FIGs Course Listing 1998
1. History and the Universe
COAS E105 The Quantum Universe
HIST H103 Europe: Renaissance to Napolean
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Students live in McNutt. This FIG is recommended for business, COAS, exploratory, journalism, and secondary education majors.
2. The Business of Sport
BUS X100 Business Administration: Introduction
SOC S101 Social Problems: Sociology of Sport
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Students live in Briscoe. This FIG is recommended for non-accounting business majors, sports marketing and management students, and exploratory students.
3. Business Law
BUS L100 Personal Law
PHIL P140 Elementary Ethics
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Students live in Teter. This FIG is recommended for business exploratory majors (not accounting) or students with a business law interest. May also be useful for some SPEA or COAS majors.
4. Exploring Education
EDUC F200 Examining Self as Teacher
HIST H105 American History I
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Students live in Teter Residence Center. This FIG is best for exploratory, education exploratory, secondary education, or COAS social science majors with a tentative interest in teaching. “Examining Self as Teacher” is an elective in all programs.
5. Public Affairs
POLS Y103 Intro to American Politics
SPEA V161 Urban Problems and Solutions
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Students live in Forest. This FIG is recommended for exploratory, SPEA public affairs majors, non-accounting business majors, and some exploratory COAS majors.
6. Communication and Human Behavior
COAS E105 Nature, Nurture & Human Behavior
SPHS S110 Survey of Communication Disorders
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Students live in Briscoe. This FIG is recommended for speech and hearing sciences majors (except B. S. audiology majors), psychology, social work, exploratory, nursing, and some allied health majors.
7. Art and Power
CLAS C206 Classical Art and Archaeology
COAS E103 Art and Power
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X 111 FIGs Seminar
Students live in Briscoe. This FIG is recommended for COAS, journalism, business, and exploratory students.
8. Mystery and Biology
COAS E103 Quantum Mysteries for Everyone
BIOL L111 Intro Biological Evolution & Diversity
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X 111 FIGs Seminar
Students live in Eigenmann. This FIG is recommended for biology exploratory or biology majors, students with a premed interest, and some science majors.
9. Women and Society
SOC S100 Intro to Sociology
COAS E103 Who Am I?
GNDR G101 Women, Gender and Culture
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Students live in the Women and Society Thematic Community in Wright. This FIG is recommended for COAS, business, SPEA, secondary education, nursing, social work, journalism, and exploratory students. For women only.
10. International Business – Foster International
BUS X100 Intro to Business
CMCL S223 Business & Professional Communication
W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Students live in Foster. Specially designed for members of Foster International, this FIG is recommended for non-accounting business students, business minors, and COAS and journalism students.
11. The Utopian Ideal
COAS E103 Utopias
HIST H105 American History I
W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Students live in Read. This FIG is recommended for COAS, journalism, business, social work, nursing, secondary education, and exploratory students.
12. The Lover
COAS E103 The Mad and the Bad
SOC S100 Intro to Sociology
CMLT C145 Major Characters in Literature: The Lover
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Students live in McNutt. This FIG is recommended for COAS, journalism, non-accounting business, and exploratory students.
13. Deep Thoughts
PHIL P135 Intro to Phenomenology & Existentialism
COAS E104 From Apocalypse to Star Trek
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Students live in Wright. This FIG is recommended for COAS, journalism, business, exploratory, and secondary education majors.
14. The American Experience
HIST H106 American History II
FOLK F131 Intro to Folklore in U. S.
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Students live in Forest. This FIG is recommended for SPEA, business, secondary education, exploratory, journalism, HPER, social work, and nursing students.
15. Medicine and Personal Health
SOC S101 Medicine in America: Physicians, Patients, and their Problems
HPER H180 Stress Prevention and Management
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Students live in McNutt. This FIG is recommended for allied health majors, students with interests related to health, and those in COAS, HPER, nursing, and social work programs.
16. Global Environment – Foster International
SPEA E162 Environment and People
GEOL G171 Environmental Geology
W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Students live in Foster. Specially designed for members of Foster International, this FIG is recommended for SPEA environmental studies students.
17. Philosophy and Film
PHIL P100 Intro to Philosophy
CMCL C190 Intro to Film
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Students live in Foster. This FIG is recommended for COAS, journalism, business, exploratory, HPER, and secondary education (especially social science) students. COAS or journalism students may need to delay taking mathematics until spring semester if enrolled in this FIG.
18. Public Affairs and Today’s Crises
COAS E104 History of Today’s Crises
SPEA V160 National and International Policy
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Students live in McNutt. This FIG is recommended for COAS, SPEA, non-accounting business exploratory, and exploratory students.
19. The Mad, the Bad, and the Physical Environment
COAS E103 The Mad and the Bad
GEOG G107 Physical Systems of the Environment
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Students live in Teter. This FIG is recommended for COAS, SPEA, business, exploratory, and secondary education majors.
20. Life and Sports
COAS E103 The Meaning of Life
POLS Y200 Government and the Sports Business
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Students live in Ashton. This FIG is recommended for COAS, journalism, business, secondary education, and exploratory students.
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