BUT, let's do a quick sanity check here.
What we're talking about is a school policy meant to prevent harassment of minority students, faculty, and visitors on campus. It is, in no way, absolutist and distinguishes between accidental misgendering and malicious harassment. It should be obvious, but they are writing it out to avoid an Air Buddy* situation.
The one, single, solitary use of the word "violence" has a clear context and plenty of people have provided appropriate and widely used definitions for non-physical violence. At this point, suggesting that CU Boulder meant otherwise is merely stubbornness or bad-faith arguments.
It does not stifle academic discussion about preferred pronouns, since those can be had in the abstract without misgendering anyone. So, the OP can still take their Gender Studies courses and not worry about expressing their opinions about preferred pronouns getting them kicked out of school. (Getting kicked out for failing courses, like Gender Studies, is a separate matter.)
* Where the movie happens because there is no explicit rule that a dog can't play basketball.
