Jul 03, 2024

2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog

2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

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 located on the Office of the Registrar’s website, msudenver.edu/registrar/classschedules.

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Philosophy
	PHI 3050 - Special Topics in the History of Philosophy: Variable Topics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 3000 and/or PHI 3020 recommended Description: This course is devoted to special topics in the history of philosophy. These topics may involve eras falling outside the foci of the historical sequence, such as Hellenistic or Roman philosophy, Medieval or Renaissance philosophy, or nineteenth and twentieth century philosophy. Or they may consider the historical progression of a special topic, such as skepticism, that is considered in a more indepth or advanced level. Note: This course may be repeated for credit up to four times under different topics.
	PHI 3120 - Philosophy of Language Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 2440 is recommended Description: This course is a general introduction to central questions and topics in the philosophy of language. Special consideration is given to historical and contemporary issues in the analytic tradition.
	PHI 3150 - Social and Political Philosophy Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 3000 or PHI 3020 Description: This is a course on selected topics in social and political philosophy, typically involving issues related to justice, rights, power, democracy, class, equality, freedom, property, representation, and community. Readings may include classical and contemporary sources.
	PHI 3180 - Feminist Philosophy Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 1010 or 1030 and junior standing are recommended Description: This course involves an examination of traditional philosophical topics and questions from the perspective of contemporary feminist theory. Special consideration is given to feminist critiques of logic, rationality and scientific objectivity and to feminist approaches to ethical, social, and political thought. Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: PHI or WMS. Cross Listed Course(s): WMS 3180
	PHI 3320 - Metaphysics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 3000 or PHI 3020 Description: This course is a comprehensive survey of traditional or contemporary problems in metaphysics. Topics typically covered include free will, causation, identity, God, and substance.
	PHI 3330 - Epistemology Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 2440 Description: This course provides a survey of key topics in the theory of knowledge such as skepticism, propositions, justification, perception, memory, induction, other minds, and naturalism.
	PHI 3350 - Ethical Theories Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 3000 Description: This is a course on selected topics in ethical theory, including those derived from normative ethics, concerning the content of moral behavior, or those derived from meta-ethics, concerning the nature of ethical reflection. Readings may include both classical and contemporary sources.
	PHI 3360 - Business Ethics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): At least junior standing Description: This course investigates the value conflicts that may arise from current circumstances in the modern business world. Designed to assist students in becoming effective business professionals, it examines four main areas of current practice in some detail: the responsibility of business in society, corporate governance, ethical decision-making, and ethical leadership. Interpretive, critical and analytical skills will be emphasized and cultivated. General Studies: Arts and Humanities
	PHI 3370 - Computers, Ethics, and Society Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): One of the following: Any PHI course or any CSI course or equivalent Description: This course contains two main components: first, the ethical frameworks, relating to the nature of the person, in which three main concepts may emerge and be critically discussed: professionalism, privacy, and property; and second, the wider social, legal and political implications of computers, in particular for the nature of work, risk and legal liability, and the social context of computing (and other digital technologies). General Studies: Arts and Humanities
	PHI 3380 - Science and Human Values: Variable Topics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 3020 Description: This course is designed to serve students interested in learning about a variety of applied ethical issues arising from the rapid increases in scientific knowledge and technological ability. Typical issues could include those associated with questions of bioethics (sometimes called medical ethics), environmental philosophy, human dignity or global ethics. Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
	PHI 3390 - Aesthetics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): Two courses in philosophy or Permission of instructor Description: A study of some basic concepts of aesthetics, focused either on a principal figure in the field (e.g. Plato, Kant, Schiller, or Nietzsche) or on a particular set of fundamental issues in aesthetics, e.g. the ontology of the work of art, intentions and originality, form and expression, criticism, aesthetic education, etc. May include an emphasis on a particular art (e.g. poetry, drama, film, jazz, or painting).
	PHI 3400 - Philosophy of Science Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 1010 and three additional hours in philosophy or Permission of the instructor Description: An advanced, critical examination of the concepts and problems involved in contemporary science. The nature of scientific method, explanation, and law is covered. Physical, biological, and psychosocial sciences are investigated.
	PHI 3410 - Eastern Philosophy: Variable Topics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 1040 Description: This course is an in-depth study of a specific thinker, such as Zoroaster, Pantajali, Sankara, or Vivikenanda; or of a pair or group of thinkers, such as Confucius and Lao-tzu; or of a recognized movement of thought or tradition, such as Theravada or Zen Buddhism; or of a concept or problem, such as karma and reincarnation; or of a genealogy of sacred texts, such as the Vedas and the Upanishads; or of a conjunction of epic texts, such as the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, as rooted in primarily the Eastern or Near Eastern context. Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
	PHI 3420 - Special Topics in Logic and Language: Variable Topics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 2440 or PHI 3120 recommended Description: This course covers variable topics in the area of logic and language. Such topics might include, for example, set theory, model theory, proof theory, decidability or modal logic, on the logic side, or an indepth consideration of theories of reference, definite descriptions and proper names, conversational implicature, pragmatics, or natural language processing, on the language side. Note: This course may be repeated for credit up to four times under different topics.
	PHI 3430 - Philosophy of Law Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): One upper-division course in the humanities or social sciences, or one philosophy course; or Permission of instructor Description: An examination of the origin of the individual and the idea of law in Greek thought and alterations of these notions in modern thought. The notion of interpretation in the law will be examined.
	PHI 3450 - Human Nature and Conduct: Variable Topics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 3000 or PHI 3020 Description: This variable topics course examines philosophical writings on the topic of human nature and/or concerns a critical investigation of social structures and cultural institutions that rely on some concept of human nature (either explicitly to implicitly). Possible themes may center around issues such as life and death, embodiment, nature vs. convention, responsibility, solitude and community, or personhood; alternately, the course may consider the ethical and social thought of an individual thinker, such as Dewey, Freud, or Habermas, or a school or movement, such as Stoicism, British Idealism, or the conservative tradition, with an emphasis on human nature and/or society. Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
	PHI 3480 - Histories of Desire: Variable Topics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 1030 Description: This variable topics course contends with philosophical issues relating to love, desire, gender, and sexuality in a concrete cultural context. Possible themes might center around issues such as eros and thanatos, conscience and internalization, transgression and trauma, eroticism and art, ecstasy and spirituality, sexuality and identity, the body and its modification of mortification, queer histories, the care of self, or desire in language; alternately, the course may focus on topics or problems raised by the work of an individual thinker or group of thinkers, such as Freud, Bataille, Lacan, Klein, Foucault, Deleuze, Irgaray, or Kristeva. Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
	PHI 3500 - Advanced Humanistic Inquiry: Variable Topics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 3000 and PHI 3020; or Permission of instructor Description: This course is an interdisciplinary study of humanistic inquiry and cultural investigation, with course content drawn from the development of modern European and American culture since the Enlightenment. Special attention is given to the revolutionary transformations of ideas, institutions, structures, and forms of artistic and literary expression that characterize life in the modern world over approximately the last 250 years. Movements such as Romanticism, Realism, Decadence, Modernism, or Post-Modernism could receive special consideration. Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
	PHI 3510 - Phenomenology Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 3020 is recommended Description: This course is a study of at least two major 20th century phenomenologists. Different conceptions of the nature and scope of phenomenology are critically examined.
	PHI 3530 - Philosophy of Mind Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 2440 Description: This course is a study of mental phenomena, including traditional problems connected with the relation of mind and body, personal identity, solipsism and the knowledge of other minds, but also contemporary issues involving consciousness, perception, thought, feeling and volition in human, animal, and artificial contexts.
	PHI 3550 - Existentialism Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 3020 is strongly recommended Description: Existentialism may be characterized as a philosophical and literary impulse, a multi-sided revolt against the “leveling down” of human existence by forces of industrialization, alienation, and homogenization. In the ideologies of mass society, existentialists identify a series of threats to human freedom and to the uniqueness of the individual. This course examines several approaches to a cluster of philosophical problems, rooted in the concrete realities of human existence.
	PHI 3570 - Hermeneutics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 3020 is strongly recommended Description: Hermeneutics is the study of the principles of interpretation, and it examines how human beings experience the world as intelligible. As a practice, hermeneutics is ancient; as a modern discipline, it is first codified in the nineteenth century and beyond. This course poses and assesses fundamental questions regarding the conditions of human understanding, particularly the complex relationship of writer, text, and reader in the interpretive process.
	PHI 3600 - Currents in American Thought: Variable Topics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 3020 Description: After a brief consideration of the methodological implications of intellectual and social history, this course could consider classical figures (such as Edwards or Emerson) and influential intellectual traditions in American culture (such as Puritanism or Transcendentalism); or seemingly peripheral individuals (such as Douglass or Du Bois) and the more subterranean impulses stemming from traditionally marginalized groups of diverse ethnic, cultural, gender or sexual communities (for example, abolitionism and the problems connected with slavery, race, and gender in American culture). Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
	PHI 3610 - Religious Studies: Variable Topics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 1050 Description: This course is an in-depth study of a specific thinker, such as Paul, Augustine, Mamonides, or Barth; or of a pair or group of thinkers, such as Luther and Calvin or Buber and Rosenzweig; or of a recognized movement of thought or tradition, such as Shia or Sunni Islam; or of a particular concept or problem, such as sin and redemption; or of a genealogy of sacred texts, such as the Tanakh and the New Testament; or of a conjunction of epic texts, such as Gilgamesh and Genesis, as rooted primarily in the Western or Near Eastern context. Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
	PHI 3700 - Philosophy and the Arts: Variable Topics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 3320 or PHI 3500 is recommended Description: This course is an examination of some of the most intriguing and illuminating points of intersection between philosophy and the literary, the performing or the visual arts, including film. It may address philosophy on the arts (issues relating to ontological status, truth, interpretation, authorship, and self expression); or philosophy in the arts (literary texts, performance pieces or artistic works that explicitly invoke philosophical problems or evoke philosophical doctrines in their portrayal of social or psychological realities); or philosophy as art problems connected with meaning, representation and form in philosophical works, including across multiple media). Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
	PHI 3810 - Major Philosophers: Variable Topics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 3000 or PHI 3020 Description: This course is an in-depth study of a specific philosopher, such as Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Kant, Nietzsche, or Heidegger; or a group of related thinkers, such as Plato or Plotinus, Marx and the Young Hegelians, or Wittgenstein and Austin; or a movement of thought, such as German Idealism, American Pragmatism, or Logical Positivism. Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
	PHI 4050 - Comparative Thought: Variable Topics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHI 2040; PHI 3000 or PHI 3020 Description: Comparative thought or philosophy-sometimes called cross-cultural philosophy-is a sub field that considers a single myth, theme, topic or set of problems by comparing a plurality of sources from different streams and traditions, across cultural, linguistic, and historical boundaries. This course examines some fundamental human issues and questions from different perspectives, possibly involving a further examination of specific ideological or political viewpoints, both within and across cultures, as well. Some of the challenges to comparative work, including chauvinism, anachronism, incommensurability, and perennialism may also be discussed. Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
	PHI 4100 - Senior Seminar Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): Completion of all General Studies requirements and senior standing Description: This course is a capstone course and is required of all philosophy majors. It is an in-depth consideration of a topic or author (or group of topics or authors) involving synoptic reflection, detailed interpretation and thematic synthesis, with in-class presentations and an emphasis on philosophical writing. University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
Physics
	PHY 1000 - Introduction to Physics Credits: 4 Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standard scores on the reading, writing, and mathematics preassessment placement tests and high school algebra or equivalent Description: An introductory survey course for nonscientists that emphasizes the main concepts of physics, including mechanics, properties of matter, heat, sound, electricity, and magnetism, light, modern physics, and relativity. The accompanying laboratory work is designed to illustrate the material discussed in the lectures. General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SC1
	PHY 1250 - Physics of Aviation Credits: 6 Prerequisite(s): MTH 1110, or MTH 1310, or equivalent; Minimum performance standard scores on the reading, writing and mathematics preassessment placement tests Description: A one-semester course introducing the fundamentals of physics through technological applications, many of which are in aerospace science. Topics include measurement, motion, temperature, heat, properties of fluids, sound, oscillations, waves, and electricity and magnetism. General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SC1
	PHY 2010 - College Physics I Credits: 4 Prerequisite(s): Concurrent registration with PHY 2030 is recommended. MTH 1120 or equivalent; and completion of either ENG 1010 or the General Studies requirement in Oral Communication. Description: This first term of a one-year sequence covers the fundamentals of physics in a basic but thorough manner. The experimental aspects of physics are emphasized in the classroom and in the laboratory. Considerable time is devoted to problem-solving. Course content includes measurement, vectors, kinematics, dynamics, gravitation, energy, momentum, rotational motion, properties of matter, heat, thermal properties of matter, thermodynamics, wave motion and sound. The course is algebra-based. General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SC1
	PHY 2020 - College Physics II Credits: 4 Prerequisite(s): Concurrent registration with PHY 2040 is recommended; PHY 2010 and completion of either ENG 1010 or the General Studies requirement in Oral Communication. Description: A continuation of PHY 2010, the algebra-based introductory physics course. Topics include electricity and magnetism, electromechanical devices, AC circuits, geometrical and physical optics and modern physics. General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SC1
	PHY 2030 - College Physics I Laboratory Credits: 1 Prerequisite(s): Concurrent registration with PHY 2010 is recommended. MTH 1120 or equivalent; and satisfaction of either ENG 1010 or the General Studies requirement in Oral Communication. Description: The first semester of a one-year sequence in laboratory work that emphasizes experimental techniques, procedures and formal report writing. Laboratory experiments reinforce or extend the work of the lecture portion of the course. Emphasis is on mechanics. General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SC1
	PHY 2040 - College Physics II Laboratory Credits: 1 Prerequisite(s): Concurrent registration with PHY 2020 is recommended. Completion of either ENG 1010 or the General Studies requirement in Oral Communication. Description: This course is the second semester of a one-year sequence in laboratory work that emphasizes experimental techniques, procedures and formal report writing. Laboratory experiments are selected to reinforce or extend the work of the lecture portion of the course. Emphasis is on electrical measurements, waves, optics and modern physics. General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SC1
	PHY 2311 - General Physics I Credits: 4 Prerequisite(s): MTH 1410 Corequisite(s): Concurrent registration with PHY 2321 General Physics I Laboratory is recommended. Satisfaction of either ENG 1010 or the Oral Communication requirement. Description: This first term of a one-year, introductory, calculus-based physics course is suitable for science and engineering students. The topics include motion, forces, rotations, gravity, and elasticity. General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SC1
	PHY 2321 - General Physics I Laboratory Credits: 1 Prerequisite(s): MTH 1120 or equivalent; and satisfaction of either ENG 1010 or the Oral Communication requirement Corequisite(s): Concurrent registration with PHY 2311 is recommended Description: This first semester of a one-year sequence in laboratory work emphasizes experimental techniques, procedures and formal report writing. Laboratory experiments reinforce or extend the work of the lecture portion of the course. Emphasis is on mechanics. General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences
	PHY 2331 - General Physics II Credits: 4 Prerequisite(s): MTH 2410, PHY 2311 or equivalent, and completion of either ENG 1010 or the Oral Communication requirement. Corequisite(s): Concurrent registration with PHY 2341 is recommended. Description: As a continuation of PHY 2311, this second term of a one-year introductory calculus-based physics course is suitable for science and engineering students. Topics treated include electricity and magnetism, circuits, electromagnetic oscillations and waves, physical optics, and geometrical optics. General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SC1
	PHY 2341 - General Physics II Laboratory Credits: 1 Prerequisite(s): MTH 1120 or equivalent, and satisfaction of either ENG 1010 or the Oral Communication requirement Corequisite(s): Concurrent registration with PHY 2331 is recommended. Description: This is the second semester of a one-year sequence in laboratory work that emphasizes experimental techniques, procedures and formal report writing. Laboratory experiments reinforce or extend the work of the lecture portion of the course. Emphasis is on electrical measurements, waves, optics and modern physics. General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences
	PHY 2711 - Vibrations and Waves Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHY 2331, MTH 2410 Description: This course is an introduction to vibrations and waves associated with physical phenomena. Analytical and numerical methods will be introduced for analysis. The topics covered are harmonic oscillators, waves in elastic media, sound waves, pulses, and dispersion. Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or PHY. Cross Listed Course(s): HON 2711
	PHY 2811 - Modern Physics I Credits: 4 Prerequisite(s): MTH 2410 and PHY 2331 Corequisite(s): PHY 2711 Description: This is the first course of a two-course sequence which provides an introduction to modern physics. Topics include vibrations and waves, the special theory of relativity, the breakdown of classical physics, and an introduction to quantum mechanics. Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or PHY. Cross Listed Course(s): HON 2811
	PHY 2821 - Classical Physics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): MTH 2410 and one year of physics, or Permission of instructor Description: This course presents the fundamental principles of mechanics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism and optics with an emphasis on understanding of physics through problem-solving.
	PHY 3011 - Modern Physics II Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHY 2811 Description: This is the second half of a two-course sequence which provides an introduction to modern physics. The concepts and formalism of quantum physics are used to allow for an understanding of the energy levels and configuration of the hydrogen atom, the strength of molecular bonds, atomic and molecular spectroscopy, solid-state physics, band theory, nuclear and subatomic physics. An introduction to quantum statistics, general relativity, and cosmology is also given. Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or PHY. Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3011
	PHY 3082 - Energy and Environment Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHY 1000 or PHY 2010 or equivalent Description: This course presents the supply and usage of energy resources and the environmental problems associated with our energy usage.
	PHY 3120 - Methods of Mathematical Physics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): MTH 3420 and MTH 2420 Description: This course introduces mathematical techniques useful for solving equations commonly found in physics. Topics include methods of solving partial differential equations, special functions, and integral transforms.
	PHY 3211 - Analytical Mechanics Credits: 4 Prerequisite(s): PHY 2711 and MTH 3420, or Permission of instructor Description: This is a course in mechanics at the intermediate level. Topics include the Lagrange and Hamilton formulations, the two-body problem, rigid-body motion, and small oscillations.
	PHY 3411 - Thermal Physics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): MTH 3420, PHY 2711, or Permission of instructor Description: This course covers the basic concepts of the three related disciplines of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and kinetic theory. The treatment includes both microscopic and macroscopic behavior of various classical and quantum systems of noninteracting particles and spins.
	PHY 3620 - Sound and Music Credits: 3 Description: This course will consider the basic nature of sound waves, the ear and hearing, musical instruments, and acoustics. Although this course is mainly descriptive, some high school algebra will be used. General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences
	PHY 3711 - Physics Laboratory I Credits: 2 Prerequisite(s): PHY 2811 Description: This is the first term of a one-year sequence in laboratory work at the junior level. Topics include electrical measurements, electrical measuring systems, and experimental optics.
	PHY 3721 - Physics Laboratory II Credits: 2 Prerequisite(s): PHY 2811 Description: This is a continuation of PHY 3711.
	PHY 3811 - Quantum Mechanics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): MTH 3420, PHY 2811, PHY 2711 or Permission of instructor Description: This is a course in which both wave mechanics and matrix mechanics are developed and applied to selected problems in atomic physics. Particular topics include solutions to the time-independent Schrödinger equation for the hydrogen atom, tunneling, the harmonic oscillator, electron spin, and approximation methods.
	PHY 4331 - Electricity and Magnetism Credits: 4 Prerequisite(s): MTH 3420 and PHY 2711, or Permission of instructor Description: This is a course in electricity and magnetism at the intermediate level. Topics include Maxwell’s equations, boundary value problems, electrodynamics, and electromagnetic radiation.
	PHY 4510 - Optics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHY 2711 or equivalent Description: This course presents a contemporary treatment of selected topics in optics, such as matrix methods in geometrical optics, the Fourier analysis approach to physical optics, and the interaction of light with matter.
	PHY 4550 - Astrophysics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHY 2711, MTH 3420 Description: This course covers stellar astrophysics, solar physics, star formation, stellar evolution, processes in the interstellar medium, galactic dynamics and evolution, formation of galaxies, and cosmology.
	PHY 4611 - Computational Physics I Credits: 2 Prerequisite(s): PHY 2811, PHY 2711, MTH 3420, completion of General Studies requirements and Senior standing or Permission of instructor Description: This course introduces more advanced methods of computational physics. Several complex physical phenomena are modeled numerically. Topics include nonlinear second-order differential equations associated with Newton’s second law, partial differential equations associated with the wave equation, heat diffusion, Schrödinger’s equation, and methods of fitting and analyzing data. University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
	PHY 4620 - Computational Physics II Credits: 2 Prerequisite(s): PHY 4611, satisfaction of all General Studies requirements, and Senior standing Description: This is a course that assigns the student to an individual advanced, advanced level project modeling a physical phenomenon on the computer. University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
	PHY 4630 - Continuum Physics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHY 3120 or equivalent Description: A course that presents the basic physical principles of fluid mechanics and elasticity together with their application to various problems in astronomy, physics, geology, and medicine.
	PHY 4650 - Solid State Physics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHY 3411 and PHY 3811 or Permission of instructor Description: A course in which the basic thermal and electrical properties of solids are explained in terms of the Brilluoin zone structures of phonons and electrons.
	PHY 4711 - Advanced Physics I Laboratory Credits: 2 Prerequisite(s): PHY 3711, completion of General Studies requirements, Senior standing, or Permission of instructor Description: This course provides laboratory work at the advanced undergraduate level. Individual student projects are emphasized. University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
	PHY 4721 - Advanced Physics II Laboratory Credits: 2 Prerequisite(s): PHY 3711, completion of General Studies requirements, and Senior standing Description: This course focuses on individual student projects in experimental physics at the advanced undergraduate level. University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
	PHY 4810 - Atomic and Molecular Structure Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHY 3811 Description: A course in which quantum mechanical methods are applied to problems in atomic and molecular physics, such as the one-electron atom, atomic and molecular spectra, and particle scattering.
	PHY 4820 - Subatomic Physics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PHY 4810 Description: An introductory treatment of the various concepts and models used to describe nuclear and high-energy particle phenomena.
	PHY 4921 - Physics Senior Seminar Credits: 1 Prerequisite(s): PHY 4711 or permission of instructor; completion of General Studies requirements and senior standing Corequisite(s): PHY 4620 or PHY 4721 or permission of instructor Description: This is a course in which graduating seniors report on individual projects to their peers and the department faculty. University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
Political Science
	PSC 1010 - American National Government Credits: 3 Description: This course introduces the basic principles, institutions, actors, and processes of American National Government. It allows the student to recognize the U.S. Constitution’s design and its lasting influence. It also presents some of the changing social, economic, and political variables that create powerfully new conceptions of the structure, purpose, and flow of American politics. General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences I Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SS1
	PSC 1020 - Political Systems and Ideas Credits: 3 Description: This course examines political societies and explores the basic ideas, structures, and issues of modern political systems. General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences I Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SS1
	PSC 2020 - Conducting Political Analysis Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 1010 or PSC 1020 or Permission of instructor Description: This course inquires into research methods and deals with how we organize knowledge in the study of politics. It also emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach to political analysis by concentrating on philosophy of science, social science methodology, and historiography.
	PSC 2030 - Politics in the Media Credits: 3 Description: This course is an analysis of political issues as portrayed in print, broadcast, and electronic media. It is designed to provide students with the background and perspective needed for an informed understanding of issues confronting the political system.
	PSC 2200 - Politics and Black People Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): Completion of the General Studies requirement in Quantitative Literacy and either ENG 1010 or the General Studies requirement in Oral Communication. Description: Black politics is examined as a vehicle and potential in decision making for positive change for Black people in this country. The realities and the challenges, both historical and current, are emphasized. Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: PSC or AAS. University Requirement(s): Multicultural Cross Listed Course(s): AAS 2200
	PSC 2230 - Introduction to International Relations Credits: 3 Description: This course introduces students to the discipline of international relations with a general survey of the theories and issues of relations between nation states, states and non-state actors. Issues covered in this course include the causes of war, conflict, and the pursuit of peace in the international system. Note: Credit may be granted for only one prefix: HON or PSC. General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences I, Global Diversity Cross Listed Course(s): HON 2230
	PSC 3000 - American State and Local Government Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 1010 or Permission of instructor Description: The organization, powers, functions, and practical workings of state, county, town, and city governments of the United States. Special attention is given to federal-state relations and to the Colorado state government and constitution.
	PSC 3020 - Introduction to Public Administration Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 1010 or PSC 1020 or Permission of instructor Description: An introduction to public management as a field of study and professional practice. Topics include the political environment of public administration, organization theory, decision-making, budgetary processes, intergovernmental relations, and ethics and professionalism in public service.
	PSC 3050 - Political Theory Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): Completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy. Description: Examination of Western political ideas and ideals from Plato through Marx: the hopes and fears, questions and responses, dreams and realities about the state, humanity, justice, and politics. An opportunity to relate historical political thinking to modern problems.
	PSC 3090 - Current Topics in Political Science: Variable Topics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 1010 or PSC 1020 or Permission of instructor Description: An in-depth study of an important topic of political science. Note: Topics vary and the course may be repeated for credit as the topics change.
	PSC 3100 - American Political Parties and Elections and Voting Behavior Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 1010 or PSC 1020 or Permission of instructor Description: This course considers the nature and functions of parties in the U.S. political system: their membership, beliefs and internal organization. It examines campaign methods and financing, and analyzes the American voter and nonvoter, based on the latest research findings.
	PSC 3110 - Federal Indian Law Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): NAS 1000 Description: This course addresses the legal and political relationship between the United States and American Indians. Students will study the major doctrines in Federal Indian Law, including the doctrines of Discover, Trust, Sovereignty, and Plenary Power with provide the legal/political basis for the U.S. and American Indian relationship. The course also provides a critical examination of current topics such as the continued political control exercised by the U.S. Government over Native American Nations and the meaning of Sovereignty in the context of U.S. and Native Nations. Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: NAS or PSC. Cross Listed Course(s): NAS 3110
	PSC 3120 - American Constitutional Law Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 1010 and completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy. Description: This course examines how the basic principles and doctrines of the Constitution have been interpreted, altered, and applied in response to the ever-changing social, economic, and political conditions in the United States.
	PSC 3130 - The American Presidency Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 1010 or PSC 1020 or Permission of instructor Description: This course addresses the powers and functions of the presidency as the office has changed and evolved, with emphasis on recent experience. It explores styles of presidential leadership, relations with Congress, the bureaucracy, the media, the group influence and constituent relations. It examines internal organization, traditions, power structure and reform.
	PSC 3140 - The American Congress and Legislative Process Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 1010 or PSC 1020 or Permission of instructor Description: This course explores the powers and functions of the legislative branch of government; relations with the executive branch; interest group influence; constituent relations. It examines internal organization, traditions, power structure and reform.
	PSC 3150 - Law and Society Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 1010 or PSC 1020 Description: In this course, students critically examine the American judicial system and the legal process. Students analyze the historical development and current organization of the judicial system, the major actors in the system, trial and appellate processes, and judicial decision-making.
	PSC 3160 - Readings in Political Science and Public Administration: Variable Topics Credits: 1-3 Description: This course provides the opportunity for the student to explore important writings in a selected subject area of political science. It is a self-paced course under the guidance of the instructor. Note: Topics vary and the course may be repeated for credit.
	PSC 3170 - Leadership Studies Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): Completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy. Description: This class focuses on the modern development of leadership studies, from the cornerstone study by James MacGregor Burns in 1978 to the present. The course highlights the debates surrounding the search for a general theory of leadership, the role of values in the study of leadership and the value of leadership itself. A variety of perspectives are presented on the topics covered.
	PSC 3200 - Native American Politics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): NAS 1000 or PSC 1020 or Permission of instructor, and completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy. Description: The focus of this course is to examine Native Americans as political beings. Important questions and strategies for understanding the rise and expansion of Native politicization will be identified. In general, the students will be able to explain why, how, and when movements that demand change emerge. By comparing and contrasting the Native American experience with other powerless groups in society, the students should be able to trace the historical and political factors that led to a change in the movement of insurgency and analyze the specific actions by insurgents that inevitably resulted in the failure or success of those specific actions. Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: PSC or NAS. University Requirement(s): Multicultural Cross Listed Course(s): NAS 3200
	PSC 3220 - Public Policy Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 1010 or PSC 1020 or Permission of instructor Description: This course is an analysis of the ongoing development of government policy, covering the main stages of the policy process: agenda building, formulation, authorization, implementation, and evaluation.
	PSC 3230 - Environmental Politics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 1010, PSC 1020 or Permission of instructor Description: The class will explore the political and administrative issues in the field of environmental politics. Environmental areas to be reviewed will include environmental theory, organizations, political behavior, assessment, law, and decision-making.
	PSC 3240 - Intergovernmental Relations Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 1010 or Permission of instructor Description: This course is an analysis of the functioning of the American federal system and the changing forms of local/state/federal relationships. It surveys recent efforts to develop theories relating to the administrative processes of intergovernmental relations.
	PSC 3250 - Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): MTH 1210; or permission of instructor Description: This course focuses on the research design and quantitative methods used in conducting policy analyses and program evaluations in the public sector. Emphasis is on the application of quantitative data analysis to public policies and programs.
	PSC 3260 - Politics of Budgeting Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 3020 or Permission of instructor Description: Budget systems analyzed with an evaluation of administrative techniques of budget control. The legal, social, and political aspects of governmental budgets and the budgetary process.
	PSC 3280 - Public Personnel Administration Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 3020 or Permission of instructor Description: This course is an analysis of managing, motivating and developing people in public organizations. Surveys the main elements of personnel administration such as selection, evaluation, promotion, training, productivity and job classification.
	PSC 3300 - Land Use, Culture and Conflict Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): ENV 1400 or NAS 1000 or PSC 1010 and at least junior standing Description: This course is designed to introduce students to theories, approaches and controversies concerning use of land and resources on Indian Reservations. Reading and discussion will be directed toward questions related to differing views on land use and resources, how modernization impacts traditional settings, as well as treaties and governmental policies that govern Indian land. Case studies which illustrate current conflict/resolution issues between Native Americans and other actors such as federal, state and local governments will be examined. Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix. University Requirement(s): Multicultural Cross Listed Course(s): GEG 3300, NAS 3300
	PSC 3310 - American Foreign and Military Policy Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 1010 or Permission of instructor Description: This course examines the main trends of U.S. foreign and military policy from the end of World War II to the present, with an exploration of the motives and perceptions behind recent policies and actions. Studies the policymaking process and the relationship between foreign policy and domestic policies.
	PSC 3320 - International Law Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 2230 Description: This course examines past and present efforts of nations to regulate their relations and resolve conflicts through the use of existing legal doctrine, or the development of new law in response to new problems, such as the uses of outer space and ocean resources.
	PSC 3330 - International Organizations Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 2230 Description: This course examines the theory and practice of international organizations, with emphasis on the United Nations. Past and present attempts of nations to solve problems or achieve security by means of regional and global organizations, such as the Common Market and the World Bank are addressed.
	PSC 3340 - International Political Economy Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 1010 or PSC 1020; ECO 1040 or ECO 2010 recommended Description: This is a survey course of the major issues and themes of international political economy. It covers the basic theoretical orientations and the international institutions that structure the international economy. It provides students with all the necessary background to understand the intersection of economics and politics in the international system.
	PSC 3350 - Global Issues Forum: Variable Topics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 1010 or PSC 1020 Description: This is a variable topics course in which students explore a particular contemporary issue in global politics with a combination of in-class and online content, as well as with an experiential learning component. Specific issues will vary but will focus on understanding the issue in an international and/or comparative political context. This class includes a service-learning component where students will have the opportunity to apply the material from class in a real-world setting under the direction of the instructor. (Service Learning) Note: This class may be repeated for different content for up to 6 elective credits in the Comparative Politics/International Relations major concentration.
	PSC 3400 - Contemporary Africa Credits: 3 Description: This course focuses on the political, social and economic realities of post independence Africa. Africa’s relations with the outside world and the question of South Africa are also examined in this course. Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: PSC or AAS. Cross Listed Course(s): AAS 3400
	PSC 3520 - American Political Thought Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 1010 or Permission of instructor Description: Is there an American political philosophy? This course is a study of some of the significant individuals and ideas that have shaped and are shaping political thinking in America.
	PSC 3600 - Comparative Politics Area Studies: Variable Topics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 1010 or PSC 1020 or Permission of instructor Description: This course is a thorough examination of the political system or systems of a selected foreign nation or geographical region, such as the Middle East, Western Europe, or Latin America. Note: Subject matter varies and the course may be repeated for credit.
	PSC 3630 - Latin American Politics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 1010 or 1020 and completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy. Description: This course will provide the student with the core concepts used within the social science literature in Latin American countries; will broaden intellectual horizons beyond United States borders to question ethnocentrism regarding what is means to be developed; and will examine the causes, processes, and outcomes of revolution and social conflict.
	PSC 3670 - European Politics Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): PSC 1010 or PSC 1020 Description: This course examines the states of Europe with a concentration on the major theoretical, empirical, and substantive issues in contemporary European political systems. The European Union is also addressed in detail. Students explore how political events in Europe affect the relationship between the United States and Europe. The comparison between political life in the United States and Europe is discussed throughout the semester.
	PSC 3800 - On Leaders and Leadership Credits: 3 Description: There are questions about leaders and leadership that have emerged in a variety of contexts throughout the human experience. This course examines those questions by focusing, first, on the general issues connected to leaders and leadership, and, then, by analyzing the role of leaders and the operation of leadership in the organized political world. Such a comparison highlights the similarities and the differences that exist between broad concepts of leadership and the actual practice and meaning of leadership in politics.
	PSC 3910 - African Politics and Government Credits: 3 Prerequisite(s): AAS 1130, AAS 2300, or Permission of instructor Description: This course will survey present-day political systems in Africa and examine factors, internal and external, that have contributed to their emergence. Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: PSC or AAS. Cross Listed Course(s): AAS 3910

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Course Descriptions

PHI 3050 - Special Topics in the History of Philosophy: Variable Topics

PHI 3120 - Philosophy of Language

PHI 3150 - Social and Political Philosophy

PHI 3180 - Feminist Philosophy

PHI 3320 - Metaphysics

PHI 3330 - Epistemology

PHI 3350 - Ethical Theories

PHI 3360 - Business Ethics

PHI 3370 - Computers, Ethics, and Society

PHI 3380 - Science and Human Values: Variable Topics

PHI 3390 - Aesthetics

PHI 3400 - Philosophy of Science

PHI 3410 - Eastern Philosophy: Variable Topics

PHI 3420 - Special Topics in Logic and Language: Variable Topics

PHI 3430 - Philosophy of Law

PHI 3450 - Human Nature and Conduct: Variable Topics

PHI 3480 - Histories of Desire: Variable Topics

PHI 3500 - Advanced Humanistic Inquiry: Variable Topics

PHI 3510 - Phenomenology

PHI 3530 - Philosophy of Mind

PHI 3550 - Existentialism

PHI 3570 - Hermeneutics

PHI 3600 - Currents in American Thought: Variable Topics

PHI 3610 - Religious Studies: Variable Topics

PHI 3700 - Philosophy and the Arts: Variable Topics

PHI 3810 - Major Philosophers: Variable Topics

PHI 4050 - Comparative Thought: Variable Topics

PHI 4100 - Senior Seminar

PHY 1000 - Introduction to Physics

PHY 1250 - Physics of Aviation

PHY 2010 - College Physics I

PHY 2020 - College Physics II

PHY 2030 - College Physics I Laboratory

PHY 2040 - College Physics II Laboratory

PHY 2311 - General Physics I

PHY 2321 - General Physics I Laboratory

PHY 2331 - General Physics II

PHY 2341 - General Physics II Laboratory

PHY 2711 - Vibrations and Waves

PHY 2811 - Modern Physics I

PHY 2821 - Classical Physics

PHY 3011 - Modern Physics II

PHY 3082 - Energy and Environment

PHY 3120 - Methods of Mathematical Physics

PHY 3211 - Analytical Mechanics

PHY 3411 - Thermal Physics

PHY 3620 - Sound and Music

PHY 3711 - Physics Laboratory I

PHY 3721 - Physics Laboratory II

PHY 3811 - Quantum Mechanics

PHY 4331 - Electricity and Magnetism

PHY 4510 - Optics

PHY 4550 - Astrophysics

PHY 4611 - Computational Physics I

PHY 4620 - Computational Physics II

PHY 4630 - Continuum Physics

PHY 4650 - Solid State Physics

PHY 4711 - Advanced Physics I Laboratory

PHY 4721 - Advanced Physics II Laboratory

PHY 4810 - Atomic and Molecular Structure

PHY 4820 - Subatomic Physics

PHY 4921 - Physics Senior Seminar

PSC 1010 - American National Government

PSC 1020 - Political Systems and Ideas

PSC 2020 - Conducting Political Analysis

PSC 2030 - Politics in the Media

PSC 2200 - Politics and Black People

PSC 2230 - Introduction to International Relations

PSC 3000 - American State and Local Government

PSC 3020 - Introduction to Public Administration

PSC 3050 - Political Theory

PSC 3090 - Current Topics in Political Science: Variable Topics

PSC 3100 - American Political Parties and Elections and Voting Behavior

PSC 3110 - Federal Indian Law

PSC 3120 - American Constitutional Law

PSC 3130 - The American Presidency

PSC 3140 - The American Congress and Legislative Process

PSC 3150 - Law and Society

PSC 3160 - Readings in Political Science and Public Administration: Variable Topics