Breadcrumb
Spring 2024
- Spring 2024 Enrollment
- Lower-Division courses
- Upper-Division courses
- CORE Cultural Diversity
- CORE Humanities
- CORE International Perspectives
- CORE Natural & Physical Sciences
- CORE Social Sciences
- CLAS Behavioral Sciences
- CLAS Communicative Skills
- CLAS Humanities
- CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences
- CLAS Social Sciences
- Online Courses
Spring Enrollment/Add/Drop runs now through classes beginning in January.
- Be aware of Academic Dates and Deadlines: Spring 2024 PDF.
- Prepare to register: Review your degree audit, discuss your degree plan with your advisors, and create your class schedule by filling your shopping cart.
- See ADVISING STEPS and HOW TO REGISTER FOR CLASSES and enroll today.
- As a CLAS BA or BS degree-seeking student, you need to work with your major and minor faculty advisors to plan out major coursework.
- Review your CORE and CLAS Requirements with your assigned CLAS Academic Advisor.
- Contact CLAS Advising, CLAS_Advising@UCDenver.edu, 303-315-7100, with questions.
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Highlight Spotlights:
INTS 2020 Foundations of International Studies
Spring 2024 Hybrid (In-Person+Online)
- This course focuses on developing skills and abilities necessary for academic and professional success in the international studies arena. Through a combination of lecture, discussion, and hands-on learning activities, students will develop: an understanding of the regions, states, institutions, and non-state actors that shape the world; knowledge of influential trends in contemporary and historical perspective; awareness of global connections and interdependencies; an appreciation for the insights of various disciplines and the benefits of interdisciplinarity; critical thinking; and cultural awareness.
- This course can be used for your CORE International Perspectives requirement 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 it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs
GEOL 3032 Geology of Colorado
Spring 2024 Online
- Introductory online course focused on the geology of Colorado. The course is divided into two parts: the first half covers general principles of geology, and the second is devoted to the observation of rock types, structures, and geologic relationships in the field. Discussion of plate tectonics, rock formation, construction and interpretation of geologic maps, the geologic time scale, geologic provinces of Colorado, evolution of major landforms, formation and development of mineral resources of Colorado, and current topics in environmental geology.
- This non-lab course can be used for your as a CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences requirement if you have two courses-with-labs in CORE Natural & Physical Sciences or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs
CHEM 2600 Introductory Topics in Chemistry
Topic: Our Changing Atmosphere
Spring 2024 In-Person
- Designed primarily for non-chemistry majors, this course explores the chemistry of Earth's changing atmosphere. The material covered provides simple explanations of the scientific ideas needed to understand Global Change in the atmosphere and how the weather works. The scientific ideas are fascinating and they are relatively easy to grasp when explained in terms of what is familiar from everyday life.
- This course can be used as a non-lab course for your CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences requirement _if_ you have two courses-with-labs in CORE Natural & Physical Sciences or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
CHEM 1000 Foundations for General Chemistry
Spring 2024 In-Person
- 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. Enrollment in this course is strongly encouraged prior to enrollment in Chem 2031 if the student does not have a strong and recent background in general chemistry.
- This course can be used as a non-lab course for your CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences requirement _if_ you have two courses-with-labs in CORE Natural & Physical Sciences or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
CHEM 2600 Introductory Topics in Chemistry
Topic: Our Changing Atmosphere
Spring 2024 In-Person
- Designed primarily for non-chemistry majors, this course explores the chemistry of Earth's changing atmosphere. The material covered provides simple explanations of the scientific ideas needed to understand Global Change in the atmosphere and how the weather works. The scientific ideas are fascinating and they are relatively easy to grasp when explained in terms of what is familiar from everyday life.
- This course can be used as a non-lab course for your CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences requirement _if_ you have two courses-with-labs in CORE Natural & Physical Sciences or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
ENVS 1044-E01 Introduction to Environmental Sciences
with required lab ENVS 1045-E01 or ENVS 1045-E02 or ENVS 1045-E03 or ENVS 1045-E04
Spring 2024 Online (can be taken in-person as well)
- ENVS 1044 and ENVS 1045 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. If you enroll in ENVS 1044-E01 and one of the required online labs, then the lecture and lab are completely online, asynchronous courses (no required Zoom or face-to-face meetings). There is no lab kit or supplies for students to purchase, and there is no required lab manual.
- This course and required lab can be used for your CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab requirement or your CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab requirement or as 4 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
ENVS 1342 Environment, Society and Sustainability
Spring 2024 In-Person
- Overview of perspectives on environmental issues within the context of sustainable development and taking a systems approach. The focus is on social science approaches to explore the human footprint on the earth, environmentalism, scientific uncertainty, policy creation and social change.
- This course can be used for your CORE Social Sciences requirement or your CLAS Social Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
GEOG 1202 Introduction to Physical Geography
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- Are you interested in how our planet functions? How the weather shapes the land and how the land influences the weather? How the planet’s land masses formed, moved, were destroyed, and reformed? Then GEOG 1202 is for you! Topics include the fundamental features of day-to-day weather and global climate change; as well as how the continents were created (volcanoes, mountain-building, faulting), drifted (plate tectonics) and were eroded (by rain, rivers, ice, wind and waves) and ultimately recycled (subduction of continental plates into oceanic trenches). This course is a MUST for anyone interested in an introduction to the earth sciences.
- This course can be used as a non-lab course as CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-without-lab _or_ as a CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences requirement if you have two courses-with-labs in CORE Natural & Physical Sciences _or_ as a CLAS Social Sciences course. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
GEOG 1302 Introduction to Human Geography
Spring 2024 In-Person
- Do you seek critical perspectives on the difficult and complex problems that effect human well-being and environmental conditions in the world today? Human geography is a social science devoted to understanding the relationship between human societies and the Earth. It has two core areas of study. The first focuses on the interaction of people with nature, including the extraction of natural resources, the environmental impact of people and their activities, and the effects of natural forces on society. The second focuses on the spatial organization of societies and the construction of places, landscapes, and regions through human action and creativity. This course conducts a broad introduction to the main sub-fields within the discipline, including: population and migration; resource use and sustainability; culture and human landscapes; industrialization and uneven economic development; the political organization/reorganization of space; agriculture, rural livelihoods and food production; urbanization and urban life.
- This course can be used for your CORE Social Sciences requirement or your CLAS Social Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
GEOL 1202 Introduction to Oceanography
Spring 2024 Online
- This online course surveys modern scientific knowledge of the world's oceans. Intended for non-science students, the course offers a non-quantitative introduction to the major facts and principles of physical, chemical, biological, and geological oceanography. The impact of natural and anthropic events on the marine environment are included.
- This non-lab course can be used as your CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences requirement if you have two courses-with-labs in CORE Natural & Physical Sciences -or- as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
INTS 2020 Foundations of International Studies
Spring 2024 Hybrid (In-Person+Online)
- This course focuses on developing skills and abilities necessary for academic and professional success in the international studies arena. Through a combination of lecture, discussion, and hands-on learning activities, students will develop: an understanding of the regions, states, institutions, and non-state actors that shape the world; knowledge of influential trends in contemporary and historical perspective; awareness of global connections and interdependencies; an appreciation for the insights of various disciplines and the benefits of interdisciplinarity; critical thinking; and cultural awareness.
- This course can be used for your CORE International Perspectives requirement 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 it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs
PHIL 1012 Truth, Reality, and the Good Life: Introduction to Philosophy
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- We’re all trying to be our “best selves” to lead our “best lives.” Philosophy helps connect those everyday goals with our need to separate fact from propaganda and reality from fakery. This class takes you deeper into ideas you already care about and helps you connect them to everyday life.
- This course can be used for your CORE HUMANITIES requirement or your CLAS Humanities requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
PHIL 1020 Right, Wrong, and Seeing the Difference: Introduction to Ethics Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- “Do the right thing” — ok, but how can we see and know what that is? This course helps students develop ethical reasoning skills as we delve into life’s tricky situations and problems using sharp philosophical minds.
- This course can be used for your CORE HUMANITIES requirement or your CLAS Humanities requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
PHIL 2441 Logic, Language and Scientific Reasoning
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- Want to win friends and influence people? You need more than style, you need substance. This course will help you think clearly, argue convincingly, and also get a better grasp on what it means to investigate questions “scientifically.”
- This course can be used for your CORE Humanities requirement or your CLAS Communicative Skills requirement or your CLAS Humanities requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs
SOCY 1011 From Killer Apps to Killer Bots: Technology and Social Change
Spring 2024 Online
- How does technology mediate nearly all aspects of social life, from reproduction and parenting to crime control and heath care? A young college student updates her social media page to stay in touch with family and high school friends while making new friends on campus. An upstart automobile manufacturer builds a factory manned by robots to produce electronic vehicles designed to reduce the environmental impact of automobiles. The military deploys battalions of unmanned drones to engage with adversaries without risking the lives of their soldiers. This course is designed to provide students an introduction to the different social dimensions of technological innovation as well as the theoretical and methodological tools sociologists use to study them.
- This course can be used for your CORE Social Sciences requirement or for your CLAS Social Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
CLAS BA & BS students must earn at least 45 hours in courses taken as upper-division (CU Denver upper-division courses are numbered 3000-or-higher).
COMM 3271 Communication and Diversity
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- Is America a melting pot or a raging fire of animosity? This class explores the complexities of communication across diverse identities such as race, ethnicity, gender, and political affiliation, and attempts to seek common ground by understanding our unique identities.
- This course can be used for your CORE Cultural Diversity requirement or your CLAS Behavioral Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs
ETST 3272 Global Media
Spring 2024 Online
- Introduction to leading issues in the study of transnational media. The course will focus on the global media environment in the early 21st century, diverse countries, a variety of media, and social issues.
- This course can be used as your CORE International Perspectives requirement -or- as your CLAS Social Sciences requirement -or- as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
ETST 3704 Culture, Racism and Alienation
Spring 2024 In-Person or Online
- This course, available in-person or online, studies the effects of racism on the personality of participants in racist cultures.
- This course can be used as your CORE Cultural Diversity requirement -or- as your CLAS Social Sciences requirement -or- as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
GEOL 3032 Geology of Colorado
Spring 2024 Online
- Introductory online course focused on the geology of Colorado. The course is divided into two parts: the first half covers general principles of geology, and the second is devoted to the observation of rock types, structures, and geologic relationships in the field. Discussion of plate tectonics, rock formation, construction and interpretation of geologic maps, the geologic time scale, geologic provinces of Colorado, evolution of major landforms, formation and development of mineral resources of Colorado, and current topics in environmental geology.
- This non-lab course can be used for your as a CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences requirement if you have two courses-with-labs in CORE Natural & Physical Sciences or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs
PHIL 3500 Ideology and Culture: Racism and Sexism
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- Political action and protest around “racism” and “sexism” are all around us. This course considers these and related phenomena in thoughtful and reflective ways, drawing on the experiences of students and the wider culture. The course inquires into why and how these “isms” may even structure how people and institutions think and act.
- This course can be used for your CORE Cultural Diversity requirement or your CLAS Humanities requirement or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
PSCI 3914 The Urban Citizen
Spring 2024 In-Person
- Have you ever wanted to become a better citizen in your community? Head out into the Denver community and discover what you can do to improve your life and the lives of others! Find out what challenges you might face and what resources we all have to promote equity and equality. Enroll in PSCI 3914 The Urban Citizen with Professor Jim Walsh!
- This course can be used for your CLAS Social Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Open to all students willing to spend a semester working and studying together as a team in both the classroom and the community.
PSCI 4354 Environmental Politics
Spring 2024 Online
- Human beings directly rely on our natural environment for our health and survival, from the air we breathe to the water we drink to the land we farm. That environment is under greater threat now than it ever has been before. In PSCI 4354 Environmental Politics, learn about the political, legal, and economic forces impacting environmental law and policy. Students will study air and water pollution, threats to public and agricultural land, and learn about environmental groups and their opponents.
- This course can be used for your CLAS Social Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
PSCI 4444 Contemporary Culture and Politics in America
Spring 2024 Online
- This online class explores the profound influence US culture has on politics, affecting the government's response to everything from abortion to climate change and racial justice. The class also explores how politics are reflected in our popular culture, including movies, music, and social media. Topics include the politics of the Marvel Universe, how indigenous philosophers introduced freedom and equality to the western enlightenment, conspiracy theories, COVID policy, how culture impacts gender issues, our understanding of the free market, and much more. You'll never look at your world in the same way again.
- This course can be used for your CLAS Social Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
SOCY 3750 Animals and Society
Spring 2024 In-Person
- An examination into the category of “animal” as a social construct and the relationship between humans and non-human animals, which produces consequences of difference and subsequent inequality. The course utilizes different sociological perspectives to examine the social patterns, processes, and institutions that establish our lived experiences with non-human animals.
- This course can be used for your CLAS Social Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Open to students with Sophomore standing or higher.
COMM 3271 Communication and Diversity
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- Is America a melting pot or a raging fire of animosity? This class explores the complexities of communication across diverse identities such as race, ethnicity, gender, and political affiliation, and attempts to seek common ground by understanding our unique identities.
- This course can be used for your CORE Cultural Diversity requirement or your CLAS Behavioral Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs
ETST 3704 Culture, Racism and Alienation
Spring 2024 In-Person or Online
- This course, available in-person or online, studies the effects of racism on the personality of participants in racist cultures.
- This course can be used as your CORE Cultural Diversity requirement -or- as your CLAS Social Sciences requirement -or- as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
PHIL 3500 Ideology and Culture: Racism and Sexism
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- Political action and protest around “racism” and “sexism” are all around us. This course considers these and related phenomena in thoughtful and reflective ways, drawing on the experiences of students and the wider culture. The course inquires into why and how these “isms” may even structure how people and institutions think and act.
- This course can be used for your CORE Cultural Diversity requirement or your CLAS Humanities requirement or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
PHIL 1012 Truth, Reality, and the Good Life: Introduction to Philosophy
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- We’re all trying to be our “best selves” to lead our “best lives.” Philosophy helps connect those everyday goals with our need to separate fact from propaganda and reality from fakery. This class takes you deeper into ideas you already care about and helps you connect them to everyday life.
- This course can be used for your CORE HUMANITIES requirement or your CLAS Humanities requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
PHIL 1020 Right, Wrong, and Seeing the Difference: Introduction to Ethics Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- “Do the right thing” — ok, but how can we see and know what that is? This course helps students develop ethical reasoning skills as we delve into life’s tricky situations and problems using sharp philosophical minds.
- This course can be used for your CORE HUMANITIES requirement or your CLAS Humanities requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
PHIL 2441 Logic, Language and Scientific Reasoning
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- Want to win friends and influence people? You need more than style, you need substance. This course will help you think clearly, argue convincingly, and also get a better grasp on what it means to investigate questions “scientifically.”
- This course can be used for your CORE Humanities requirement or your CLAS Communicative Skills requirement or your CLAS Humanities requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs
ETST 3272 Global Media
Spring 2024 Online
- Introduction to leading issues in the study of transnational media. The course will focus on the global media environment in the early 21st century, diverse countries, a variety of media, and social issues.
- This course can be used as your CORE International Perspectives requirement -or- as your CLAS Social Sciences requirement -or- as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
INTS 2020 Foundations of International Studies
Spring 2024 Hybrid (In-Person+Online)
- This course focuses on developing skills and abilities necessary for academic and professional success in the international studies arena. Through a combination of lecture, discussion, and hands-on learning activities, students will develop: an understanding of the regions, states, institutions, and non-state actors that shape the world; knowledge of influential trends in contemporary and historical perspective; awareness of global connections and interdependencies; an appreciation for the insights of various disciplines and the benefits of interdisciplinarity; critical thinking; and cultural awareness.
- This course can be used for your CORE International Perspectives requirement 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 it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs
ENVS 1044-E01 Introduction to Environmental Sciences
with required lab ENVS 1045-E01 or ENVS 1045-E02 or ENVS 1045-E03 or ENVS 1045-E04
Spring 2024 Online (can be taken in-person as well)
- ENVS 1044 and ENVS 1045 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. If you enroll in ENVS 1044-E01 and one of the required online labs, then the lecture and lab are completely online, asynchronous courses (no required Zoom or face-to-face meetings). There is no lab kit or supplies for students to purchase, and there is no required lab manual.
- This course and required lab can be used for your CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab requirement or your CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab requirement or as 4 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
GEOG 1202 Introduction to Physical Geography
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- Are you interested in how our planet functions? How the weather shapes the land and how the land influences the weather? How the planet’s land masses formed, moved, were destroyed, and reformed? Then GEOG 1202 is for you! Topics include the fundamental features of day-to-day weather and global climate change; as well as how the continents were created (volcanoes, mountain-building, faulting), drifted (plate tectonics) and were eroded (by rain, rivers, ice, wind and waves) and ultimately recycled (subduction of continental plates into oceanic trenches). This course is a MUST for anyone interested in an introduction to the earth sciences.
- This course can be used as a non-lab course as CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-without-lab _or_ as a CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences requirement if you have two courses-with-labs in CORE Natural & Physical Sciences _or_ as a CLAS Social Sciences course. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
ENVS 1342 Environment, Society and Sustainability
Spring 2024 In-Person
- Overview of perspectives on environmental issues within the context of sustainable development and taking a systems approach. The focus is on social science approaches to explore the human footprint on the earth, environmentalism, scientific uncertainty, policy creation and social change.
- This course can be used for your CORE Social Sciences requirement or your CLAS Social Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
GEOG 1302 Introduction to Human Geography
Spring 2024 In-Person
- Do you seek critical perspectives on the difficult and complex problems that effect human well-being and environmental conditions in the world today? Human geography is a social science devoted to understanding the relationship between human societies and the Earth. It has two core areas of study. The first focuses on the interaction of people with nature, including the extraction of natural resources, the environmental impact of people and their activities, and the effects of natural forces on society. The second focuses on the spatial organization of societies and the construction of places, landscapes, and regions through human action and creativity. This course conducts a broad introduction to the main sub-fields within the discipline, including: population and migration; resource use and sustainability; culture and human landscapes; industrialization and uneven economic development; the political organization/reorganization of space; agriculture, rural livelihoods and food production; urbanization and urban life.
- This course can be used for your CORE Social Sciences requirement or your CLAS Social Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
SOCY 1011 From Killer Apps to Killer Bots: Technology and Social Change
Spring 2024 Online
- How does technology mediate nearly all aspects of social life, from reproduction and parenting to crime control and heath care? A young college student updates her social media page to stay in touch with family and high school friends while making new friends on campus. An upstart automobile manufacturer builds a factory manned by robots to produce electronic vehicles designed to reduce the environmental impact of automobiles. The military deploys battalions of unmanned drones to engage with adversaries without risking the lives of their soldiers. This course is designed to provide students an introduction to the different social dimensions of technological innovation as well as the theoretical and methodological tools sociologists use to study them.
- This course can be used for your CORE Social Sciences requirement or for your CLAS Social Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
CLAS Behavioral Sciences Graduation Requirement: In addition to CORE, CLAS BA & BS students must complete one course with an ANTH, COMM, or PSYC prefix.
COMM 3271 Communication and Diversity
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- Is America a melting pot or a raging fire of animosity? This class explores the complexities of communication across diverse identities such as race, ethnicity, gender, and political affiliation, and attempts to seek common ground by understanding our unique identities.
- This course can be used for your CORE Cultural Diversity requirement or your CLAS Behavioral Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs
CLAS Communicative Skills Graduation Requirement: In addition to CORE, CLAS BA & BS students must complete one course from the CLAS Requirements Communicative Skills list. A grade of C- or better is required.
PHIL 2441 Logic, Language and Scientific Reasoning
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- Want to win friends and influence people? You need more than style, you need substance. This course will help you think clearly, argue convincingly, and also get a better grasp on what it means to investigate questions “scientifically.”
- This course can be used for your CORE Humanities requirement or your CLAS Communicative Skills requirement or your CLAS Humanities requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs
CLAS Humanities Graduation Requirement: In addition to CORE, CLAS BA & BS students must complete one 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 1012 Truth, Reality, and the Good Life: Introduction to Philosophy
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- We’re all trying to be our “best selves” to lead our “best lives.” Philosophy helps connect those everyday goals with our need to separate fact from propaganda and reality from fakery. This class takes you deeper into ideas you already care about and helps you connect them to everyday life.
- This course can be used for your CORE HUMANITIES requirement or your CLAS Humanities requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
PHIL 1020 Right, Wrong, and Seeing the Difference: Introduction to Ethics Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- “Do the right thing” — ok, but how can we see and know what that is? This course helps students develop ethical reasoning skills as we delve into life’s tricky situations and problems using sharp philosophical minds.
- This course can be used for your CORE HUMANITIES requirement or your CLAS Humanities requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
PHIL 2441 Logic, Language and Scientific Reasoning
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- Want to win friends and influence people? You need more than style, you need substance. This course will help you think clearly, argue convincingly, and also get a better grasp on what it means to investigate questions “scientifically.”
- This course can be used for your CORE Humanities requirement or your CLAS Communicative Skills requirement or your CLAS Humanities requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs
PHIL 3500 Ideology and Culture: Racism and Sexism
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- Political action and protest around “racism” and “sexism” are all around us. This course considers these and related phenomena in thoughtful and reflective ways, drawing on the experiences of students and the wider culture. The course inquires into why and how these “isms” may even structure how people and institutions think and act.
- This course can be used for your CORE Cultural Diversity requirement or your CLAS Humanities requirement or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences Graduation Requirement: In addition to CORE, CLAS BA & BS students must complete one 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.
CHEM 1000 Foundations for General Chemistry
Spring 2024 In-Person
- 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. Enrollment in this course is strongly encouraged prior to enrollment in Chem 2031 if the student does not have a strong and recent background in general chemistry.
- This course can be used as a non-lab course for your CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences requirement _if_ you have two courses-with-labs in CORE Natural & Physical Sciences or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
CHEM 2600 Introductory Topics in Chemistry
Topic: Our Changing Atmosphere
Spring 2024 In-Person
- Designed primarily for non-chemistry majors, this course explores the chemistry of Earth's changing atmosphere. The material covered provides simple explanations of the scientific ideas needed to understand Global Change in the atmosphere and how the weather works. The scientific ideas are fascinating and they are relatively easy to grasp when explained in terms of what is familiar from everyday life.
- This course can be used as a non-lab course for your CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences requirement _if_ you have two courses-with-labs in CORE Natural & Physical Sciences or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
ENVS 1044-E01 Introduction to Environmental Sciences
with required lab ENVS 1045-E01 or ENVS 1045-E02 or ENVS 1045-E03 or ENVS 1045-E04
Spring 2024 Online (can be taken in-person as well)
- ENVS 1044 and ENVS 1045 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. If you enroll in ENVS 1044-E01 and one of the required online labs, then the lecture and lab are completely online, asynchronous courses (no required Zoom or face-to-face meetings). There is no lab kit or supplies for students to purchase, and there is no required lab manual.
- This course and required lab can be used for your CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab requirement or your CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab requirement or as 4 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
GEOG 1202 Introduction to Physical Geography
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- Are you interested in how our planet functions? How the weather shapes the land and how the land influences the weather? How the planet’s land masses formed, moved, were destroyed, and reformed? Then GEOG 1202 is for you! Topics include the fundamental features of day-to-day weather and global climate change; as well as how the continents were created (volcanoes, mountain-building, faulting), drifted (plate tectonics) and were eroded (by rain, rivers, ice, wind and waves) and ultimately recycled (subduction of continental plates into oceanic trenches). This course is a MUST for anyone interested in an introduction to the earth sciences.
- This course can be used as a non-lab course as CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-without-lab _or_ as a CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences requirement if you have two courses-with-labs in CORE Natural & Physical Sciences _or_ as a CLAS Social Sciences course. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
GEOL 1202 Introduction to Oceanography
Spring 2024 Online
- This online course surveys modern scientific knowledge of the world's oceans. Intended for non-science students, the course offers a non-quantitative introduction to the major facts and principles of physical, chemical, biological, and geological oceanography. The impact of natural and anthropic events on the marine environment are included.
- This non-lab course can be used as your CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences requirement if you have two courses-with-labs in CORE Natural & Physical Sciences -or- as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
GEOL 3032 Geology of Colorado
Spring 2024 Online
- Introductory online course focused on the geology of Colorado. The course is divided into two parts: the first half covers general principles of geology, and the second is devoted to the observation of rock types, structures, and geologic relationships in the field. Discussion of plate tectonics, rock formation, construction and interpretation of geologic maps, the geologic time scale, geologic provinces of Colorado, evolution of major landforms, formation and development of mineral resources of Colorado, and current topics in environmental geology.
- This non-lab course can be used for your as a CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences requirement if you have two courses-with-labs in CORE Natural & Physical Sciences or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs
CLAS Social Sciences Graduation Requirement: In addition to CORE, CLAS BA & BS students must complete one course with an ECON, ETST, GEOG, PBHL, PSCI, or SOCY prefix or ENVS1342, RLST3800 or SJUS2000.
ENVS 1342 Environment, Society and Sustainability
Spring 2024 In-Person
- Overview of perspectives on environmental issues within the context of sustainable development and taking a systems approach. The focus is on social science approaches to explore the human footprint on the earth, environmentalism, scientific uncertainty, policy creation and social change.
- This course can be used for your CORE Social Sciences requirement or your CLAS Social Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
ETST 3272 Global Media
Spring 2024 Online
- Introduction to leading issues in the study of transnational media. The course will focus on the global media environment in the early 21st century, diverse countries, a variety of media, and social issues.
- This course can be used as your CORE International Perspectives requirement -or- as your CLAS Social Sciences requirement -or- as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
ETST 3704 Culture, Racism and Alienation
Spring 2024 In-Person or Online
- This course, available in-person or online, studies the effects of racism on the personality of participants in racist cultures.
- This course can be used as your CORE Cultural Diversity requirement -or- as your CLAS Social Sciences requirement -or- as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
GEOG 1202 Introduction to Physical Geography
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- Are you interested in how our planet functions? How the weather shapes the land and how the land influences the weather? How the planet’s land masses formed, moved, were destroyed, and reformed? Then GEOG 1202 is for you! Topics include the fundamental features of day-to-day weather and global climate change; as well as how the continents were created (volcanoes, mountain-building, faulting), drifted (plate tectonics) and were eroded (by rain, rivers, ice, wind and waves) and ultimately recycled (subduction of continental plates into oceanic trenches). This course is a MUST for anyone interested in an introduction to the earth sciences.
- This course can be used as a non-lab course as CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-without-lab _or_ as a CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences requirement if you have two courses-with-labs in CORE Natural & Physical Sciences _or_ as a CLAS Social Sciences course. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
GEOG 1302 Introduction to Human Geography
Spring 2024 In-Person
- Do you seek critical perspectives on the difficult and complex problems that effect human well-being and environmental conditions in the world today? Human geography is a social science devoted to understanding the relationship between human societies and the Earth. It has two core areas of study. The first focuses on the interaction of people with nature, including the extraction of natural resources, the environmental impact of people and their activities, and the effects of natural forces on society. The second focuses on the spatial organization of societies and the construction of places, landscapes, and regions through human action and creativity. This course conducts a broad introduction to the main sub-fields within the discipline, including: population and migration; resource use and sustainability; culture and human landscapes; industrialization and uneven economic development; the political organization/reorganization of space; agriculture, rural livelihoods and food production; urbanization and urban life.
- This course can be used for your CORE Social Sciences requirement or your CLAS Social Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
PSCI 3914 The Urban Citizen
Spring 2024 In-Person
- Have you ever wanted to become a better citizen in your community? Head out into the Denver community and discover what you can do to improve your life and the lives of others! Find out what challenges you might face and what resources we all have to promote equity and equality. Enroll in PSCI 3914 The Urban Citizen with Professor Jim Walsh!
- This course can be used for your CLAS Social Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Open to all students willing to spend a semester working and studying together as a team in both the classroom and the community.
PSCI 4354 Environmental Politics
Spring 2024 Online
- Human beings directly rely on our natural environment for our health and survival, from the air we breathe to the water we drink to the land we farm. That environment is under greater threat now than it ever has been before. In PSCI 4354 Environmental Politics, learn about the political, legal, and economic forces impacting environmental law and policy. Students will study air and water pollution, threats to public and agricultural land, and learn about environmental groups and their opponents.
- This course can be used for your CLAS Social Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
PSCI 4444 Contemporary Culture and Politics in America
Spring 2024 Online
- This online class explores the profound influence US culture has on politics, affecting the government's response to everything from abortion to climate change and racial justice. The class also explores how politics are reflected in our popular culture, including movies, music, and social media. Topics include the politics of the Marvel Universe, how indigenous philosophers introduced freedom and equality to the western enlightenment, conspiracy theories, COVID policy, how culture impacts gender issues, our understanding of the free market, and much more. You'll never look at your world in the same way again.
- This course can be used for your CLAS Social Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
SOCY 1011 From Killer Apps to Killer Bots: Technology and Social Change
Spring 2024 Online
- How does technology mediate nearly all aspects of social life, from reproduction and parenting to crime control and heath care? A young college student updates her social media page to stay in touch with family and high school friends while making new friends on campus. An upstart automobile manufacturer builds a factory manned by robots to produce electronic vehicles designed to reduce the environmental impact of automobiles. The military deploys battalions of unmanned drones to engage with adversaries without risking the lives of their soldiers. This course is designed to provide students an introduction to the different social dimensions of technological innovation as well as the theoretical and methodological tools sociologists use to study them.
- This course can be used for your CORE Social Sciences requirement or for your CLAS Social Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
SOCY 3750 Animals and Society
Spring 2024 In-Person
- An examination into the category of “animal” as a social construct and the relationship between humans and non-human animals, which produces consequences of difference and subsequent inequality. The course utilizes different sociological perspectives to examine the social patterns, processes, and institutions that establish our lived experiences with non-human animals.
- This course can be used for your CLAS Social Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. Open to students with Sophomore standing or higher.
Online courses are taught asynchronously through Canvas at https://ucdenver.instructure.com.
COMM 3271 Communication and Diversity
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- Is America a melting pot or a raging fire of animosity? This class explores the complexities of communication across diverse identities such as race, ethnicity, gender, and political affiliation, and attempts to seek common ground by understanding our unique identities.
- This course can be used for your CORE Cultural Diversity requirement or your CLAS Behavioral Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs
ENVS 1044-E01 Introduction to Environmental Sciences
with required lab ENVS 1045-E01 or ENVS 1045-E02 or ENVS 1045-E03 or ENVS 1045-E04
Spring 2024 Online (can be taken in-person as well)
- ENVS 1044 and ENVS 1045 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. If you enroll in ENVS 1044-E01 and one of the required online labs, then the lecture and lab are completely online, asynchronous courses (no required Zoom or face-to-face meetings). There is no lab kit or supplies for students to purchase, and there is no required lab manual.
- This course and required lab can be used for your CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab requirement or your CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences course-with-lab requirement or as 4 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
ETST 3272 Global Media
Spring 2024 Online
- Introduction to leading issues in the study of transnational media. The course will focus on the global media environment in the early 21st century, diverse countries, a variety of media, and social issues.
- This course can be used as your CORE International Perspectives requirement -or- as your CLAS Social Sciences requirement -or- as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
ETST 3704 Culture, Racism and Alienation
Spring 2024 In-Person or Online
- This course, available in-person or online, studies the effects of racism on the personality of participants in racist cultures.
- This course can be used as your CORE Cultural Diversity requirement -or- as your CLAS Social Sciences requirement -or- as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
GEOG 1202 Introduction to Physical Geography
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- Are you interested in how our planet functions? How the weather shapes the land and how the land influences the weather? How the planet’s land masses formed, moved, were destroyed, and reformed? Then GEOG 1202 is for you! Topics include the fundamental features of day-to-day weather and global climate change; as well as how the continents were created (volcanoes, mountain-building, faulting), drifted (plate tectonics) and were eroded (by rain, rivers, ice, wind and waves) and ultimately recycled (subduction of continental plates into oceanic trenches). This course is a MUST for anyone interested in an introduction to the earth sciences.
- This course can be used as a non-lab course as CORE Natural & Physical Sciences course-without-lab _or_ as a CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences requirement if you have two courses-with-labs in CORE Natural & Physical Sciences _or_ as a CLAS Social Sciences course. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
GEOL 1202 Introduction to Oceanography
Spring 2024 Online
- This online course surveys modern scientific knowledge of the world's oceans. Intended for non-science students, the course offers a non-quantitative introduction to the major facts and principles of physical, chemical, biological, and geological oceanography. The impact of natural and anthropic events on the marine environment are included.
- This non-lab course can be used as your CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences requirement if you have two courses-with-labs in CORE Natural & Physical Sciences -or- as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
GEOL 3032 Geology of Colorado
Spring 2024 Online
- Introductory online course focused on the geology of Colorado. The course is divided into two parts: the first half covers general principles of geology, and the second is devoted to the observation of rock types, structures, and geologic relationships in the field. Discussion of plate tectonics, rock formation, construction and interpretation of geologic maps, the geologic time scale, geologic provinces of Colorado, evolution of major landforms, formation and development of mineral resources of Colorado, and current topics in environmental geology.
- This non-lab course can be used for your as a CLAS Natural & Physical Sciences requirement if you have two courses-with-labs in CORE Natural & Physical Sciences or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs
PHIL 1012 Truth, Reality, and the Good Life: Introduction to Philosophy
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- We’re all trying to be our “best selves” to lead our “best lives.” Philosophy helps connect those everyday goals with our need to separate fact from propaganda and reality from fakery. This class takes you deeper into ideas you already care about and helps you connect them to everyday life.
- This course can be used for your CORE HUMANITIES requirement or your CLAS Humanities requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
PHIL 2441 Logic, Language and Scientific Reasoning
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- Want to win friends and influence people? You need more than style, you need substance. This course will help you think clearly, argue convincingly, and also get a better grasp on what it means to investigate questions “scientifically.”
- This course can be used for your CORE Humanities requirement or your CLAS Communicative Skills requirement or your CLAS Humanities requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs
PHIL 3500 Ideology and Culture: Racism and Sexism
Spring 2024 In-Person -or- Online
- Political action and protest around “racism” and “sexism” are all around us. This course considers these and related phenomena in thoughtful and reflective ways, drawing on the experiences of students and the wider culture. The course inquires into why and how these “isms” may even structure how people and institutions think and act.
- This course can be used for your CORE Cultural Diversity requirement or your CLAS Humanities requirement or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
PSCI 4354 Environmental Politics
Spring 2024 Online
- Human beings directly rely on our natural environment for our health and survival, from the air we breathe to the water we drink to the land we farm. That environment is under greater threat now than it ever has been before. In PSCI 4354 Environmental Politics, learn about the political, legal, and economic forces impacting environmental law and policy. Students will study air and water pollution, threats to public and agricultural land, and learn about environmental groups and their opponents.
- This course can be used for your CLAS Social Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
PSCI 4444 Contemporary Culture and Politics in America
Spring 2024 Online
- This online class explores the profound influence US culture has on politics, affecting the government's response to everything from abortion to climate change and racial justice. The class also explores how politics are reflected in our popular culture, including movies, music, and social media. Topics include the politics of the Marvel Universe, how indigenous philosophers introduced freedom and equality to the western enlightenment, conspiracy theories, COVID policy, how culture impacts gender issues, our understanding of the free market, and much more. You'll never look at your world in the same way again.
- This course can be used for your CLAS Social Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of upper-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
SOCY 1011 From Killer Apps to Killer Bots: Technology and Social Change
Spring 2024 Online
- How does technology mediate nearly all aspects of social life, from reproduction and parenting to crime control and heath care? A young college student updates her social media page to stay in touch with family and high school friends while making new friends on campus. An upstart automobile manufacturer builds a factory manned by robots to produce electronic vehicles designed to reduce the environmental impact of automobiles. The military deploys battalions of unmanned drones to engage with adversaries without risking the lives of their soldiers. This course is designed to provide students an introduction to the different social dimensions of technological innovation as well as the theoretical and methodological tools sociologists use to study them.
- This course can be used for your CORE Social Sciences requirement or for your CLAS Social Sciences requirement or as 3 hours of lower-division elective credit. Discuss how it may apply to your major or minor with your Faculty Advisors. No Prereqs.
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