Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 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.

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.
 

Nutrition

  
  • NUT 4700 - Medical Nutrition Therapy I



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): NUT 3150

    Description: This course examines principles and application of medical nutrition therapy as related to specific disease states. Topics include the nutrition care process, nutrition assessment, nutrition support, and therapeutic diets.

  
  • NUT 4720 - Pre-Professional Seminar in Nutrition and Dietetics



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing

    Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): NUT 4700

    Description: This seminar provides a forum for discussion of topics of current relevance to students preparing for a career in nutrition and dietetics. Topics include career planning, further education opportunities, professionalism, ethical issues, research, and effective communication. This course may have a Service Learning component.

    University Requirement(s): Senior Experience

  
  • NUT 4750 - Medical Nutrition Therapy II



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): NUT 3160, NUT 4700

    Description: This course integrates knowledge of pathophysiology of selected diseases with nutrition intervention and prevention of various disease states. Students are introduced to the skills required to plan and implement modified diets for selected medical conditions. The course incorporates understanding, assessing, application and teaching of dietary modifications while considering the physiological, psychological, social and cultural aspects of the individual.


Parent Education

  
  • PAR 2050 - Introduction to Parent Education



    Credits: 3

    Description: This course is designed to introduce the student to the field of parent education, its history, scope, methods, and issues are raised. The aim of the course is to provide a broad overview of the field, either as a basis for further course work in parent education or as a brief introduction to an area of growing interest.

  
  • PAR 3070 - Working with the Contemporary Family



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing

    Description: This course is designed to familiarize students with the contemporary family: its structures, stresses, strengths, and the legal and political issues that impact it are emphasized. Students will learn how parent educators can assist today’s family and will be given the opportunity to apply course learnings to a specific family situation.

  
  • PAR 4890 - Parent Education Field Placement



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): PAR 2050 and PAR 3070

    Description: The field placement is individually designed to meet the needs of the student. It provides opportunities to plan, implement, and evaluate programs and projects in a parent education setting. The program director works closely with students and community agencies in setting up each field placement.


Philosophy

  
  • PHI 1010 - Introduction to Philosophy



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standard scores on the reading and writing preassessment placement tests

    Description: This is a first philosophy course designed to introduce students to basic philosophical issues, primarily in the areas of metaphysics (what there is) and epistemology (how we know).  This course covers fundamental questions such as, for example:  “Do humans possess free will of is everything a matter of causal necessity?” or “Is there a God or an afterlife?” Important cultural achievements, in the form of original and complete works, will be emphasized.  Credit will be granted for only one prefix: PHI or HON.

    General Studies: Arts and Humanities

    Guaranteed Transfer: GT-AH3

    Cross Listed Course(s): HON 1011
  
  • PHI 1030 - Introduction to Ethics



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standard scores on the reading and writing preassessment placement tests

    Description: This is a first philosophy course designed to introduce students to basic philosophical issues, primarily in the areas of moral and social philosophy. This course covers fundamental questions such as, for example:  “What is the relation, if any, between morality and religion?” or “How should society be best organized?” Important cultural achievements, in the form of original and complete works, will be emphasized.

    General Studies: Arts and Humanities

    Guaranteed Transfer: GT-AH3

  
  • PHI 1040 - Introduction to Eastern Religions



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Minimum standards on reading and writing placement tests

    Description: This course is an introductory survey of the major religious frameworks of Asia, particularly India, China, and Japan, with primary emphasis on the philosophical texts, historical evolution, and cultural traditions of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Daoism.

    General Studies: Arts and Humanities, Global Diversity

  
  • PHI 1050 - Introduction to Western Religions



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standard scores on the reading and writing placement tests

    Description: This course is an introductory survey of the major religious communities of the West (originating Near East), with primary emphasis on the historical evolution and living traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

    General Studies: Arts and Humanities

  
  • PHI 1110 - Language, Logic & Persuasion



    Credits: 3

    Description: This course is an introduction to critical analysis, thinking and expression, covering three main areas: (1) language: the significance of words, and their arrangements, in psychological appeals to the senses and the emotions; (2) logic: the structures of formal reasoning in arguments and in appeals to reason; and (3) persuasion: the rhetorical aspects of discourse and presentation, especially in appeals to ideals or character.  Practical skills and applications will be emphasized.
     

    General Studies: Oral Communication

  
  • PHI 2040 - Philosophy of Religion



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): PHI 1010 or PHI 1030 or PHI 1040 or PHI 1050 recommended

    Description: This is a course on the philosophical dimensions of religious faith, belief, and/or practice; the nature and scope of religious experiences; and/or the existence and/or source of divinity. This course satisfies the General Studies Arts and Humanities Requirement.

    General Studies: Arts and Humanities

  
  • PHI 2440 - Symbolic Logic



    Credits: 3

    Description: This course is a general introduction to formal or symbolic logic. Topics covered include all aspects of sentential or propositional logic, beginning with the rules for determining the validity of deductive arguments and continuing through to the symbolization and syntax of the first-order predicate calculus.

  
  • PHI 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): CHS 2600
  
  • PHI 3000 - History of Ancient Philosophy



    Credits: 3

    Description: This course is a survey of the history of ancient philosophy, focusing on the Greeks. The life and work of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle receive special attention.

    General Studies: Arts and Humanities

  
  • PHI 3020 - History of Modern Philosophy



    Credits: 3

    Description: This course is a survey of the history of modern philosophy, from the Renaissance to Romanticism. The work of Descartes, Hume, and Kant receive special attention.

    General Studies: Arts and Humanities

  
  • 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 GWS.

    Cross Listed Course(s): GWS 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 1020 - Physics of Advanced Materials



    Credits: 1

    Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): MTH 1120 or equivalent

    Description: This course is a seminar surveying the Physics of Advanced Materials and Applications. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the application of nanotechnology to: materials and manufacturing, electronics and computing, healthcare and medicine, pharmaceuticals, chemical catalysts, and transportation.

    General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences

  
  • 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, Waves, and Mathematical Methods



    Credits: 4

    Prerequisite(s): PHY 2331, MTH 2420

    Description: This course is an introduction to vibrations and waves associated with physical phenomena. A variety of mathematical methods are introduced for analysis. The topics covered include harmonic oscillators, resonance, coupled oscillators and normal modes of oscillation, standing and traveling 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 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.

    Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: PHY or HON.

    Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3711
  
  • PHY 3721 - Physics Laboratory II



    Credits: 2

    Prerequisite(s): PHY 2811

    Description: This is a continuation of PHY 3711.

  
  • PHY 3811 - Quantum Physics



    Credits: 4

    Prerequisite(s): PHY 2711, PHY 2811, MTH 2420

    Description: This is a junior-senior level course on quantum mechanics.  The postulates of quantum mechanics are introduced, and solutions to the Schrödinger Equation are developed for discrete and continuous systems in one to three dimensions. Special emphases are given to the harmonic oscillator and the hydrogen atom. The formalism of operators in quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle are introduced. Matrix mechanics is then developed and applied to phenomena associated with angular momenta and spin, such as spin precession and nuclear magnetic resonance.

  
  • 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 4440 - Electricity and Magnetism II



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): PHY 4331

    Description: This course is a continuation of material presented in Electricity and Magnetism (PHY 4331) and concentrates on electromagnetic radiation.  Topics include the propagation of electromagnetic waves, interference and refraction, wave guides, the emission of electromagnetic radiation from antennas, and electromagnetic fields due to accelerating point-charges. An introduction to relativistic electromagnetism is also included.

  
  • 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 4560 - Planetary Physics



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): PHY 2811, PHY 2711, and MTH 3420, or Permission of instructor.

    Description: This course covers the physics of formation and evolution of planetary and non-stellar bodies. It covers topics including formation theory of planets, moons and comets, celestial mechanics, planetary atmospheres, planetary geology, geomorphology and internal processes. It also covers current concepts of habitability, detection of extrasolar planets and possible astrobiology.

  
  • PHY 4611 - Computational Physics



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): PHY 2711, PHY 2811, and MTH 3420, or Permission of instructor.

    Description: This course introduces advanced methods of computational physics in a structured and cohesive manner.  The course concentrates on solving complex physical problems, especially systems with no analytic solutions. 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, Laplace’s equation, and methods of fitting and analyzing data, including regression and spectral methods.

    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

  
  • PHY 4950 - General Relativity



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): PHY 2811, PHY 2711, and MTH 3420, or Permission of instructor.

    Description: This course is a one semester treatment of the topics of Special Relativity, General Relativity and modern Gravitational Theory. Essential elements of Newtonian physics and Special Relativity are reviewed from previous courses and expanded upon. Mathematical tools describing the geometry of space-time are developed, and the theory of General Relativity is presented and applied to a wide variety of physical phenomena.


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.

    Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or PSC.

    General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences I

    Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SS1

    Cross Listed Course(s): HON 1023
  
  • 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 2240 - Global Challenges in the Twenty-First Century



    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standard scores on the reading and writing placement tests.

    Description: This interdisciplinary course focuses on seven areas expected to have a revolutionary effect on the world in the coming decades: Population, Resources, Technology, Information, Economic Integration, Security and Conflict, and Governance. The course develops the significance of each of these issues and explores the relationships among them.

    General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences II, Global Diversity

  
  • 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
 

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