Summer Session

Online Classes

Summer 2009 features three online classes offered by outstanding CU-Boulder faculty. Register through Summer Session. Questions? Call 303-492-5148 or 800-331-2801.

Shakespeare for Nonmajors
♦ENGL 3000, 3 semester hours, Section 102, Call No. 45684
Term A: June 1–July 2, 2009
R L Widmann
Introduces students to Shakespeare’s major works: the histories, comedies, and tragedies. May include the nondramatic poetry as well. Prerequisite, sophomore standing. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.

America through Baseball
♦HIST 2516, 3 semester hours, Section 100, Call No. 45591
Term A: June 1–July 2, 2009
Thomas Zeiler
Baseball could not have existed without America. This course explains how the game fits into the larger context of social, cultural, economic, and political history from the 19th century to the present. Students will study the events and people who made baseball the national pastime. Similar to HIST 4556. Restricted to non-history majors. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: United States context.

Mass Communication Law
JOUR 4651, 3 semester hours
Section 100, Call No. 45611
Term A: June 1–July 2, 2009

Section 200, Call No. 45612
Term B: July 7–August 7, 2009
Robert Trager
Students study state and federal laws and court decisions that affect mass communication in order to develop knowledge of mass media rights and responsibilities and an understanding of the legal system. Restricted to Journalism students with a minimum of 73 hours.

College of Arts and Sciences

Greek Art and Archaeology
♦ARTH 3039, 3 semester hours, Section 200, Call No. 45485
♦CLAS 3039, 3 semester hours, Section 200, Call No. 45484
Term B: July 7–August 7, 2009
Elspeth Dusinberre
Covers prehistoric Aegean through the fourth century B.C.E., considering architecture, pottery, painting, sculpture, and personal ornament. Societal customs such as use of space and burial patterns are considered as well as art and its uses, to help understand developments in Greek culture. Credit not granted for this course and FINE/CLAS 1009. Formerly FINE 3039. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.

The Enlightenment: Tolerance and Emancipation
♦GRMN 3505, 3 semester hours, Section 001, Call No. 45402
♦HUMN 3505, 3 semester hours, Section 001, Call No. 45403
Term M: May 11–29, 2009
Ann Schmeising
Examines the Enlightenment belief in reason and the common humanity of all individuals and cultures. Emphasizes arguments for and against freedom of religion, abolition of slavery, and emancipation of women in 18th century European and American literature and thought. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.

Dada and Surrealist Literature
♦GRMN 3702, 3 semester hours, Section 001, Call No. 45400
♦HUMN 3702, 3 semester hours, Section 001, Call No. 45401
Term M: May 11–29, 2009
Patrick Greaney
Surveys the major theoretical concepts and literary genres of the Dada and Surrealist movements. Topics include Dada performance and cabaret, the manifesto, montage, the readymade, the Surrealist novel, colonialism and the avant-garde, and literary and philosophical precursors to the avant-garde. Taught in English. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.

Topics in Peace and Conflict Studies: Communication and Conflict Management
PACS 3800, 3 semester hours, Section 100, Call No. 45695
Term A: June 1–July 2, 2009
Heidi Burgess
Focuses on the communication skills necessary for effective conflict management and transformation of interpersonal, workplace, community, and national/ international conflicts. It is primarily a hands-on, skills-based course in which students learn to identify their own and preferred conflict styles; they learn about and practice conflict communication skills, negotiation, mediation, dialogue, and other related conflict management and resolution techniques. Students also learn to identify which conflict strategies are most useful in what circumstances.

Sound and Music
♦PHYS 1240, 3 semester hours, Section 200, Call No. 45444
Term B: July 7–August 7, 2009
Allen Hermann
Explores the physical processes that underlie the diversity of sound and musical phenomena. Topics covered include the physical nature of sound, the perception of sound, the perception of pitch and harmony, musical instruments, synthesizers and samplers, and room acoustics. Nonmathematical; geared toward nonscience majors. Meets MAPS requirement for natural science: chemistry or physics. Should not be taken by students with a math MAPS deficiency. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.

Science and Public Policy
♦PHYS 3000, 3 semester hours, Section 200, Call No. 45445
Term B: July 7–August 7, 2009
Jerry Peterson
For nonscience majors. Reading, discussions, debates, and lectures are used to study how science affects society economically, intellectually, and in terms of health and national security. Another focus is how government fosters and funds scientific activities. Recommended prerequisite: completion of core science requirement. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: critical thinking.

Intensive Beginning Russian
♦RUSS 1050, 5 semester hours, Section 200, Call No. 45590
Term B: July 7–August 7, 2009
Elena Kostoglodova
Covers same material as RUSS 1010 and RUSS 1020 combined in one course. Focuses on acquiring basic grammar (all cases for nouns, adjectives and possessives, verb conjugations, in all three tenses), and ability to understand and speak basic everyday Russian. Develops basic reading and writing skills and provides exposure to the fundamentals of the Russian culture. Credit not granted for this course and RUSS 1010 or 1020.

Advanced Topics in Sex and Gender: Youth Sexuality
SOCY 3046, 3 semester hours, Section 001, Call No. 45545
Term M: May 11–29, 2009
Amy Wilkins
Students will use academic research to examine public debates about youth sexuality. Although American adults are not in agreement about how to manage youth sexuality, most agree that youth are too sexual, too early, and that youth sexuality is associated with negative problems such as teen pregnancy. We will analyze the historical and cultural antecedents of these attitudes about youth sexuality and then turn to research on youth sexual behavior.

Leeds School of Business

Topics in Management: International Management
MGMT 4820, 3 semester hours, Section 200, Call No. 45708
Term B: July 7–August 7, 2009
Suha Oguz, former Vice President, R&D, Gillette Global Business Unit
This class will examine topics in international business management.

Minor Degree Program in Business Administration
Use the summer to complete a business minor. An understanding of business principles and practices should be a part of every college degree. Enhance your employability as well as entrepreneurial opportunities and chances for job advancement. The Leeds School of Business offers a business minor to qualified CU-Boulder undergraduates enrolled in arts and sciences, engineering, music, or journalism. You can complement your major with knowledge of accounting, finance, marketing, management, and systems. All required business classes are taken during the summer. With careful planning, you can complete the minor in two summers. Prerequisite courses must be completed as stated in course descriptions. For information go to leeds.colorado.edu or call 303-492-6515.

Requirements
Excel Assessment*	Semester Hours
MATH 1071 Finite Math, OR passing a proctored math assessment test.* (If you have completed college algebra or precalculus, we will substitute those courses as well.)	3
ECON 2010 Microeconomics	4
ECON 2020 Macroeconomics	4
BCOR 1010 Introduction to Business	3
BCOR 1020 Business Statistics (Prerequisites: demonstrated Excel proficiency and 3 hours finite math)	3
BCOR 2000 Accounting and Financial Analysis (Prerequisites: BCOR 1010, 1020, demonstrated Excel proficiency, and 26 hours completed)	4
BCOR 2200 Introductory Finance (Prerequisites: BCOR 1010, 1020, 2000, ECON 2010 (or 2020), 2nd semester ECON series, demonstrated Excel proficiency, and 26 hours completed )	3
BCOR 2400 Fundamentals of Marketing (Prerequisites: BCOR 1010, 1020, 2nd semester ECON series (corequisite), and 26 hours completed)	3
BCOR 2300 Adding Value with Management (Prerequisites: BCOR 1010 and 26 hours completed)	3
BCOR 2500 Introduction to Business Systems (Prerequisites: BCOR 1010, 1020, and 26 hours completed)	3

*For details see leeds.colorado.edu > Academic Programs > Undergraduate Program > Curriculum and choose Business minor.

School of Education

Educational Psychology and Adolescent Development
EDUC 4112, 3 semester hours, Section 001, Call No. 42174
Term M: May 11–29, 2009
Ben Kirshner
Integrates theories and ideas from secondary school adolescent development and educational psychology. Students explore theories of learning and adolescent development/identity formation and consider implications for teaching, learner’s motivation, and academic achievement. This course will integrate a service-learning component. The course is open to all undergraduates and meets the teacher education program requirement. Same as PSYC 4114.

Schools, Mathematics, and Social Justice
EDUC 6804, 3 semester hours, Section 501, Call No. 45446
Term E: June 15–26, 2009
Debbie Hearty
Focuses on the intersection of schools, mathematics, and social justice. The course will explore the following questions: How do we understand “achievement gaps” in mathematics that occur along racial and economic lines? Historically, how have mathematics courses been used to “sort” students into different tracks? What are the consequences of these sorting processes? How have school structures (e.g., scheduling/course offering) perpetuated inequity in schools? What are curricular and pedagogical models that disrupt inequity in schools? How do teachers “teach against the grain” in mathematics? This course fulfills core graduate or elective credit for elementary and secondary C&I master’s degree programs as well as other graduate programs in education.

Enacting Reform-Based Science Teaching
EDUC 6804, 3 semester hours, Section 601, Call No. 42204
Term F: July 6–17, 2009
Erin Furtak
Science education reforms encourage teachers to help students to learn science through inquiry, modeling and argumentation, problem-based learning, and everyday assessment. This course will explore theory and research underlying these reforms, and address the dilemmas they raise in practice. Embedded into the course will be several cycles of design, enactment, and reflection, carried out with students attending summer camps on campus (e.g., Science Discovery-sponsored camps). Through this process, participants will characterize and document the dilemmas they face in science teaching, and will explore how their strengths in their current teaching impact their students, colleagues, schools, and profession. This course fulfills core graduate or elective credit for elementary and secondary C&I master’s degree programs as well as other graduate programs in education.

Recent Research in Children’s and Young Adult Literature
EDUC 6804, 3 semester hours, Section 603, Call No. 45451
Term F: July 20–31, 2009
Shelby Wolff
This course revolves around the upcoming Handbook of Research on Children’s and Young Adult Literature (Wolf, Coats, Enciso, & Jenkins, in preparation). The field of literature for the young is widely dispersed. Scholars in English and literature tend toward a text-oriented approach. Scholars in Education focus on the reader. Scholars in Library and Information Science (LIS) are often absent from the intellectual worldview of either end of the text-reader continuum. Students will read and analyze drafts of the individual chapters and discuss cross-cutting themes. Students will preview the work as well as an opportunity to help shape the final outcome.

Issues in Gifted Education
EDUC 6804, 3 semester hours, Section 604, Call No. 45610
Term F: July 7–31, 2009
Diana Norcross
One of the starting points for discussion of gifted education is an examination of “giftedness” as a social construct. The labeling of a person as gifted, and the subsequent action taken on his/her behalf, depends largely upon the values of a society and the ways in which society shapes and perpetuates notions of giftedness. Also important is an understanding of the ways in which “giftedness” can be defined. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to discuss sociocultural influences on gifted education, identify major contributors in the field, describe characteristics of gifted students and the implications for academic instruction, discuss programming options for highly able learners, and analyze and critique curriculum models for gifted education. The course should prove useful for classroom teachers at all levels of education, as well as students of educational policy, educational research, curriculum theory, and diversity.

College of Engineering and Applied Science

Special Topics: Alternative Energy Electric Vehicles
ASEN 4519, 3 semester hours, Section No. 001, Call No. 45605
ASEN 5519, 3 semester hours, Section No. 001, Call No. 45606
Term M: May 11–29, 2009
Jean Koster
Design-oriented course that focuses on developing a higher performance electric vehicle. Electric vehicles obtain energy from solar systems. The process will include reverse engineering of a full functioning commercially available “Zap Xebra” Electric Vehicle (EV).

Special Topics in Computer Science: Non-Symbolic Artificial Intelligence
CSCI 4830, 3 semester hours, Section No. 200, Call No. 45572
Term B: July 7–August 7, 2009
Toshinori Munakata
Introduces newer AI fields such as neural networks, genetic algorithms (or evolutionary computing), and fuzzy logic. It also includes application in industrial, governmental, and commercial domains.

Law School

Advanced Legal Research and Writing: Writing for the Practice of Law
LAWS 6226, 3 semester hours, Section No. 100, Call No. 45689
Term A: June 1–July 2, 2009
Natalie Mack
Offers an in-depth look at research resources and methods. Topics covered will include sources from the judicial, legislative, and executive branches of federal and state government; research in topical areas such as environmental law, taxation, and international law; and extensive coverage of secondary and non-law resources. Both print and electronic sources will be covered. Students will have intensive instruction in legal writing skills, including organizing, drafting, and revising legal writing. This course will focus on document drafting and exercises that emphasize the writing assignments commonly given to first and second-year associate attorneys.

College of Music

Music in the Rock Era
MUEL 2852, 3 semester hours Section 100, Call No. 44012
Term A: June 1–July 2, 2009
James Brody

Section 200, Call No. 44013
Term B: July 7–August 7, 2009
William Ross Hagen
Focuses on rock-oriented popular music from approximately 1955 forward. To better understand Music in the Rock Era (MiRE), the course also investigates important contributions that helped to lay the groundwork for rock (e.g. jazz, blues, R&B) and synthesis styles (e.g. various world musics). In addition to lectures, extensive listening assignments are designed to foster animated discussions among the students. Brody also offers students the opportunity to give Beat! Fab! Gear! presentations on some facet of MiRE. Past B!F!G! presentations have dealt with particular styles (e.g. rap, ambient music), groups/individual performers (U2, Eminem), and more general topics (the impact of video on pop music, Rock in Russia).

Do You Hear What I Hear? Listening Experiences for K-8 Students
IMUS 5093, 1 semester hour, Section 500, Call No. 43338
Term E: June 4–5, 2009
Martina Miranda
In elementary general music, listening experiences can be effective in helping students make personal connections to the elements of music. This workshop will provide examples of a broad range of listening experiences appropriate for K-8 instruction. Topics such as successful teaching processes, management strategies, and age-appropriate experiences will be addressed. Requirements will include preparation of lesson plan examples, visual aids, and a small group presentation.

Playing Music By Ear for Classical Musicians (and anyone else)
IMUS 5093, 1 semester hour, Section 502, Call No. 45570
Term E: June 22–26, 2009
Kaila Flexer
Learning by ear is wonderful way to learn repertoire that is not written down, or contains idiomatic language that literally cannot be written down. Many classical musicians have a gap between the sound that enters their ear and the impulses that direct their fingers on their instrument. The ability to play by ear will strengthen the innate musicality of any musician in any musical situation. Students will participate in echoing exercises, improvisational games, and will learn several tunes from several folk idioms including Irish, bluegrass, and Balkan musics. After learning this repertoire by ear, students will cooperatively create their own musical arrangements by ear.

Music Across Colorado/Voices Across Time
IMUS 5093, 1 semester hour, Section 503, Call No. 45633
Term E: June 24–26, 2009
Thomas Riis
This three-day intensive is designed to introduce K-12 general music teachers, and also language, literature, and social studies teachers to a Colorado-customized version of a major music supplementary curricular resource called Voices Across Time: American History Through Music. Teaching tools and strategies are presented for generalists and non-musician teachers who wish to comprehensively (or partially) integrate 150 songs carefully chosen from United States folk, popular, and traditional music into their classes.

What Every Singer Needs to Know About the Body
IMUS 5093, 1 semester hour, Section 600, Call No. 43340
Term F: July 13–17, 2009
Bonnie Draina
The information provided in the course is precisely the information needed by singers to prevent pain and injury and to promote excellence in practicing and performing. This class gives specific, clear information about the body to singers, with an emphasis on integrating that information immediately into the musician’s body map. During this course, singers will explore the structures of balance, breathing, and singing, investigate how changing movement changes sound, create a visual representation of their own body maps, receive individual instruction, and participate in group activities designed to enhance kinesthetic responsiveness and inclusive attention.

Honoring the Self in Music Education
IMUS 5093, 1 semester hour, Section 601, Call No. 45571
Term F: August 3–4, 2009
Sue Williamson
The first day addresses identifying sociological and culture influences which influence music teachers to overwork and under self-care. Teachers engage in small group discussion and workshops designed to help them examine which influences they can and cannot control. The second day provides an overview of medical and psychological techniques designed to reduce stress. Topics include examining the science behind the mind-body connection, types of deep breathing, effective visualization, and medical research related to the cycle of automatic negative thoughts. As a final project, participants create a personalized plan for renewal and health.

Music Technology: Create Sound for Visual Media
MUSC 4121, 3 semester hours, Call No. 45567
MUSC 5121, 3 semester hours, Call No. 45568
Term M: May 11–29, 2009
John Drumheller
This course will explore the technical aspects, aesthetics, and psychology of composing music for use with visual media. The major focus will be in the realm of film music and digital video, however, the principles and techniques of film scoring will transfer to other types of collaborative art forms that use music. Students will learn how to use the hardware and software in the Computer Assisted Music Laboratories (CAML) to create music that will synchronize with preexisting visual images as well as movies the students will make in class. Designed for majors and nonmajors. Students work on weekly projects that demonstrate the mastery of concepts and techniques learned throughout the term. The class culminates with a major final project consisting of a DVD created by the students that will be screened during the final exam time.

♦ = Fulfills Arts and Sciences Core Curriculum