, evolution, and ecology) will be applied to current events. Combine with BIOL 1401 Biology for All Laboratory (Online) to earn CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab credit.
BIOL 1400 can be used as a CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. You can take BIOL 1401 lab with BIOL 1400 for CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab credit. Students may not receive credit for BIOL 1400 if they have already received credit for BIOL 2010(2051) or BIOL 2020(2061). No co-credit with BIOL 1550. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

HIST 3349 Social Movements in 20th Century America
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

By surveying 20th Century American social movements, this course will explore how Americans have created categories of race, ethnicity, culture, and sexuality and how elite and marginalized citizens have deployed these categories in politics.
HIST 3349 can be used as a CORE Cultural Diversity course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

GEOL 1073 Physical Geology: Surface Processes
GEOL 1074 Physical Geology: Surface Processes Lab
Fall 2026 Online

This course and required accompanying lab helps student develop a basic understanding of surface processes and landforms in geology. An all-day field trip is part of the course.
GEOL 1073 and GEOL 1074 can be used as a CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab or as 4 hours of lower-division elective credit. If you have credit in GEOL 1072, you will not earn new credit in GEOL 1073+1074 Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

RLST 2660 World Religions
Fall 2026 Online

Provides an introduction to the basic beliefs and concepts of the world's great religious traditions. Covers the history, development, belief patterns, and institutional forms of the world's religions, including Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism and Shintoism.
RLST 2660 can be used as a CORE Humanities course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ECON 2022 Principles of Economics: Microeconomics
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

Topics include price determination in a market system composed of households and firms: resource allocation and efficiency of various market structures, plus others at the discretion of the instructor. Note: Complementary to and normally taken following ECON 2012 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics. ECON 2012 is not a prerequisite for ECON 2022.
ECON 2022 can be used as a CORE Social Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

HIST 3121 The World at War, 1914-1945
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

Examines World Wars I and II as episodes in a protracted conflict among the nations of the capitalist West, the emerging states of Asia and the colonial world, and the USSR. Studies the causes and consequences of the wars.
HIST 3121 can be used as a CORE International Perspectives course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Note: This course may count for the International Studies major or minor. See your INTS advisor for more information. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

COMM 1011 Communication and Communities
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

All day, every day, we communicate with others. This survey class teaches students the fundamental roles communication plays in our everyday lives, work places, communities, and interpersonal relationships. The course foregrounds the ways different communities practice different methods of communication.
COMM 1011 can be used as a CORE Behavioral Sciences course or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs.

ETST 3036 American Indian Cultural Images
Fall 2026 Online

Analysis of images and perceptions of American Indians in American culture, as seen in politics, education, film, photography, advertising, art, literature and the media. Note: Students may not earn credit for this course if they have earned credit for ETST 2036.
ETST 3036 can be used as a CORE Cultural Diversity course or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. If you have credit in ETST 2036, you will not earn new credit for ETST 3036. No prereqs.

PHYS 1052 General Astronomy I
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

The history of astronomy is studied from early civilizations to the present. The basic motions of the earth, moon, sun, and planets are discussed both qualitatively and quantitatively, using elementary principles of physics. Properties of our solar system are discussed in detail, including results from unmanned space probes. IMPORTANT: 30 hours of laboratory work (at times to be arranged) along with appropriate report preparation time are required to complete the laboratory component of the course. High school algebra or equivalent is strongly recommended preparation for this course.
PHYS 1052 can be used as a CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab or as 4 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how any course might apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No prereqs but high school algebra or equivalent is strongly recommended as preparation for this course.

Internship
Catalog Number 3939
Subject prefix will reflect your specific program such as PSCI 3939 or COMM 3939.
Spring, Summer and Fall terms

An internship at CU Denver is a supervised work experience, often for-credit, that allows students to apply classroom knowledge in a professional setting, develop career skills, and build professional networks. The CU Denver Experiential Learning Center ("ELC") provides information, resources and assistance with searching for and applying for internships. All students must meet with an internship advisor in ELC to get enrolled to receive academic credit. You need to review www.ucdenver.edu/lynxconnect/internships/students for information and complete the internship workshop to begin the process.
Work directly with your Major or Minor Faculty Advisor to determine applicability of internship credit in your specific major or minor program. Repeatable for up to a maximum of 9 credit hours. Students must have junior standing and at least a 2.75 CU GPA and must work with an internship advisor in the Experiential Learning Center, 303-315-4000, Experiential.Learning@ucdenver.edu, to complete a course contract and gain approval for academic credit.

Directed Research
Catalog Number 4880 or 3880 or 2880
Subject prefix will reflect your specific program e.g. CHEM 4880 or PSYC 2880.
Spring, Summer and Fall terms

Directed Research offers you the opportunity to earn credit while conducting research working directly with a faculty member in your major or minor program. To get enrolled for credit, you must have a 2.5 or higher CU GPA and you need to work with your instructor to get a Special Processing Form completed. After you and the professor complete the form, the completed/signed form must be submitted to CLAS.Advising@UCDenver.edu for processing. Watch your email for information on how to enroll.
Work directly with your Major or Minor Faculty Advisor to determine applicability of directed research credit in your specific major or minor program. Repeatable for up to a maximum specified number credit hours depending on course subject prefix. IMPORTANT: It is your responsibility as the student to know how many max hours you can earn/use in the specific Directed Research you are signing up for. You, the student, must review the catalog entry and pay attention to the “Max Hours” listed. You will never earn more than this maximum over any number of attempts.

Independent Study
Catalog Number 4840 or 3840 or 2840
Subject prefix will reflect your specific program e.g. PSYC 4840 or BIOL 2840.
Spring, Summer and Fall terms

Independent Study offers you the opportunity to study specific topics working directly with a faculty member in your major or minor program. To get enrolled for credit, you must have a 2.5 or higher CU GPA and you need to work with your instructor to get a Special Processing Form completed. After you and the professor complete the form, the completed/signed form must be submitted to CLAS.Advising@UCDenver.edu for processing. Watch your email for information on how to enroll.
Work directly with your Major or Minor Faculty Advisor to determine applicability of independent study credit in your specific major or minor program. Repeatable for up to a maximum specified number credit hours depending on course subject prefix. IMPORTANT: It is your responsibility as the student to know how many max hours you can earn/use in the specific Independent Study you are signing up for. You, the student, must review the catalog entry and pay attention to the “Max Hours” listed. You will never earn more than this maximum over any number of attempts.

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Summer 2026 & Maymester 2026

Summer 2026/Maymester 2026 Enrollment is now through May.

COMM 1021 Introduction to Media Studies Summer 2026 Online

SJUS 2000 Foundations in Social Justice Summer 2026 Maymester In-Person/Hybrid

ENGL 2156 Introduction to Creative Writing Summer 2026 Online

RLST 1610 Introduction to Religious Studies Summer 2026 Online

ECON 2012 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics Summer 2026 Online -or- In-Person

ENVS 1044 + ENVS 1045 Introduction to Environmental Sciences Summer 2026 Online

ANTH 2102 Culture and the Human Experience Summer 2026 Online

PHIL 2441 Logic, Language and Scientific Reasoning Summer 2026 Online or In-Person

CHEM 1000 Foundations for General Chemistry Summer 2026 Online

ANTH 3072 Lost Worlds and Crystal Skulls Summer 2026 Online

ENGL 3084 Digital Writing and Storytelling Summer 2026 Online

SOCY 3720 Global Perspectives on Social Issues Summer 2026 Online or Maymester Online

GEOG 4750 Beeography: Geography of Bees Summer 2026 Maymester In-Person

ETST 3704 Culture, Racism and Alienation Summer 2026 Online

HIST 3121 The World at War, 1914-1945 Summer 2026 Online

Internship Catalog Number 3939 Subject prefix will reflect your specific program such as PSCI 3939 or COMM 3939. Spring, Summer and Fall terms

PSYC 4485 Psychology of Cultural Diversity Summer 2026 Online -or- Maymester Online

SJUS 2000 Foundations in Social Justice Summer 2026 Maymester In-Person/Hybrid

PSYC 4485 Psychology of Cultural Diversity Summer 2026 Online -or- Maymester Online

SOCY 3720 Global Perspectives on Social Issues Summer 2026 Online or Maymester Online

GEOG 4750 Beeography: Geography of Bees Summer 2026 Maymester In-Person

ENGL 2156 Introduction to Creative Writing Summer 2026 Online

ENGL 3084 Digital Writing and Storytelling Summer 2026 Online

ANTH 2102 Culture and the Human Experience Summer 2026 Online

COMM 1021 Introduction to Media Studies Summer 2026 Online

PSYC 4485 Psychology of Cultural Diversity Summer 2026 Online -or- Maymester Online

ETST 3704 Culture, Racism and Alienation Summer 2026 Online

RLST 1610 Introduction to Religious Studies Summer 2026 Online

PHIL 2441 Logic, Language and Scientific Reasoning Summer 2026 Online or In-Person

SOCY 3720 Global Perspectives on Social Issues Summer 2026 Online or Maymester Online

HIST 3121 The World at War, 1914-1945 Summer 2026 Online

ANTH 3072 Lost Worlds and Crystal Skulls Summer 2026 Online

ENVS 1044 + ENVS 1045 Introduction to Environmental Sciences Summer 2026 Online

ECON 2012 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics Summer 2026 Online -or- In-Person

SJUS 2000 Foundations in Social Justice Summer 2026 Maymester In-Person/Hybrid

ANTH 2102 Culture and the Human Experience Summer 2026 Online

COMM 1021 Introduction to Media Studies Summer 2026 Online

PSYC 4485 Psychology of Cultural Diversity Summer 2026 Online -or- Maymester Online

ANTH 3072 Lost Worlds and Crystal Skulls Summer 2026 Online

ENGL 3084 Digital Writing and Storytelling Summer 2026 Online

PHIL 2441 Logic, Language and Scientific Reasoning Summer 2026 Online or In-Person

PHIL 2441 Logic, Language and Scientific Reasoning Summer 2026 Online or In-Person

ENGL 2156 Introduction to Creative Writing Summer 2026 Online

HIST 3121 The World at War, 1914-1945 Summer 2026 Online

RLST 1610 Introduction to Religious Studies Summer 2026 Online

ENGL 3084 Digital Writing and Storytelling Summer 2026 Online

ENVS 1044 + ENVS 1045 Introduction to Environmental Sciences Summer 2026 Online

CHEM 1000 Foundations for General Chemistry Summer 2026 Online

ANTH 3072 Lost Worlds and Crystal Skulls Summer 2026 Online

ETST 3704 Culture, Racism and Alienation Summer 2026 Online

SJUS 2000 Foundations in Social Justice Summer 2026 Maymester In-Person/Hybrid

GEOG 4750 Beeography: Geography of Bees Summer 2026 Maymester In-Person

ECON 2012 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics Summer 2026 Online -or- In-Person

SOCY 3720 Global Perspectives on Social Issues Summer 2026 Online or Maymester Online

CHEM 1000 Foundations for General Chemistry Summer 2026 Online

ENGL 3084 Digital Writing and Storytelling Summer 2026 Online

COMM 1021 Introduction to Media Studies Summer 2026 Online

RLST 1610 Introduction to Religious Studies Summer 2026 Online

PSYC 4485 Psychology of Cultural Diversity Summer 2026 Online -or- Maymester Online

PHIL 2441 Logic, Language and Scientific Reasoning Summer 2026 Online or In-Person

ENVS 1044 + ENVS 1045 Introduction to Environmental Sciences Summer 2026 Online

ANTH 3072 Lost Worlds and Crystal Skulls Summer 2026 Online

HIST 3121 The World at War, 1914-1945 Summer 2026 Online

SOCY 3720 Global Perspectives on Social Issues Summer 2026 Online or Maymester Online

ETST 3704 Culture, Racism and Alienation Summer 2026 Online

ANTH 2102 Culture and the Human Experience Summer 2026 Online

ENGL 2156 Introduction to Creative Writing Summer 2026 Online

ECON 2012 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics Summer 2026 Online -or- In-Person

Internship Catalog Number 3939 Subject prefix will reflect your specific program such as PSCI 3939 or COMM 3939. Spring, Summer and Fall terms

Independent Study Catalog Number 4840 or 3840 or 2840 Subject prefix will reflect your specific program e.g. PSYC 4840 or BIOL 2840. Spring, Summer and Fall terms

Directed Research Catalog Number 4880 or 3880 or 2880 Subject prefix will reflect your specific program e.g. CHEM 4880 or PSYC 2880. Spring, Summer and Fall terms

Fall 2026

Fall 2026 Enrollment starts in Late March.

BIOL 1400 Biology for All Fall 2026 Online

COMM 1021 Introduction to Media Studies
Summer 2026 Online

SJUS 2000 Foundations in Social Justice
Summer 2026 Maymester In-Person/Hybrid

ENGL 2156 Introduction to Creative Writing
Summer 2026 Online

RLST 1610 Introduction to Religious Studies
Summer 2026 Online

ECON 2012 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
Summer 2026 Online -or- In-Person

ENVS 1044 + ENVS 1045 Introduction to Environmental Sciences
Summer 2026 Online

ANTH 2102 Culture and the Human Experience
Summer 2026 Online

PHIL 2441 Logic, Language and Scientific Reasoning
Summer 2026 Online or In-Person

CHEM 1000 Foundations for General Chemistry
Summer 2026 Online

ANTH 3072 Lost Worlds and Crystal Skulls
Summer 2026 Online

ENGL 3084 Digital Writing and Storytelling
Summer 2026 Online

SOCY 3720 Global Perspectives on Social Issues
Summer 2026 Online or Maymester Online

GEOG 4750 Beeography: Geography of Bees
Summer 2026 Maymester In-Person

ETST 3704 Culture, Racism and Alienation
Summer 2026 Online

HIST 3121 The World at War, 1914-1945
Summer 2026 Online

Internship
Catalog Number 3939
Subject prefix will reflect your specific program such as PSCI 3939 or COMM 3939.
Spring, Summer and Fall terms

PSYC 4485 Psychology of Cultural Diversity
Summer 2026 Online -or- Maymester Online

SJUS 2000 Foundations in Social Justice
Summer 2026 Maymester In-Person/Hybrid

PSYC 4485 Psychology of Cultural Diversity
Summer 2026 Online -or- Maymester Online

SOCY 3720 Global Perspectives on Social Issues
Summer 2026 Online or Maymester Online

GEOG 4750 Beeography: Geography of Bees
Summer 2026 Maymester In-Person

ENGL 2156 Introduction to Creative Writing
Summer 2026 Online

ENGL 3084 Digital Writing and Storytelling
Summer 2026 Online

ANTH 2102 Culture and the Human Experience
Summer 2026 Online

COMM 1021 Introduction to Media Studies
Summer 2026 Online

PSYC 4485 Psychology of Cultural Diversity
Summer 2026 Online -or- Maymester Online

ETST 3704 Culture, Racism and Alienation
Summer 2026 Online

RLST 1610 Introduction to Religious Studies
Summer 2026 Online

PHIL 2441 Logic, Language and Scientific Reasoning
Summer 2026 Online or In-Person

SOCY 3720 Global Perspectives on Social Issues
Summer 2026 Online or Maymester Online

HIST 3121 The World at War, 1914-1945
Summer 2026 Online

ANTH 3072 Lost Worlds and Crystal Skulls
Summer 2026 Online

ENVS 1044 + ENVS 1045 Introduction to Environmental Sciences
Summer 2026 Online

ECON 2012 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
Summer 2026 Online -or- In-Person

SJUS 2000 Foundations in Social Justice
Summer 2026 Maymester In-Person/Hybrid

ANTH 2102 Culture and the Human Experience
Summer 2026 Online

COMM 1021 Introduction to Media Studies
Summer 2026 Online

PSYC 4485 Psychology of Cultural Diversity
Summer 2026 Online -or- Maymester Online

ANTH 3072 Lost Worlds and Crystal Skulls
Summer 2026 Online

ENGL 3084 Digital Writing and Storytelling
Summer 2026 Online

PHIL 2441 Logic, Language and Scientific Reasoning
Summer 2026 Online or In-Person

PHIL 2441 Logic, Language and Scientific Reasoning
Summer 2026 Online or In-Person

ENGL 2156 Introduction to Creative Writing
Summer 2026 Online

HIST 3121 The World at War, 1914-1945
Summer 2026 Online

RLST 1610 Introduction to Religious Studies
Summer 2026 Online

ENGL 3084 Digital Writing and Storytelling
Summer 2026 Online

ENVS 1044 + ENVS 1045 Introduction to Environmental Sciences
Summer 2026 Online

CHEM 1000 Foundations for General Chemistry
Summer 2026 Online

ANTH 3072 Lost Worlds and Crystal Skulls
Summer 2026 Online

ETST 3704 Culture, Racism and Alienation
Summer 2026 Online

SJUS 2000 Foundations in Social Justice
Summer 2026 Maymester In-Person/Hybrid

GEOG 4750 Beeography: Geography of Bees
Summer 2026 Maymester In-Person

ECON 2012 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
Summer 2026 Online -or- In-Person

SOCY 3720 Global Perspectives on Social Issues
Summer 2026 Online or Maymester Online

CHEM 1000 Foundations for General Chemistry
Summer 2026 Online

ENGL 3084 Digital Writing and Storytelling
Summer 2026 Online

COMM 1021 Introduction to Media Studies
Summer 2026 Online

RLST 1610 Introduction to Religious Studies
Summer 2026 Online

PSYC 4485 Psychology of Cultural Diversity
Summer 2026 Online -or- Maymester Online

PHIL 2441 Logic, Language and Scientific Reasoning
Summer 2026 Online or In-Person

ENVS 1044 + ENVS 1045 Introduction to Environmental Sciences
Summer 2026 Online

ANTH 3072 Lost Worlds and Crystal Skulls
Summer 2026 Online

HIST 3121 The World at War, 1914-1945
Summer 2026 Online

SOCY 3720 Global Perspectives on Social Issues
Summer 2026 Online or Maymester Online

ETST 3704 Culture, Racism and Alienation
Summer 2026 Online

ANTH 2102 Culture and the Human Experience
Summer 2026 Online

ENGL 2156 Introduction to Creative Writing
Summer 2026 Online

ECON 2012 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
Summer 2026 Online -or- In-Person

Internship
Catalog Number 3939
Subject prefix will reflect your specific program such as PSCI 3939 or COMM 3939.
Spring, Summer and Fall terms

Independent Study
Catalog Number 4840 or 3840 or 2840
Subject prefix will reflect your specific program e.g. PSYC 4840 or BIOL 2840.
Spring, Summer and Fall terms

Directed Research
Catalog Number 4880 or 3880 or 2880
Subject prefix will reflect your specific program e.g. CHEM 4880 or PSYC 2880.
Spring, Summer and Fall terms

BIOL 1400 Biology for All
Fall 2026 Online

COMM 1011 Communication and Communities
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

LING 2000 Foundations of Linguistics
Fall 2026 In-Person

RLST 2660 World Religions
Fall 2026 Online

PHIL 1020 Right, Wrong, and Seeing the Difference: Introduction to Ethics
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

PHYS 1052 General Astronomy I
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person

GEOG 1602 Urban Studies and Planning
Fall 2026 In-Person

INTS 2020 Foundations of International Studies
Fall 2026 In-Person

ENGL 2156 Introduction to Creative Writing
Fall 2026 Online or In-Person