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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 2023 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.
Summer 2023 Featured Classes
Asian Studies
JPNS 1010: Beginning Japanese 1
JPNS 1020: Beginning Japanese 2
JPNS 2110: Intermediate Japanese 1
JPNS 2120: Intermediate Japanese 2
KREN 1010: Beginning Korean 1
KREN 1020: Beginning Korean 2
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
ATOC 1050-100: Weather and the Atmosphere
Session A (6/5/23 - 7/7/23)
In-Person, M/T/W/TH 3:10-5:10pm
Environmental Design
ENVD 4361: Anthropological Techniques in the Design Professions
Session B (7/11/23 - 8/11/23)
Hybrid In-Person/Remote, M-F 11:10am-12:45pm
Interested non-ENVD students can email nathan.p.jones@colorado.edu to get registered
Field Courses at the CU Boulder Mountain Research Station!
EBIO 4100: Advanced Ecology
Section 750/751: Field Methods in Vegetation Ecology (6/19/23 - 7/7/23)
Section 752/753: Field Entomology (7/10/23 - 7/21/23)
Section 754/755: Forest and Fire Ecology (7/24/23 - 8/4/23)
Section 756/757: Lake and Stream Ecology (7/24/23 - 8/10/23)
French
FREN 3800: France and the Muslim World
Session B (7/11/23 - 8/11/23)
Online
Political Science
PSCI 4252: Politics of Ethnicity and Nationalism
Session A (6/5/23 - 7/7/23)
Online
PSCI 2012: Introduction to Comparative Politics
Augmester (8/7/23 - 8/24/23)
Online
Fall 2023 Featured Classes
CU in the City: Community Scholars Application
New Fall 2023 paid internship program for CU Boulder students! Open to all majors and degree programs!
The College of Arts and Sciences, through the Department of Political Science, and in conjunction with the CU Boulder Office of Government and Community Engagement, is excited to launch the Community Scholars Program, a Fall 2023 public service-learning opportunity. Up to 15 undergraduate students from CU will be placed in paid or stipend-supported community-based internships with the City of Boulder, other local government entities or nonprofit organizations in and around Boulder.
The Community Scholars Program provides a unique learning opportunity for undergraduate students to experience first-hand the dynamics of working within city government and community-based organizations. The internship experience is enriched through weekly seminars and briefings with leaders from the community. See the CU in the City: Community Scholars Application link for more information.
Arts & Humanities
AHUM 1825: Inclusive Interdisciplinary Data Science for All
Asian Studies
ASIA 1700: Introduction to Tibetan Civilization
ASIA 2000: Gateway to Modern Asia: Exploring Regional Connections
ASIA 2852/GEOG 2852: Contemporary Southeast Asia: Environmental Politics
ASIA 4100: China's Space Dream
ASIA 4500: Urban Asia: Tradition, Modernity, Challenges
ASIA 4600: Encounters: Tibet, the Himalayas, and the West
CHIN 1051: Masterpieces of Chinese Literature in Translation
CHIN 3333: Race and Ethnicity in Chinese Literature: Sinophone Culture, Diaspora, and Identity
- with ASIA 4001: Advanced Language Co-Seminar Arts and Humanities
CHIN 4210: Introduction to Classical Chinese
CHIN 4300: Open Topics: Readings in Chinese Literature: Chinese Travel Literature
GEOG 3822: Geography of China
HIST 1628: Introduction to Chinese History since 1644
HIST 1708: Introduction to Japanese History
HIST 1800: Introduction to Global History: The Silk Road
HIST 2220: History of War and Society: Global Warfare in India
HIST 4538: History of Modern India
HIST 4618: Early Modern China: From Genghis Khan to the Opium War
HIST 4619: Women in East Asian History
HIST 4638: Contemporary China: Radicalism and Reform, 1949 to Present
HIST 4728: Modern Japanese History
HIST 4800: Special Topics in Global History: Semicolonial China/Japan/Siam
Asian Studies cont.
INDO 1110: Beginning Indonesian 1- DILS
INDO 2110: Intermediate Indonesian 1- DILS
NEPL 1110: Beginning Nepali 1- DILS
RLST 4650: Islam in the Modern World
TBTN 1120: Beginning Tibetan 2- DILS
TBTN 2120: Intermediate Tibetan 1- DILS
Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
REES/WGST 4471: Women in 20th-21st Century Russian, East European and Eurasian Cultures
Writing
New 8-Week Online sessions of WRTG 1150: First-Year Writing and Rhetoric!
Section 100: 8-Week Session 1 (8/28/23 - 10/18/23)
Section 101: 8-Week Session 1 (8/28/23 - 10/18/23)
Section 150: 8-Week Session 2 (10/19/23 - 12/15/23)