FIGs Course Listing 1999
1. The Business of Sport - McNutt
BUS X100 Business Administration: Introduction
SOC S101 Sociology of Sport
CMCL S121 Public Speaking
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for non-accounting business majors, sports marketing and management majors, and exploratory students with an interest in business and the sports world.
2. Management Concepts and The Sports World - Briscoe
BUS X100 Business Administration: Introduction
HPER P211 Intro to Sport Marketing and Management
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Located in Briscoe Wellness Center. Recommended for non-accounting business majors, sports marketing and management majors, and exploratory students with an interest in business and the sports world.
3. Philosophy and Politics - Read
POLS Y103 Intro to American Politics
PHIL P140 Elementary Ethics
COAS E104 Liberty and its Enemies
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for those considering law school or are interested in politics and public policy – including prospective business, COAS, journalism, SPEA, and exploratory students.
4. National and International Affairs – Nonresidence-based
POLS Y103 Intro to American Politics
SPEA V160 International and National Policy
CMCL S225 Discussion and Decision Making
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for SPEA majors, as well as non-accounting business majors and exploratory students interested in public policy.
5. The Global Business Environment - McNutt
BUS X100 Intro to Business
COAS E104 Japan’s Economic Miracle
CMCL Business and Professional Communication
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Located in the International Affairs and Global Markets Thematic Community. Recommended for non-accounting business majors or exploratory students interested in international business.
6. International Studies – Foster International (Shea)
COAS I100 Intro to International Studies
POLS Y109 Intro to International Politics
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Located in the Foster International Center and Language Houses. Recommended for business, COAS, journalism, and SPEA majors, as well as exploratory students (particularly those interested in international studies).
7. The American Experience I - Briscoe
HIST H105 U. S. History to 1865
COAS E103American Bestsellers and their Movies
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X 111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for COAS, journalism, business, secondary education, and exploratory students.
8. Crime, Deviance, and Human Behavior - Teter
COAS E104 Megamurder: The Politics of Genocide
CJUS P200 Theories of Crime and Deviance
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X 111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for COAS, business, journalism, and exploratory students.
9. Medicine and Ethics - Ashton
BIOL L112 Intro to Biology: Biological Mechanisms
COAS E103 Playing God: Life and Death Issues in Medical Ethics
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Located in the Health Sciences Thematic Community. Recommended for students with an interest in medicine or dentistry, as well as prospective biology majors.
10. Technology and Culture in the Information Age - Wright
CMCL C190 Intro to the Media
TEL T101 Living in the Information Age
W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Located in the Media Thematic Community. Recommended for business, COAS, HPER sport communication/broadcast majors, and exploratory students with an interest in communications.
11. Political Crises and Public Policy - Foster
COAS E104 Today’s Crises
SPEA V160 Intro to International and National Policy
W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for SPEA, COAS, journalism, and business majors, as well as exploratory students with an interest in public affairs.
12. The American Experience II - Forest
HIST H105 U. S. History to 1865
AFRO A141 African American Literature
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Located in the Atkins Living Learning Center. Recommended for COAS, journalism, SPEA, business, and exploratory students.
13. East and West - Eigenmann
EALC E100 Intro to East Asian Culture
HIST H103 European History: Ren./Ref. to Napolean
CMLT C145 Major Characters in Literature
ENG W143 (This course counts as 1 credit but does not require extra time. It is the writing component of C145 above)
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for COAS, journalism, business, SPEA, and exploratory students.
14. Humans and Their Tools: From the Stone Age to the Information Age – Nonresidence-based
ANTH A105 Human Origins and Pre-History
BIOL L104 Human Biology
CSCI A110 Intro to Computers and Computing
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for exploratory students with an interest in secondary education (non-science), journalism, COAS (non-science), or SPEA, as well as prospective business majors with a limited background in computers.
15. Spreading the Word: Communication in the Information Age - Read
COAS E103 Tragedies and Comedies of Communication
TEL T101 Living in the Information Age
CMLT C145 Major Characters in Literature
ENG W143 (This course counts as 1 credit but does not require extra time. It is the writing component of C145 above)
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for HPER sport communication, COAS, business, or journalism students.
16. Understanding Human Behavior - Briscoe
HPER F255 Human Sexuality
PSY P101 Intro to Psychology
W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for HPER human development and family studies majors or students with an exploratory interest in counseling and human behavior.
17. Popular Culture and the Modern Age – Nonresidence-based
COAS E103 Masterpiece Theatre: Literary Classics and Popular Culture
MUS Z201 History of Rock and Roll
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for COAS, secondary education, business, journalism, SPEA, and exploratory students.
18. Religion, Culture, and Society - Wright
REL R152 Religions of the West
ANTH E105 Culture and Society
COAS E103 Magic, Science, and Art in Africa
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Jointly located in the Religion, History, Ethics, and Philosophy and visual Arts Thematic Communities. Recommended for COAS, business, journalism, secondary education, social work, SPEA, and exploratory students.
19. Looking at Gender - Wright
COAS E103 Who Am I? Race, Gender, and Identity
GNDR G101 Women, Gender, and Culture
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Located in the Women and Society Thematic Community. Recommended for COAS, business, journalism, SPEA, and exploratory students.
20. Childhood Education - Forest
EDUC Q200 Intro to Scientific Inquiry (for elementary teachers)
EDUC W200 Using Computers in Education
CMCL S122 Interpersonal Communication
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for elementary, special education, and early childhood/kindergarten/primary education majors.
21. Jewish Studies - McNutt
HIST H251 Jewish History and Civilization I
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for COAS, social work, business, journalism, SPEA, and exploratory students interested in Jewish studies.
22. Perspectives in Christianity - Ashton
REL R180 Intro to Christianity
COAS E103 Images of Jesus in Western Culture
CSCI A110 Intro to Computers and Computing
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for COAS, journalism, social work, SPEA, and exploratory students.
23. Earth in the Balance: Science, Nature, and Humanity - Forest
SPEA E162 Environment and People
COAS E104 Captain Cook to Captain Kirk: Modern Scientific Voyages
GEOG G171 Environmental Geography
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Located in the Environmental Concerns Thematic Communities. Recommended for SPEA, COAS (non-science), business, journalism, and exploratory students with an interest in environmental management.
24. The Journalist in Contemporary Society – Nonresidence-based
JOUR J110 Foundation of Journalism
AFRO A150 Survey of the Culture of Black Americans
HIST H106 U. S. History from the Civil War to the Present
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for journalism, HPER sport communication/print, secondary education, and exploratory students.
25. Latin American History and Afro-Caribbean Culture - Teter
AFRO A112 Black Music of Two Worlds
HIST H211 Latin American History and Civilization I
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for COAS, journalism, business, SPEA, secondary education, and exploratory students.
26. Discovering our Physical World - McNutt
COAS E105 Parasites, Pestilence, and People
GEOG G120 World Regional Geography
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for non-science COAS, business, journalism, SPEA, and exploratory students.
27. Honors FIG - Forest
HON H211 Ideas and Human Experience
COAS E104 Liberty and its Enemies
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
For students in Honors Division. Located in the Honors Thematic Community.
28. General FIG I - Foster
REL R170 Religion, Ethics, and Public Life
SOC S100 Intro to Sociology
CMCL S121 Public Speaking
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for SPEA, business, secondary education, allied health, and exploratory students.
29. General FIG II - Teter
PHIL P140 – Intro to Ethics
PSY P101 Intro to Psychology
W131 Elementary Composition
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for nursing, COAS, business, SPEA, journalism, secondary education, social work, allied health, HPER, and exploratory students.
30. General FIG III - Eigenmann
CMCL S122 Interpersonal Communication
SOC S100 Intro to Sociology
GEOL G103 Earth Science
COAS X111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for elementary or secondary education majors, as well as exploratory students.
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