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2016-2017 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 located on the Office of the Registrar’s website, msudenver.edu/registrar/classschedules.
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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Women’s Studies |
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WMS 4230 - The Female Offender
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CJC 1010 with a minimum grade of C
Description: This course examines the nature and causes of female criminality, as well as the responses and approaches to female offending by all areas of the criminal justice system. It involves an in-depth analysis of effective methods for correcting and preventing female criminality.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CJC or WMS.
Cross Listed Course(s): CJC 4230
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WMS 4240 - Women and Violence
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): WMS 1001 or CJC 1010 or PSC 1020 or SOC 1010 or permission of instructor
Description: Students analyze key patterns and trends in violence perpetrated by and against women, with special focus on the diverse experiences of women in the United States. Students will investigate historical, contemporary, sociopolitical, and cross-cultural patterns in causal factors, perpetuation, prevention, intervention and treatment relative to violence and women. Topics will include sexual violence, domestic violence, family violence, cyber-violence, women in prison, women on death row, and women as victims of violence, among others.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CJC, PSC, SOC or WMS.
Cross Listed Course(s): CJC 4240, PSC 4240, SOC 4240
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WMS 4250 - Topics in Women’s Studies: Variable Topics
Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite(s): WMS 1001 or Permission of instructor
Description: Topics are selected to incorporate an in-depth approach to the study of a particular area of historical, cultural, or political significance to women’s studies students.
Note: Check Class Schedule for each semester’s offerings. This course may be repeated once for credit as topics change.
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WMS 4750 - Feminist Theory and Practices II: Senior Seminar
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): WMS 3510, completion of General Studies requirements, and senior standing; or permission of instructor.
Description: Designed primarily for women’s studies minors and Individualized Degree Program majors as the culmination of work in women’s studies. This seminar will focus on interdisciplinary bibliography and research methodology that students will apply to a senior research paper and presentation. Papers will reflect each student’s particular course of study and focus within the broader context of women’s studies and feminist theory.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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WMS 4830 - Workforce Diversity
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Senior Standing
Description: This course provides an integrated perspective on the management practices and systems that influence the development and contributions of individuals within a culturally diverse workforce. The focus is on those practices that enhance an organization’s effectiveness in the increasingly competitive domestic and global marketplace.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON, MGT, or WMS.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural, Senior Experience
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 4830, MGT 4830
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WMS 4860 - History of Feminism and Women’s Rights
Credits: 3
Description: The purpose of this course is to examine the history of American feminism from the Age of the Revolution to the present. Through the use of primary and secondary sources, the philosophies and strategies of women’s rights activists and organizations will be examined. Among the special topics to be considered are the conditions and intellectual currents in society that facilitated the growth of American feminism, the achievements of the women’s rights movement, the forces that opposed women’s rights, and the issues for debate within the feminist movements.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HIS or WMS.
Cross Listed Course(s): HIS 4860
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WMS 4920 - Women’s Studies Internship
Credits: 1-12
Prerequisite(s): WMS 1001; major or minor in women’s studies; upper-division standing; and permission of instructor
Description: This course provides an internship experience in community-based, non-profit, or corporate agencies that serve women and/or underserved populations. The internship allows the student to integrate and apply gender and social justice theories to their work with community organizations, under joint supervision of the placement supervisor and women’s studies professor.
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WMS 4970 - Teaching Assistantship in Women’s Studies
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): WMS 1001
Description: This course provides students with an intensive experience as an undergraduate teaching assistant in courses offered through Women’s Studies either on campus or online. Under close faculty supervision, this course provides training and support for students to learn about feminist pedagogy and processes involved in teaching women’s studies courses. Students will be putting into use what they have learned in previous women’s studies courses to assist other students enrolled in women’s studies classes. The experience includes workshop attendance with additional hours of application in the course. Students need to have already taken the course for which they will be serving as a teaching assistant.
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SUR 1000 - An Introduction to the Technical Aspects of Land Surveying
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): High School algebra or trigonometry
Description: This course addresses the basic legal, technical, and professional topics of land surveying. Students are introduced to the federal and state statutes and regulations governing professional practice. Technical subjects address daily professional practice of research, data collection, and data reduction.
Note: This course may not be used by Surveying and Mapping majors.
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SUR 1510 - Surveying I
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): CET 1100 and high school or college trigonometry or MTH 1400 with grades of “C” or better, or Permission of instructor
Description: This is an introductory course in elementary surveying. Students acquire a knowledge of the theory of measurements, methods of collecting and recording data, reduction of observations of angles, directions, distances and differences in elevation; the computation and adjustment of traverses; the use of data collectors and interfacing with CAD software; construction stakeout employing coordinate geometry and CAD output; and the methods of computing coordinate geometry and areas. Field work includes use of transits, total stations, electronic distance meters, surveyors’ tapes, differential levels and data collectors.
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SUR 2520 - Surveying II
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): MTH 1410 and SUR 1510 with grades of “C” or better, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is designed to cover the introduction to control surveying, state plane coordinate systems, construction surveying, legal and boundary surveying and large scale topographic mapping for engineering and architectural projects. The student is introduced to optical micrometer and electronic theodolites, precise levels, and electronic distancers. Laboratory assignments will cover astronomic azimuth observations, circular and parabolic curves, earthwork surveys, control surveying and topographic mapping.
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SUR 2530 - Route Surveying
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): SUR 1520 for CET majors, SUR 2520 and SUR 2620 for SUR majors, all with a grade of “C” or better, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is designed to expand the concepts on circular and parabolic curves and earthwork introduced in SUR 2520. Included is the mathematics of spirals; unequal tangent vertical curves, mass diagram of earthwork quantities; alignment profile and slope staking; large scale site mapping; alignment and design; and other surveying techniques required for highways, pipelines, tunnels, transmission lines, water lines, sewers and canals, etc. This course will introduce terrain modeling for site development and environmental concerns.
Cross Listed Course(s): CET 2530
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SUR 2550 - Surveying Computations
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SUR 2520 with a grade of “C” or better, or Permission of instructor
Description: This is an introductory course on converting survey field observations/data into a form suitable to the end user. Students apply principles and precepts learned in courses of mathematics and surveying to surveying problems, develop analysis techniques, and perform those computations required for plane surveying problems encountered by the surveyor, land developer and civil engineer. Traverse computations, subdivision computations, route surveying computations, etc., are addressed.
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SUR 3100 - Survey Data Adjustment and Analysis I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): MTH 2140, MTH 2410, MTH 3210, PHY 2331, PHY 2341 and SUR 2550 with grades of “C” or better, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course provides a foundation in the basic principles of computational methods used to adjust and analyze survey observations employing statistical principles and least squares theory. The problems include adjustment of triangulation, traverses, trilateration, and vertical networks by condition and/or observation equations.
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SUR 3150 - Astronomy for Surveyors
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): SUR 2520 with a grade of “C” or better, or Permission of instructor
Description: This is an introductory course on applying astronomical observations to surveying and mapping projects. Students acquire knowledge about positional determination by astronomical observations and determining the direction (azimuth, bearing) of lines on the earth’s surface from astronomic observations. The students compute the azimuth of a line from actual survey observations.
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SUR 3220 - Real Property Descriptions
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): SUR 3540 with a grade of “C” or better, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course addresses writing real property legal descriptions for deeds, easements, and rights-of-way. Emphasis is placed on the structure and order of the elements in the description and on avoiding the common mistakes of language, construction, and terminology in order to avoid ambiguities in the intent of the instrument. A study of the interpretation of the rules to deal with conflicts and ambiguities in instruments is presented.
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SUR 3300 - Photogrammetry
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHY 2331 and SUR 2550 with grades of “C” or better, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course introduces the science of photogrammetry. The geometry of the photographic camera, vertical photography, aerial-mapping camera, flight planning, project planning, supporting field surveys and field classification and targeting are emphasized. Photogrammetric plotters and comparators are discussed. An introduction to digital-image scanning and GPS synchronization is presented. The application of photogrammetry to engineering and surveying mapping programs is discussed.
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SUR 3540 - Boundary Law I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SUR 2520 with a grade of “C” or better, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course introduces the concepts of boundary control and legal principles. Subjects addressed include proportionate measurement, rights in land, junior/senior title rights, retracement of original surveys, deed first/survey first, common and case law, ranking/prioritizing evidence, controlling monuments and corners, errors in legal descriptions and plats, and case studies.
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SUR 3700 - Geodesy I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SUR 2550, PHY 2311, PHY 2321, PHY 2331 and PHY 2341 with grades of “C” or better, or Permission of instructor
Description: This is an introduction into the science of geodesy. The course presents an overview into the theory of surveying in which the size and shape of the earth must be addressed. The history of geodesy and the classical survey procedures to determine latitude, longitude, elevation, and the earth’s gravity field are presented. The underlying theory of instrumentation and the application of physical theory are discussed.
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SUR 3800 - Public Land Survey System
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SUR 2520 with a grade of “C” or better, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course describes the survey procedures contained in the current Manual of Surveying for the Public Lands of the United States (1973). The history, design, and planning of the rectangular survey system, original surveys, resurveys, independent and dependent surveys, protection of bona-fide rights, mineral surveys, special surveys, and riparian rights are addressed. The importance of the official plats and field notes are presented.
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SUR 4500 - Construction Measurements
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SUR 2550 and SUR 2620 with grades of “C” or better, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course introduces the student to the methods of translating engineering and architectural plans into field surveys for construction work and post-construction mapping for payments. The topics include engineering measurement tolerances, vertical and horizontal differential tolerances, terrestrial photography and control, deformation studies and analysis, safety and hazardous waste environment.
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SUR 4510 - Map Projections and Coordinate Systems
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing; SUR 3700 with a grade of “C” or better, or Permission of instructor
Description: This is an in-depth course addressing the popular conformal map projections employed in surveying and mapping programs. The theories for the Lambert conformal conic, Mercator, transverse Mercator, oblique Mercator and stereographic, and Albers equal area projections are presented. Designing the projection system, transformation between plane coordinates and geodetic positions and the conversion of survey data to map projection data are emphasized. The use of local conformal map projections will be presented.
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SUR 4540 - Boundary Law II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): senior standing and SUR 3540 with a grade of ‘C’or better, or permission of instructor
Description: This course is a continuation of SUR 3540 and addresses, in detail, the subjects of evidence and procedures for determining real property boundaries. Statutes and case law; conflicting evidence; proper methods and procedures for collecting evidence; riparian rights; surface and subsurface rights; and eminent domain are studied. Boundary agreements and legal instruments prepared by the land surveyor are introduced. The role of the land surveyor as an expert witness is presented.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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