Catalog Course Information and Definitions
The courses listed here are included in the CU Denver campus catalog during the 2022–23 academic year. This listing does not constitute a guarantee that any particular course will be offered during this year. Also see the online Class Search functionality for details about specific class offerings and schedules. For questions/more information regarding specific course availability, programs, and major requirements, please contact each school or college.
Cross-Listed – Class that is offered along with another class that has the same topic, title, and course content. Max Hours displayed for each cross-listed class is the total number of hours allowed for all courses completed within a particular cross-listed group. See below for more information on Max Hours.
Max Hours (in Course Description) – Total number of applicable credit hours that count toward a student’s degree for a particular course or cross-listed group.
Requisite:
- Prerequisite – Specific course completed or “in progress” (i.e. ENGL 1020 Core Composition I or ENGL 1020 Core Composition I with C- or higher)
- Corequisite – Specific course taken at the same time (i.e. ENVS 1044 Introduction to Environmental Sciences taken same time as ENVS 1045 Introduction to Environmental Sciences Laboratory)
- Restriction – Restricted to a specific population (i.e. Restricted to MUSC majors or junior standing, etc.)
Course Number Definitions:
- 1000 - 4999 Undergraduate Level
- 5000 - 9999 Graduate Level
A
B
C
- Candidate for Degree (CAND)
- Chemistry (CHEM)
- Chinese (CHIN)
- Civil Engineering (CVEN)
- Clinical Psychopharmacology (MSCP)
- Commodities (CMDT)
- Communication (COMM)
- Computer Science (CSCI)
- Construction Engineering and Management (CEMT)
- Counseling (COUN)
- Couple, Marriage and Family Therapy (CFMT)
- Courses in the Cohort MBA Program (PMBA)
- Courses in the One Year MBA Program (AMBA)
- Criminal Justice (CRJU)
- Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education (CLDE)
D
E
- Early Childhood Education (ECED)
- Economics (ECON)
- Education Admin & Supervision (EDUC)
- Educational Foundations (EDFN)
- Electrical Engineering (ELEC)
- Engineering (ENGR)
- English (ENGL)
- Entrepreneurship (ENTP)
- Environmental Sciences (ENVS)
- Ethnic Studies (ETST)
- Executive Business (XBUS)
- Executive Doctorate of Health Administration (XDHA)
- Executive Health Administration (XHAD)
F
G
H
- Health & Behavioral Sciences (HBSC)
- Health Administration (HLTH)
- Historic Preservation (HIPR)
- History (HIST)
- Human Development and Family Relations (HDFR)
- Humanities (HUMN)
I
- Individually Designed Major Course (IDMA)
- Information Systems (ISMG)
- Initial Teacher Education (ITED)
- Instructional Technology (INTE)
- Interdisciplinary Arts (ARTS)
- Interdisciplinary Studies (IDST)
- Interior Design (INTD)
- International Business (INTB)
- International Studies (INTS)
- Inworks Innovation Initiative (IWKS)
L
- Landscape Architecture (LDAR)
- Latin (LATN)
- Learning, Developmental and Family Sciences (LDFS)
- Literacy, Lang, & Culturally Responsive Teaching (LCRT)
M
- Management (MGMT)
- Marketing (MKTG)
- Master of Integrated Sciences (MINS)
- Math Content Knowledge for Ed (MCKE)
- Math Education (MTED)
- Mathematics (MATH)
- Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC)
- Mechanical Engineering (MECH)
- Media Forensics (MSMF)
- Modern Languages (MLNG)
P
- Philosophy (PHIL)
- Physics (PHYS)
- Political Science (PSCI)
- Psychology (PSYC)
- Public Administration (PUAD)
R
S
- School Library Program (SCHL)
- School Psychology (SPSY)
- Science Education (SCED)
- Science, Technology, Engineering & Math Education (STME)
- Social Justice (SJUS)
- Social Sciences (SSCI)
- Sociology (SOCY)
- Spanish (SPAN)
- Special Education (SPED)
- Sustainability (SUST)
- Sustainable Business (SUSB)