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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Information

Catalog Course Definitions 

Core - Course is approved for specific core curriculum (i.e. arts and sciences curriculum; quantitative reasoning and mathematical skills)

Cross-Listed – Class that is offered along with another class that has the same topic, title, and course content.  Max Hours displayed for each cross-listed class is the total number of hours allowed for all courses completed within a particular cross-listed group. See below for more information on Max Hours.

Gt - Course is approved by the Colorado Dept of Higher Education for statewide guaranteed transfer as part of the gtPathways program. 

Max Hours (in Course Description) - Total number of applicable credit hours that count toward a student’s degree for a particular course or cross-listed group.

Requisite: 

  • Prerequisite -  Specific course completed or “in progress” (i.e. ENGL 1020 or ENGL 1020 with C- or higher)
  • Corequisite – Specific course taken at the same time (i.e. BIOL 2071 taken same time as BIOL 2051)
  • Restriction – Restricted to a specific population (i.e. Restricted to MUSC majors or junior standing, etc.)

Course Number Definitions:

  • 1000 - 4999 Undergraduate Level
  • 5000 - 9999 Graduate Level
 

Electrical Engineering
  

  • ELEC 5496 - Robust Control


    Background mathematics: function spaces and operators, and factorization theory. Stability theory: stability and stabilizability parameterization, closed-loop transfer matrices. Model-Matching Theory: solution existence, SISO Design, the Nehari problem. Performance bounds. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5501 - Microprocessor-Based Design


    Covers advanced treatment of embedded system design using microprocessors. Analog input circuitry is interfaced to a microprocessor, and a PC board layout is created to develop a complete system design. Software/Operating System is implemented for realtime I/O. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with ELEC 4501. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5511 - Hardware-Software Interface


    Computer engineering methods in hardware and software design applied to problems drawn from the mini- and micro-computer systems field. Hardware and software techniques for the design of combined hardware or software are developed. Interface and real-time programming techniques are considered. Graduate level requires additional projects and homework. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with ELEC 4511. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5521 - Design and Test of Digital Systems


    Application of hardware description languages to the design, synthesis, analysis, and testing of digital and computer systems; modeling and simulation constructs; modern hardware description languages, including VHDL, logic and behavioral synthesis; rapid-prototyping; FPGA and standard-cel ASIC design; design for testability; and electronic design automation. Prereq: ELEC 3651 or graduate standing. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5522 - VLSI Systems


    Examines the design of very large-scale integrated (VLSI) systems from the logic to physical levels, including MOS transistor design, CMOS fabrication and design rules, device and wafer processing, inverter and complex gate design, mask level layout, VLSI system components and architectures, algorithms for VLSI computer-aided design, and testability. Prereq: ELEC 3215 and 3651 or graduate standing. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5551 - Pattern Recognition


    Pattern recognition techniques from image processing and artificial intelligence are explored. Topics include neural networks, morphological processing, wavelets, fractals, and basic image understanding. Prereq: ELEC 3316 and 3651. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5555 - VLSI Circuit Simulation


    Computer methods for large integrated circuits. Theory and practice of VLSI circuit simulation. Nodal formulations of networks. Computer generation of sensitivities. Modeling active devices. DC solution of nonlinear networks. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with ELEC 4555. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5617 - Random Processes for Engineers


    Probability, sequences of random variables, specification of stochastic processes, stationarity, correlation functions and spectral densities, linear mean-square estimation, central limit theorems, law of large numbers, non-stationary random processes, stochastic differential equations and Karhunen-Loeve expansion, Kalman filtering. Prereq: ELEC 3316 and ELEC 3817 and permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5627 - Stochastic Point Processes


    Presents modeling physical phenomena characterized by highly localized events distributed randomly in a continuum. Applications include optical communications, queuing theory, decision theory, nuclear medicine and electron microscopy. Topics include Poisson counting processes and its generalizations; stochastic differential equations used in filtering; martingales and Brownian motion. Prereq: ELEC 3817 or ELEC 5617. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5637 - Digital Signal Processing


    Discrete-time signals and systems in the time and frequency domain. Digital filter structures, design of FIR filters by windowing, optimum approximations of FIR filters. Design of digital IIR filters from continuous time domain. Computer-aided design of digital filters. The discrete Fourier transformand DSP algorithm implementation. Analysis of finite word length effects. Application of digital signal processing. Prereq: ELEC 3316 and 3817. Cross-listed with ELEC 4637. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5638 - Digital Image Processing


    Basics of two-dimensional (2-D) systems theory, including 2-D Fourier transform, Z-transform, and difference equations. Design of 2-D filters for image processing applications. Image transforms, including the 2-D FFT, cosine, Hadamard and KL. Image enhancement and restoration techniques. Method of image coding and compression. Prereq: ELEC 3133, 3215, 3225, 3316, 3817 or graduate standing. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5644 - Introduction to Biomedical Imaging


    An important component of the recent expansion in biomedical engineering is the area of biomedical imaging. This ELEC 4644/5644 course is an introduction to biomedical imaging systems, not only covering the fundamentals of imaging physics but also the applications of four primary biomedical imaging modalities: X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Nuclear Medicine (i.e. PET, SPECT), and Ultrasound Imaging. Prereq: Graduate standing, or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with ELEC 4644. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5647 - Adaptive Signal Processing


    Optimal filtering and identification of signal processing models. Martingales and analysis of recursive estimation algorithms. LMS and RLS adaptive filters. Stability, convergence and robustness of adaptive algorithms. Adaptive noise cancellation, time delay estimation and blind equalization. Adaptive differential pulse code modulation, adaptive prediction, adaptive Kalman Filters. Applications and implementation of adaptive algorithms. Prereq: ELEC 5637. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5648 - Blind Signal Processing


    Introduction to gradient optimization methods. Introduction to adaptive filtering. Principal component analysis and whitening. Robust and adaptive PCA. Blind SOS parameter estimation and deconvolution. Fundamentals of independent component analysis. Blind equalization of SIMO and MIMO systems. ICA by maximization of nongaussianity. ICA by MLE and minimization of mutual information. Applications and practical considerations. Prereq: Graduate standing. Cross-listed with ELEC 6648. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5657 - Detection and Estimation Theory


    Introduces detection and extraction methods used in signal processing, including decision theory; detection of known and random signals; optimum receiver design; estimation theory; Wiener filtering; Kalman-Bucy filtering; and applications to communication systems. Prereq: ELEC 5617. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5667 - Wavelet Theory and Applications


    Topics include: fundamentals of signal decomposition; theory of filter banks; multi-resolution analysis and fast wavelet transforms; applications image and video image and video compression; and denoising and feature detection. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5678 - Quantum Electronics


    The course teaches students to understand the basic concepts of quantum mechanics and to learn the mathematical tools needed and to be familiar with some of the technical knowledge that applies quantum mechanics to various advanced problems in engineering. Prereq: PHYS 2331 and MATH 3195. Cross-listed with ELEC 4678. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5687 - Optical Communication Systems


    System aspects of optical communication system design. Basic principles of sources, channels, detectors, counting statistics, amplifiers, and coding with regard to the performance limitations they place on the communication system. Prereq: ELEC 3133. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5688 - Introduction to Nondestructive Testing


    A basic, broad understanding of the principles of nondestructive testing and evaluation is provided. The main objective of this course is to attract students to NDT fields and eventually help address the increasing needs of NDT engineers and technicians. Interaction and collaboration with local NDT industries will also be emphasized. As an introductory course, a broad interdisciplinary knowledge of NDT will be covered in the following sub-areas: Visual, Penetrant, Magnetic Particle, Eddy Current, Microwave, Ultrasonic, and Radiography. Prereq: Graduate standing, or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with ELEC 4688. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5697 - Optical and Spatial Information Processing


    Processing of two- and three-dimensional spatial information. The scalar diffraction theory necessary to describe the information-bearing wave-front. Wave-front recording, modulations, and reconstruction. Holography, Fourier transform properties of lenses, two-dimensional convolution and correlation, pattern recognition, and optical information processing. Prereq: ELEC 3316. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5710 - Advanced Electric Drive Systems


    Covers advanced theory and implementation techniques for rotating electric machinery drives. Topics include field oriented control theory, detailed dynamic modeling of induction machine/drive system, advanced control algorithms and controller design. Prereq: ELEC 4164/5164 or equivalent. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5714 - Energy Systems Analysis


    Transmission line constants, including details of GMD methods, skin effect. Analysis of balanced and unbalanced line using distributed parameters, energy flow from circle diagram approach, traveling-wave phenomena, corona, power cables and fundamentals of DC transmission. Prereq: ELEC 4184. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5720 - Practical Electric Drive Systems


    Covers practical control theory and implementation techniques for electric machine drives for rotating electric machinery using high-performance hardware and software. Topics include machine theory review, power converter, control theory, controller design and actual implementation of an induction machine drive using up-to-date microcontroller hardware and software. Prereq: ELEC 2520, ELEC 4164/5164 or equivalent. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5723 - High Performance Computer Architecture


    High Performance Computer Architecture covers the design of advanced computing systems. In particular, the course includes the design of modern microprocessors, characteristics of the memory hierarchy, and issues involved in multithreading and multicore architectures. Prereq: ELEC 3651 Digital Hardware Design. Cross-listed with ELEC 4723. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5725 - Advanced Electric Machinery


    Covers theoretical principles and techniques of electric machine analysis focusing on rotating machinery. Topics include various machine definitions, properties and analysis, software tools, and examples. Prereq: ELEC 3164 or equivalent. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5727 - Computer Vision & Image Processing Acceleration


    Real-time constraints on computer-vision and image processing applications have motivated numerous explorations of multicore architectures to provide more efficiency through hardware parallelism and acceleration. This course undertakes the study of image processing and computer vision algorithms in the context of parallel hardware. Cross-listed with ELEC 4727. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5755 - Renewable Energy Systems


    This course focuses on the modeling, analysis and control of grid-connected wind and photovoltaic energy systems. Prereq: permission of instructor. Cross-listed with ELEC 4755. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5764 - Power Distribution Systems


    Use of per-unit methods to find transient voltage behavior of industrial power systems resulting from motor starting, spotwelders and similar stimuli. System and device responses due to series and shunt capacitors and problems of subharmonics and over-excitation on induction motors. Design of power distribution systems. Prereq: ELEC 4184. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5774 - Power Systems Dynamics and Protection


    Topics to be covered include: power system dynamic fundamentals, various stability problems, such as angle, frequency and voltage stability; protection of power systems apparatus and protective relays coordination. Prereq: ELEC 4184/5184 or graduate standing. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5800 - Special Topics


    Intermediate courses of variable title and variable credit, usually offered once by guest lecturers. See current departmental notices for details. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • ELEC 5840 - Independent Study: ELEC


    Offers the opportunity for independent, creative work. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 6
  

  • ELEC 5980 - Statistical Quality Control


    Introduces statistical methods of quality control. Statistical process control, process capability, statistical design of experiments and total quality management. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 6000 - Statistical Signal Processing


    The objective of this course is to present a systematic coverage of statistical signal processing methods which are fundamental for processing, identifying and classifying stochastically (randomly) generated data sequences. Emphasis will be given to methods which resist data outliers. Important applications include communcations and biological systems. Prereq: ELEC 5617 or consent of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 6648 - Blind Signal Processing


    Introduction to gradient optimization methods. Introduction to adaptive filtering. Principal component analysis and whitening. Robust and adaptive PCA. Blind SOS parameter estimation and deconvolution. Blind equalization of SIMO and MIMO systems. Methods of independent component analysis. Algorithms for blind source separation. Prereq: ELEC 5617. Cross-listed with ELEC 5648. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ELEC 6800 - Special Topics


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • ELEC 6950 - Master’s Thesis


    Max hours: 8 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 8
  

  • ELEC 6960 - Master’s Report


    Max hours: 8 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 8
  

  • ELEC 7800 - Special Topics


    Courses of variable title and variable credit, usually offered once by guest lecturers. See current departmental notices for details. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • ELEC 7801 - Special Topics


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • ELEC 7802 - Special Topics


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • ELEC 7803 - Special Topics


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • ELEC 7804 - Special Topics


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • ELEC 7805 - Special Topics


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • ELEC 7806 - Special Topics


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • ELEC 7807 - Special Topics


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • ELEC 7808 - Special Topics


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • ELEC 7809 - Special Topics


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • ELEC 7840 - Independent Study: ELEC


    Offers the opportunity for independent, creative work. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 6
  

  • ELEC 8990 - Doctoral Dissertation


    Max hours: 10 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 10

Engineering
  

  • ENGR 1000 - Introduction to Engineering


    Introduces engineering profession, engineering design and practice; and the tools used by engineers to accomplish design. The specialties within engineering are described. Students are involved in application projects and use word processors, spreadsheets and engineering software. Note: ENGR 1000 cannot be substituted for ELEC 1201. Prereq: High school trigonometry. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 1
  

  • ENGR 1111 - Psychological and Social Implications of Technology


    This course will explore the impact of technology and its advances on human beings from an emotional, psychological, and social perspective. Discussions will include ethical, moral, and multicultural implications of technological advances from a global perspective and will require students to critically analyze issues that arise from such advances. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGR 1130 - Chemistry for Engineers


    An introductory lecture and recitation course designed to meet the general chemistry requirement for engineering students. Topics include atoms, molecules, moles, stoichiometry, chemical bonding, atomic & molecular structures, thermodynamics and kinetics. The course will highlight the application of chemistry to engineering disciplines. Prereq: One year of high school chemistry or CHEM 1000 and MATH 1110 (or high school equivalent).  Max hours: 5 Credits. Semester Hours: 5 to 5
  

  • ENGR 1208 - Special Topics


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGR 2208 - Special Topics


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • ENGR 3208 - Special Topics


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • ENGR 3400 - Technology and Culture


    Explores the cultural and political foundations of technology and the impact of technology upon the individual and society. Contributions to technological advances and the impact of technology on women and diverse ethnic groups are examined in the context of specific engineering designs and case studies. Prereq: One course in social sciences, one course in humanities, one course in science. (Satisfies the multicultural diversity requirement of the UCDHSC core curriculum). Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGR 3600 - International Dimensions of Technology and Culture


    This course provides students with an understanding of how science, technology and international issues interrelate in a world that has become more interconnected and interdependent. The course will focus on the technical, organizational and cultural aspects of information and other technologies with an emphasis on their impact on third world countries. Prereq: One course in social sciences, one course in humanities, one course in science. (Satisfies the international perspectives requirement of the UCDHSC core curriculum). Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGR 3995 - Global Technology, Business & Culture


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGR 4150 - Seminar: Special Topics in Engineering


    A flexible seminar format dealing with topics of special interest in engineering. Topics vary from semester to semester. Prereq: Senior standing. Cross-listed with ENGR 5150 and 7150. Max hours: 1 Credit. Semester Hours: 0 to 1
  

  • ENGR 4208 - Special Topics


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • ENGR 4800 - Science Engineering and Culture for Undergraduates


    Course for undergraduate international and limited English proficient (LEP) students to improve success in science and engineering degree programs through senior research paper writing , advanced STEM English skills and cross cultural training. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGR 4840 - Independent Study


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • ENGR 5150 - Seminar: Special Topics in Engineering


    A flexible seminar format dealing with topics of special interest in engineering on a graduate level. Topics vary from semester to semester. Prereq: Graduate standing. Cross-listed with ENGR 4150 and 7150. Max hours: 1 Credit. Semester Hours: 0 to 1
  

  • ENGR 5208 - Special Topics


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • ENGR 5301 - Systems Engineering: Principles and Practice


    Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGR 5302 - Systems Engineering: Planning and Management


    Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGR 5303 - Special Topics: Systems Engineering


    Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGR 5800 - Long Range Infrastructure Planning and Design: Colorado 2050


    The goal of this course is to equip students to address the problems of long term future resource limitation and its influence on urban infrastructure in Colorado. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGR 7150 - Seminar: Special Topics in Engineering


    A flexible seminar format dealing with topics of special interest in engineering on an advanced graduate level. Topics vary from semester to semester. Prereq: Graduate standing. Cross-listed with ENGR 4150 and 5150. Max hours: 1 Credit. Semester Hours: 0 to 0

English
  

  • ENGL 1000 - Special Topics


    This topics course at the 1000 level is designed to offer flexibility for the English department for lower division offerings. Students may enroll up to 3 times to total no more than 9 credits but the topics must differ for each course. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 1010 - Writing Workshop


    Focuses on the abilities and skills needed to write effective expository prose. Emphasizes frequent writing, both in and out of class, with special attention to writing short essays well. Writers learn to write confidently at the sentence and paragraph levels, and to develop their grammatical and mechanical skills. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 1020 - Core Composition I


    Provides opportunities to write for different purposes and audiences, with an emphasis on learning how to respond to various rhetorical situations; improving critical thinking, reading, and writing abilities; understanding various writing processes; and gaining a deeper knowledge of language conventions. Max hours: 3 Credits. GT: Course is approved by the Colorado Dept of Higher Education for statewide guaranteed transfer, GT-C01. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 1021 - Core Composition Workshop


    Prepares students for college-level reading and writing. Students receive one-on-one and small-group instruction on analytical and argumentative writing. Max hours: 1 Credit. Semester Hours: 1 to 1
  

  • ENGL 1050 - Vocabulary for Professionals


    Studies English words derived from Latin and Greek by analyzing their component parts (prefixes, stems, and suffixes). Cross-listed with LATN 1050. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 1111 - First Year Seminar


    Restriction: Restricted to Freshman level students. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • ENGL 1200 - Introduction to Fiction


    Introduces class members to the works of famous authors as well as to major themes, elements, and techniques of fiction in both short stories and novels. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 1400 - Literary Studies


    Helps students develop a sense of literary techniques and issues so they can bring an improved critical sensibility to their reading and writing. Note: Designed for students who are seriously interested in literature. Note: this course assumes that students have completed or are currently taking ENGL 1020. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 1601 - Telling Tales: Narrative Art in Literature and Film


    Asks students to explore how stories determine who we are. Everything people do fits into a narrative pattern, evident everywhere from TV news to memory to daily schedules. We tell ourselves stories about ourselves and others–how do these stories shape who we are as cultural beings? Note: this course assumes that students have completed or are currently taking ENGL 1020. Max hours: 3 Credits. GT: Course is approved by the Colorado Dept of Higher Education for statewide guaranteed transfer, GT-AH2. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 2030 - Core Composition II


    Focuses on academic and other types of research-based writing and builds on the work completed in ENGL 1020. Focuses on critical thinking, reading and writing as well as working with primary and secondary source material to produce a variety of research-based essays. Emphasis on using both print-based and electronic-based information. Prereq: ENGL 1020. Max hours: 3 Credits. GT: Course is approved by the Colorado Dept of Higher Education for statewide guaranteed transfer, GT-C02. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 2060 - Introduction to Writing Studies


    Introduces students to the topics of study in the English Writing major. Topics include writing studies (literacy, genre, research, and multimodality), rhetoric (history and theory), and the teaching of writing (pedagogy and practice). Prereq: ENGL 1020. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 2070 - Grammar, Rhetoric and Style


    Teaches the basics of English grammar in order to develop a rhetorical and stylistic confidence in reading and writing, using an approach that is more descriptive than prescriptive. Teaches students how to evaluate the grammatical choices of established writers and how to develop flexibility in the grammatical choices they make in their own writing. Note: this course assumes that students have completed ENGL 1020. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 2154 - Introduction to Creative Writing


    Reading, discussing, writing short fiction and poetry in a workshop setting. Note: this course assumes that students have completed ENGL 1020. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 2250 - Introduction to Film


    Introduces students to the critical study of cinema as an art form and a cultural phenomenon. Topics include cinematography, editing, mise-en-scene and sound; the connections between cinema and related art forms; film genres; the social dimensions of film production and reception; and films by such key filmmakers as Alfred Hitchcock, Maya Deren and Spike Lee. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 2300 - Topics in Literature and Film


    Courses supplement the regular program of the department, offering such topics as: literary perceptions of motherhood, Asian-American literature, literary classics of science, and contemporary women writers. Note: Can be taken more than once if topics vary. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 2310 - Topics in Literature and Film


    Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 2320 - Topics in Literature and Film


    Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 2330 - Topics in Literature and Film


    Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 2340 - Topics in Literature and Film


    Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 2390 - Writing the Short Script


    Examines narrative screenwriting elements–premise, theme, conflict, protagonist/antagonist, setting/situation, dialogue, plot structure, imagery–required to create a strong narrative short film. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 2415 - Introduction to Movie Writing


    Examines structural and dramatic elements required to write a feature-length screenplay. Students conceptualize, plan, write and then re-write to complete the first ten pages of their own feature-length screenplay. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 2450 - Introduction to Literature


    Provides the terms and skills for analyses of a variety of narratives. Develops critical thinking, reading, and writing necessary for succeeding in the discipline. Note: this course assumes that students have completed ENGL 1020. Note: required introductory course for English majors and English education. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 2510 - Greek and Roman Mythology


    Surveys influential literature from Greece and Rome. Among the Greek works are Homer’s epics, Sophocles’s tragedies, Plato’s and Aristotle’s philosophical writings. Among the Roman works are the writings of Vergil, Ovid, the elegists and historians. a brief look at Augustine’s writings concludes the course. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 2520 - The Bible as Literature


    Introduces students to biblical literature. Selections from the various genres of writing in Hebrew (history, wisdom, prophecy, literature) are read and discussed, as well as representative sections from the New Testament, including the gospels and the writings of Paul. Cross-listed with RLST 2700. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 2600 - Great Works in British and American Literature


    Traces the traditions of British and American literature from medieval times to the present, by examining a variety of texts, studying the impact of different time periods, and cultural movements on the evolving literary tradition. Max hours: 3 Credits. GT: Course is approved by the Colorado Dept of Higher Education for statewide guaranteed transfer, GT-AH2. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 2840 - Independent Study: ENGL


    Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • ENGL 3001 - Critical Writing


    Introduces literary theory to provide extensive practice in writing about literature. Note: Required of English majors and minors with a literature option and education English majors. Prereq: ENGL 2450. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 3020 - Poetry Workshop


    Practical workshop for developing poetic craft, focusing on writing process and specialized topics. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 3050 - Fiction Workshop


    Beginning workshop for defining and developing narrative craft, focusing on writing process and specialized topics. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 3070 - Film History I


    Examines the history of cinema from its 19th-century origins until the early sounds era. Explores important developments and influences in American and international cinema, including the origins of Hollywood narrative, avant-garde cinema, German Expressionism, and Soviet Cinema. Prereq: Sophomore standing. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 3075 - Film Genres


    An intensive study of films of one or more significant genres, such as comedy, film noir, science fiction. Prereq: Sophomore standing. Note: May be taken more than once when genres vary. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
 

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