2016-2017 Catalog 
    
    May 20, 2024  
2016-2017 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 

Information Assurance

  
  • MEIA 5200 - Computer Architecture I

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Course covers fundamentals of computer design, instruction set principles and examples, pipelining, advanced pipelining and instruction-level parallelism, memory-hierarchy design and survey of design issues in storage, interconnection network and multiprocessor systems. Prer., CS 2160. Meets with CS 4200.
  
  • MEIA 5220 - Computer Communication

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    The subject of transmitting information between processors is described in detail. The student is expected to have maturity with hardware and/or real-time concepts. Communication systems, from simple to asynchronous point-to-point links, to those based on complex network architectures will be studied. Material will be oriented toward the computer scientist as a user, designer and evaluator of such systems. Terminology and concepts will be emphasized rather than detailed electronic or physical theory. Prer., CS 2060, CS 2080; and ECE 3610 or MATH 3810.
  
  • MEIA 5350 - Software Project Management

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Planning, scheduling, costing of projects. Measuring progress, predicting success, controlling failure. Management tools and their use. Effectiveness and efficiency of software engineering environments. Distributed software development. Quality control standards and practices. Prer., Knowledge of modern programming, NG language, data structures and algorithms, and discrete structures.
  
  • MEIA 5360 - Software Product Assurance

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Principles, techniques and tools for producing quality software systems. The first half of this course focuses on software product assurance processes. The second half covers a variety of software testing techniques. Prer., CS 5310.
  
  • MEIA 5520 - Operating System Support for Security

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Covers the configuration and management of operating systems for security-related applications, OS hardening, access control, security policies, security and protection mechanisms, virtual machines, the exploits related to operating systems and their defenses, and mandatory access control and multilevel security. Prer., CS 2060, CS 2080.
  
  • MEIA 5910 - Fundamentals of Computer/Network Security

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Introduction to the study of computer and network security from the view of information warfare. Topics include information system threats, vulnerabilities and defensive mechanisms (cryptography, authentication digital signatures, PKI, etc.). Prer., CS 2080 and MATH 2150.
  
  • MEIA 5920 - Applied Cryptography for Secure Communication

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Basic security issues in computer communication, classical cryptographic algorithms, symmetric-key cryptography, public-key cryptography, authentication, and digital signatures. Prer., MATH 2150, MATH 3810, CS 3160, CS 5220, or instructor consent.
  
  • MEIA 5990 - Information Assurance Capstone Project Laboratory

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Students participate in information assurance projects involving the vulnerability analysis and hardening of software systems. Students are evaluated based on their project work, how they integrate what they have learned in the required information assurance core courses, and an oral presentation at the end of the course. Prer., CS 5200, CS 5220, CS 5520, CS 5910, CS 5920; Graduate students only.

Information Systems

  
  • INFS 1100 - Microsoft Office Applications and Computer Basics

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Comprehensive course that provides students with the knowledge and skills to successfully use computers in their studies. Focus is on the use of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook), as a tool for analyzing, documenting, and presenting information. Topics include basic computer, network, file management, and Web concepts. Excel formatting, addressing modes, formulas, functions, and charts are emphasized. Students will complete several assignments using Microsoft Office. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Explore-Society, Health and Behavior.
  
  • INFS 2510 - Managing Network Interconnections

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    This is a lab-based course dedicated to working with networking devices. The principles and practice of configuring local and wide area networks are covered with a focus on business practices, software and hardware technologies, and internet working standards. Prer., Sophomore standing.
  
  • INFS 2950 - Topics in Information Systems

    1 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Experimental course offered for the purpose of presenting new subject matter in information systems. Course prerequisites will vary depending on topics covered.
  
  • INFS 3000 - Introduction to Management Information Systems

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Study of how best to use computers in business. Shows students how information systems are used to support critical business operations and ultimately achieve strategic business objectives. The elements of information technology are studied and the application of information systems to specific business situations is discussed. Integral to the class,students undertake the automation of a business process as a practical application of information systems.Prer., INFS 1100, MATH 1040, QUAN 2010. Coreq., QUAN 2020. Junior standing, Business students only.
  
  • INFS 3070 - Foundations of Business Programming

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Provides a comprehensive understanding of beginning programming with an emphasis on business applications. Logical design of algorithms is stressed with an investigation of both structured and object-oriented program design. Coding exercises in a common business programming language reinforce the concepts and methods. Prer., 2nd Semester Sophomores; Business students only.
  
  • INFS 3080 - Web-based Business Programming

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Provides comprehensive understanding of integrating HTML, scripting languages, and database queries to construct web programs for internal operations and customer interfaces. Proficiency is developed as students design, code, and document integrative programs that bring together manipulation of networks, databases, and user interfaces in the web environment. Prer., INFS 3070, INFS 3400; Business Students only.
  
  • INFS 3400 - Database Concepts and Applications

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Students are introduced to the fundamental concepts of database design and implementation including high level entity-relationship and object modeling, design, and coding via a Structured Query Language. This class involves heavy computer tools use and is regularly scheduled in a computer lab. Prer., INFS 3000; Business Students only.
  
  • INFS 3700 - Computer Networks and Telecommunications

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Introduces students to the hardware, topology, and terminology aspects of computer networks and telecommunications. Students differentiate between the different networks, learn how they work, and learn business applications for networks. Includes the basics of data transmission and LAN protocols. Prer., Junior standing, Business Students only.
  
  • INFS 3750 - Information System Security Management

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Organizations increasingly require assessing, planning, implementing and monitoring the mitigation of information security risks. At the very core are the actual system and network devices which store, manage, transmit and secure information. This course provides a working knowledge of issues, models, and techniques for safeguarding of operating systems and related components. Prer., INFS 3700 and College of Business Students Only.
  
  • INFS 3800 - Web Development

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Topics include using HTML creating web pages, creating applets with Java, server development, server applications, and the web server/database interface. No credit for Information Systems majors.
  
  • INFS 3950 - Topics in Information Systems - Juniors

    1 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Experimental courses offered irregularly at the undergraduate level for the purpose of presenting new subject matter in information systems. Junior standing is required. Course prerequisites will vary depending upon topics covered.
  
  • INFS 4050 - Information Technology Integration

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Design and technology considerations of building a complete system for an organization. The integration of data resources, computer networks, and program requirements are applied to develop a functioning system based on industry expectations. Prer., INFS 4100; Business Students only.
  
  • INFS 4100 - Systems Analysis and Design

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Provides an introduction to systems analysis and design concepts, methodologies, techniques, tools, and perspectives essential for systems analysts to successfully develop information systems. Students will be exposed to both structured and object oriented methodologies of analysis, design, and implementation. Prer., INFS 3070, INFS 3400, INFS 3700, OPTM 3390; Business Students only.
  
  • INFS 4850 - Directed Research Project

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Different phases of research investigating key issues in information systems. Students conduct a variety of analyses using SPSS-pc and work on real research projects. Focus on descriptive statistics, frequencies, crosstabs and measures of association, correlation analysis, regression analysis, and X-Y plotting. Knowledge of statistical methods and interest in information systems required. Prer., INFS 1100 and Junior/Senior standing.
  
  • INFS 4950 - Topics in Information Systems - Seniors

    1 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Experimental courses offered irregularly at the undergraduate level for the purpose of presenting new subject matter in information systems. Second semester Junior or Senior standing required. Course prerequisites will vary depending upon topics covered. Prer., INFS 3080; or instructor permission.
  
  • INFS 4960 - Internship in Information Systems

    1 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Undergraduate internship in information systems. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Navigate. Prer., Junior/senior business students only.
  
  • INFS 6000 - Information Systems

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Introductory course. Students will learn what information systems are, how they work, and what purposes they serve. Students will also learn about data and information, decision making and the value of information. This course touches on such topics as trends in hardware and software, telecommunications, and databases. Also covered will be the integration of information with the organization, and what is required to manage the creation of information systems. Graduate business students only.
  
  • INFS 6090 - Information Systems

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Introductory course. Students will learn what information systems are, how they work, and what purposes they serve. Students will also learn about data and information, decision making and the value of information. This course touches on such topics as trends in hardware and software, telecommunications, and databases. Also covered will be the integration of information with the organization, and what is required to manage the creation of systems. Online graduate course. Tuition schedule differs from on-campus courses. Graduate business students only.
  
  • INFS 6900 - Special Topics in Information Technology

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Designed both for IS majors and for persons who want to manage IT activities within a functional area, such as marketing or finance. Topics include the changing nature of information technology, managing information, strategic value of information systems, business process redesign, ensuring effective interaction of IS and client organizations, information technology planning, managing systems development and computer operations, managing end-user computing, decision support, group support and executive information systems, project management, recruitment, selection, placement, motivation, and performance evaluation, and the expanding universe of computing.
  
  • INFS 6960 - Internship in Information Systems

    1 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Graduate internship in information systems. Prer., Instructor and Dean approval.
  
  • INFS 9400 - Independent Study in Information Systems - Undergraduate

    1 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Independent study in Information Systems at the undergraduate level given with the consent of the instructor who directs the study and the dean. Prer., Junior/senior standing only and consent of instructor and dean.
  
  • INFS 9500 - Independent Study in Information Systems - Graduate

    1 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Independent study in Information Systems at the graduate level given with the consent of the instructor who directs the study and the dean.

Innovation

  
  • INOV 1010 - The Innovation Process

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Overviews the key components in the innovation process and examples of major innovations throughout history. Examines the interdisciplinary nature of innovation. Includes group exercises focused on improving team dynamics, brainstorming, conceptual-block busting and other creativity and problem solving activities. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Inclusiveness (Global/Diversity); Explore-Arts, Humanities, and Cultures.
  
  • INOV 1111 - iPhone and iPad Application Development

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    The course will include introducing and giving the students extensive hands on experience with tools such as Xcode and Interface Builder. Students will become familiar with Apple frameworks such as Foundation UIKit and will spend many hours with Apple’s runtime language. Students will also become comfortable transferring innovative ideas into objective C.
  
  • INOV 2010 - Innovation Team: Analyze and Report

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Sophomore level course emphasizing team projects, research, analyzing data, and reporting. Teams are expected to meet outside of class hours, possibly with sponsor companies. Meets concurrently with INOV 3010 and INOV 4010. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Writing Intensive. Prer., INOV 1010 and ENTP 1000.
  
  • INOV 2020 - Innovation Team: Analyze and Report

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Sophomore level course emphasizing team projects, research, analyzing data, and reporting. Teams are expected to meet outside of class hours, possibly with sponsor companies. Meets concurrently with INOV 3020 and INOV 4020. Prer., INOV 1010.
  
  • INOV 2100 - Technical Writing, Proposals, and Presentations

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Technical writing course. Replaces ENGL 2090 for Bachelor of Innovation majors. Addresses five major types of technical writing: project reports, funding proposals, magazine and trade articles, technical reports, and journal articles. Includes peer review and critical assessments of others’ writings. Prer., ENGL 1310 or ENGL 1410 or equivalents.
  
  • INOV 3010 - Innovation Team: Research and Execute

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Junior level continuation of the teams course sequence with advanced participation in team projects including research, design, and execution. Teams are expected to meet outside of class hours, possibly with sponsor companies. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirements: Navigate; Writing Intensive. Meets concurrently with INOV 2010 and INOV 4010. Prer., INOV 2010.
  
  • INOV 3020 - Innovation Team: Research and Execute

    3 Credits (Minimum) 4 Credits (Maximum)

    Junior level continuation of the teams course sequence with advanced participation in team projects including research, design, and execution. Teams are expected to meet outside of class hours, possibly with sponsor companies. Meets concurrently with INOV 2020 and INOV 4020. Prer., INOV 2010 or INOV 2020, and INOV 2100.
  
  • INOV 3100 - Building an Innovative Web Presence for Business

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    This course introduces developing a web presence that promotes and supports business. Emphasizing developing feature-rich sites, the course covers images, site mapping, division of content and layout, server-side scripting, dynamic content generation, content management, and database use. Software/languages include Dreamweaver, Firebug, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Jquery, CGI, XML, PHP, and SQL. Prer., CS 1450 or GDD 2200 or the following two courses: INFS 3080 and INFS 3400.
  
  • INOV 3540 - iPhone and iPad Application Development

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Programming iPhone and iPad applications using Mac iOS, XCODE, and Objective-C. Students will be taught how to write, install, and upload apps to the iTunes store. A broad understanding of object-oriented programming and knowledge of Mac iOS operating system is required. Students will need to own a Mac or be prepared to use the library Macs. A final project will be required. Prer., GDD 1200 or CS 1150 or INFS 3000 or instructor permission.
  
  • INOV 4000 - Independent Study in Innovation

    1 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    An opportunity for students to study special topics in innovation, in collaboration with an instructor.
  
  • INOV 4010 - Innovation Team: Design and Lead

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Senior level continuation of the teams course sequence with emphasis on design and leading team projects. Teams are expected to meet outside of class hours, possibly with sponsor companies. Meets concurrently with INOV 2010 and INOV 3010. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Writing Intensive. Prer., INOV 2100 and INOV 3010.
  
  • INOV 4020 - Innovation Team: Design and Lead

    3 Credits (Minimum) 4 Credits (Maximum)

    Senior level continuation of the teams course sequence with emphasis on design and leading team projects. Teams are expected to meet outside of class hours, possibly with sponsor companies. Meets concurrently with INOV 2020 and INOV 3020. Prer., INOV 3010 or INOV 3020.
  
  • INOV 4050 - Selected Topics in Innovation

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Topics vary. Prer., Junior or Senior standing.
  
  • INOV 5050 - Selected Topics in Innovation

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Topics vary. Prer., Graduate students only.
  
  • INOV 6050 - Selected Topics in Innovation

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Topics vary. Prer., Graduate students only or permission of instructor.
  
  • INOV 6100 - Proposal and Technical Writing

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    This course addresses five major types of technical writing: funding proposals, project reports, magazine and trade articles, technical reports and journal articles. Includes peer review and critical assessment of others’ writing. Students will work on actual funding proposals. Prer., Graduate standing or permission of the instructor required.

Interdepartmental Studies

  
  • ID 1020 - Undergraduate Research Academy Seminar

    0 Credits (Minimum) 0 Credits (Maximum)

    A zero-credit, interdisciplinary research seminar where members of the Undergraduate Research Academy meet monthly for professional development talks and research presentations by members. Prer., Membership in Undergraduate Research Academy.
  
  • ID 1030 - Fundamentals of Written/Oral Communication

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Fundamentals of written and oral communication necessary for undergraduate academic success. The course focuses on three related components: strategies for writing expository essays; basic conventions of standard written English and oral communication competency. Enrolled students are participants in the pre-collegiate program at UCCS.
  
  • ID 1050 - Quantitative and Qualitative Reasoning Skills

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Designed to bring incoming students up to a minimum competency in quantitative and qualitative skills. It includes such topics as logic arithmetic, graphing, statistics, problem solving skills, and algebraic skills. The course is one of the means to satisfy the Qualitative and Quantitative Reasoning requirement.
  
  • ID 2000 - Mathematics: A Human Endeavor

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    An introductory course in mathematics as a liberal art. Designed to demonstrate the beauty of mathematics, its methods and its place in human endeavors. Recommended for those who like the subject and for those who think they don’t. This course is one of the means to satisfy Qualitative and Quantitative Reasoning requirement. Approved for LAS Humanities requirement. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Explore-Arts, Humanities, and Cultures.
  
  • ID 2050 - Beyond the Finite

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Shows how infinity, which plays a key role in mathematics and many other areas of human endeavor, appears in arithmetic, geometry, foundations of analysis and the arts. Just as every intelligent person needs at least some acquaintance with discoveries of Einstein and Freud, one needs exposure to George Cantor’s discovery of the infinite. Strongly recommended for natural science, math and math education majors, but can be expected to benefit everyone. Approved for LAS Natural Science area requirement.
  
  • ID 2500 - Special Topics

    1 Credits (Minimum) 1 Credits (Maximum)

    Ten-session lecture series designed to introduce students to a specific topic. Usually, each lecture is presented by a different person; most series are multidisciplinary. Pass/Fail only. Attendance at all sessions is required. May be repeated up to three times for credit.
  
  • ID 3210 - Emergence of Infinity in Arts and Sciences

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    This is a truly and fundamentally interdepartmental course, tracing the emergence of infinity in culture: in the arts, sciences, religions, and technology. Approved for LAS Natural Science area requirement.
  
  • ID 3660 - Non-Departmental Internship for Liberal Arts

    1 Credits (Minimum) 6 Credits (Maximum)

    Students gain practical work experience by exploring occupations or professions while contributing to the work of the agency. Structured, supervised on-the-job experience in student’s area of interest. Students are jointly evaluated by minimum time requirement, internship supervisor, and professor. Instructor consent required.
  
  • ID 3700 - Art and Culture of Equatorial Africa

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    This truly interdepartmental course focuses on the emergence of the great art and original culture of equatorial Africa. Many cultures will be discussed and their original works, dating from the 10th century to the 20th century, demonstrated in class. Not only aesthetics but cultural functions of artifacts will be in focus in this unique course. Approved for LAS Global Awareness requirement.
  
  • ID 3710 - Great European Film Directors: A Historical View 1945-Present

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    A study of the history of cinema, through works of great European directors of post WWII period: from De Sica, Antonioni, Fellini, Pasolini, to Tarkovsky, Parajanov, Wajda, Jarman, and Greenway. Course would be a valuable elective for all Arts and Sciences majors. Approved for LAS Global Awareness requirement.
  
  • ID 3720 - Russian Avant-Garde Cinema: A Historical View, 1915-Present

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    A study of the history of nearly 100 years of Russian and Soviet cinema through works of great directors: Eisenstein, Tarkovsky, Paradjanov, Shepit’ko, and others; from 1910’s through 1990’s. Every 4-hour session includes a complete feature film, some rare and never released on video. A valuable elective for all Arts and Sciences majors. Approved for LAS Global Awareness requirement.
  
  • ID 3730 - Russian Art Cinema Today: A Historical View

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    An in-depth study of the latest page in the history of its best directors: classics, such as Ioseliani, Soluiror, Muratova, as well as young talented directors, bound to become classics tomorrow. Every 4-hour session includes a complete feature film, often unavailable commercially. Available elective for all Arts and Science majors. Approved for LAS Global Awareness requirement.
  
  • ID 3740 - Andrzej Wajda and Cinema of Poland

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    This course will present culture, history, political struggles, and triumphs of Poland through the prism of the National School of Cinema of Poland, which is often called the Cinema of Moral Concern. Andrzej Wajda. whose films span from 1954 through 2012, and who won the American Oscar for his career contribution, expressed in letters to Alexander Soifer his enthusiastic support and provided copies of his rare films especially for this course. Approved for LAS Global Awareness requirement.
  
  • ID 3750 - Cinema of Denmark

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    This course will present the history of the national cinema of Denmark through the work and life of its best directors: the classic Carl Theodor Dreyer, the well-known Lars von Trier, and new directors whose names for the most part are known only in the narrow circles of art cinema professionals. The Danish cinema has entered its renaissance when in 1995 a group of four directors announced the new movement Dogme 95, and made it right on their promise to create magnificent innovative cinema. Approved for LAS Global Awareness requirement.
  
  • ID 3760 - Kurosawa Akira and Post World War II Cinema of Japan

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    This course will present the history of the cinema of Japan through the work and life of its best directors, and first of all Kurosawa Akira, whose genius put Japan on the world map of cinema when in the late 1940s his Rashomon took Europe and America by storm. Approved for LAS Global Awareness requirement.
  
  • ID 3770 - Michelangelo Antonioni and Post World War II Cinema of Italy

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    This course will present the history of the cinema of Italy through the work and life of its great directors, and first of all Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, and Pier Paolo Pasolini, whose genius changed the way we perceive the world. Antonioni contributed to this course his rare early films and rare publications. Approved for LAS Global Awareness requirement.
  
  • ID 3780 - Yuri Norstein and the Great Art of Animation

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Yuri Norstein is unique in the world of the arts. His films have twice won the title “Best Animation of All Time” (Olympic Games of Animation, Los Angeles, 1984; and Tokyo, Japan, 2003). He is a winner of Russia’s highest creative prize, “Triumph,” and numerous other prizes. Yuri Norstein and Alexander Soifer will teach this course together, covering not only animation goals and Norstein’s techniques, but also giving a broad view of the arts from ancient times to the present. Approved for LAS Global Awareness requirement.
  
  • ID 3790 - Pier Paolo Pasolini and Post World War II Cinema of Italy

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    This course will present the history of the great cinema of Italy through the work and life of its best directors, and first of all Pier Paolo Pasolini, a poet, essayist, painter, screenwriter, actor, and film director. Other directors featured in the course include Luchino Visconti, Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Giuseppe Tornatore. Approved for LAS Global Awareness requirement.
  
  • ID 3800 - Cinema of Ingmar Bergman and the Arts of Scandinavia

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Thus truly interdepartmental course will feature a representative set of the 64 films directed by Ingmar Bergman. It will include a Swedish film, The Sacrifice, by Bergman’s most beloved film director, Andrei Tarkovsky. It will also include a lecture on Scandinavian painters Munch, Nolde (German-Scandinavian as an artist), and others. Approved for LAS Global Awareness requirement.
  
  • ID 4010 - Honors Senior Roundtable: Sharing Passions, Sharing Perspectives

    1 Credits (Minimum) 1 Credits (Maximum)

    Seniors in their graduating semester will reflect on and share with others their passion for their major field, and perspectives as to why this field is important in the context of both the university and society at large. Prer., Consent of instructor required. Open to seniors in graduating semester, by invitation from major department Chair only.
  
  • ID 4100 - A Sense of Place

    1 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Focuses on the character of a particular place. An understanding of these places will be accomplished through an analysis of selected aspects such as history, culture, literature, art and geography.
  
  • ID 4450 - Creators of Mathematics: A Historic View

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    An introduction to the history of mathematics and its creators. Traces the lives and works of the greatest mathematicians of all time. Explores birth and discovery of new ideas. Designed for math, math education, and history majors but may also be a valuable experience for science and art majors. Meets with ID 5450 and HIST 4700.
  
  • ID 4460 - Emergence of Graph Theory: A Historical Exploration of a Mathematical Theory

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Explores the emergence of Graph Theory through its history. Studies original pioneering papers and their creators. A valuable elective for math, math ed, history, physics and other majors. Prer., ID 1050, ID 2000, or consent of instructor. Meets with ID 5460.
  
  • ID 4500 - A Serious Course in Recreational Mathematics

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    An exciting, unique introduction to mathematics through the study of mathematical games, puzzles and competition with emphasis on the beauty, elegance, paradoxy, and ingenuity of mathematical ideas. As part of the course, students and instructor will organize the annual Colorado Mathematical Olympiad for Junior and Senior high school students. Meets with ID 5500.
  
  • ID 4800 - What Is Mathematics?

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Demonstrates how mathematicians create new results in mathematics; how problems of high school geometry lead to open problems - to mathematical frontiers; how several areas of mathematics join together to solve a problem. Invaluable for math majors and math teachers as well as for all science and math education majors. Prer., High school algebra or ID 1050 and high school geometry. Meets with ID 5800.
  
  • ID 4850 - Geometric Insight in Combinatorial Mathematics

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Geometric insight is a strikingly beautiful tool in mathematics. It demonstrates the power of visualization, experimentation, and imagination in combinatorial mathematics. Designed for math, math education, and natural science majors, but may be taken by anyone who enjoys mathematics. Prer., High school geometry.
  
  • ID 4900 - Mathematical Coloring

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Shows how coloring can solve mathematical problems; traces ideas of coloring through geometry, combinatorics, number theory, and other areas of mathematics. Allows students to visit a “Studio of a mathematician.” Invaluable for math majors and math teachers as well as science majors. Prer., High school geometry. Meets with ID 5900.
  
  • ID 4901 - Special Topics:

    1 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Special topics in Interdepartmental Studies. Topics will vary.
  
  • ID 4950 - Honors Capstone Seminar

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    This course is intended to demonstrate the student’s ability to think critically and to engage in a project of active learning within the student’s major field of studies. The seminar will integrate acquired knowledge and skills in a capstone project designed to produce upon its successful completion a sense of mastery and intellectual accomplishment that goes significantly beyond classroom learning. May only be taken by students in the UCCS University and Mountain Lion Honors Programs or consent of instructor.
  
  • ID 4990 - Argonne Semester

    6 Credits (Minimum) 12 Credits (Maximum)

    Students apply to Argonne National Laboratories during their Junior year for acceptance into the long-standing Argonne Scientific research program for undergraduates. Prer., Acceptance by the Argonne National Laboratory and approval by the dean of college.
  
  • ID 5450 - Creators of Mathematics: A Historic View

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    An introduction to the history of mathematics and its creators, the greatest mathematicians of all time, their lives and their works, through birth and discovery of new ideas. Prer., ID 1050. Meets with ID 4450 and HIST 4700.
  
  • ID 5460 - Emergence of Graph Theory: A Historical Exploration of a Mathematical Theory

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Explores the emergence of Graph Theory through its history. Studies original pioneering papers and their creators. A valuable elective for math, math ed, history, physics and other majors. Prer., ID 1050 or consent of instructor. Meets with ID 4460.
  
  • ID 5500 - A Serious Course in Recreational Mathematics

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    An introduction to mathematics through the study of mathematical games, puzzles, and competitions with the emphasis on the beauty, elegance, paradoxy, and ingenuity of mathematical ideas. As a part of the course, students and instructor may participate in organizing the Colorado Mathematical Olympiad. Prer., ID 1050 or consent of instructor. Meets with ID 4500.
  
  • ID 5800 - What is Mathematics?

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Demonstrates how mathematicians create new results in mathematics; how problems of high school geometry lead to open problems-to mathematical frontiers; how several areas of mathematics join together to solve a problem. Invaluable for math majors and math teachers buy may be of interest to science majors or others who wish to have a better understanding of mathematics. Prer., High school algebra or I D 1050 and high school geometry. Meets with I D 4800.
  
  • ID 5850 - Geometric Insight in Combinatorial Math

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Geometric insight is a strikingly beautiful tool in mathematics. It demonstrates the power of visualization, experimentation, and imagination in combinatorial mathematics. Designed for math, math education, and natural science majors, but may be taken by anyone who enjoys mathematics. Prer., High school geometry.
  
  • ID 5900 - Mathematical Coloring

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Shows how coloring can solve mathematical problems; traces ideas of coloring through geometry, combinatorics, number theory, and other areas of mathematics. Allows students to visit a “Studio of a mathematician.” Invaluable for math majors and math teachers as well as science majors. Prer., High school geometry. Meets with ID 4900.
  
  • ID 9400 - Independent Study: Undergraduate

    1 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Independent study in interdepartmental studies (Upper Division).

International Business

  
  • INTB 3600 - International Business

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    An introduction to international business. Examines legal, political, economic and cultural factors affecting international business operations. Utilizes contemporary issues to discuss major aspects of business planning, organization and control in an international context. Prer., FNCE 3050 or MGMT 3300 or MKTG 3000. Business students or Business Minors only.
  
  • INTB 4610 - Regional Business Environment Europe

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Short-term study abroad. A series of international business seminars conducted abroad by management personnel of European companies. Insight is provided into the cultural, social, and political environments of each country visited. This is an intensive international business and travel experience. Prer., Instructor approval.
  
  • INTB 4611 - Regional Business Environment: Asia

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Short study abroad. A series of international business seminars conducted abroad by management personnel of Asian companies. Insight is provided into the cultural, social, and political environments of each country visited. This is an intensive international business and travel experience. Prer., Instructor Permission.
  
  • INTB 4800 - International Management

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Provides an overview of management and human resources issues related to international markets. Major topics covered are organizing operations, decision making and controlling, motivation and leadership across cultures, international labor relations, human resource selection and repatriation, and human development across cultures. Prer., MGMT 3300. Business students only. Junior standing.
  
  • INTB 4960 - Internship in International Business

    1 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Undergraduate internship in international business. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Navigate. Prer., Junior/senior business students only.
  
  • INTB 6100 - Managing in Global Markets

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Designed to prepare students to anticipate global forces that impact present management. Examines the economic, the social-cultural, and the political/legal context of global management. Presents various concepts related to the internationalization process of the firm and frameworks related to global strategy. Graduate business students only.
  
  • INTB 6190 - Managing in Global Markets

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Designed to prepare students to anticipate global forces that impact present management. Examines the economic, the social-cultural, and the political/ legal context of global management. Presents various concepts related to the internationalization process of the firm and frameworks related to global strategy. Distance MBA course. Tuition schedule differs from on-campus program. Graduate business students only.
  
  • INTB 6600 - Contemporary Topics in International Business

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    This seminar examines major contemporary issues in international business. Prer., Completion of all MBA preparatory courses or instructor approval.
  
  • INTB 6700 - International Field Project

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    May be an independent student research project, an international internship, or an international field study. Offered on an ad hoc basis and occasionally with a specific focus. Students must get instructor’s approval prior to registration. Prer., BUAD 6900 or instructor permission.
  
  • INTB 6960 - Internship in International Business

    1 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Graduate internship in international business. Prer., Instructor and Dean approval.
  
  • INTB 6990 - Regional Business Environment Europe

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Short study abroad. A series of international business seminars conducted abroad by management personnel of European companies. Insight is provided into the cultural, social, and political environments of each country visited. This is an intensive international business and travel experience. Online graduate course. Tuition schedule differs from on-campus courses. Prer., Instructor approval. MBA & Graduate Business Cert. Only.
  
  • INTB 6991 - Regional Business Environment: Asia

    3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    Short study abroad. A series of international business seminars conducted abroad by management personnel of Asian companies. Insight is provided into the cultural, social, and political environments of each country visited. This is an intensive international business and travel experience. Distance MBA course. Tuition schedule differs from on-campus courses. MBA and Graduate Business Cert only. Prer., Instructor permission.
  
  • INTB 9400 - Independent Study in International Business

    1 Credits (Minimum) 4 Credits (Maximum)

    With the consent of the instructor who directs the study and the dean. Prer., permission of instructor.
  
  • INTB 9500 - Independent Study in International Business

    1 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

    With the consent of the instructor who directs the study and the dean.

Italian

  
  • ITAL 1010 - Beginning Italian I

    4 Credits (Minimum) 4 Credits (Maximum)

    Essentials of basic Italian, oral-aural skills stressed with additional reading, writing, and grammar.
  
  • ITAL 1020 - Beginning Italian II

    4 Credits (Minimum) 4 Credits (Maximum)

    Essentials of Italian continued. Additional oral-aural skills practice with increased grammar, reading, and writing. Prer., ITAL 1010 or equivalent.
  
  • ITAL 2110 - Intermediate Italian I

    4 Credits (Minimum) 4 Credits (Maximum)

    Italian at the intermediate level with concentration on conversation, culture, and civilization, or literature at that level. Prer., ITAL 1020 or equivalent.
 

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