Undergraduate Core Curriculum in Engineering

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The faculty of the College of Arts & Media, the Business School, the College of Engineering and Applied Science and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have established a core curriculum for undergraduate students. See the General Information section of this catalog for an overview of the common core concept.

Students graduating from the College of Engineering and Applied Science are required to satisfy the humanities and social sciences and writing portions of their engineering program by taking courses from the UC Denver Core Curriculum .

The intent of the humanities and social sciences component of an engineering program is to provide the student with a coherent and well-structured exploration of a substantive issue or theme appropriate to the engineering profession and/or of interest to the student. The required humanities and social sciences electives must include both breadth and depth, must include advanced-level course work and should be planned in consultation with the advisor. A random selection of lower-division courses will not satisfy the humanities and social sciences elective requirement.

Courses such as accounting, contracts, management, elementary foreign languages, public speaking and technical writing are not acceptable as humanities and social sciences electives.

Program Requirements

Social Sciences

(3 semester hours) Choose one course from any of the following courses: ECON, ENVS, ETST, GEOG, HBSC, P SC, SOC.

ECON 2012 - Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics: SS1. Semester Hours: 3
ECON 2022 - Principles of Economics: Microeconomics: SS1. Semester Hours: 3
ENVS 1342 - Introduction to Environment and Society: SS2. Semester Hours: 3
ETST 2000 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies: SS3. Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 1102 - World Regional Geography: SS2. Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 1602 - Introduction to Urban Studies: SS2. Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 2202 - Natural Hazards: SS2. Semester Hours: 3
HBSC 2001 - Introduction to Community and Population Health Science: SS3. Semester Hours: 3
P SC 1001 - Introduction to Political Science: The Quest for Freedom and Justice: SS1. Semester Hours: 3
P SC 1101 - American Political System: SS1. Semester Hours: 3
SOC 1001 - Introduction to Sociology: SS3. Semester Hours: 3
SOC 2462 - Introduction to Social Psychology: SS3. Semester Hours: 3

Humanities

(3 semester hours) Choose one course from any of the following courses: ENGL, ETST, FR, GER, HIST, PHIL, RLST.

CNST 1000 - China and the Chinese: AH1. Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 1601 - Telling Tales: Narrative Art in Literature and Film: AH2. Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 2600 - Great Works in British and American Literature: AH2. Semester Hours: 3
ETST 2155 - African American History: HI1. Semester Hours: 3
FR 1000 - Introduction to Cultures of the French- Speaking World: AH1. Semester Hours: 3
GER 1000 - Germany and the Germans: AH1. Semester Hours: 3
HIST 1361 - U.S. History to 1876: HI1. Semester Hours: 3
HIST 1362 - U.S. History Since 1876: HI1. Semester Hours: 3
HIST 1381 - Paths to the Present I: HI1. Semester Hours: 3
HIST 1382 - Getting Here: Paths to the Present II: HI1. Semester Hours: 3
PHIL 1012 - Introduction to Philosophy: Relationship of the Individual to the World: AH3. Semester Hours: 3
PHIL 1020 - Introduction to Ethics and Society: The Person and the Community: AH3. Semester Hours: 3
PHIL 2441 - Logic and Language: AH3. Semester Hours: 3
RLST 1610 - Introduction to Religious Studies: AH3. Semester Hours: 3
RLST 2660 - World Religions: AH3. Semester Hours: 3
SPAN 1000 - Introduction to Cultures of the Spanish Speaking World: AH4. Semester Hours: 3

Arts

(3 semester hours) Choose one course from any of the following courses: FA, PMUS, THTR.

F A 1001 - Introduction to Art: AH1. Semester Hours: 3
PMUS 1001 - Music Appreciation: AH1. Semester Hours: 3
THTR 1001 - Introduction to Theatre: AH1. Semester Hours: 3

International Perspectives

(3 semester hours) Choose one course from any of the following courses: ENGR, HIST, P SC.

ENGR 3600 - International Dimensions of Technology and Culture. Semester Hours: 3
P SC 3022 - Introduction to Comparative Politics. Semester Hours: 3
P SC 3042 - Introduction to International Relations. Semester Hours: 3

Cultural Diversity

(3 semester hours) Choose one course from any of the following courses: ANTH, CMMU, ECON, ENGR, ETST, PHIL, PSY, SOC, THTR, HIST, MGMT, P SC, RLST.

ANTH 3142 - Cultural Diversity in the Modern World. Semester Hours: 3
CMMU 3271 - Communication and Diversity. Semester Hours: 3
ECON 3100 - Economics of Race and Gender. Semester Hours: 3
ENGR 3400 - Technology and Culture. Semester Hours: 3
ETST 3704 - Culture, Racism and Alienation. Semester Hours: 3
ETST 3794 - Ethnic Diversity in American Literature. Semester Hours: 3
HIST 3345 - Immigration and Ethnicity in American History. Semester Hours: 3
MGMT 4100 - Managing Cultural Diversity. Semester Hours: 3
PHIL 3500 - Ideology and Culture: Racism and Sexism. Semester Hours: 3
P SC 3034 - Race, Gender, Law and Public Policy. Semester Hours: 3
P SC 3035 - Political Movements: Race and Gender. Semester Hours: 3
PSY 4485 - Psychology of Cultural Diversity. Semester Hours: 3
RLST 4000 - Religion and Cultural Diversity. Semester Hours: 3
SOC 3020 - Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.. Semester Hours: 3
THTR 3611 - Drama of Diversity. Semester Hours: 3

Behavioral Sciences

(3 semester hours) Choose one course from any of the following courses: ANTH, CMMU, PSY.

ANTH 1302 - Introduction to Archaeology: SS3. Semester Hours: 4
ANTH 2102 - Culture and the Human Experience: SS3. Semester Hours: 3
CMMU 1011 - Fundamentals of Communication: SS3. Semester Hours: 3
CMMU 1021 - Fundamentals of Mass Communication: SS3. Semester Hours: 3
PSY 1000 - Introduction to Psychology I: SS3. Semester Hours: 3
PSY 1005 - Introduction to Psychology II: SS3. Semester Hours: 3

Intellectual Comptetencies*

(6 semester hours)

ENGL 1020 - Core Composition I: CO1. Semester Hours: 3 **
ENGL 2030 - Core Composition II: CO2. Semester Hours: 3

Total: 24-25 Hours

Please note the above core list does not include mathematics or biological and physical sciences due to the extensive math and physics curricula required by the College of Engineering and Applied Science. Please see the Engineering Student Services advisor for questions.

*English 1020 and English 2030 are the only approved composition courses for the UC Denver Core Curriculum.

**English 1020 should be taken the first semester a student is enrolled at UC Denver.