Engineers of the 21st century will be working in a globalized industry in which a growing number of engineering firms are transnational. Moreover, advances in engineering and applied science offer immense promise to solving some of the most challenging global issues of our time, making exposure to other cultures and contexts crucial for a well-rounded engineering education. The global engineering minor will prepare students for international practice in multiple ways:
- It will reveal the profession’s global impact on economies, society, and the environment.
- It will make students more sensitive to and aware of other cultures.
- It will help students recognize the issues at the core of development challenges and how to partner holistically will local communities to implement engineering solutions that improve quality of life.
Graduates with this minor will be capable of negotiating complex, uncertain and ambiguous circumstances, whether at home or abroad. Coursework includes a choice between two cornerstone courses, foreign language study through the intermediate level and students' choice of coursework that expands their understanding of:
- A particular country, region, or language (e.g., CHIN 3341 Literature and Popular Culture in Modern China , FREN 3600 Business French 1 or PSCI 3082 Political Systems of Sub-Saharan Africa )
- Global topics (e.g., GEOG 3682 International Development: Economics, Power, and Place , IAFS 3850 International Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding or PSCI 3064 Environmental Political Theory )
- Global Engineering (e.g., CVEN 4157 A Systems Approach to Global Engineering, EMEN 4200 Engineering and Entrepreneurship for the Developing World or other Mortenson Center courses)
Most of these courses fit seamlessly into existing humanities and social science (H&SS) and technical elective credit requirements so that students do not have to add significant additional coursework to their major. Finally, students pursuing the minor must study, intern or volunteer abroad through an approved program--or complete an approved project through the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering.
For more information, visit the Global Engineering Minor webpage.
Requirements
To enroll in the global engineering minor, a student must be admitted to the College of Engineering & Applied Science and have a minimum 2.50 cumulative GPA. The minor requires a minimum completion of 18 credit hours, along with an approved global experience. A cumulative GPA of 2.000 or better is required for courses used to satisfy the requirements of this minor. A maximum of six (6) credit hours can be double-counted with another minor.
Required Courses and Credits
Foundation Course
Choose one course (3 credits) from the following:
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ENES 2360 | Gaining a Global State of Mind for Effective Engineering Practice 1 | 3 |
| ENES 3360 | Gaining a Global State of Mind for Effective Engineering Practice 1 | 3 |
| GEEN 1400 | Engineering Projects 2 | 3 |
| EVEN 2909 | Introduction to Global Sustainability 3 | 3 |
| 1 | May take as upper- or lower-division. |
| 2 | Only the global section of GEEN 1400, taught by a Mortenson Center faculty member, will count as the foundation course. This is section 090/091 in fall 2024. |
| 3 | EVEN 2909 will be offered next in fall 2026. |
Students may take two foundation courses and count the second course toward the regional, global or technical perspective requirements.
Foreign Language
Students must demonstrate intermediate foreign language ability through any of the following avenues:
- Completing the second semester, intermediate level of their chosen foreign language
- Testing into the 3000-level of a foreign language through CU's foreign language placement test.
- Completing "intermediate II" level of a foreign language through the ALTEC language lab. Must earn certificate of completion, which requires 80% attendance.
- Undergoing a language proficiency evaluation through ALTEC.
There is no specific credit allocation for this requirement. International students from non-English-speaking countries are exempt from this requirement but must take a total of 18 approved credits to earn the minor.
Students who do not receive academic credit for a foreign language (e.g., because they tested out of the intermediate level) must take a minimum of 18 approved credits to earn for the minor. Course options include taking an upper-division foreign language course or selecting additional credits from the regional, global, or technical perspective category.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ARAB 2120 | Intermediate Arabic 2 | 4 |
| HIND 2120 | Intermediate Hindi 2 | 4 |
| KREN 2120 | Intermediate Korean 2 | 5 |
| CHIN 2120 | Intermediate Chinese 2 | 5 |
| JPNS 2120 | Intermediate Japanese 2 | 5 |
| FREN 2120 | Second-Year French Grammar Review and Reading 2 | 3 |
| ITAL 2120 | Intermediate Italian Reading, Grammar, and Composition 2 | 4 |
| GRMN 2020 | Intermediate German 2 | 4 |
| SWED 2020 | Intermediate Swedish 2 - DILS | 4 |
| HEBR 2120 | Intermediate Modern Hebrew, Second Semester | 4 |
| FRSI 2120 | ||
| DANE 2020 | Intermediate Danish II - DILS | 4 |
| PORT 2120 | Second-Year Portuguese 2 | 3 |
| RUSS 2020 | Second-Year Russian 2 | 4 |
| TBTN 2020 | Intermediate Colloquial Tibetan 2 | 4 |
| SPAN 2150 | Intensive Second-Year Spanish | 5 |
| SPAN 2120 | Second-Year Spanish 2 | 3 |
| GRMN 2030 | Intensive Intermediate German | 5 |
Regional, Global, and Technical Perspective Courses
Students may choose 12 credits of their choice (9 must be upper-division) that expand their understanding of:
- A particular country, region, or language
- Global topics
- Global Engineering
Many global and regional context courses also count toward Humanities & Social Sciences requirements, allowing students to double dip. Global engineering courses may also be eligible to double dip as technical, professional or focus-area electives in the major. Students should confirm classes they are considering with their academic advisor.
Students may submit a petition to the Director of Global Engagement or the Faculty Director for the Global Engineering Minor for consideration of courses not on this list.
International students may choose U.S. context courses to fulfill these requirements.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 1100 | Exploring a Non-Western Culture: The Tamils | 3 |
| ANTH 1105 | Exploring a Non-Western Culture: Tibet | 3 |
| ANTH 1115 | The Caribbean in Post-Colonial Perspective | 3 |
| ANTH 1140 | Exploring a Non-Western Culture: The Maya | 3 |
| CVEN 4837 | Special Topics ("Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)" only) | 3 |
| PHIL 1030 | Introduction to Global Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 1250 | Poverty, Power, and Patriotism: Issues of Global Justice | 3 |
| PHIL 2140 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| PHIL 3030 | Asian Philosophies | 3 |
| PHIL 3040 | African Philosophy: Personhood and Morality | 3 |
| PHIL 3260 | Philosophy and the International Order | 3 |
| PHIL 2220 | Philosophy and Law | 3 |
| PHIL 1200 | Contemporary Social Problems | 3 |
| PSCI 2012 | Introduction to Comparative Politics | 3 |
| PSCI 2223 | Introduction to International Relations | 3 |
| PSCI 3022 | Russian Politics | 3 |
| PSCI 3032 | Democracy, Inequality and Violence in Latin America | 3 |
| PSCI 3052 | Gender and Politics in Latin America | 3 |
| PSCI 3064 | Environmental Political Theory | 3 |
| PSCI 3072 | Government and Politics in Southeast Asia | 3 |
| PSCI 3082 | Political Systems of Sub-Saharan Africa | 3 |
| PSCI 3092 | Comparative Political Economy | 3 |
| PSCI 3102 | South Asian Politics | 3 |
| PSCI 3143 | Current Affairs in International Relations | 3 |
| PSCI 3163 | American Foreign Policy | 3 |
| PSCI 3172 | Democracy and Its Citizens in the US and EU | 3 |
| PSCI 3183 | International Law | 3 |
| PSCI 3193 | International Behavior | 3 |
| PSCI 3213 | International Political Economy | 3 |
| PSCI 3223 | International Human Rights | 3 |
| PSCI 4002 | Western European Politics | 3 |
| PSCI 4012 | Global Development | 3 |
| PSCI 4016 | Inequality and Public Policy in the U.S. and Europe | 3 |
| PSCI 4022 | Chinese Foreign Policy | 3 |
| PSCI 4052 | Chinese Politics | 3 |
| PSCI 4062 | East European Politics | 3 |
| PSCI 4173 | International Organizations | 3 |
| PSCI 4213 | Europe and the International System | 3 |
| PSCI 4242 | Middle Eastern Politics | 3 |
| PSCI 4283 | International Migration and Policy | 3 |
| PSCI 4302 | European Union Politics | 3 |
| PSCI 4391 | Gender Politics and Global Activism | 3 |
| PSCI 4703 | Technology, Society and the Future | 3 |
| PSCI 4732 | Critical Thinking in Development | 3 |
| PSCI 4792 | Issues in Latin American Politics | 3 |
| ANTH 1150 | Exploring a Non-Western Culture: Regional Cultures of Africa | 3 |
| ANTH 1155 | Exploring Global Cultural Diversity | 3 |
| ANTH 1156 | Class and Consumption: Global Cultures of Inequality, Anxiety, and Shopping | 3 |
| ANTH 1200 | Culture and Power | 3 |
| ANTH 3009 | Modern Issues, Ancient Times | 3 |
| ANTH 2525 | Environmental Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 3100 | Africa: Peoples and Societies in Change | 3 |
| ANTH 3110 | Ethnography of Mexico and Central America | 3 |
| ANTH 3160 | Peoples of the South Pacific | 3 |
| ANTH 3760 | Exploring Culture and Media in Southeast Asia | 3 |
| ANTH 4505 | Globalization and Transnational Culture | 3 |
| ANTH 4050 | Anthropology of Jews and Judaism | 3 |
| ANTH 4525 | Global Islams | 3 |
| COMM 3410 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| MDST 2001 | Introduction to Global Media | 3 |
| MDST 3201 | Media, Culture and Globalization | 3 |
| MDST 4211 | Asian Media and Culture | 3 |
| MDST 4341 | International Media and Global Crises | 3 |
| ANTH 4620 | Nationalism and Cultural Citizenship | 3 |
| ANTH 4690 | Anthropology of Tibet | 3-6 |
| ANTH 4730 | Latin American Politics and Culture through Film and Text | 3 |
| ANTH 4735 | Contemporary Cuban Culture: Race, Gender and Power | 3 |
| ANTH 4740 | Peoples and Cultures of Brazil | 3 |
| ANTH 4745 | Science, Technology and Society | 3 |
| ANTH 4750 | Culture and Society in South Asia | 3 |
| ANTH 4760 | Ethnography of Southeast Asia and Indonesia | 3 |
| ANTH 4800 | Language and Culture | 3 |
| ARAB 3110 | Advanced Arabic 1 | 4 |
| ARAB 3120 | Advanced Arabic 2 | 4 |
| ARAB 3220 | Arabian Nights, Arabian Days: Popular Literature in the Arab World and Beyond | 3 |
| ARAB 3221 | The Making of Middle Eastern Identities: Arabs and Their “Others” | 3 |
| ARAB 3230 | Islamic Culture and the Iberian Peninsula | 3 |
| ARAB 3231 | In the Footsteps of Travelers: Travel Writing in Arabic Lit | 3 |
| ARAB 3241 | Art in Islamic Cultures | 3 |
| ARAB 3330 | The Arabic Novel | 3 |
| ARAB 3340 | Representing Islam | 3 |
| ARAB 3350 | Narrating the City: Literary Mappings of the Urban Landscape | 3 |
| ARAB 3360 | Tradition, Authenticity, and Reform in Islam | 3 |
| ARAB 3410 | Gender, Sexuality and Culture in the Modern Middle East | 3 |
| ARAB 4200 | Advanced Readings in Arabic | 3 |
| ARAB 4250 | Arabic Media | 3 |
| ARTH 1500 | Global Art and Visual Culture | 3 |
| ARTH 3619 | The Arts of China | 3 |
| ARTH 3629 | The Arts of Japan | 3 |
| ARTH 3729 | Foundations in Latin American Art | 3 |
| ARTH 4449 | Arts of India and Southeast Asia | 3 |
| ARTH 4559 | Twentieth-Century Architecture | 3 |
| ASIA 1000 | Origins of Contemporary Southeast Asia | 3 |
| ASIA 2000 | Gateway to Modern Asia: Exploring Regional Connections | 3 |
| ASIA 2852 | Contemporary Southeast Asia: Environmental Politics | 3 |
| ASIA 3300 | Sex and Gender in Asian Film and Literature | 3 |
| ASIA 3900 | Discovering Urban China: Tradition, Modernity, Nostalgia | 3 |
| CEES 1623 | Introduction to Central and East European History since 1770 | 3 |
| CHIN 2441 | Film and the Dynamics of Chinese Culture | 3 |
| CHIN 3110 | Advanced Chinese 1 | 5 |
| CHIN 3120 | Advanced Chinese 2 | 5 |
| CHIN 3200 | Adv Wrtg Topics on Chinese & Japanese Literature and Civilization | 3 |
| CHIN 3334 | Chinese Narrative Tradition | 3 |
| CHIN 3341 | Literature and Popular Culture in Modern China | 3 |
| CHIN 3342 | Sinophone Literature in the Contemporary World | 3 |
| CHIN 3361 | Women and the Supernatural in Chinese Literature | 3 |
| CHIN 3371 | Topics in Chinese Film | 3 |
| CHIN 4110 | Advanced Readings in Modern Chinese 1 | 3 |
| CHIN 4120 | Advanced Readings in Modern Chinese 2 | 3 |
| CHIN 4750 | Daoism | 3 |
| CINE 2002 | Recent International Cinema | 3 |
| CINE 2513 | Major Asian Filmmakers | 3 |
| CINE 2521 | Classics of the Foreign Cinema: 1960s to Present | 3 |
| CINE 3402 | European Film and Culture | 3 |
| ECON 3403 | International Economics and Policy | 3 |
| ECON 3784 | Economic Development and Policy | 3 |
| ECON 4413 | International Trade | 3 |
| ECON 4423 | International Finance | 3 |
| ECON 4514 | Economic History of Europe | 3 |
| ECON 4534 | Chinese Economic History in Comparative Perspective | 3 |
| ECON 4784 | Economic Development | 3 |
| ENGL 1250 | Introduction to World Literature by Women | 3 |
| ENGL 2017 | World Literature | 3 |
| ENVS 3022 | Climate and Energy Justice | 3 |
| ENVS 3033 | Governing the Environment | 3 |
| ENVS 3140 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| ENVS 3640 | Data Analysis for Global Environmental Affairs | 3 |
| ENVS 4027 | Inequality, Democracy, and the Environment | 3 |
| ENVS 4030 | Sociology of Climate Change | 3 |
| ENVS 4340 | Conservation Biology and Practice in Brazil's Atlantic Forest | 4 |
| GEOG 3022 | Climate and Energy Justice | 3 |
| PHIL 3140 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| ENGL 4018 | Literature and Globalization | 3 |
| FRSI 3110 | 3 | |
| ENVD 1024 | History of the Built Environment | 3 |
| ENVD 2001 | Human Behavior and Design | 3 |
| ENVD 2003 | Ecological Systems in Design | 3 |
| FRSI 3120 | 3 | |
| GEOG 1962 | Geographies of Global Change | 3 |
| GEOG 1982 | Global Geographies: Societies, Places, Connections | 3 |
| GEOG 1992 | Human Geographies | 3 |
| GEOG 2053 | Mapping Our World | 3 |
| GEOG 2092 | Advanced Introduction to Human Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 2852 | Contemporary Southeast Asia: Environmental Politics | 3 |
| GEOG 3622 | Cities of the Global South | 3 |
| GEOG 3672 | Who Runs the World? Sex, Power, and Gender in Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 3682 | International Development: Economics, Power, and Place | 3 |
| GEOG 3692 | Introduction to Global Public Health | 4 |
| GEOG 3742 | Place, Power, and Contemporary Culture | 3 |
| GEOG 3812 | Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean | 3 |
| GEOG 3822 | China’s Diverse Geographies: Environment, Society, Politics | 3 |
| GEOG 3832 | India and Its Neighbors: Societies, Economies, and Geopolitics | 3 |
| GEOG 3842 | Human Geography of Czechia: Political, Economic and Social Transitions | 3 |
| GEOG 3862 | Global Africa: Environment, Development, and Culture | 3 |
| GEOG 3882 | Geography of the Former Soviet Union | 3 |
| GEOG 4292 | Migration, Immigrant Adaptation, and Development | 3 |
| GEOG 3351 | Biogeography | 3 |
| GSLL 2350 | Introduction to Jewish Culture | 3 |
| GSLL 2551 | Modern Jewish Literature | 3 |
| GSLL 3401 | The Heart of Europe: Filmmakers and Writers in 20th Century Central Europe | 3 |
| GSLL 3600 | Contemporary Jewish Societies | 3 |
| HEBR 3010 | Third Year Modern Hebrew, First Semester | 3 |
| HEBR 3020 | Third Year Modern Hebrew, Second Semester | 3 |
| HEBR 3202 | Women, Gender & Sexuality in Jewish Texts & Traditions | 3 |
| HEBR 4203 | Israeli Literature: Exile, Nation, Home | 3 |
| GEOG 3402 | Natural Hazards | 3 |
| GEOG 3422 | Political Ecology | 3 |
| GEOG 4762 | Geographies of Political Islam | 3 |
| GEOG 4812 | Political Ecology & Latin America | 3 |
| GEOG 4822 | Environment and Development in China | 3 |
| GEOG 4832 | Geography of Tibet | 3 |
| GEOG 4852 | Health and Medical Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 4892 | Geography of Western Europe | 3 |
| GEOL 1150 | Water, Energy and Environment: An Introduction to Earth Resources | 3 |
| GEOL 3050 | GIS for Geologists | 2 |
| HIND 3110 | Advanced Hindi 1 | 4 |
| HIND 3120 | Advanced Hindi 2 | 4 |
| HIND 3441 | Screening India: A History of Bollywood Cinema | 3 |
| HIND 3651 | Living Indian Epics: The Ramayana and the Mahabharata in the Modern Political Imagination | 3 |
| HIND 3661 | South Asian Diasporas: Imagining Home Abroad | 3 |
| HIND 3811 | The Power of the Word: Subversive and Censored 20th Century Indo-Pakistani Literature | 3 |
| HIND 3831 | The Many Faces of Krishna in South Asia Literature and Culture | 3 |
| HIND 3851 | Devotional Literature in South Asia | 3 |
| HIST 1028 | Introduction to Modern Latin American History since 1800 | 3 |
| HIST 1308 | Introduction to Middle Eastern History | 3 |
| HIST 1123 | Introduction to British History Since 1660 | 3 |
| HIST 1528 | Introduction to South Asian History since 1757 | 3 |
| HIST 1623 | Introduction to Central and East European History since 1770 | 3 |
| HIST 1628 | Introduction to Chinese History since 1644 | 3 |
| HIST 1708 | Japan from Clay Pots to Robots | 3 |
| HIST 1800 | Introduction to Global History | 3 |
| HIST 1828 | Jewish History Since 1492 | 3 |
| HIST 1830 | Global History of Holocaust and Genocide | 3 |
| HIST 2126 | Issues in Modern U.S. Politics and Foreign Relations | 3 |
| HIST 2166 | The Vietnam Wars | 3 |
| HIST 2629 | China in World History | 3 |
| HIST 2728 | Japan: From Samurai to Kamikaze | 3 |
| HIST 2830 | Disease and Public Health in Global History | 3 |
| IAFS 1000 | Global Issues and International Affairs | 4 |
| IAFS 3010 | Islam, Geopolitics and Society: Gender, Identity and Place | 3 |
| IAFS 3500 | French Connections: Contemporary France and America in Historical Context | 3 |
| IAFS 3520 | Global Seminar: Justice, Human Rights and Democracy in Israel | 6 |
| IAFS 3530 | Global Seminar: Jews and Muslims - The Multiethnic History of Istanbul | 3 |
| IAFS 3540 | Migration, Human Rights, and Conflict in the Mediterranean | 3 |
| IAFS 3600 | Contemporary Jewish Societies | 3 |
| IAFS 3630 | Radical Nationalism in Contemporary Northern Europe | 3 |
| IAFS 3631 | Arctic Society and Culture | 3 |
| IAFS 3632 | Scandinavia and the European Union | 3 |
| IAFS 3640 | Data Analysis for Global Environmental Affairs | 3 |
| IAFS 3650 | History of Arab-Israeli Conflict | 3 |
| IAFS 3670 | Cities of the Global South | 3 |
| IAFS 3681 | Refugees in German Culture | 3 |
| IAFS 3850 | International Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding | 3 |
| IAFS 4500 | The Post-Cold War World | 3 |
| ITAL 1300 | La Dolce Vita: How to Live a Good Life, Italian Style | 3 |
| ITAL 1500 | That's Amore: Introduction to Italian Culture | 3 |
| ITAL 3015 | Advanced Composition 1 | 3 |
| ITAL 3030 | Italian Conversation Through Art History | 3 |
| ITAL 3040 | Italian Conversation Through Cinema | 3 |
| ITAL 3140 | Main Current of Italian Culture and Literature 3 | 3 |
| ITAL 4010 | Problems in Translation, Advanced Grammar, and Stylistics 1 | 3 |
| ITAL 4030 | Contemporary Italian Culture, Politics, and the Media | 3 |
| JPNS 1012 | Introduction to Japanese Civilization | 4 |
| JPNS 1051 | Portals to Japanese Literature | 3 |
| JPNS 2441 | Japanese Culture through Film and Anime | 3 |
| JPNS 3110 | Advanced Japanese 1 | 5 |
| JPNS 3120 | Advanced Japanese 2 | 5 |
| JPNS 3311 | Japanese Minority and Transnational Literature | 3 |
| JPNS 3321 | Japanese Sci-Fi and Speculative Fiction | 3 |
| JPNS 3331 | Business Japanese | 3 |
| JPNS 3511 | Paper Worlds, Screen Worlds: Contemporary Japanese Literature | 3 |
| JPNS 3811 | The World of the Shining Prince: The Tale of Genji and Heian Literature | 3 |
| JPNS 3841 | Transforming Worlds: Japanese Literature in Modernity | 3 |
| JPNS 3851 | Japanese Popular Culture | 3 |
| JPNS 3861 | Imagining the Samurai in Japanese Literature and Culture | 3 |
| JPNS 3871 | Horror and the Macabre in Japanese Literature, Film, Culture | 3 |
| JPNS 3881 | Environment, Nature and Disaster in Japanese Literature and Culture | 3 |
| JPNS 3891 | Travel/Travel Writing in Japanese Literature and Culture | 3 |
| JPNS 4030 | Japanese Syntax | 3 |
| JPNS 4050 | Japanese Sociolinguistics | 3 |
| JPNS 4070 | Second Language Acquisition of Japanese | 3 |
| ITAL 4040 | Business Italian Style | 3 |
| ITAL 4145 | The Age of Dante in Italian | 3 |
| ITAL 4147 | Visualizing Dante's Inferno: A Global Seminar in Florence Italy | 3 |
| JWST 1828 | Jewish History Since 1492 | 3 |
| JWST 1830 | Global History of Holocaust and Genocide | 3 |
| JWST 2350 | Introduction to Jewish Culture | 3 |
| JWST 2551 | Modern Jewish Literature | 3 |
| JWST 2600 | Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Abrahamic Religions | 3 |
| JWST 3100 | Judaism | 3 |
| JWST 3150 | Jerusalem: The Holy City in History, Legend, and Religious Thought | 3 |
| JWST 3200 | Religion and Feminist Thought | 3 |
| JWST 3202 | Women, Gender & Sexuality in Jewish Texts & Traditions | 3 |
| JWST 3310 | The Bible as Literature | 3 |
| JWST 3401 | The Heart of Europe: Filmmakers and Writers in 20th Century Central Europe | 3 |
| JWST 3501 | The German-Jewish Experience: From the Enlightenment to the Present | 3 |
| JWST 3530 | Global Seminar: Jews and Muslims - The Multiethnic History of Istanbul | 3 |
| JWST 3600 | Contemporary Jewish Societies | 3 |
| JWST 3650 | History of Arab-Israeli Conflict | 3 |
| JWST 3681 | Refugees in German Culture | 3 |
| JWST 4050 | Anthropology of Jews and Judaism | 3 |
| JWST 4122 | Music in Jewish Culture | 3 |
| JWST 4170 | God and Politics | 3 |
| JWST 4203 | Israeli Literature: Exile, Nation, Home | 3 |
| JWST 4302 | Global Seminar: Justice, Human Rights and Democracy in Israel | 6 |
| JWST 4338 | History of Modern Israel/Palestine | 3 |
| JWST 4378 | Jews in and of the Middle East | 3 |
| JWST 4388 | History Today: Global Intensive in Israel/Palestine | 3 |
| JWST 4524 | Expulsions and Diasporas: The Jews of Spain and Portugal | 3 |
| JWST 4800 | Ethics, Medicine and the Holocaust: Legacies in Health and Society | 3 |
| JWST 4534 | Modern European Jewish History | 3 |
| KREN 2441 | Film and Korean Culture | 3 |
| KREN 3110 | Advanced Korean 1 | 5 |
| KREN 3120 | Advanced Korean 2 | 5 |
| KREN 3841 | Modern Korean Literature in English Translation | 3 |
| LAMS 1000 | Introduction to Latin American and Latinx Studies | 3 |
| LING 1020 | Languages of the World | 3 |
| LING 2000 | Introduction to Linguistics | 3 |
| LING 2500 | Race, Ethnicity, and Language | 3 |
| LING 3545 | World Language Policies | 3 |
| LING 4050 | Japanese Sociolinguistics | 3 |
| LING 4100 | Perspectives on Language | 3 |
| PACS 2500 | Introduction to Peace, Conflict and Security Studies | 3 |
| PACS 3540 | Migration, Human Rights, and Conflict in the Mediterranean | 3 |
| PACS 3850 | International Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding | 3 |
| PACS 3860 | Environmental Conflict and Conflict Resolution | 3 |
| PORT 2350 | Portuguese for Romance Language Speakers | 3 |
| PORT 2800 | Brazil: Past and Present | 3 |
| PORT 3003 | Advanced Portuguese Language Skills | 3 |
| PORT 3220 | Latin American Culture: Spanish America and Brazil | 3 |
| PORT 3230 | Transatlantic Relations in the Portuguese Speaking World | 3 |
| PORT 3270 | Socio-Environmental Dynamics in Brazil | 3 |
| PORT 4110 | Brazilian Literature | 3 |
| PORT 4150 | Literature of the Portuguese Speaking World | 3 |
| RLST 1620 | Religious Dimensions of Human Experience | 3 |
| RLST 1828 | Jewish History Since 1492 | 3 |
| RLST 1830 | Global History of Holocaust and Genocide | 3 |
| RLST 2400 | Religion, Ethics and Politics | 3 |
| RLST 2600 | Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Abrahamic Religions | 3 |
| RLST 2620 | Religions of East Asia | 3 |
| RLST 3000 | Christian Traditions | 3 |
| RLST 2202 | Islam | 3 |
| RLST 3001 | Modern Christianity: Culture, Politics, Religion | 3 |
| RLST 3100 | Judaism | 3 |
| RLST 3150 | Jerusalem: The Holy City in History, Legend, and Religious Thought | 3 |
| RLST 3200 | Yoga, Castes and Magic: Hindu Society and Spirituality | 3 |
| RLST 3300 | Foundations of Buddhism | 3 |
| RLST 3530 | Global Seminar: Jews and Muslims - The Multiethnic History of Istanbul | 3 |
| RLST 3550 | Tibetan Buddhism | 3 |
| RLST 3750 | Women in Buddhism | 3 |
| RLST 3800 | Chinese Religions | 3 |
| RLST 4353 | Indigenous Traditions and Law: A Global Perspective | 3 |
| RLST 4650 | Islam in the Modern World | 3 |
| RLST 4750 | Daoism | 3 |
| RLST 4780 | New Religions of East Asia | 3 |
| RUSS 3000 | Advanced Conversation | 3 |
| RUSS 3010 | Third-Year Russian 1 | 4 |
| RUSS 3020 | Third-Year Russian 2 | 4 |
| RUSS 3060 | Advanced Russian for Heritage Speakers (Part 1) | 4 |
| RUSS 4230 | Russian Cultural Idioms | 3 |
| RUSS 4850 | Russian Film and Society | 4 |
| SPAN 3340 | 20th Century Spanish American Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 3900 | Cosmos Latinos: Hispanic Science Fiction and New Worlds | 3 |
| SPAN 4110 | Hispanic Women Writers | 3 |
| WGST 3208 | Women in Nordic Society: Modern States of Welfare | 3 |
| WGST 3410 | Gender, Sexuality and Culture in the Modern Middle East | 3 |
| WGST 3500 | Global Gender Issues | 3 |
| WGST 3510 | Gender, Sexuality and Global Health | 3 |
| WGST 3520 | Gender and Sexuality in Africa | 3 |
| WGST 3650 | Gender and Politics in Latin America | 3 |
| WGST 3670 | Gender, Race, Sexuality and Global Migration | 3 |
| WGST 3672 | Who Runs the World? Sex, Power, and Gender in Geography | 3 |
| SPAN 4150 | Major Works and Trends in Literature and Culture in Spain Up to 1700 | 3 |
| SPAN 4170 | Major Works/Trends in Literature and Culture in Latin America Up to the 19th Century | 3 |
| SPAN 4450 | Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics | 3 |
| SOCY 3161 | Global Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
| PORT 3170 | Lisbon as a Global City: Cosmopolitanism, Diversity, and Innovation | 3 |
| PSCI 3142 | Politics, History and Society of Cuba | 3 |
| PSCI 4222 | Russia and Space Politics | 3 |
| PSCI 4252 | Politics of Ethnicity and Nationalism | 3 |
| PSCI 4374 | Global Seminar: Revolutions in Paris | 3 |
| LAMS 3100 | Travel, Science and Adventure | 3 |
| KREN 3851 | Studies in Korean Popular Culture | 3 |
| JPNS 4150 | Japanese to English Translation: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| JPNS 4210 | Contemporary Japanese 1: Current Issues | 3 |
| JPNS 4400 | Critical Theory and Japanese Literature and Culture | 3 |
| ITAL 2271 | Space, Invention, and Wonder in Fairy Tales, Literature and Film | 3 |
| ITAL 4250 | History of Modern Italy | 3 |
| ITAL 4260 | Mafia and Terrorism: Organized Violence in Italy | 3 |
| ITAL 4290 | Italian Culture Through Cinema | 3 |
| ITAL 4300 | Multiculturalism in Italy | 3 |
| ITAL 4730 | Italian Feminisms: Culture, Theory, and Narratives of Difference | 3 |
| IAFS 3621 | Rogues to Revolutionaries: Russian Rebels, Past and Present | 3 |
| HIST 3012 | Seminar in Modern European History | 3 |
| HIST 3018 | Seminar in Latin American History | 3 |
| HIST 3109 | Seminar in Asian History | 3 |
| HIST 3218 | Seminar in African History | 3 |
| HIST 3328 | Seminar in Middle Eastern History | 3 |
| HIST 3414 | Seminar in Modern European Thought and Culture | 3 |
| HIST 3628 | Seminar in Recent Chinese History | 3 |
| HIST 3713 | Seminar in Russian History | 3 |
| HIST 3718 | Seminar in Japanese History | 3 |
| HIST 3800 | Seminar in Global History | 3 |
| GRMN 2402 | Sports and Athleticism in German and Global Culture | 3 |
| FRSI 1011 | 3 | |
| FRSI 1051 | 3 | |
| ETHN 3704 | Athlete as a National Symbol: Nationhood/Nationalism, Sport | 3 |
| ETHN 3705 | Sport and Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| ETHN 4353 | Indigenous Traditions and Law: A Global Perspective | 3 |
| CHIN 1051 | Masterpieces of Chinese Literature in Translation | 3 |
| CHIN 1012 | Introduction to Chinese Civilization | 4 |
| CHIN 2442 | Modern Chinese Media Cultures | 3 |
| CHIN 3333 | Race and Ethnicity in Chinese Literature: Sinophone Culture, Diaspora, and Identity | 3 |
| CHIN 3343 | Chinese Science Fiction | 3 |
| CHIN 3372 | Chinese Media and the Environment | 3 |
| ASIA 1700 | Introduction to Tibetan Civilization | 3 |
| ASIA 2500 | Catastrophe and Resilience: Asia's Experiences of Climate Change | 3 |
| ARAB 1011 | Introduction to Arab and Islamic Civilizations | 3 |
| ANTH 1110 | Anthropology of Japan: Culture, Diversity, and Identity | 3 |
| ANTH 3770 | Primates of Vietnam: Conservation in a Rapidly Developing Country | 3 |
| RUSS 4010 | Advanced Conversation and Composition 1 | 4 |
| RUSS 4020 | Advanced Conversation and Composition 2 | 4 |
| RUSS 4050 | Professional Russian | 4 |
| RUSS 4060 | Advanced Russian for Heritage Speakers (Part 2) | 4 |
| SCAN 2201 | Introduction to Modern Nordic Culture and Society | 3 |
| SCAN 3020 | Advanced Readings in Scandinavian | 3 |
| SCAN 3101 | Global Seminar: Identity, Arts & Ethics in Contemporary Norway | 3 |
| SCAN 3201 | Contemporary Nordic Society and Culture | 3 |
| SCAN 3209 | Contemporary Nordic Literature and Film | 3 |
| SCAN 3251 | Arctic Thrillers: Environment, Landscape and Literature of the Far North | 3 |
| SCAN 3301 | Radical Nationalism in Contemporary Northern Europe | 3 |
| SCAN 3631 | Arctic Society and Culture | 3 |
| SCAN 3632 | Scandinavia and the European Union | 3 |
| SOCY 2011 | Contemporary Social Issues and Human Values | 3 |
| SOCY 3012 | Gender and Development | 3 |
| SPAN 2450 | Catalan for Spanish Speakers | 3 |
| SPAN 3000 | Advanced Spanish Language Skills | 5 |
| SPAN 3001 | Spanish Conversation | 3 |
| SPAN 3002 | Advanced Spanish Conversation | 3 |
| SPAN 3010 | Advanced Rhetoric and Composition | 3 |
| SPAN 3030 | Professional Spanish for Business 1 | 3 |
| SPAN 3040 | Professional Spanish for Business 2 | 3 |
| SPAN 3050 | Spanish Phonology and Phonetics | 3 |
| SPAN 3060 | Spanish for Careers in Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development | 3 |
| SPAN 3070 | Spanish 21st Century Media Professions | 3 |
| SPAN 3080 | Spanish Health Professions | 3 |
| SPAN 3100 | Literary and Cultural Analysis in Spanish | 3 |
| SPAN 3120 | Advanced Spanish Grammar | 3 |
| SPAN 3150 | Linguistic Analysis of Spanish | 3 |
| SPAN 3200 | Spanish Culture | 3 |
| SPAN 3215 | Urban History and Culture in the Spanish-Speaking World | 3 |
| SPAN 3220 | Latin American Culture: Spanish America and Brazil | 3 |
| SPAN 3230 | Discovering Barcelona: Culture and Heritage | 3 |
| SPAN 3240 | Catalan Culture 1: Nation and Art | 3 |
| SPAN 3250 | Catalan Culture 2: Contemporary Trends and Barcelona | 3 |
| SPAN 3260 | Late 19th and 20th Century Argentine Narrative | 3 |
| SPAN 3270 | Barcelona: Understanding Local and Immigrant Cultures | 3 |
| SPAN 3280 | Introduction to Catalan Literature & Film | 3 |
| SPAN 3290 | Argentine Culture and History in a Latin American Context | 3 |
| SPAN 3310 | 20th Century Spanish Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 4060 | Problems of Translation for Professions in Spanish 1 | 3 |
| SPAN 4070 | Problems of Translation for Professions in Spanish 2 | 3 |
| SPAN 4120 | Literature and Cinema in Spain and Latin America | 3 |
| SPAN 4130 | The Power of Storytelling: Oral, Textual and Digital Narratives | 3 |
| SPAN 4160 | Major Works and Trends in Literature and Culture in Spain: 1700-Present | 3 |
| SPAN 4180 | Major Works and Trends in Literature and Culture in Latin America: 1900-Present | 3 |
| SPAN 4215 | Spanish in the United States | 3 |
| SWED 3010 | Advanced Swedish 1-DILS | 3 |
| SWED 3020 | Advanced Swedish 2 - DILS | 3 |
| TBTN 3210 | Beginning Literary Tibetan 1 | 4 |
| TBTN 3220 | Beginning Literary Tibetan 2 | 4 |
| TBTN 4210 | Intermediate Literary Tibetan 1 | 4 |
| WGST 2600 | Introduction to Global Gender, Race and Sexuality Studies | 3 |
| WGST 3012 | Gender and Development | 3 |
| ENES 2020 | The Meaning of Information Technology | 3 |
| ENES 3700 | Culture Wars in Rome | 3 |
| ENES 3720 | Voices of Vienna: Freud, Wittgenstien, Mozart | 3 |
| ENES 3750 | Xi'an, China: Self-Awareness and Images of the Other | 3 |
| CVEN 4157 | A Systems Approach to Global Engineering | 3 |
| EMEN 4200 | Engineering and Entrepreneurship for the Developing World | 3 |
| COMM 2410 | The Practice of Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| PRLC 3800 | Global Inquiry for 21st Century Leadership | 3-4 |
| PRLC 3810 | Global Issues in Leadership | 3 |
| CVEN 4969 | Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries | 3 |
| ENLP 3100 | Complex Leadership Challenges | 3-4 |
| EDEN 4147 | A Systems Approach to Global Engineering | 3 |
| EVEN 4969 | Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries | 3 |
| FREN 1850 | Introduction to French Society and Culture through Cinema | 3 |
| FREN 1900 | Modern Paris in Literature, Photographs, Paintings and Movies | 3 |
| FREN 2500 | Conversation in French | 3 |
| FREN 3010 | French Phonetics and Pronunciation | 3 |
| FREN 3020 | French Phonetics Through Musical Performance | 3 |
| FREN 3050 | French Composition | 3 |
| FREN 3100 | Introduction to Critical Reading and Writing in French Literature | 3 |
| FREN 3110 | Main Currents of French Literature 1 | 3 |
| FREN 3120 | Main Currents of French Literature 2 | 3 |
| FREN 3200 | Introduction to Literary Theory and Advanced Critical Analysis | 3 |
| FREN 3300 | French Culture Through Fashion | 3 |
| FREN 3400 | Culture, Performance and Development in Dakar, Senegal | 3 |
| FREN 3450 | Underground Paris | 3 |
| FREN 3500 | French Current Events: Conversation and Composition | 3 |
| FREN 3600 | Business French 1 | 3 |
| FREN 3700 | French-American Cultural Differences | 3 |
| FREN 3800 | France and the Muslim World | 3 |
| FREN 4030 | Advanced Oral Practice and Interpreting | 3 |
| CSCI 2750 | Computing, Ethics and Society | 3 |
| DNCE 2501 | African Dance | 2 |
| DNCE 4017 | Dancing Histories: Sex, Gender and Race in U.S. Concert Dance | 3 |
| EMEN 4110 | Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| MCEN 4228 | Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering ("Project Based Learning in Rural Schools" is the only special topics course that applies toward the minor.) | 3 |
| CVEN 4834 | Special Topics ("Solid Waste - Resource Recovery" is the only special topics course that will apply toward the minor. ) | 1-3 |
| CVEN 3434 | Introduction to Applied Ecology | 3 |
| GRMN 2141 | Topics in Modern German Culture and Society | 3 |
| GRMN 2301 | Inside Nazi Germany: Politics, Culture, and Everyday Life in the Third Reich | 3 |
| GRMN 2302 | Nazis on Screen: Hollywood, War, Propaganda | 3 |
| GRMN 2501 | Miniatures of Modrn Life: From Berlin to Vienna and Beyond | 3 |
| GRMN 2502 | Representing the Holocaust | 3 |
| GRMN 2503 | Fairy Tales of Germany | 3 |
| GRMN 2601 | Kafka and the Kafkaesque | 3 |
| GRMN 3010 | Advanced German 1 | 3 |
| GRMN 3020 | Advanced German 2 | 3 |
| GRMN 3030 | Business German | 3 |
| GRMN 3050 | German for Science and Engineering | 3 |
| GRMN 3120 | German Literature from the Enlightenment to Expressionism | 3 |
| GRMN 3140 | Current Issues in German Culture | 3 |
| GRMN 3141 | Topics in Modern German Culture and Society | 3 |
| GRMN 3150 | Issues in German Politics, Literature and Media | 3 |
| GRMN 3301 | Modern Art and Design at the Bauhaus | 3 |
| GRMN 3401 | The German Experience in North America | 3 |
| GRMN 3501 | The German-Jewish Experience: From the Enlightenment to the Present | 3 |
| GRMN 3502 | Literature in the Age of Goethe | 3 |
| GRMN 3503 | German Film Through World War II | 3 |
| GRMN 3504 | Topics in German Film | 3 |
| GRMN 3505 | The Enlightenment: Tolerance and Emancipation | 3 |
| GRMN 3506 | Tracing the Criminal: Crime in 19th C Society and Culture | 3 |
| GRMN 3507 | Engineering and the Practice of Literature | 3 |
| GRMN 3508 | Masters of Suspicion: Marx, Nietzsche, Freud | 3 |
| GRMN 3513 | German Film and Society 1945-1989 | 3 |
| GRMN 3514 | German Film & Society After 1989 | 3 |
| GRMN 3520 | Open Topics in the Cultural Context | 3 |
| GRMN 3601 | German Women Writers | 3 |
| GRMN 3681 | Refugees in German Culture | 3 |
| GRMN 3702 | Dada and Surrealist Literature | 3 |
| GRMN 3802 | Politics and Culture in Berlin 1900-1939 | 3 |
| GRMN 3900 | Independent Study | 1-6 |
| GRMN 3130 | Issues in German Philosophy and Literature | 3 |
| GRMN 4010 | Advanced German III | 3 |
| GRMN 4051 | Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School | 3 |
| GRMN 4231 | The Invention of Sexuality | 3 |
| GRMN 4251 | Marxism | 3 |
| GRMN 4301 | Gender, Race and Immigration in Germany and Europe | 3 |
| GRMN 4330 | The Age of Goethe | 3 |
| GRMN 4340 | Seminar in German Literature | 3 |
| GRMN 4450 | Methods of Teaching German | 3 |
| GRMN 4460 | High School German Teaching | 6 |
| GRMN 4501 | Seminar: Literature in Cultural Context | 3 |
| GRMN 4502 | Nietzsche: Literature and Values | 3 |
| GRMN 4503 | Issues in German Thought | 3 |
| GRMN 4504 | Goethe's Faust | 3 |
| FREN 4110 | French Special Topics | 3 |
| FREN 4120 | French Special Topics | 3 |
| FREN 4170 | Francophone Literature | 3 |
| FREN 4250 | Medieval and Renaissance Readings | 3 |
| FREN 4300 | Theatre and Modernity in 17th Century France | 3 |
| FREN 4330 | Moliere and 17th Century French Comedy | 3 |
| FREN 4350 | French Enlightenment | 3 |
| FREN 4430 | Survey of 19th Century French Literature | 3 |
| FREN 4470 | 20th Century French Theatre and Poetry | 3 |
| FREN 4480 | 20th Century French Novel | 3 |
| FREN 4600 | Topics in French Film | 3 |
| FREN 4700 | Encountering Animals: Contemporary Discourse and the Dialog of Species | 3 |
| FREN 4750 | Methods of Teaching French and Professional Orientation | 3 |
| FREN 4800 | Postmodernist French Novel in Translation | 3 |
| FREN 4840 | Independent Study: Language | 1-6 |
| FREN 4860 | War, Trauma, and Memory: Amnesias, Revisions, and Representations of Traumatic History | 3 |
| FREN 4960 | High School French Teaching | 6 |
| ENES 3320 | Don Quixote's Spain | 3 |
| ENES 3340 | Leonardo da Vinci's World | 3 |
| ENES 3360 | Gaining a Global State of Mind for Effective Engineering Practice (Cannot double count as foundation AND regional, global and technical perspective credits.) | 3 |
| MCEN 4291 | Project Based Learning in Rural Schools | 1-2 |
| COEN 4000 | Global Intensive Studies | 1-3 |
| ENES 2360 | Gaining a Global State of Mind for Effective Engineering Practice (Cannot double count as foundation AND regional, global and technical perspective credits.) | 3 |
Global Experience
Global engineering minor students should seek global experience as part of their undergraduate studies. This can include CU-approved education abroad programs of any duration, overseas internships/practica, travel with EWB-USA or Bridge Buffs, or other relevant international experience by petition.
There is no specific credit allocation for this requirement.
Students may substitute this requirement on a case-by-case basis by completing an approved project through the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering.