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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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This section of the Catalog includes course descriptions, listed alphabetically by discipline. The descriptions provide information on course numbers, titles, the level of instruction, credit, course sequence, content, and prerequisites as shown in the following example:
CHE 2100 Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry
Credits: 5
Prerequisite: CHE 1100
Description: A study of the elements of organic and biological chemistry. This course satisfies requirements for nursing programs and other fields requiring a survey of organic and biological chemistry.
The first two to four letters, called the course subject code, represent the area of study or discipline, e.g., CHE represents chemistry. The course number follows the course subject code, e.g., 2100. The first digit in a four-digit course number designates the level of instruction. Only courses numbered 1000 or above will be included in credits toward a degree. Courses with numbers up to and including 1999 are primarily for freshmen, 2000 through 2999 primarily for sophomores, 3000 through 3999 primarily for juniors, and 4000 through 4999 primarily for seniors. In general, students should not take courses above the level of their class (based upon semester hours earned), but they may do so at one level above if they have the specified prerequisites. In special cases, students may be permitted to take courses more than one level above that designated for their class if they obtain the permission of their advisor and of the faculty member teaching the course and if they meet the prerequisite requirements. Course descriptions provide a summary of the content of the course. If a prerequisite must be met before a student can register for a course, this information is listed above the course description. Attributes, such as Multicultural, General Studies, or Guaranteed Transfer, are listed after the course description. A list of courses being offered in a given semester, instructors, class meeting times, and locations is described in the Class Schedule.
Types of Courses
- Regular courses appear in this section of the University Catalog and are offered on a regular basis.
- Independent study courses provide students the opportunity to pursue in-depth study of a topic of special interest. Independent study courses are specified as 498_ and include an alpha character in the course number. Independent study courses are published in the Class Schedule.
- Special topics or omnibus courses are temporary courses that are not listed in the Catalog. They may be used to pilot-test a course, present a special topic, or provide a unique, experiential-learning opportunity. Omnibus courses use a specified range of course numbers: 190_, 290_, 390_, 490_ and include an alpha character in the course number. Omnibus courses are published in the Class Schedule.
- Variable topics courses allow courses of varying titles under an overall theme or “umbrella” course. Variable topic courses include an alpha character in the course number and are published in the Class Schedule.
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CHS 1000 - Introduction to Chicana/o Studies
Credits: 3
Description: This course introduces students to the broad range of the interdisciplinary field of Chicana/o Studies. The course covers the major historical moments beginning with an overview of Pre-Columbian civilizations in the Americas and Medieval Spain, which have led to the contemporary social location of Mexican-origin population within the United States. In addition, the course introduces students to the broad scope of Chicana/o cultural production in the creative arts such as visual, film, music and literature. Resources draw from various disciplines, including but not limited to: sociology, history, political science, anthropology, education, art and art history, women and gender studies, and religious studies.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences I
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SS3
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 1003
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CHS 2000 - Living Culture and Language of the Mexican and Chicano
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000 or CHS 1020
Description: This course traces the fusion of cultures and dialects of the Spanish-speaking Southwest into elements that characterize Chicano intracultural and intercultural diversity.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS or ANT.
Cross Listed Course(s): ANT 2360
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CHS 2010 - Survey of Chicana/o Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000 and ENG 1020, or permission of instructor
Description: This course reviews major literary genres associated with Chicana/o and Latina/o creative expression from the 1800s to the present, including poetry, drama, and the novel.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS or ENG.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-AH2
Cross Listed Course(s): ENG 2410
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CHS 2020 - Chicano Poetry and Drama
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 2010 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is an intensive study of Chicano poetic and dramatic arts as they attempt to create a new reality. The course will also equip the student with a basic approach to poetry and drama as a craft through production.
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CHS 2030 - Interdisciplinary Research Methods in Social Issues
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001 or AAS 1010 or CHS 1000 or Permission of Instructor
Description: This course focuses on the interdisciplinary study of methods, analyses and critiques used by scholars to study social issues within and across a range of disciplines (e.g., history, arts, humanities, sciences, education, health, economics, law and social/ behavioral sciences). Research designs and general statistical interpretation will be reviewed for each methodology. Techniques for laboratory and field research, conducting qualitative and quantitative studies, and writing research reports will also be included.
Note: Credit will be grade for only one prefix: GWS or AAS or CHS.
Cross Listed Course(s): AAS 2010, GWS 2010
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CHS 2100 - Women of Color
Credits: 3
Description: Though U.S. women share much in common, their differences are salient to a thorough understanding of all these women’s experiences. Comparative analysis of women’s race, class, ethnicity, and sexual orientation are central to this course. The similarities among diverse groups of women are also examined in order to better understand the complexity of women’s lives. The course addresses issues of work, health, interpersonal violence, globalization, as well as resistance, activism, and social change across identities.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: AAS, CHS, or GWS.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences II
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SS3
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
Cross Listed Course(s): AAS 2100, GWS 2100
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CHS 2110 - The Chicano in Aztlan
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course focuses on three major motifs associated with the socio-historical development of the Chicano in the Southwest: land, farm labor, and urban enclave.
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CHS 2200 - Survey of Chicano/a Cultural Studies
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000
Description: This course introduces students to the inter- and trans-disciplinary approaches to recognizing, analyzing, constructing and deconstructing cultural texts. The course considers different kinds of cultural texts and ways of reading them from folktales, myths, music, monuments, rituals and games, to poems, novels, and political movements.
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CHS 2500 - Borderland Studies: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000
Description: This course examines the various expressions of borderland experiences through literature, film, religion, gender, immigration, music, and language.
Note: This course may be repeated under different titles for up to 9 credits.
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CHS 2600 - Chicana/o and Latina/o Religious Cultures
Credits: 3
Description: This course will engage aspects of Chicana/o and Latina/o religious experiences, practices, and expressions in the United States of America. While the course is grounded in Chicana/o religious experience, other Latina/o communities will also be discussed with emphasis on comparative aspects of the groups. Some attention will be given to historical contexts in Iberia and Latin America, as well as questions of how one studies Latina/o religions, but most of the course will examine moments in which religious expressions intersect with politics, popular culture, and daily life in the U.S.A.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS or PHI.
Cross Listed Course(s): PHI 2600
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CHS 3000 - History of Meso-America: Pre-Columbian and Colonial Periods
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010 or equivalent with a grade of D or better, and any course with HIS prefix or that is crosslisted with HIS prefix, or permission of instructor
Description: This course examines the history of Meso-America and its relationship to the American Southwest from pre-Columbian times to 1836. Particular attention will be paid to the dynamism of indigenous peoples and the hybrid nature of the region’s culture after the Spanish conquest.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS or HIS.
Cross Listed Course(s): HIS 3745
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CHS 3010 - The Mexican Revolution
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course traces the social, political, and economic forces that contributed to the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920). Furthermore, it provides a critical analysis of how leaders, women, the Mexican masses, and the U.S. influenced revolutionary events.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS or HIS.
Cross Listed Course(s): HIS 3830
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CHS 3020 - Chicana/o History, 1836 to the Present
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010 or equivalent with a grade of D or better, and any course with HIS prefix or that is crosslisted with HIS prefix, or permission of instructor
Description: This course concentrates on the era from the Texas Revolt in 1836 through the contemporary era of the 21st Century. This historical survey provides an overview of the Mexican population born and living in the Southwestern United States. Students will study complex racial, class, gender, regional, and generational identity issues affecting the intra-ethnic relations among Chicanas/os in the multicultural U.S. Special attention will be paid to Chicanos/as in Colorado history.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS or HIS.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
Cross Listed Course(s): HIS 3560
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CHS 3025 - Contemporary Chicana/o Art
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010 and ENG 1020
Description: This course is a survey of contemporary Chicana/o art. The historical, religious, social and political contexts of the artworks are studied. Students examine recurrent themes, icons, imagery, and forms within the historical timeline. This course may not be used as the sole art history elective for art studio majors.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS or ARTH.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
Cross Listed Course(s): ARTH 3360
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CHS 3100 - Social Justice and Activism in the Chicana/o Community
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000
Description: This course is designed to provide in-depth sociological, historical and political analyses of community-based organizations, the process by which they originated, leadership styles, and information relative to their missions and functions within the Chicana/o community. Students will analyze theories regarding social change as they apply to social justice, activism and community organizing.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS, HON, or SWK.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences II
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3101, SWK 3110
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CHS 3200 - Chicanos and the Law
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000 or CJC 1010, or permission of instructor; and completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy.
Description: This course offers the student a complex understanding of the laws, the legal system, and how they relate to individual Chicanos and Chicano community rights. The dynamics of difference, cultural conflict with respect to race, and issues concerning ethnicity will be examined.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS or CJC.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
Cross Listed Course(s): CJC 3720
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CHS 3210 - The Chicano Family
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000 or permission of instructor; and completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy.
Description: This course provides an in-depth analysis of the Chicano family as a social institution. The course covers the social and economic history of the Chicano family in the Southwest and examines contemporary patterns of urban Chicano family life in a changing society.
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CHS 3300 - Education of Chicano Children
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 2000
Description: This course presents the Chicano perspective on current public education policy and its implementation in the schools. Examines learning and teaching differences in students and teachers.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS or EDU.
Cross Listed Course(s): EDU 3120
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CHS 3400 - The Chicano Novel
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 2010 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course deals with origins, themes, and techniques that characterize the Chicano novel. It is an in-depth study of the best examples of literary production in both Spanish and English.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS or ENG. Suitable for non-English majors.
Cross Listed Course(s): ENG 3480
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CHS 3401 - Art of Ancient Mesoamerica
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1600 with C- or better or CHS 1000; or permission of department
Description: This course provides an overview of the arts and architecture produced by the different cultures of Mesoamerica, from the Olmec to the Aztec, as they existed before and up to the Spanish Conquest. The primary focus is on the visual elements of culture left to us, as well as any written records from both the Pre-Hispanic and Conquest periods. Through an exploration of these visual records, students examine the aesthetics and technologies of Mesoamerican cultures, as well as the cultural cosmologies and religious beliefs, political structures, and daily life which informed their production. Particular issues under discussion include cross-cultural contacts, the manipulation of power structures through imagery and architectural space, and the role of gender and social status in representation, politics, and religion.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ARTH or CHS.
Cross Listed Course(s): ARTH 3401
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CHS 3410 - Chicano Folklore of the Southwest
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 2000 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course accents the study of oral and written folklore as a genre in Chicano history and culture. Its focus is upon tales, traditions, belief, and humor as a means to gain insight into what is culturally specific.
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CHS 3460 - Chicana Feminisms
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000 or GWS 1001; or permission of instructor
Description: This course will provide students with a general background on Chicana feminist thought. Chicana feminism has carved out a discursive space for Chicanas and other women of color, a space where they can articulate their experiences at the intersection of race, class, gender, and sexuality, among other considerations. In the process, Chicana feminists have critically challenged Chicano nationalist discourse as well as European and North American feminism. The course will address the diversity in thinking and methodology that defines these discourses thus acknowledging the existence of a variety of feminisms that occur within Chicana intellectual thought. The course will also explore the diversity of realms in which this feminist thinking is applied: labor, education, cultural production (literature, art, performance, etc.), sexuality, and spirituality, among others.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS, GWS or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): GWS 3550, HON 3460
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CHS 3481 - Latin American Modernisms
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1700 with C- or better or CHS 1000; or permission of department
Description: This course is an introduction to the development of modernism and postmodernism in Latin American art from 1910 to 1980. The course examines artists of differing periods and nationalities within a unifying thematic framework. These themes include: responses to the colonial past; nationalism and public art; indigenismo; folk/ popular arts; and relations with the European avant-garde. However, historical and geographic circumstances also provide a mechanism for distinguishing between individual artists and national or regional art movements. As a result the course examines distinct but intersecting manifestations of modernism within 20th century Latin America.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ARTH or CHS.
Cross Listed Course(s): ARTH 3481
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CHS 3600 - Mexico and Chicana/o Politics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course reviews the main approaches which have been utilized, in the past and in the present, to comprehend Mexico and Chicana/o politics.
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CHS 3660 - Poverty, Race and Gender
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SWK 1010, SWK 1020 or permission of instructor
Description: This course introduces the student to the relationship between race, gender and poverty and will examine the underlying causes of the “feminization of poverty” in the United States. Social, economic, age-based and ethnic factors will be explored in detail. The differences between prevailing stereotypes and current realities will be highlighted.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS, GWS, SOC, or SWK.
Cross Listed Course(s): GWS 3660, SOC 3660, SWK 3660
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CHS 3800 - Topics in Chicano Studies
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000, or permission of instructor; and completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy.
Description: Facilitates in-depth study of selected topics in Chicano studies.
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CHS 3801 - Mexico: History, Life, and Culture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): One year of Spanish or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is part of a study abroad program and provides an interdisciplinary understanding of Mexican civilization. It specifically deals with a social and historical approach to Mexican society and examines the traditions and institutions that shape the Mexican way of life.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS or MDL.
Cross Listed Course(s): MDL 3800
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CHS 3870 - South American Peoples and Cultures
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 1310 or CHS 1000; or Permission of instructor
Description: This course presents an ethnographic focus on the native peoples of South America. Students will analyze the daily cultural life of selected Indian peoples beginning at the point of contact in the 16th century, and the Spanish Colonial peoples of this time, to the present. Custom and tradition are studies in depth among Amazonian and Caribbean foragers, tribal groups of Patagonia, chiefdoms of the Andes inter-montane valleys, and the state-level civilizations of the high Andes. The cultural focus is in the context of the conquests of the European powers that struggled for domination of this highly diverse region.
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CHS 3880 - Exploring Folklore
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ANT 1310 or CHS 1000; or Permission of the instructor
Description: This course will help the student to analyze the various elements of folklore from verbal to nonverbal classifications, survivals, revivals, and the implications for modern society. Folklore will be studies in a historical and contemporary context. The student will gain an understanding of both the universality and variability of folklore through many global examples compared and contrasted with a regional focus on the folklore of the American Southwest.
Cross Listed Course(s): ANT 3380
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CHS 3980 - Internship in Chicana and Chicano Studies
Credits: 1-15
Prerequisite(s): Major in Chicano studies; junior or senior status; permission of instructor
Description: Supervised by a faculty member within the major department, internships provide practical, hands-on experience in a professional field related to the major. Internship placements must be established prior to enrollment in this course in consultation with the Applied Learning Center.
Internship requirements vary by department. For information and instructions on finding and enrolling in an internship, contact the Applied Learning Center at 303-615-1333 or internships@msudenver.edu.
Note: Variable Credit
Course Revised July 3, 2018
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CHS 4010 - The Chicano Movement
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000, CHS 3100 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course provides a perspective on the Chicano civil rights movement. Discusses the social conditions, civil rights issues, and directions of the movement in contemporary society.
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CHS 4050 - Chicana/o Mental Health Perspectives
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000, CHS 3210; or permission of the instructor
Description: This course examines the application of prevention, intervention, and support systems necessary to develop effective mental health practice for the Chicana/o populations. Students examine stressors such as identity and cultural conflict, enculturation, acculturation and the long term effects of oppression that cause individual and family disruption. Students also compare and contrast culturally specific strategies and theories of alternative healing practices in relationship to mainstream practice as well as participate in class field trips to agencies that provide services in the community.
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CHS 4200 - Seminar: Carlos Castaneda
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): At least junior standing or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is a serious and detailed analysis of major literary figure Carlos Castaneda and the scope of his production.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS or ENG.
Cross Listed Course(s): (ENG 4130)
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CHS 4210 - Chicanas and the Politics of Gender
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000 or GWS 1001, CHS 3460
Description: This course is designed to further the theoretical understandings of Chicana Feminisms. The course spends a considerable amount of time dealing with the construction of gender in Chicana/o and Latina/o communities, and how the construction of gender has impacted the daily, lived experiences of not only Chicanas and Latinas, but also of gay, lesbian, transgendered, and queer identified Chicanas/os and Latinas/os. The course examines the social construction of gender within Chicana/o and Latina/o communities through cultural texts such as academic production, art, film, popular culture, and spirituality.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS or GWS.
Cross Listed Course(s): GWS 4210
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CHS 4850 - Research Experience in Chicana/o Studies
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Six hours of upper-division courses in CHS or Permission of instructor and preferably Senior standing
Description: This course enhances the development of research skills, theory construction, and application of theory to the discipline of Chicana/o studies. The course requires an in-depth research project and a research paper on a selected topic. It emphasizes critical understanding of the literature and the writing of a research paper. The course is designed primarily for Chicana/o studies majors and minors.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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CHI 1010 - Elementary Chinese I
Credits: 5
Description: This is an introductory course in Chinese that stresses pronunciation, speaking, listening, and writing. Attention is given to the sound system of Chinese to enable students to distinguish the four tones and to develop and use functional, communicative language skills. Open to students with no previous experience in Chinese
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CHI 1020 - Elementary Chinese II
Credits: 5
Prerequisite(s): CHI 1010 or one year of high school Chinese or its equivalent with a grade of “C” or better
Description: This course is a continuation of CHI 1010 and focuses on skills development in listening, speaking, reading, and writing with emphasis on the use of functional, communicative language for oral and written proficiency and cultural competency.
Note: This course requires a grade of “C” or better to fulfill the General Studies requirement.
General Studies: Oral Communication
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CET 1040 - Introduction to Engineering
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standard score on math placement test
Description: This course is an introductory engineering course exposing students to a cross section of topics in contemporary civil, electrical and mechanical engineering disciplines to assist them with their education career choices. Students are taught to work in teams, introduced to the design process, utilize math and computer programs to analyze raw data and properly display their results in a presentation to their peers. The history of the engineering profession and its relation to current national, social, industrial, ethical, and international issues and problems will be discussed.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CET, EET, or MET.
General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences
Cross Listed Course(s): EET 1040, MET 1040
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CET 1100 - Introduction to Civil Engineering Technology
Credits: 3
Description: This course is a cross section of topics in contemporary civil engineering disciplines, with emphasis on the tools of engineering problem solving. Students are taught to work in teams and introduced to the design process and to several tools necessary in a civil engineering career. In this course they develop an appreciation of professional topics to include: ethics, respecting others, and professional societies.
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CET 1215 - Engineering Graphics
Credits: 3
Description: Students will be introduced to CAD software to perform geometric constructions, multi-view projections, section views, dimensioning, and solid modeling.
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CET 2150 - Mechanics I-Statics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): MTH 1410 and PHY 2311 with a grade of “C” or better
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): PHY 2321
Description: In this course, students examine principles of statics, studies of vectors, their resolution and composition, forces and moments, force systems and their resultants. It also covers force systems in equilibrium, static friction, introduces section properties, shear and moment diagrams.
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CET 3000 - Environmental Engineering Fundamentals
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHE 1810, CHE 1811, MTH 2410, ENV 1200
Description: In this course, students are exposed to the interplay between humans, our activities, and the environment around us. Over the course of the semester, they will explore anthropogenic and natural effects on air and water quality, how these systems operate and the application of applied sciences (e.g., physics, chemistry, and biology) to the natural world.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CET or ENV.
Cross Listed Course(s): ENV 3000
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CET 3100 - Construction Methods
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): At least junior standing; or permission of instructor
Description: This course provide a basic understanding of the method used by a general contractor to determine earthwork costs . The student is introduced to the application of engineering fundamentals for the analysis of heavy earthmoving equipment as well as to the basic concepts of CPM.
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CET 3120 - Engineering Economy
Credits: 3
Description: This course examines the “time value of money” as a basis for evaluating economic alternatives required in engineering decision-making.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CET or HON.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences I
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3120
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CET 3135 - Mechanics of Materials with Laboratory
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): CET 2150 and COM 2610 with grades of “C” or better; or permission of instructor
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): MTH 2410 or permission of instructor
Description: This course introduces the theory of strength of materials, stresses, and strains in members subjected to tension, compression, torsion, and shear. Flexural and shearing stresses in beams, principal stresses, and deflection of beams, column analysis, and indeterminate structures are also introduced. The laboratory component of the course is structured to give students experience in the use of laboratory equipment for conducting axial loading, shear and bending tests on various materials.
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CET 3170 - Introduction to Structural Analysis
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CET 3135 with a grade of “C” or better, or permission of instructor.
Description: This course presents and applies the principles of structural analysis to statically determinate and indeterminate structures.
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CET 3185 - Fluid Mechanics I for Civil Engineering Technology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): MET 3160 with a grade of “C” or better, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course covers and studies the engineering applications of physical properties of ideal fluids, real fluids, hydrostatics, kinematics, energy considerations, momentum principle, dimensional analysis, and incompressible flow in pipes and ducts.
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CET 3190 - Fluid Mechanics II for Civil Engineering Technology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CET 3185 with a grade of “C” or better
Description: This course is a continuation of the fundamentals introduced in Fluid Mechanics I for Civil Engineering Technology, with emphasis on the analysis of forces on immersed bodies, steady flow in open channels, fluid measurements, and the problems associated with unsteady fluid flow.
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CET 3320 - Environmental Impact Statements
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): At least junior standing, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is a study of the physical and legal requirements of the environmental impact assessment process. Students will learn to do information research and prepare a draft environmental impact statement.
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CET 3330 - Environmental Technology Processes
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHE 1100 or CHE 1800 with a grade of “C” or better, at least junior standing; or permission of instructor
Description: This course covers chemistry basics, acid-base reactions, biochemical processes and reactions. Also included is an overview of water and wastewater processes following fieldtrip(s) in this area.
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CET 3980 - Internship in Civil Engineering Technology
Credits: 1-15
Prerequisite(s): Major in civil engineering technology; junior or senior status; permission of instructor
Description: Supervised by a faculty member within the major department, internships provide practical, hands-on experience in a professional field related to the major. Internship placements must be established prior to enrollment in this course in consultation with the Applied Learning Center.
Internship requirements vary by department. For information and instructions on finding and enrolling in an internship, contact the Applied Learning Center at 303-615-1333 or internships@msudenver.edu.
Note: Variable Credit
Course Revised July 3, 2018
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CET 4100 - Senior Project I
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): CET 3120, COM 2610, MTH 2420, and CAS 1010 with grades of “C” or better; completion of General Studies requirements; and Senior standing with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0.
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): CET 4120 and CET 4400
Description: This course requires the planning and designing of a team project in consultation with faculty advisors and industry contacts.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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CET 4110 - Senior Project II
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): CET 4100 with a grade of “C” or better
Description: In this course, the students will build, test, and demonstrate the project they started in CET 4100. Written technical reports and oral presentations on the project are required. Part of this course involves the student working with a faculty member who acts as a consultant.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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CET 4120 - Concrete Design I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CET 3135 with a grade of “C” or better, or permission of instructor
Description: This course is a basic introduction to the fundamental principles of reinforced concrete design according to current ACI Code. The course covers flexural analysis and design of beams and one-way slabs, serviceability, bond and development lengths, and shear and diagonal tension.
Note: Course Revised July 3, 2018
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CET 4130 - Soil Mechanics
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): CET 3135 and CET 3185 with grades of “C” or better, and senior standing
Description: This course covers the principles of soil mechanics and fundamentals of application in geotechnical engineering. This course covers soil behaviors and mechanical properties of soil, engineering classification of soil, permeability and seepage, consolidation and settlement, shear strength, lateral earth pressures, fundamentals of retaining structures, soil bearing capacity, and slope stability. This course also provides students the opportunity to obtain “hands-on” experience with some of the laboratory tests, techniques used in geotechnical engineering data collection and analysis methods.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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CET 4135 - Foundation and Geotechnical Engineering
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CET 4130 with grade of “C” or better
Description: The course applies engineering mechanics and soil mechanics principles to the provision of safe designs for foundations of bridges, buildings, towers and other structures. This course covers the analysis and design of shallow foundations, spread footings, mats, deep foundations, earth retaining structures and site exploration and characterization. It is a practical design course in foundation and geotechnical engineering.
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CET 4140 - Concrete Design II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CET 4120 with a grade of “C” or better, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is a continuation of the fundamentals introduced in Concrete Design I, with emphasis on the analysis and design of columns, footings, retaining walls, two-way slabs, and introduction of principles of prestressed concrete.
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CET 4150 - Highway Engineering and Surveying
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): At least junior standing; or permission of instructor
Description: This course is a specialized course in requirements, functional characteristics, and system characteristics of highway design, incorporating surveying essentials for the civil engineering field. The course develops design methods, procedures, and analysis for pavement design, roadway alignment, and user information for freeways, city arterials, and rural roadways.
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CET 4200 - Experimental Methods in Structural Engineering
Credits: 3-6
Prerequisite(s): CET 3135
Description: In this course, students will be dealing with the aspects of static and dynamic testing methods of structures made of steel, concrete, or timber. Students will be introduced to test planning, specimen design and building, loading systems and instrumentation, data acquisition and processing. They will be involved in laboratory applications and hybrid techniques, illustrative physical and numerical simulations.
Note: This course is repeatable up to 6 credits.
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CET 4400 - Steel Design I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CET 3135 with a grade of “C” or better, or permission of instructor
Description: This course focuses on the analysis and design of structural steel members, based on the latest edition of AISC design requirements and specifications for structural steel.
Note: Course Revised July 3, 2018
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CET 4410 - Steel Design II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CET 4400 with a grade of “C” or better, or permission of instructor.
Description: This course is a continuation of the fundamentals introduced in Steel Design I, with emphasis on the analysis and design of structural steel connections, based on the latest AISC design requirements and specifications for structural steel.
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CET 4450 - Timber Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CET 3135 with a grade of “C” or better, or permission of instructor
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): CET 3170
Description: This course focuses on the analysis and design of wood structures based on the latest edition of the National Design Specifications for Wood Construction and Supplement.
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CET 4570 - Engineering Law
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CET 3120 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course provides the student with a basic understanding of contract laws and regulations, laws that govern the execution of the work being performed under the contract, laws that relate to the settling of differences and disputes, and licensing laws.
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CDES 2222 - Design Media
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1531 with “C-” or better; plus either ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, and ARTH 1600; or COM 2430 and JRN 1010; or permission of department
Description: This course provides an introduction to the fundamental theories and principles of communication design using digital technology as a means to solve problems visually. Emphasis is on idea generation, processes, and concepts that integrate the use of specific technologies. Within this context students investigate the role of design and how it informs contemporary culture. This is an integrated media course.
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CDES 2225 - Typographic Syntax
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 1600, ART 1101, ART 1141 , ART 1501, and ART 1531 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ARTH 1700 and CDES 2222 or permission of department
Description: This course provides an introduction to the study of typography as a central theme in the field of communication design. It focuses on the function of typography as a visual language and a form of communication. Subjects explored include typographic history, anatomy, construction and design, measuring systems, and identification and classification systems. Functional issues of setting and using typography with sophistication within a variety of contexts are central to this course.
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CDES 2226 - Design Inquiry
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531, ARTH 1600 and ENG 1009 or ENG 1010 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ARTH 1700 or permission of department
Description: This course introduces fundamental theories, principles and objectives of the communication design field. Design processes, strategies, and critical frameworks presented in readings respond to the question, “What is communication design?” The purpose and function of designed communications as products, services, and experiences are assessed in their relationship to shaping culture and responding to societal influences. Theoretical and practical content includes the role technology and user experience play in a contemporary context in which “design” is ubiquitous.
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CDES 2300 - Creative Computation
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1531 with “C-” or better; plus either ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, and ARTH 1600; or COM 2430 and JRN 1010; or permission of department
Description: This course explores the practical and theoretical aspects of interactive design by investigating basic principles of programming and computation. Students learn to visualize data by creating dynamic, information rich, and interactive applications using current scripting languages and techniques. Research and presentation skills, conceptual thinking, and the integration of technological and design methodologies are explored throughout the course. This is an integrated media course.
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CDES 2625 - Typographic Pragmatics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ART 1531, ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, CDES 2222, and CDES 2225 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department
Description: This course offers further critical study of typographic design with an emphasis on the meaning and application of typography solutions created through experimentation with digital form, function, and aesthetics. How typographic form affects meaning in various social, cultural and historical communication contexts is examined and is the basis for in-depth study. Students refine their digital design abilities, using typography in assignments of increasing difficulty while further developing critical conceptualization, authoring and research skills.
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CDES 3222 - Design Research Methods
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CDES 2222, CDES 2225 and CDES 2226 with C- or better in each; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): CDES 2300 and CDES 2625 with C- or better in each; or permission of department
Description: This course examines how designers conduct research in order to produce relevant and meaningful visual communications that are appropriate for specific audiences, cultures, and contexts. Students learn how to harness meaning and potential in their work by applying a range of research methods to their everyday design practice. Concepts include developing and using ethnographic strategies, personas, interviewing, and iterative design processes among others. Students work in teams, putting theory into action, which informs collaborative design practice thereafter. This course is restricted to Communication Design majors who have passed the BFA in Communication Design portfolio review.
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CDES 3225 - Integrated Production Techniques
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CDES 2300 and CDES 2625 with C- or better in each; or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): CDES 3400 or permission of department
Description: This course offers a specialized focus on production techniques integral to the practice of communication design. The application of integrated methods bridges design concepts and design forms in a variety of mediums from traditional print publishing to web and interactive work. Topics include multi-level publishing, content management, production workflow, integrated software use, and print and new media production and post-production.
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CDES 3400 - Creating Web Interfaces
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 1531 with “C-” or better; plus either ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501, ARTH 1600 and CDES 2222; or COM 2430 and JRN 1010; or permission of department
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): CDES 2300 or permission of department
Description: This course provides students the critical opportunity to examine current practices in web-based design and development. Students investigate contemporary design culture, technical learning processes, and conceptual development within the context of the Internet. They produce a fully functioning website that engages the student designer as author, art director, and curator of this content, while using the world-wide-web as a vehicle for community building and network-driven collaborations. Students gain knowledge in website design, development, programming and multimedia authoring software. This is an integrated media course.
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CDES 3623 - Identity and Systems Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CDES 2625 with C- or better; or permission of department; student must supply a suitable laptop
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): CDES 3222 with a C- or better
Description: This course focuses on the historical and contemporary practice of designing brand identity and related systems applications. Subjects for investigation include identity design, application of brand strategy, and design of system architecture. Students research design processes, create communicative identity marks, and apply strategies to design systems, applications, products and services. Students engage in an in-depth study of the qualities, ideals, elements and dynamics that shape branded communication design outcomes. Emphasis is on creating strong, clear conceptualization processes over a series of related communication design pieces that cross digital, social media and print formats.
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CDES 3625 - Narrative Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 2080; and CDES 2222 or CDES 2300 or CDES 3222 or CDES 3400 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Description: This course explores the challenge of designing for linear versus non-linear narrative structures. Diverse design principles and ideologies are covered. Exploration focuses on inventive formulation of content and media using contemporary digital design techniques and technologies to convey plot and storyline. The role of narrative in culture and society is discussed. Research and presentation skills, conceptual thinking, and the integration of technological and design methodologies are explored throughout the course. This is an integrated media course.
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CDES 3980 - Communication Design Junior Internship
Credits: 1-4
Prerequisite(s): At least sophomore standing; cumulative MSU Denver GPA of 2.5 or higher; and CDES 2625 with a “C-” or better; or permission of department
Description: This course is a junior-level, communication design internship in which students gain “real world” experience in the discipline of design, building upon previous knowledge gained in the classroom. This course functions as an elective and can be a precursor to the required, senior-level CDES 4625.
Internship requirements vary by department. For information and instructions on finding and enrolling in an internship, contact the Applied Learning Center at 303-615-1333 or internships@msudenver.edu.
Note: Variable credit; course may be repeated for a maximum of 12 total credits. Repeated experiences must either be at different employers or with significantly different tasks. Fieldwork requires a minimum of 50 contact hours for each semester hour.
Course Revised July 3, 2018
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CDES 4000 - Zeromile and ‘Zines I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 2080 or ARTH 3080 and CDES 2625 with C- or better in each; or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Description: This course is an examination of communication design’s role in print publishing. Zeromile is a self-funded, biannual, print and Internet magazine published collectively by students and faculty in the Communication Design program. In addition to performing a staff role on Zeromile, students produce content and self-publish their own magazines (‘zines) and books. Topics include editorial design and content development, print publishing software and tools, print production and post-production techniques, copyrighting, publication, distribution and the business of publishing.
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CDES 4001 - Zeromile and ‘Zines II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CDES 4000 with “C-” or better; or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Description: This course builds upon the skills and knowledge acquired in CDES 4000 Zeromile and ‘Zines I. Zeromile is a self-funded, bi-annual, print and Internet magazine published collectively by students and faculty in the Communication Design program. Students are responsible for working in teams to lead the design and production of Zeromile, while offering mentorship to students in CDES 4000. Additional experiences include producing a numbered edition of self-published ‘zines or books. Emphasis is on developing a personalized vision for editorial content as delivered through a unique publication format derived by the student’s own design exploration.
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CDES 4100 - Community-Based Design I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 2080 and ART 3237 or ART 3393 or CDES 3400 or CDES 3625 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Description: This course challenges students to formulate design solutions that create positive change for underserved or marginalized communities and individuals. Sometimes referred to as design in the public interest, this course facilitates interaction between student designers and those in need of life-changing design solutions. Students work in teams to solve triple bottom line issues through social, environmental and economic filters. Emphasis is on development projects that can be implemented regionally, nationally or internationally. Students are required to work in a highly inclusive manner with project participants. This is an integrated media course. (Service Learning)
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CDES 4101 - Community-Based Design II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CDES 4100 with “C-” or better; or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Description: This course builds upon the skills and knowledge acquired in CDES 4100 Community-Based Design I. Focusing on design interventions that address underserved or marginalized audiences, this course brings real-world design problems into the classroom studio. Students work in teams as problem-seekers, identifying design deficiencies that can be the motivation for semester-long research, development, and actual implementation. Students demonstrate an evolving sophistication in solving triple bottom line issues through social, environmental and economic filters. Students are required to work in a highly inclusive manner with project participants, peers and members of the community, demonstrating sensitivity to a range of human-centered design issues. This is an integrated media course. (Service Learning)
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CDES 4200 - User Interface Design I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 2080 and CDES 3400, plus either CDES 2300 or ART 3393 or ART 3591 or ART 3631 or ART 4591 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Description: This course explores the theory and practice of designing for multiple devices. It provides students with the knowledge of how to create and implement consistent design applications that function across multiple devices and scenarios. Students are encouraged to design interfaces that respond to changes in the current environment. Emphasis is on the exploration of trends in technology that are bridging disciplines and offering new opportunities to designers. This is an integrated media course.
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CDES 4201 - User Interface Design II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CDES 4200 with “C-” or better or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Description: This course builds upon the skills and knowledge acquired in CDES 4200 User Interface Design I. Students continue to explore the theory and practice of designing for multiple devices and specific user interfaces with the introduction of advanced interface design variables. This course provides students with expanded knowledge of how to create design applications that function across multiple devices and scenarios. Students are encouraged to design interfaces that dynamically respond to changes in the current environment. Emphasis is on the exploration of trends in technology that are bridging disciplines and offering new opportunities to designers. This is an integrated media course.
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CDES 4300 - Variable Topics in Communication Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CDES 2222 and CDES 2225 with a “C-” or better, or permission of department
Corequisite(s): CDES 2226
Description: This course provides a thematic forum in communication design for advanced-level students to develop critical and technical skills as they relate to contemporary design practices. Exploration within the theme focuses on developing skills that communicate to diversified communities and are relevant to contemporary design culture. Students foster a visual language that reflects thematic course content. Projects may be produced in a variety of design applications based on course content. Variable topics: may be repeated for up to 9 credits under different topics.
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CDES 4600 - Communication Design Portfolio Development
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing; completion of all General Studies requirements; ARTH 2080, CDES 3225, CDES 3623, and CDES 3625 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ARTH 3690 and CDES 4000 or CDES 4100 or CDES 4200
Description: This course supports the needs of BFA communication design students who are approaching graduation. Students take an existing body of work and refine it for the purposes of generating final portfolio solutions. Students explore the critical nature of their work by clarifying project results, and as necessary, redeveloping outcomes, for presentation in both web and print-based portfolios. Writing and critical inquiry skills supporting portfolio development are emphasized. The portfolio work generated in this course will be used in the subsequent course CDES 4721 Communication Design Senior Experience: Exhibition and Thesis.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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CDES 4625 - Communication Design Internship
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CDES 3225 with “C-” or better and permission of department
Description: This course focuses on a communication design internship selected for its professional challenges and overall integrity. Students gain “real world” experiences in the discipline of design building upon previous knowledge gained in the classroom. Fieldwork requires a minimum of 150 contact hours for three semester credit hours. This course is restricted to communication design majors.
Internship requirements vary by department. For information and instructions on finding and enrolling in an internship, contact the Applied Learning Center at 303-615-1333 or internships@msudenver.edu.
Note: Course Revised July 3, 2018
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CDES 4650 - Studio M
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CDES 3225 with “C-” or better and permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Description: This course provides studio experience to students in communication design. An alternative internship experience, Studio M is a collaborative effort between Metropolitan State University of Denver, College Communications, and the Communication Design program within the Department of Art. Studio M operates as a functioning design studio where students work collaboratively with their peers, faculty and college staff. Projects derived from the college community are taken from initiation and planning through to final production and implementation. This unique opportunity requires students to apply for a limited number of available design positions at Studio M. Studio work requires a minimum of 150 contact hours for three semester hours. The course fulfills the senior level internship requirement in the communication design major. (Service Learning)
Note: This course may be repeated once for up to 6 credits total.
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CDES 4700 - Professional Practices in Communication Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CDES 3222 and CDES 3623 with “C-” or better in each; or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Description: This course provides an overview of professional practices in communication design. Professional practices range from resume writing and job application material development to best practices in conducting contract and freelance work and pitching concepts in front of clients. Topics include strategies for personal communications packages, networking, applying for jobs, interviewing skills, and ethical practices in the work place as design firm employee or proprietor. Entrepreneurial initiatives are covered from starting a business to negotiating contract and/or freelance work and bidding on jobs. This course is restricted to communication design majors.
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CDES 4721 - Communication Design Senior Experience: Exhibition and Thesis
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Satisfaction of all General Studies course requirements; ARTH 3690 and ARTH 4480 with “C-” or better in each; senior standing; or permission of department. Student must supply a suitable laptop computer.
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): CDES 4600, CDES 4625, and CDES 4700 with C- or better in each
Description: This capstone course is tailored to the needs of the BFA communication design student. It brings closure to the concentration of study through the thesis, exhibition and senior review components. Students create a thesis project that demonstrates a commitment to their chosen area of interest or expertise in the field. Additionally students work in teams to conceptualize, design and present a cohesive body of work in a senior exhibition. A final review culminates in the exhibition. A student’s body of work will have been previously completed in other coursework for inclusion in this aspect of the course. Writing and critical inquiry skills supporting the exhibition are emphasized.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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CDES 4801 - Communication Design Studio Assistantship
Credits: 1-4
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department
Description: This studio course allows the advanced student to put into use the studio skills learned in previous courses to assist faculty and other students. Students learn to assist in laboratories, maintain tools and equipment, mix chemicals (if appropriate) and handle and stock supplies in an appropriate manner. They demonstrate techniques and assist other students with technical and creative questions.
Note: Variable credit; course may be repeated once for a maximum of 6 semester hours of credit with different duties.
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CDES 4802 - Letterpress Assistantship
Credits: 1-4
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department
Description: This studio course allows the advanced student to put into use letterpress printing operation and skills learned in previous courses and through specialized training workshops to assist faculty and other students. Students learn to assist in laboratories, maintain letterpress tools and equipment, and handle inks and stock supplies in an appropriate manner. They demonstrate techniques and assist other students with technical and creative questions.
Note: Variable credit; course may be repeated once for a maximum of 6 semester hours of credit.
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CDES 4842 - Directed Studies in Communication Design
Credits: 1-4
Prerequisite(s): CDES 3625 with “C-” or better and permission of department; student must provide a suitable laptop computer.
Description: This course provides advanced, independent studio work in communication design with emphasis on the production of finished work in preparation for either senior portfolio or thesis exhibition. The student integrates techniques and skills learned in previous courses to develop an individual voice and create a coherent body of work.
Note: Variable credit; this course may be repeated once for a maximum of 6 semester hours total credit.
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CAS 1010 - Public Speaking
Credits: 3
Description: This course integrates both the theory and practical skills of topic research, composition, delivery, and criticism of public speaking. Skill development includes effective public presentation strategies and audience analysis. Students develop critical listening skills by evaluating their own public-speaking style, as well as the effectiveness of their peers and professional speakers. This course builds public-speaking confidence, and introduces the student to the power of public rhetoric in social and professional contexts. May be taught as hybrid.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CAS or HON.
General Studies: Oral Communication
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 1013
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CAS 1020 - Communication in Action
Credits: 3
Description: Communication in Action provides a unique opportunity for first-year students to examine and demonstrate the significance of effective oral communication. The power of words and self-expression in effecting social change is a guiding theme of the course. Drawing on scholarship, relevant research, and practical experience through service learning, students articulate the significance of communication in fulfilling responsibilities to the community.
General Studies: Oral Communication
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CAS 1301 - The Communication Perspective
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1010 or CAS 1010 or permission of instructor
Description: This course introduces students to the assumptions, topics, and approaches that contribute to communication as an academic discipline. Research and theory about messages, meaning, media, relationships, and their connections to social issues are addressed. This course provides students with insight into communication as it works in interpersonal, group, organizational, rhetorical and media contexts.
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CAS 1710 - Interpersonal Communication
Credits: 3
Description: This is an introductory course in the art and process of communicating with people in a variety of environments. This class provides students with the insight and tools of interpersonal communication theory and the opportunity to develop basic communication skills in listening, assertive communication, self analysis and dealing appropriately with conflict.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CAS or HON.
General Studies: Oral Communication
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 1710
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CAS 2301 - Communication Theory
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): CAS 1301
Description: This course surveys the major theories that support research and study of communication. Starting with the broad overview theories in communication the course explores theories in interpersonal communication, relationship development, relationship maintenance, influence, group decision making, organizational communication, rhetoric, media, culture, and gender. The course gives students a foundation in communication vocabulary, basic knowledge of key theories, an introduction to reading research journals, and practical application of theory to human communication.
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CAS 2400 - Electronic Media and Society
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1010 or permission of instructor
Description: This course surveys the radio, television, cable, satellite, and Internet distributed electronic media. It focuses on the function, organization, programming, and personnel involved as well as the effects electronic media has upon society.
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CAS 2710 - Team and Group Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1010 or CAS 1710 or Permission of Instructor
Description: This course introduces students to communication-related group dynamics and team processes that are essential in today’s workplaces and communities. Students learn skills and strategies for communicating with different kinds of people, for diverse purposes, and in a variety of contexts.
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CAS 2720 - Nonverbal Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1010 and CAS 2301
Description: Designed to explore the nature of the so-called “silent language” of the human communication process, this course focuses on the classes of nonverbal communication, their impact on human perception, patterned behavior in groups, organizational systems, and cultures.
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CAS 2730 - Communication and Conflict
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1010 or CAS 1710 or permission of instructor
Description: This course develops strategies for managing conflict dynamics in communication interactions at work, home, and school. Effort is made to pinpoint individual communication conflict styles and to assess their effectiveness in conflict interaction.
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CAS 2760 - Intercultural Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1010 or CAS 1710 or permission of instructor
Description: This course applies communication approaches and perspectives to intercultural communication processes within and outside of the United States. The major emphasis in the class is on face-to-face communication within and between members of different cultures and the impact of popular culture on those communications. Living in a global society, it is imperative to know how different cultures communicate around the world. In the course, students will examine the complex relationship between culture, communication, power, and context from three conceptual perspectives: the social scientific perspective, the interpretive perspective, and the critical perspective.
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