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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
 

Civil Engineering
  

  • CVEN 5388 - Site Engineering


    Course introduces the fundamentals of site engineering which require understanding and interpreting landforms, slopes, contour lines, grading, drainage, and earthwork to storm water management, hydrology reports, designing roadways, and street networks. Other topics include designing for ADA and concepts of sustainability in site design. Note: CAD experience is recommended. Cross-listed with CVEN 4388. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5389 - Open Source Desktop Mapping, Modeling & Data Processing


    This graduate-level course covers the open source tools and procedures that students can use for desktop GIS mapping, modelling, and data analysis and preparation that are unique in comparison to other GIS software used in the industry. Prereq: CVEN 5381 Intro to GIS or equivalent permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5390 - Interactive Web Mapping GIS


    This course introduces students to designing, creating, delivering, and using interactive web maps. Many people rely daily on web maps to direct us from point A to point B and more. After starting with a broad introductory background, this is a technical hands-on course in which students use several open source (FOSS) technologies. Prereq: CVEN 5381 Introduction to GIS or equivalent or permission of the instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5391 - Introduction to Geomatics


    This course presents the concepts of Geomatics along with spatial data, tools, and their connection. This course covers spatial data collection methods, data assessment, and processing. The course also covers projections, methods of coordinate conversion and transformation, and data transfer across different spatial analysis platforms. Prereq: graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5392 - Unmanned Aerial Systems


    This course presents concepts and practical methods of using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for engineering projects. The course covers mission planning, operations, field data collection and processing, and data analysis. Legal and ethical considerations are also covered, as well as the relative costs and benefits of using UAV. Prereq: graduate standing or permission of the instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5393 - Water Resources Development and Management


    A multidisciplinary exploration of the principles governing water resources planning and development. Emphasis is on the sciences of water (physical, engineering, chemical, biological and social) and their interrelationships. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5394 - Water Resources Systems


    Addresses the concepts, general processes, and quantification methods used in planning and analysis of water resource system planning and operations problems and goals, analysis methods, computer simulation and optimization. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5395 - GPS/GNSS


    This course presents the practical concepts and implications of using GPS/GNSS for engineering projects. The course covers a variety of techniques for field data collection, processing, and data analysis. The course emphasis is on changes that are occurring because of using GPS/GNSS in the field. Prereq: graduate standing or permission of the instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5396 - HDS/LiDAR Tools & Data Analyses


    High Definition Surveying (HDS) scanners are extremely reliable and accurate geospatial data collection devices for surveyors, GIS analysts, engineers, and planners. The goal of this unique course is to present the instrumentation and technological principals used in data collection, project phases, data processing and analyses. This course is designed to provide information and practical skills for students wanting to learn how to plan and execute terrestrial LIDAR data collection projects with HDS scanners and HDS data processing software. Prereq: CVEN 5381 and CVEN 5395 or equivalent. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5401 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering


    Provides a broad overview of the environmental engineering and pollution control system. Offers a unique systems approach to environmental engineering, examining the source-to-receptor feedback loop system of pollution control. Process principles underlying pollutant, transport, abatement, and control are presented in a unified manner, cross-cutting atmospheric, wastewater and subsurface systems. Prereq: CHEM 1130 and Graduate standing in MSCE or MSES programs or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with CVEN 3401. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5402 - Integrated Environmental Modeling


    Provides unified understanding of fundamental physical, chemical and biological processes that govern the transport and fate of pollutants in environmental systems - water, air and subsurface. The course focuses on multimedia modeling and model solution methods. The course also introduces exposure and risk assessment techniques. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5403 - Environmental Regulations and Management Systems


    Students will receive an overview and understanding of major environmental laws and will be introduced to legal concepts used to develop environmental laws. In addition, students will learn about environmental management systems and their applications to environmental problems. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5404 - Sustainable Water Systems: Physical & Chemical Processes


    A comprehensive course that covers the theory and application of chemical (acid base equilibria, redox reactions, chemical equilibrium and kinetics etc.) and physical processes (sedimentation, filtration, adsorption, membrane separation, reactor design) used in water quality engineering, with an emphasis on sustainable treatment options, looking at social, economic and environmental aspects of these technologies. Since numbers of these technologies are energy intensive, emphasis will be placed on life cycle impacts and energy efficiency of these processes. The lectures will integrate source water quality, local, geographical conditions and regulatory requirements into design of the treatment options. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5405 - Systems Analysis for Environment and Sustainability


    Focuses on quantitative techniques for environment systems modeling, analysis and assessment. The course primarily covers life cycle assessment (LCA) techniques. The students will learn the various steps for conduction an LCA including goal and scope definition, life cycle inventory (LCI), life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) and interpretation. Mathematical techniques for uncertainty & sensitivity analysis, such as Monte Carlo simulations will be covered. Students will be exposed to several LCA case studies. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5406 - Engineering and Science Informatics


    Students will learn applied, basic statistics & probability concepts and provide experience in the correct use and interpretation of those techniques. The course is designed in such a way that any graduate or undergraduate level student wanting to learn data analysis will benefit. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5427 - Storm Water System Design


    This course covers urban watershed analysis, design rainfall and hydrologic losses, flood frequency and design event, rational method for peak runoff prediction, street hydraulic capacity and safety, culvert hydraulics, street inlet collection system, and storm sewer system design and flow analysis. Prereq: CVEN 3323. Cross-listed with CVEN 4427. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5434 - Sustainable Water Systems: Biological Processes


    A comprehensive course that covers the theory and application of biological processes used in water quality engineering, with an emphasis on state-of-the-art water pollution control and waste-to-energy technologies. The initial lectures will introduce material on microbial energetics, diversity, and kinetics. The reminder of the course will involve the application of fundamental principles to treatment and energy recovery processes, including bioreactor configurations and design considerations. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5444 - Design of Solid Residuals and Natural Treatment Systems


    Solid residuals treatment topics include thickening, dewatering, digestion, land application and composting. Natural treatment systems topics include slow rate, rapid, and overland flow land treatment systems; and constructed wetlands. Field trip required. Prereq: Graduate standing, MATH 2411, PHYS 2311 and ability to use spreadsheets. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5456 - Engineering Practice


    Consulting engineering practice and management. Professional practice and organization. Marketing, ethics, personnel selection, and training. Planning, budgeting, work scheduling, resource allocation, and balancing. Oral and written communication, quality standards, and engineering management. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5457 - Administration of Public Works


    A descriptive course concerned with the administration of engineering and planning aspects of urban public works. Prereq: Graduate standing in civil engineering or public administration, or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5460 - Introduction to Sustainable Urban Infrastructure


    Focuses on developing uniform vocabulary on sustainable infrastructure across science & technology, architecture & planning, public policy, and health & behavioral sciences. Students learn concepts, principles/pathways and evaluation techniques for promoting the diffusion of sustainable urban infrastructures. Cross-listed with URPL 6399. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5461 - Defining and Measuring Sustainability


    Unique cross-disciplinary course that teaches students community engagement strategies to define sustainability goals. Life cycle assessment and material flow analysis tools used to measure environmental sustainability benchmarks. Field work applies both tools to cities in Colorado. Cross-listed with URPL 6548. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5462 - Theories of Sustainable Infrastructure Management


    This seminar introduces theories of sustainable infrastructure management from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Students then apply them to resolution of a variety of actual infrastructure management problems. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5464 - Fundamentals of Sustainability and Climate Change


    This course explores environmental sustainability including a number of key themes: Climate-Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem. A range of exercises and assignments are designed to encourage students to test their own assumptions and abilities to develop competencies in these areas. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5480 - Hazardous Wastes and Site Remediation


    Students learn to: (1) define and classify hazardous wastes encountered at hazardous waste-contaminated sites, (2) learn basic principles underlying currently available technologies for site remediation, (3) use EPA’s technology screening matrix for technology selection, and (4) provide engineering design for selected remediation systems, e.g. ground-waterpump-and-treat, soil vapor extraction, soil washing, and bioremediation. Prereq: CVEN 5402. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5481 - Sustainable Water Systems Policy and Planning


    To provide students with a working knowledge of sustainable urban water systems which are resilient, resource efficient and environment friendly. Students will learn about the various components of urban water and wastewater systems, including water resource management, treatment, transport and reuse, and how to evaluate, develop and design the various components in a sustainable manner. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5494 - Risk Assessment in Environmental Engineering


    The process of determining the likelihood and extent of harm that may result from an activity or event. Topics covered are: hazard identification, dose-response evaluation, exposure assessment, and risk characterization. The subjects of risk management, risk perception, and risk communication are also discussed. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with ENVS 6200, HBSC 7340. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5514 - Matrix Analysis of Structures


    Matrix analysis of skeletal structures. Systematic formulation of stiffness and flexibility methods of analysis of skeletal structures. Application of modern computational tools to structural analysis,including introduction to the finite element method. Prereq: CVEN 3505. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5515 - Introduction to Finite Element Analysis


    Systematic formulation and application of the finite element approximation to the solution of engineering problems. Topics include one- and two-dimensional elasticity problems, two-dimensional heat flow and irrotational fluid flow. Elements considered include triangular and quadrilateral elements formulated by elementary and isoparametric techniques. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5565 - Advanced Timber Structure Design


    Design of wood framing systems including beams, columns, trusses, and diaphragms. Wood as a material, framing terminology, connection design, structural composite lumber, glued-laminated members, and plywood are covered. The course will emphasize on preparing students for a career in structural engineering. Prereq: CVEN 3505, Structural Analysis. Cross-listed with CVEN 4565. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5575 - Advanced Topics in Structural Steel Design


    Plate buckling, plate girder design and other topics determined by class interest. Prereq: CVEN 4575. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5585 - Advanced Topics in Reinforced Concrete


    Advanced topics relating to design and analysis of reinforced concrete structures. Prereq: CVEN 4585. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5602 - Advanced Street & Highway Design


    This course delves into the art and science of designing sustainable and context sensitive street and highway facilities. Topics include road classification, transportation planning, road alignments, cross-section design, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, intersections, and street network design. Prereq: Permission of Instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5611 - Traffic and Safety Data Analysis


    Covers statistical analysis methods for engineering studies in general, and for highway accident and traffic flow data in particular. Topics include data needs, sampling designs, survey methods, hypothesis testing, tests of proportions, non-parametric tests, analysis of variance, multivariate regression, and other tests of fit. Introductory overview of state and federal accident databases. Comparisons of accident rates by highway type, vehicle speeds, vehicle types, weather conditions and other factors also presented. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5612 - Traffic Impact Assessment


    Covers (1) procedures to satisfy state and local requirements for transportation impact studies, (2) methods to perform trip generation, distribution, and traffic assignment for impact analyses, and (3) analysis of transportation impacts on residential communities, mode choice, regional business (downtown or suburban), peak and off-peak travel times, noise, safety, parking and pedestrians. A course project requires students to develop an application of analysis software to a case study area. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5613 - Traffic Simulation Modeling


    This graduate-level course introduces students to the principles, methods, and software needed to perform traffic simulations of alternative transportation modes in urban areas. Students will develop a case study simulation of their choosing. Pre-req: CVEN 5621 Highway Capacity Analysis or equivalent permission of the instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5621 - Highway Capacity Analysis


    Covers the principles and applications of highway capacity analysis for freeways and arterials, ramps and interchanges, weave and merge sections, signalized and unsignalized intersections, roundabouts, pedestrian areas and transit. Emphasis is on level-of-service analysis procedures in the Highway Capacity Manual, although other approaches are also discussed. Additional topics include roadway characteristics, vehicle dynamics, human factors, speed and volume studies, travel time surveys and traffic flow characteristics. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5622 - Traffic Operations and Control


    Covers principles of traffic flow and analysis methods for surface street traffic systems. Emphasis is on network modeling and simulation of coordinated signal systems, together with unsignalized intersections and freeway junctions using modern software tools. Additional topics include alternative signal timing plans, signal controllers, vehicle detection systems for volume, speed, occupancy and ramp metering. A course project requires students to develop and apply modeling software to a case study area. Prereq: CVEN 5621 or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5631 - Travel Demand Forecasting


    This course introduces students to the principles and methods of travel demand forecasting as developed over the last 50 years. It covers data needs, statistical estimation techniques, and multi-modal modeling as applied to forecast future travel demands. The emphasis is on basic models rather than elaborate mathematics or software. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5632 - Urban Transportation Modeling


    An advanced coverage of urban and regional transportation planning models, procedures and software. Mathematical formulations, properties, and solution algorithms are presented. Additional topics include methods of data acquisition from public domain databases for use in modeling software. A course project requires students to develop an application of modeling software to a case study area. Prereq: CVEN 5631 or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5633 - Case Studies in Sustainable Transportation


    This course examines notable topics in sustainable transportation: demystifies conventional transportation engineering methods; and explores empirical examples of why such methods are often misguided. The intent is to enlighten engineering students and help support planning/policy students interested in transportation sustainability. Prereq: graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5641 - Transit System Design


    This course introduces students to the components of transit system planning and design including station design and accessibility. The course focuses primarily on light rail design, but provides an overview of different transit modes. The instructors of this course have hands-on experience in transit planning, design, and construction. Prereq: graduate standing or permission of instructor. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5642 - Transit Construction


    This course introduces students to the fundamentals of transit construction necessary for successful project completion. It also covers how many different types of transit projects are managed and sustained. The instructors of this course have hands-on experience in transit construction, scheduling, and project control. Prereq: graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5652 - Airport Planning and Design


    National airport system plan, air travel demand, geometric design of airport facilities, design of airport pavement and drainage structures, and airport environmental impact. Prereq: CVEN 3602 and graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5662 - Transportation System Safety


    This is a graduate-level course on road safety that will: investigate contemporary safety analysis techniques; highlight the disconnect between the current safety paradigm and actual safety outcomes; cover drive, bicyclist and pedestrian safety concerns; and discuss notable efforts such as Vision Zero. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5682 - Pavement Design


    Design of flexible and rigid pavements for highways and airports; stress analysis in flexible and rigid pavements; design of joints and reinforcing steel for rigid pavements; principles of subgrade stabilization. Prereq: CVEN 3141, 3505, and 3708. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5692 - Urban Traffic Workshop


    Selected laboratory problems related to urban traffic. Prereq: CVEN 5642 or equivalent. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5708 - Advanced Soils Engineering


    A unified treatment of the foundation of soil engineering analysis. Topics include stress-strain-strength of soils; generalized limiting equilibrium analysis; stability analyses of earth-retaining structures, slopes, and shallow foundations; probabilistic approach of stability assessment; computation of settlement of foundations in sand and clay and time-rate of consolidation and critical state concept. Special attention is directed toward the illustration of theory through practical examples. Prereq: CVEN 3708, CVEN 4718, and graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5709 - Settlement Analysis


    A unified treatment of settlement analysis on sand and clay. Topics include settlement of shallow foundation, settlement of deep foundation, and settlement of embankments, walls and excavations. Conventional methods of analysis and the finite element method of analysis are covered. Critical design implications are emphasized. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5718 - Engineering Properties of Soils


    Engineering properties of soils, including index properties, permeability, stress-strain behaviors, shear strength, compressibility, critical state soil models and their application in interpreting soil behaviors. Attention also is directed to laboratory and in situ tests to examine the validity of shear strength and compressibility theories and their application to stability and settlement analysis. Prereq: CVEN 3708, CVEN 4718, and graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5719 - Design and Construction of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Structures


    Theory of reinforced soil; mechanical and hydraulic properties of geosynthetics; soil-geosynthetic interaction behavior; design concepts of GRS structures; design and construction of GRS retaining walls; design and construction of GRS embankments and slopes; design and construction of GRS foundations. Prereq: CVEN 5708. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5728 - Groundwater and Seepage


    Principles governing flow of water through soils. Approximate methods for confined and unconfined seepage problems, including flow nets, analog models, numerical methods, and method of finite elements. Analytical solutions for unconfined flow problems. Drainage filter design. Seepage toward wells. Stability of earth structures due to seepage. Prereq: CVEN 3708, CVEN 4718, and graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5738 - Foundation Engineering


    Methods of subsurface exploration and sampling of soils, lateral support in open cuts, control of groundwater, analysis and design of shallow foundations, analysis and design of deep foundations, bridge abutments and cofferdams, underpinning, and application of modern computational techniques to analysis and design of foundations. Prereq: CVEN 5708, CVEN 5718, and graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5748 - Design of Earth Embankment Dams


    Theory, design, and construction of earth embankments. Use of published data, field exploration, laboratory tests on soils and rock in investigating foundations, and construction materials. Principles of compaction and settlement. Slope stability analysis, landslide, recognition and control, use of benches and beams. Prereq: CVEN 3708, CVEN 4718, and graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5758 - Foundations on Expansive Soils


    Expansive soils swell upon wetting because of the swelling nature of constituent clay minerals, particularly montmorillonite. This course studies swelling nature of different clay minerals, effects of wetting, swelling potential, swelling pressures, and design of different foundation systems. Prereq: CVEN 4738, B.S.C.E. or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5768 - Introduction to Rock Engineering


    Nature of rock masses, geological exploration, deformability and strength, in situ stresses and deformation, rock hydraulics. Prereq: CVEN 3708, CVEN 4718 and graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5778 - Applied and Experimental Rock Mechanics


    Surface exploration and characterization of rock masses, slope stability, analysis of rock masses; rock mass reinforcement; tunnel and shaft designs, design of underground rock chambers; foundations on rocks; and dam design. Prereq: CVEN 5768 or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5780 - Engineering Geology


    Studies geology as utilized in engineering and environmental practice. Emphasizes a conceptual integration of geologic materials, processes, and rates of change as a basis for successful application of geologic knowledge to environmental planning and engineering design projects. Prereq: MATH 2411 and CVEN 2121. Cross-listed with CVEN 4780 and GEOL 4780/5780. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5788 - Design and Construction of Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Facilities


    NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) and environmental regulations demand that all landfills receive proper engineering design. This course covers regulations, management (reduction, collection, transportation, transformation, recycling, incineration, disposal), and disposal facility design. Prereq: Senior in CVEN, B.S.C.E. or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5792 - Energy Resouces and Systems for Sustainability


    Introduction to energy resources including coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, hydro, wind, solar, biomass and geothermal. Resource utilization in power systems incorporating issues of sustainability, demand trends, pollution and future use. Interdisciplinary presentation of engineering, physical science, and economic principles. Prereq: Physics, Engineering Mechanics. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5798 - Dynamics of Soils and Foundations


    Principles of vibrations of, and wave propagation in, elastic, homogeneous, isotropic media; laboratory and in situ measurements of soil properties; applications of these principles and properties to the design of foundations subject to dynamic loading generated by machinery, earthquakes, or blasts. Prereq: CVEN 5708, 5718, and graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5800 - Special Topics


    Topical courses offered once or on irregular intervals. Typical topics include: computer-aided structural engineering, pre-stressed concrete, non-matrix structural analysis, geotechnical aspects of hazardous waste management, geographic information systems and facility management, groundwater hydrology, engineering project management, structural planning, engineering practice, spreadsheet application, field instrumentation, hazardous wastes engineering, bridge super and substructure design, advanced steel design, hydraulic transients, foundations – expansive soils, sludge process design. Prereq: Variable. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5835 - Advanced Timber Structure Design


    Design of wood framing systems including beams, columns, trusses, and diaphragms. Wood as a material, framing terminology, connection design, structural composite lumber, glued-laminated members, and plywood are covered. The course will emphasize on preparing students for a career in structural engineering. Prereq: CVEN 3505, Structural Analysis. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 5840 - Independent Study


    Available only through approval of the graduate advisor. Subjects arranged to fit needs of particular student. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 6
  

  • CVEN 5939 - Internship


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

  • CVEN 5950 - Master’s Thesis


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

  • CVEN 5960 - Master’s Report


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

  • CVEN 6111 - Dynamics of Structures


    Linear and nonlinear dynamic matrix analysis of multi-degree-of-freedom structural systems. Analysis and design for wind and earthquake loads including modal analysis and sub structuring techniques. Computer programming. Prereq: CVEN 5111. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 6131 - Theory of Elasticity


    Mathematical theory of elasticity and its applications to engineering problems. Discussion of the basic analytical and numerical methods of solutions. Prereq: CVEN 5121. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 6165 - Buckling in Structures


    Buckling of columns, beams, frames, plates, and shells in the elastic and plastic range. Post-buckling strength of plates. Beam-columns. Analysis by exact and approximate methods with special emphasis on practical implications and application of solutions. Prereq: CVEN 3121. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 6336 - Urban Flood Control System Design


    This course covers urbanization impact on watershed regime, flood control measures, detention and retention system, infiltration basin, sand filter, water quality control basin, wetland preservation, storm water Best Management Practices, low impact development, outlet structure design, pond safety, stream restoration, overflow risk analysis and optimal operation. Prereq: CVEN 5333, 5343 and graduate standing. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 6353 - Hydraulic Design


    Design of small dams, including reservoir sizing, spillways, and energy dissipaters. Design of urban drainage and flood control facilities such as culvert transitions, roadside ditches, street inlets, detention/retention ponds, storm sewer systems, drainage channels, and channel erosion controls including vegetation, concrete, riprap protection. Design of flood plain encroachment, natural channel improvement, and bridge hydraulics. Prereq: CVEN 5333 and 5343. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 6515 - Advanced Theory of Structures


    Generalized approaches to the analysis of civil engineering and continuous elastic structures (such as plates and plane stress bodies) by force and displacement methods. Emphasis is on formulation by finite elements and solution by matrix methods. Prereq: CVEN 5515 and basic knowledge of computer programming. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 6738 - Finite Element Method in Geotechnical Engineering


    Topics covered include: review of finite element methods, advantages and limitation of FEM for analysis of geotechnical engineering problems, one- and two-dimensional seepage analysis, consolidation analysis, incremental and iterative procedures in nonlinear analysis, no-tension analysis, simulation of construction sequence, simulation of soil behavior, simulation of interface behavior, and load-displacement analysis of earth structures. Prereq: CVEN 5708 and 5515 or consent of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CVEN 6840 - Independent Study


    Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 6
  

  • CVEN 7800 - Special Topics


    Credit and subject matter to be arranged. Prereq: Variable. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 6
  

  • CVEN 7840 - Independent Study


    Available only through approval of the graduate advisor. Subjects arranged to fit needs of particular student. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • CVEN 7990 - Doctoral Dissertation


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

  • CVEN 8990 - Doctoral Dissertation


    Max hours: 15 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 15

CLAS Interdepartmental
  

  • CLAS 2939 - Internship


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

  • CLAS 3939 - Internship


    Prereq: Students must have junior standing and at least a 2.75 GPA and must work with Experiential Learning Center advising to complete a course contract and gain approval. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 6
  

  • CLAS 4840 - Independent Study: CLAS


    Note: Students must submit a special processing form completely filled out and signed by the student and faculty member, describing the course expectations, assignments and outcomes, to the CLAS undergraduate advising office for approval. Max hours: 12 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3

Commodities
  

  • CMDT 4582 - Commodity Supply Chain Management


    This course introduces the design, analysis, management, and control of supply chains as applied to commodities. The course covers integration of processes and systems, relationship management of upstream and downstream supply chain players, and commodity- specific supply chain strategies. Cross-listed with CMDT 6582. Restriction: Restricted to undergraduate Business majors with junior standing or higher. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CMDT 4682 - Trading in Commodity and Financial Markets


    This course puts students at the leading edge of designing, testing and applying trading strategies across commodities, equities, fixed income and alternative assets, in the Business School’s unique, state-of-the-art J.P. Morgan Commodity and Finance Lab. Cross-listed with CMDT 6682. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CMDT 4802 - Foundations of Commodities


    This course introduces students to the physical aspects of commodities and connects them to the financial markets in which commodities are traded. Fundamental concepts and terminology necessary for understanding commodity production, transportation, economics, financial analysis and marketing are described. Supply chains for several specific commodities are reviewed in detail, as examples of the production and market structure knowledge needed to be successful professional participants in commodity trading capacities. The course also serves a foundation for more focused education in the specific commodity sectors, as well as the applied use of marketing and financial trading concepts learned in other courses. Cross-listed with CMDT 6802 and FNCE 4802/6802. Restriction: Restricted to undergraduate Business majors with junior standing or higher. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CMDT 6582 - Commodity Supply Chain Management


    This course introduces the design, analysis, management, and control of supply chains as applied to commodities. The course covers integration of processes and systems, relationship management of upstream and downstream supply chain players, and commodity- specific supply chain strategies. Cross-listed with CMDT 4582. Restrictions: Restricted to graduate majors and NDGR majors with a sub-plan of NBA within the Business School. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CMDT 6682 - Trading in Commodity and Financial Markets


    This course puts students at the leading edge of designing, testing and applying trading strategies across commodities, equities, fixed income and alternative assets, in the Business School’s unique, state-of-the-art J.P. Morgan Commodity and Finance Lab. Note: Students cannot receive credit for both CMDT 6482 or FNCE 6482. Cross-listed with CMDT 4682. Restriction: Restricted to graduate majors and NDGR majors with a sub-plan of NBA within the Business School. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • CMDT 6802 - Foundations of Commodities


    This course introduces students to the physical aspects of commodities and connects them to the financial markets in which commodities are traded. Fundamental concepts and terminology necessary for understanding commodity production, transportation, economics, financial analysis and marketing are described. Supply chains for several specific commodities are reviewed in detail, as examples of the production and market structure knowledge needed to be successful professional participants in commodity trading capacities. The course also serves a foundation for more focused education in the specific commodity sectors, as well as the applied use of marketing and financial trading concepts learned in other courses. Cross-listed with CMDT 4802 and FNCE 4802/6802. Restrictions: Restricted to graduate majors and NDGR majors with a sub-plan of NBA within the Business School. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3

Communication
  

  • COMM 1001 - Presentational Speaking


    Theory and practice of presentational speaking in a variety of contexts to accomplish goals of asserting individuality, building community, securing adherence, discovering knowledge and belief, and offering perspectives. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • COMM 1011 - Fundamentals of Communication


    Studies communication theory and application. Topics include communication models, interpersonal communication and the concept of self, nonverbal communication, message preparation and analysis, and decision making. Max hours: 3 Credits. GT: Course is approved by the Colorado Dept of Higher Education for statewide guaranteed transfer, GT-SS3. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • COMM 1021 - Introduction To Media Studies


    Explores the role of contemporary media in shaping our sense of ourselves and our world. The class surveys a broad array of critical approaches to understanding media. Max hours: 3 Credits. GT: Course is approved by the Colorado Dept of Higher Education for statewide guaranteed transfer, GT-SS3. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • COMM 1041 - Interpersonal Communication


    Focuses on the theory and development of interpersonal relationships. Issues covered include the communication process, self versus others, self-esteem, person perception, the attraction process, nonverbal communication, relationship development and family communication. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • COMM 1051 - Topics in Communication


    Special classes for faculty-directed experiences examining communication issues and problems not generally covered in the curriculum. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • COMM 1071 - Introduction to Journalism


    Introduction to Journalism provides students a broad overview of the histories of, debates within, and best practices for journalism in print, digital, and other media. This is a writing intensive course. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • COMM 1111 - First Year Seminar


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

  • COMM 2000 - Persuasion


    Examines influence and communication at individual, group, organizational and societal levels. A theoretical and applied analysis of persuasion, including examination of public opinion, individual attitudes, beliefs, values, sources, credibility, ethics, and certain message and audience variables. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • COMM 2020 - Communication, Citizenship, and Social Justice


    Introduction to debates about, and means of practicing citizenship and social justice in America. Issues may include democratic participation, electoral politics, community activism, inequality, and environmental degradation. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • COMM 2030 - Digital Democracy


    Constant technological innovation means most Americans experience democracy in online formats; this class equips students with tools for living in our digital age. Topics include analyzing websites, studying online political organizing, and learning how to produce materials for online advocacy. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • COMM 2045 - Workplace Communication


    Focuses on theories and practices of leadership, teambuilding, relationship development and other workplace communication skills. The goal of the course is to help students develop advanced communication strategies for managing workplace challenges. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • COMM 2050 - Business and Professional Speaking


    Development of communication skills often used in business and professional settings, with an emphasis on various kinds of presentations. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
 

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