New & Featured Classes
There are many great A&S courses available for the upcoming semester! This electronic bulletin board is designed to highlight a number of new and featured classes offered across the College of Arts and Sciences. Once you have identified a class of interest, log in to Class Search to add the relevant class(es) to your shopping cart and finalize the enrollment process.
Summer and Fall 2025 Upper-Division Electives
Each semester, the College of Arts & Sciences Curriculum Office puts together a list of upper-division classes that are NOT restricted to specific majors or minors and do NOT have prerequisites. The list is designed to help Juniors and Seniors in A&S work toward the 45 upper-division credit hours (at least 30 of which must be in A&S) that are required for graduation.
Fall 2025 Featured Classes
Anthropology
ANTH 4020-581: Explorations in Anthropology: The Anthropology of Star Trek
CE Online 13-Week Session
Star Trek the Next Generation was one of the most successful science fiction shows in our history. It has endured and continues to attract a diverse audience. Throughout the course, we will delve into various episodes of Star Trek the Next Generation to explore themes and ideas that are central to biological anthropology. Available to Juniors and Seniors.
Asian Languages and Civilizations
JPNS 3861: Imagining the Samurai in Japanese Literature and Culture
T/Th 5:00-6:15pm
In Person
Explores the rich history of samurai in the Japanese cultural imagination from the twelfth through twentieth centuries. Students will consider what it means to be a samurai in Japanese fiction, drama, painting, and woodblock prints—to live, love, and die for duty, loyalty, and revenge in an uncertain world of monsters, marauding armies, villains, and vendettas.
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
EBIO 1500: Introduction to Marine Biology
M/W 3:35-4:50pm
In Person
This new course introduces students to marine ecosystems, with particular emphasis on how marine species interact with one another and with their physical environment, and how knowledge of these relationships can inform marine conservation. This course also introduces students to foundational principles of marine biology research, current research topics in marine biology, and the processes involved in conducting scientific research in marine ecosystems.
Geological Sciences
GEOL 1160: Environmental Geoscience – Where Science Meets Society
M/W/F 2:30-3:20pm
In Person
This is an introductory-level course designed primarily for freshmen non-science majors. The course targets four main questions at the intersection of geoscience and society. (1) What is science and how is it useful to me? (2) How do Earth processes, particularly natural disasters, impact people? (3) How does the Earth, particularly its natural resources, allow people to live the way we do? (4) How do people impact the environment?
Jewish Studies
HEBR 1010: Beginning Modern Hebrew, First Semester
M/W/F
In Person
Now offering two sections! First semester Hebrew is an introductory course designed for students with little or no prior knowledge of Hebrew. Begins with the Hebrew alphabet and develops rudimentary, conversational reading and writing skills. By the end of the semester students are expected to have attained basic understanding and expressive abilities in Hebrew.
Linguistics
LING 3210: English for Academic Purposes
M/W 3:35-4:50pm
In Person
Would you like to sharpen your accuracy and build confidence using English with professors and classmates, as well as in course assignments? LING 3210 is ideal for first, second, and third-year international undergraduate students who would like to improve their communication skills for effective academic interactions. Any international or domestic undergraduate student who speaks English as an additional language is welcome to enroll.
A&S Honors Program Courses
If you are qualified for our A&S Honors Program, you can enroll directly in Honors courses by visiting classes.colorado.edu during your enrollment window.