Credits Earned
International Colleges Beijing courses are CU Denver courses. Students earn CU Denver undergraduate credit and courses appear on students’ transcripts as regular CU Denver courses.
Students may stay for a semester, a year, or more taking classes that fulfill elective or major credit. While the foci of the program are for Communication and Economics majors, other course offerings include: English, History, International Studies, Math, Geography, Philosophy, Political Science, Accounting, and Sociology.
All non-Chinese students are required to take Chinese Language (beginning through intermediate) and Contemporary Chinese Culture and Society. Chinese, American, and other international students are integrated in the same classroom giving students the opportunity to experience different viewpoints, create lasting friendships, and develop global contacts.
Academic Calendar
Fall 2013
Early September 2013 - Students arrive and start orientation
September 9, 2013 - Students begin classes
Late December - Finals
Courses displayed below are a sample of the course offerings at International Colleges Beijing
Covers topics of inflation, unemployment, national income, growth and problems
of the national economy, stabilization policy, plus others at the discretion of
the instructor. Purpose is to teach fundamental principles, to open the field of
economics in the way most helpful to further a more detailed study of special problems,
and to give those not intending to specialize in the subject an outline of the
general principles of economics.
Semester Hours:3 to 3
Introduces statistical methods and their application to quantitative problems
in economics and social sciences. Note: Recitation is required. Prereq: College
algebra, ECON 2012 and 2022.
Semester Hours:4 to 4
National income and employment theory. Primary emphasis placed on determination
of employment and prices. Problems of unemployment and inflation analyzed and appropriate
policies considered. Prereq: ECON 2012, 2022 and 3801.
Semester Hours:3 to 3
Teaches forecasting techniques used in business and government to project trends
and short-term fluctuations. Actual data are employed in instruction and labs.
State-of-the-art spreadsheet and algorithms are introduced as part of the course
work. Prereq: Undergraduate statistics or permission of instructor. Cross-listed
with ECON 5150.
Semester Hours:3 to 3
This course focuses on the economics of decision-making under conditions of risk
and uncertainty. Topics include theories of efficient markets, rational expectations,
speculative bubbles, random walks, portfolio analysis, options, derivatives and
future markets. Emphasis is on the application of basic theories to economic agents’
behavior and case studies. Prereq: ECON 2022, 3811, 3801. Cross-listed with ECON
5320.
Semester Hours:3 to 3
Examines the determinants of, and linkages between, market structure, firm conduct,
and industrial performance. Topics include: determinants of the market size; impact
of different market structures on prices and outputs; strategic behavior of firms
to prevent entry or induce exit of rival firms; collusion; price discrimination;
advertising; competition, monopoly, and innovation; implications for economic efficiency
and public policy. Prereq: ECON 4071. Cross-listed with ECON 5740.
Semester Hours:3 to 3
This course explores the nature of belonging through the category of “citizenship.”
We will inquire into the various meanings and formations of citizenship, its practices
and rituals, its obligations and rewards, and the role that communication plays
in upholding the bonds of belonging. More specifically, we will examine the particular
dynamics of “cultural citizenship” in an ageof globalization and popular media.
We will ask what kinds of challenges and opportunities face the global cultural
citizen today, and how we might make sense of overlapping communities with their
differing social and cultural investments. We will ultimately seek to understand
the formal and ethical dimensions of political belonging in everyday contemporary
life.
Semester
Hours:3 to 3
Spring offering. Description coming soon!
This course will focus on television field production concepts and techniques.
Television field production is production outside of a television studio. In addition,
this course will focus on news or information field production, as opposed to entertainment
field production. This course covers all the essential areas of television field
production and reporting including visual storytelling, videography, lighting and
audio techniques, story planning and development, script preparation, digital editing,
and field reporting and interviewing.
Semester Hours:3 to 3
The mass media permeates the lives of citizens over most of the world. This extensive
media use has consequences for society. Some of these effects are intended and
some are not. They can also be readily apparent or difficult to evaluate. Some
of them are also said to be beneficial for society and other consequences are not.
Given this complexity of the mass communication process, it still can be concluded
that such media effects have the potential to sway attitudes, believes, values,
and behavior of those who encounter the mass media. The mass media also influences
governmental decision-making and policies. In this class we will examine how various
mass media exert influence on us as individuals and as a collective society. The
textbook for this class is international in orientation with sections ranging from
Ghana to China and India to the U.S.A. This approach will help us understand how
various media affect other societies and how these societies then interact with
each other as a result of the mass media.
Semester Hours:3 to 3
Examines the role of communication in a wide range of health contexts. Topics
include cultural constructions of health and illness, public health communication
campaigns, client-provider interactions, telemedicine, community-based health programs
and medical journalism. Cross-listed with COMM 5500.
Semester Hours:3 to 3
Explores the social, cultural, and behavioral effects of visual images in a variety
of contexts, including graffiti, film, advertising, art and architecture. Cross-listed
with COMM 5621.
Semester Hours:3 to 3
Synthesis experience for communication majors designed to prepare students to
enter the job market and to integrate and reflect on their experience in communication.
Prereq: Communication major status.
Semester Hours:3 to 3
The third of a three-semester sequence in Calculus (MATH 1401, 2411 and 2421).
Topics include vectors, vector-valued functions, partial differentiation, differentiation,
multiple integration, and vector calculus. Prereq: MATH 2411.
Semester Hours:4 to
4
Topics include systems of equations, Gaussian elimination with partial pivoting,
LU–decomposition of matrices, matrix algebra, determinants, vector spaces, linear
transformations, eigen values and applications. Note: No co-credit with MATH 3195.
Prereq: MATH 2411.
Semester Hours:3 to 3
Students learn to prove and critique proofs of theorems by studying elementary
topics in abstract mathematics, including logic, sets, functions, equivalence relations
and elementary combinatorics. Prereq: MATH 2411.
Semester Hours:3 to 3
Calculus of one variable, the real number system, continuity, differentiation,
integration theory, sequence and series.Prereq: MATH 2421 and 3000.
Semester Hours:
3 to 3
Asks students to explore how stories determine who we are. Everything people do
fits into a narrative pattern, evident everywhere from TV news to memory to daily
schedules. We tell ourselves stories about ourselves and others–how do these stories
shape who we are as cultural beings? Prereq or Coreq: ENGL 1020.
Semester Hours:3 to 3
Focuses on academic and other types of research-based writing and builds on the
work completed in ENGL 1020. Focuses on critical thinking, reading and writing
as well as working with primary and secondary source material to produce a variety
of research-based essays. Emphasis on using both print-based and electronic-based
information.Prereq: ENGL 1020.
Semester Hours:3 to 3
Traces the traditions of British and American literature from medieval times to
the present, by examining a variety of texts, studying the impact of different
time periods, and cultural movements on the evolving literary tradition.
Semester Hours:3 to 3
The financial accounting process, the role of the profession and the analysis
of financial statements.Principal focus on interpretation of financial statements,
with emphasis on asset and liability valuation problems and the determination of
net income.Prereq: MATH 1070 and sophomore standing. A grade of ‘C’ or better is
required in this course to proceed to ACCT 2220.
Se
mester Hours:3 to 3
Introduces managerial accounting. Shows managers how to use accounting information
to make decisions. Principal focus on cost behavior analysis, budgeting and product
costing. Prereq: ACCT 2200 with a grade of ‘C’ or better and sophomore standing.
Strictly enforced.
Semester Hours:3 to 3
Comparison of the basic political features of selected countries with focus on
political behavior, institutions and political cultures. Themes examined include
development, democratization, social movements, political instability and globalization.
Semester Hours:3 to 3
Basic background and theories of international relations with focus on the interaction
between nation states, international organizations, regimes and transnational movements.
Themes examined include foreign policy conduct, international security and political
economy, human rights and environmental management.
Semester Hours:3 to 3
Foundations of U.S. politics and contemporary political issues. Federal/state/community
relations. Relationship among the three branches of the Federal government. Colorado
controversies arising under the U.S. Constitution.
A basic introduction to Chinese language and culture. Students study pronunciation,
vocabulary, grammar and simple writing techniques. Note: Students may not enroll
in any lower division (1000/2000) language skills course in which their level of
proficiency exceeds that of the course. Students placing into a course through
any means other than following the regular sequence must consult with an appropriate
faculty member of the Dept. of Modern Languages prior to enrollment. No previous
study of Chinese is required.
Semester Hours:5 to 5
(Continuation of CHIN 1010.) Further practice of pronunciation, study of vocabulary,
grammar, and simple writing techniques. Note: Students may not enroll in any lower
division (1000/2000) language skills course in which their level of proficiency
exceeds that of the course. Students placing into a course through any means other
than following the regular sequence must consult with an appropriate faculty member
of the Dept. of Modern Languages prior to enrollment. Prereq: CHIN 1010.
Semester Hours:5 to 5
Continuing development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in
practical Chinese, with grammar review and introduction of the Chinese dictionary.
In addition to contemporary Chinese, there is some emphasis on Chinese classical
materials, such as proverbs. Note: Students may not enroll in any lower division
(1000/2000) language skills course in which their level of proficiency exceeds
that of the course. Students placing into a course through any means other than
following the regular sequence must consult with an appropriate faculty member
of the Dept. of Modern Languages prior to enrollment. Prereq: CHIN 1020.
Semester Hours:3 to 3
(Continuation of CHIN 2110.) Satisfies the fourth semester language requirement
at most graduate schools. Note: Students may not enroll in any lower division (1000/2000)
language skills course in which their level of proficiency exceeds that of the
course. Students placing into a course through any means other than following the
regular sequence must consult with an appropriate faculty member of the Dept. of
Modern Languages prior to enrollment. Prereq: CHIN 2110.
Semester Hours:3 to 3
Provides students with an overview of the systems in modern China (such as educational,
political and economical), its family and interpersonal constructs and the elements
of modern China found in popular cultures. It also exposes students to rudimentary
and practical use of the Chinese language. Note: This course is taught in English.
Semester Hours:3 to 3
Semester Hours: 1-3 Credits