Internship and Interdisciplinary and / or Cross Regional Courses

Students are introduced to methods of selecting, interpreting, and using historical maps as source documents, complementing written texts. Explores themes in history of cartography and spatial history, how patterns of historical-geographic change are revealed in traditional and digital maps. Meets with GES 3080.

3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

This course introduces students to the newly developing field of digital history, and gives students a chance to present a serious project of historical research in a digital medium.

3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

20th century war, genocide, and oppression as represented by certain forms of art: film, literature, photography, visual arts. The issue is the distinctive contribution of artistic treatment to historical understanding.

3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

The history of immigrants/migrants from Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe as of 1840 to the present will be examined. Emphasis will be placed on U.S. immigration laws, the development of ethnic-based communities and connections to U.S. policy. Approved for LAS Cultural Diversity requirement. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirements: Inclusiveness (Global/Diversity); Sustainability; Writing Intensive. Meets with WEST 3580.

3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

This course examines the social, political, and cultural changes arising in the turbulent and transformative years of the 1960s. Special attention will be given to global and international social movements, the Vietnam War, and other challenges to traditional culture and values.

3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

Students will be involved in community and organizational settings where they will gain practical work and networking experience. They will apply critical analysis as well as historical research methods to their sites for their academic component. Prer., Junior or Senior standing, consent of instructor required.

3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

This course examines superordinate and subordinate relations in the 19th and 20th centuries. This is a topical course that will cover issues such as the Holocaust and British Imperialism, as well as dictatorship and fascism

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. Prer., INDS 1050. Meets with INDS 4450 and INDS 5450.

3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

An exciting introduction to mathematics through historical study of mathematical games, puzzles, and competition with emphasis on the beauty, elegance, paradoxy, and ingenuity of mathematical ideas. Students and instructor will organize the annual Colorado Mathematical Olympiad for high school students. Meets with INDS 4500 and INDS 5500.

3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

An objective examination of the military history of the United States from the colonial period to the present. Significant battles and campaigns are carefully analyzed, but equal attention is given to cause and effect relationships of America’s wars in a national and global context.

3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

Students will be involved in community and organizational settings where they will gain practical work and networking experience. They will apply critical analysis as well as historical research methods to their sites for their academic component. Fulfills “elective” component for M.A. degree.

3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

Prer., Consent of instructor.

1 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)