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Summer 2026 & Maymester 2026
- Summer 2026 Enrollment
- Lower-Division Courses
- Upper-Division Courses
- Maymester Courses
- CORE Arts
- CORE Behavioral Sciences
- 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
- Experiential Learning
Summer 2026/Maymester 2026 Enrollment starts in March.
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Your Summer shopping cart is open now SO 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 so you are ready to enroll in March.
- Review your CORE Requirements and CLAS Requirements with your assigned CLAS Academic Advisor.
- 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 must apply for graduation in UCDAccess in March-May.
- HOW TO APPLY FOR SUMMER GRADUATION: After March 2, log into UCDAccess, find your "Student Center,” select “Academics," then select "Application for graduation." --- Apply before census date deadline.
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Come back in early March for more Summer 2026 Course Highlights.
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 30hours in courses taken as upper-division.
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 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 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.
Come back in early March for more Summer 2026 Course Highlights.
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.
Come back in early March for more Summer 2026 Course Highlights.
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 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 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 Courses: CU Denver students can take asynchrounous courses online with 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 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.
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