Courses

IU 140  Foundations of Sport Management  Credits: 2 (2-0-0)

Course Description: Introduces various sectors of the field of sport management to develop an understanding of the breadth of opportunities throughout the industry.
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: This is a partial semester course. Admission to the Interdisciplinary Minor in Sports Management.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

IU 150  Diverse Students in Higher Education  Credits: 2 (2-0-0)

Course Description: Issues surrounding educational opportunity and social mobility through direct mentoring with high school students.
Prerequisite: None.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Instructor Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

IU 170  A Call to Lead I: Theories and Skills  Credits: 2 (1-0-1)

Course Description: Fundamentals of leadership theories and skills.
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and recitation. Member of the President's Leadership Program; written consent of instructor.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

IU 171  A Call to Lead II: Social Change Model  Credits: 2 (1-0-1)

Course Description: Social change model of leadership development.
Prerequisite: IU 170.
Registration Information: Member of the President's Leadership Program; written consent of instructor. Must register for lecture and recitation.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

IU 172  New Student Seminar  Credit: 1 (0-0-1)

Course Description: Ease the transition to college by learning how identities and experiences inform values, skills and interests, and how they apply to educational and professional aspirations. Explore how to be successful academically, and develop meaningful relationships as a member of CSU’s inclusive campus community.
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: Freshman or sophomore only. This is a partial semester course.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

IU 173A  Thinking Toward a Thriving Planet (GT-AH3): Approaches to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion  Credits: 3 (0-0-3)

Course Description: Though the Arts and Humanities seem far apart from STEM fields, they share mutual concerns and complementary ways of thinking. This course, using a diversity and equity interpretive lens, will examine the ways in which the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities can work together towards understanding and seeking solutions to our most complicated challenges.
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must not be a: Junior, Senior.
Registration Information: Credit allowed for only one of the following: IU 173A, IU 173B, IU 173C, IU 173D, or IU 180A2.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.
Additional Information: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion 1C, Ways of Thinking (GT-AH3).

IU 173B  Thinking Toward a Thriving Planet (GT-AH3): Approaches to Arts and Humanities  Credits: 3 (0-0-3)

Course Description: Though the Arts and Humanities seem far apart from STEM fields, they share mutual concerns and complementary ways of thinking. This course, looking at literature and art from across the ages, will examine the ways in which the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities can work together towards understanding and seeking solutions to our most complicated challenges.
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must not be a: Junior, Senior.
Registration Information: Credit allowed for only one of the following: IU 173A, IU 173B, IU 173C, IU 173D, or IU 180A2.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.
Additional Information: Arts & Humanities 3B, Ways of Thinking (GT-AH3).

IU 173C  Thinking Toward a Thriving Planet (GT-SS3): Approaches to the Social/Behav. Sciences  Credits: 3 (0-0-3)

Course Description: Though the Arts and Humanities seem far apart from STEM fields, they share mutual concerns and complementary ways of thinking. This course, using a Social Science interpretive lens, will examine the ways in which the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities can work together towards understanding and seeking solutions to our most complicated challenges.
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must not be a: Junior, Senior.
Registration Information: Credit allowed for only one of the following: IU 173A, IU 173B, IU 173C, IU 173D, or IU 180A2.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.
Additional Information: Social & Behavioral Sciences 3C, Human Behavior, Culture, or Social Frameworks (GT-SS3).

IU 173D  Thinking Toward a Thriving Planet (GT-HI1): Approaches to History  Credits: 3 (0-0-3)

Course Description: Though the Arts and Humanities seem far apart from STEM fields, they share mutual concerns and complementary ways of thinking. This course, using a historical interpretive lens, will examine the ways in which the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities can work together towards understanding and seeking solutions to our most complicated challenges.
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must not be a: Junior, Senior.
Registration Information: Credit allowed for only one of the following: IU 173A, IU 173B, IU 173C, IU 173D, or IU 180A2.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.
Additional Information: Historical Perspectives 3D, History (GT-HI1).

IU 174A  Questions for Human Flourishing (GT-AH2): Approaches to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion  Credits: 3 (0-0-3)

Course Description: This course, using diversity and equity as a primary interpretive lens, will examine humanity’s most long-lived questions (e.g., happiness, truth, beauty, war, and justice) by examining literature and art from antiquity to now.
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must not be a: Junior, Senior.
Registration Information: Credit allowed for only one of the following: IU 174A, IU 174B, IU 174C, IU 174D, or IU 180A7.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.
Additional Information: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion 1C, Literature & Humanities (GT-AH2).

IU 174B  Questions for Human Flourishing (GT-AH2): Approaches to Arts and Humanities  Credits: 3 (0-0-3)

Course Description: This course, using Arts and Humanities as a primary interpretive lens, will examine humanity’s most long-lived questions (e.g., happiness, truth, beauty, war, and justice) by examining literature and art from antiquity to now.
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must not be a: Junior, Senior.
Registration Information: Credit allowed for only one of the following: IU 174A, IU 174B, IU 174C, IU 174D, or IU 180A7.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.
Additional Information: Arts & Humanities 3B, Literature & Humanities (GT-AH2).

IU 174C  Questions for Human Flourishing (GT-SS3): Approaches to Social and Behavioral Science  Credits: 3 (0-0-3)

Course Description: This course, using a Social and Behavioral Science interpretive lens, will examine humanity’s most long-lived questions (e.g., happiness, truth, beauty, war, and justice) by examining literature and art from antiquity to now.
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must not be a: Junior, Senior.
Registration Information: Credit allowed for only one of the following: IU 174A, IU 174B, IU 174C, IU 174D, or IU 180A7.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.
Additional Information: Social & Behavioral Sciences 3C, Human Behavior, Culture, or Social Frameworks (GT-SS3).

IU 174D  Questions for Human Flourishing (GT-HI1): Approaches to Historical Perspectives  Credits: 3 (0-0-3)

Course Description: This course, using a historical interpretive lens, will examine humanity’s most long-lived questions (e.g., happiness, truth, beauty, war, and justice) by examining literature and art from antiquity to now.
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must not be a: Junior, Senior.
Registration Information: Credit allowed for only one of the following: IU 174A, IU 174B, IU 174C, IU 174D, or IU 180A7.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.
Additional Information: Historical Perspectives 3D, History (GT-HI1).

IU 186  Practicum- Career Exploration  Credits: Var[1-6] (0-0-0)

Course Description:
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: Written consent of instructor.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

IU 193  Freshman Seminar  Credit: 1 (0-0-1)

Course Description: Academic study in small-class setting. Topics vary by instructor.
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: Students who have earned fewer than 30 credits (CSU and transfer). Maximum of 1 credit allowed.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

IU 198  Freshman Laboratory Research  Credit: 1 (0-3-0)

Course Description: Hands-on research on an academic research project.
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must be a: Freshman.
Registration Information: Freshmen standing only. Written consent of instructor.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

IU 270  Leadership Styles I: Personal Application  Credits: 2 (1-0-1)

Course Description: Leadership styles and contexts for personal application.
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: Member of the President's Leadership Program; written consent of instructor. Must register for lecture and recitation.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

IU 271  Leadership Styles II: Prominent Leaders  Credits: 2 (1-0-1)

Course Description: Leadership styles and contexts of prominent leaders for personal application.
Prerequisite: IU 270.
Registration Information: Member of President's Leadership Program. Written consent of instructor. Must register for lecture and recitation.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

IU 273  Leadership Techniques for Greeks  Credits: 2 (1-0-1)

Course Description: Critical elements of analytical and intellectual examination and reflection of certain core issues in the practice of leadership.
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and recitation.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

IU 274  Learning Assistants in Higher Education  Credit: 1 (1-0-0)

Course Description: Introduces Learning Assistants (LAs) to learning theory and conceptual development. Focuses on the acquirement of teaching skills that enhance collaborative and active learning. Skill exploration and practice includes questioning techniques, motivation and cooperative learning, and small group facilitation.
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must be a: Undergraduate.
Registration Information: Written consent of instructor. Students who are allowed to register for this course must currently be a Catalyst Learning Community member OR currently employed or receiving credit from a CSU department as a Learning Assistant. Credit not allowed for both IU 274 and IU 281A3.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

IU 300  Becoming A Scientist  Credit: 1 (1-0-0)

Course Description: Developing science identity, leadership, and purpose within an ever-changing academic environment; current topics in science & diversity; finding a research mentor; skills for conducting research.
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must be a: Undergraduate.
Registration Information: Member of the Bridges to Baccalaureate Learning Community. Required field trips. Credit not allowed for both IU 300 and IU 380A4.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

IU 470  Effective Leadership I: Success as a Leader  Credits: 3 (2-0-1)

Course Description: Personal leadership skill development and its relationship to success as a leader.
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: Member of the President's Leadership Program; written consent of instructor. Must register for lecture and recitation.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

IU 471  Effective Leadership II: Vision and Change  Credits: 3 (2-0-1)

Course Description: Individual personal leadership styles; relationship between personal skill development and successful leadership.
Prerequisite: IU 470.
Registration Information: Member of President's Leadership Program; written consent of instructor. Must register for lecture and recitation.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

IU 486  Practicum for Interdisciplinary Leadership  Credits: Var[1-4] (0-0-0)

Course Description: Field experience applying leadership theories/principles through professional projects.
Prerequisite: IU 171 and IU 271.
Registration Information: Written consent of advisor.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

IU 487  Internship for Interdisciplinary Leadership  Credits: Var[1-4] (0-0-0)

Course Description: Internship applying leadership theories/principles in a professional setting.
Prerequisite: IU 171 and IU 271.
Registration Information: Written consent of advisor.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

IU 498  Research for Interdisciplinary Leadership  Credits: Var[1-4] (0-0-0)

Course Description: Research exploring leadership and one's academic discipline.
Prerequisite: IU 171 and IU 271.
Registration Information: Written consent of advisor.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.