FIGs Course Listing 2008
1. COLLEGE 101: PREPARING FOR SUCCESS AT IU AND BEYOND - Central Neighborhood
ASCS-Q 294 Basic Career Development
CMCL-C 122 Interpersonal Communication
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
Intended for exploratory students undecided about their major, who intend to explore the culture of Indiana University, the full range of academic opportunities at IU, and careers after college.
2. FASHION AND RETAIL INDUSTRY OF TOMORROW - Southeast Neighborhood
AMID-H 100 Introduction to Apparel and Textiles
PSY-P 101 Introductory Psychology
COLL-E 104 Global Consumer Culture
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for students interested in trends in retail industry and consumer behavior, incl. prospective majors in apparel merchandising and business (major and minor) among others.
3. THE LIVELY ART OF ACTING - Southeast Neighborhood
THTR-T 121 Acting I for Majors
ENG-W 131 Elementary Composition
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
Intended for students interested in acting and performing arts. Prospective majors include arts and sciences, secondary education, journalism, business, and SPEA. FIG 3 is located in the Performing Arts Thematic Community.
4. FINE ART OF FINE ARTS - Central Neighborhood
FINA-F 100 Fundamental Studio Drawing
FINA-A 102 Renaissance through Modern Art
ENG-W 131 Elementary Composition
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
Intended for students with interests in studio art and/or art history, including prospective majors in arts and sciences, art education, and journalism. FIG 4 is located in the Visual Arts Thematic Community.
5. EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY (I) - Central Neighborhood
PSY-P 155 Introduction to Psychological and Brain Sciences
ENG-W 170 Elementary Composition
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
6. EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY (II) - Central Neighborhood
PSY-P 155 Introduction to Psychological and Brain Sciences
ENG-W 170 Elementary Composition
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
FIGs 5 and 6 are recommended for students interested in exploring the science of psychology - the field that seeks to understand human behavior and the thoughts and emotions that underlie it. Students will explore the core of instruction in psychology at Indiana University, research on mind and brain, and will have an opportunity to learn how to get involved in psychology outside of class.
7. TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN - Southeast Neighborhood
EDUC-G 203 Communication in the Classroom
EDUC-Q 200 Introduction to Scientific Inquiry
ENG-W 131 Elementary Composition
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
Intended for students exploring Elementary Education, Special Education, and Early Childhood Education. FIG 7 is located in the Teaching and Education Thematic Community.
8. SO, YOU WANT TO BE A SCIENCE MAJOR? (I) - Central Neighborhood
BIOL-L 111 Evolution and Diversity
HPSC-X 100 The Descent of Darwinism - The Evolution of Natural Selection
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
9. SO, YOU WANT TO BE A SCIENCE MAJOR? (II) - Southeast Neighborhood
BIOL-L 112 Biological Mechanisms
COLL-E 103 Quantum Mysteries for Everyone
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
FIGs 8 and 9 are intended for students exploring science majors, including premedical, predental, preoptometry, biology, history and philosophy of science, and education as well as minors in animal behavior and biology. FIG 9 is especially recommended for students considering microbiology, biotechnology, biochemistry, human biology, and prepharmacy. FIGs 8 and 9 are located in Academic Communities.
10. EXPLORING MEDICAL SCIENCES - Southeast Neighborhood
MSCI-M 131 Disease and the Human Body
CLAS-C 209 Medical Terms from Greek and Latin
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
“For students considering careers in medicine, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and other such careers; or who are interested in majors like biology, respiratory therapy, nuclear medicine, exercise science, applied health, and similar majors; and/ or students with a more generalized interest in health issues and medical science. FIG 10 is located in an Academic Community."
11. SPORTS MEDICINE - Northwest Neighborhood
HPER-P 280 Principles of Athletic Training
PSY-P 101 Introductory Psychology I
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
For students interested in athletic training, exercise science, physical education-teacher education, coaching, careers in medicine and/or becoming a fitness specialist. FIG 11 is located in the Fitness and Wellness Center.
12. EXPLORING CAREERS IN NURSING - Central Neighborhood
ANAT-A 215 Basic Human Anatomy
NURS-B 106 Exploring Careers in Nursing
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for students interested in a career in nursing and those students who would like to learn strategies for success in nursing programs (and who are considering applying to the School of Nursing). FIG 12 is located in an Academic Community.
13. LAW AND PUNISHMENT - Central Neighborhood
CJUS-P 100 Introduction to Criminal Justice
HIST-A 222 Law in America
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
Intended for students considering law schools and those interested in the history and the role of law in the United States as well as the administration of criminal justice and the working of the court and judicial systems. Related majors include criminal justice, history, political science, sociology, and other social sciences, business, and journalism. FIG 13 is located in the Legal Issues Thematic Community.
14. MEDIA- HOW DO THEY WORK AND WHY? - Southeast Neighborhood
CMCL-C 190 Introduction to Media
TEL-T 206 Introduction to Design and Production
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for students interested in how media (television, film, radio, Internet) affect social, political, and economic life, and how media products are designed to make them artistically and financially successful. Related majors include telecommunications, communication and culture, journalism, sociology and other social sciences, liberal arts, and business. FIG 14 is located in the Media Living Learning Center.
15. WRITING TRUTH OR FICTION? - Southeast Neighborhood
JOUR-J 110 Foundations of Journalism and Mass Communication
AAAD-A 199 Hip Hop Writers: The New Urban Literature
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
Intended for students interested in journalism, print communication, and contemporary writings on globalization, consumerism, and urban decline, including prospective majors in journalism, social sciences, liberal arts, business, and public affairs, among others. FIG 15 is located in the Media Living Learning Center
16. THE CRIMINAL MIND - Central Neighborhood
CJUS-P 200 Theories of Crime and Deviance
PSY-P 101 Introductory Psychology I
REL-R 170 Religion, Ethics and Public Life
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for students interested in law, criminal justice, social, economic, and psychological causes of crime. Related majors include criminal justice and other social sciences, journalism, and business.
17. ONE WORLD, AFTER ALL? - Northwest Neighborhood
COLL-E 104 Global Consumer Culture
INTL-I 100 Introduction to International Studies
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
Recommended for students interested in contemporary economic, political, and cultural transformations, including majors in international studies, anthropology, political science, economics, communication and culture, sociology, history and other social sciences as well as business, journalism, and public affairs. FIG 17 is located in the Foster International Living Learning Center.
18. HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE? - Southeast Neighborhood
CMCL-C 205 Introduction to Communication and Culture
JOUR- J 110 Foundations of Journalism and Mass Communication
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
Intended for students interested in how communication shapes human culture and how culture, in turn, crafts the ways in which we communicate. Related majors include communication and culture, journalism, linguistics, anthropology, speech and hearing, sociology, political science, and other social sciences.
19. MARKETING AND MANAGING SPORT (I) - Northwest Neighborhood
HPER-P 211 Introduction to Sport Management
BUS-X 100 Business Administration: Introduction
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
20. MARKETING AND MANAGING SPORT (II) - Northwest Neighborhood
HPER-P 211 Introduction to Sport Management
BUS-X 100 Business Administration: Introduction
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
FIGs 19 and 20 are intended for students interested in the sports business, including prospective majors in business (non-accounting) and HPER sport marketing and management. FIG 19 is located in the Sports and Society Thematic Community.
21. TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS (I) - Northwest Neighborhood
BUS-A 100 Basic Accounting Skills
BUS-X 100 Business Administration: Introduction
CMCL-C 121 Public Speaking
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
22. TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS (II) - Central Neighborhood
BUS-A 100 Basic Accounting Skills
BUS-X 100 Business Administration: Introduction
BUS-K 201 The Computer in Business
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
23. TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS (III) - Northwest Neighborhood
BUS-A 100 Basic Accounting Skills
BUS-X 100 Business Administration: Introduction
ENG-W 131 Elementary Composition
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
FIGs 21, 22, and 23 are intended for students who are considering a degree in any business field offered at IU. Prospective accounting majors should be advised that BUS X100 will count as business elective. BUS-A 100 is the 2nd-eight-week class in FIG 21 and the 1st-eight-week class in FIGs 22 and 23. FIG 22 is located in an Academic Community. FIG 23 is located in the Business Interest Thematic Community.
24. JEWISH STUDIES (I) - Northwest Neighborhood
COLL-E 103 The Bible and Its Interpreters
HIST-H 251 Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to the Spanish Expulsion
COLL-X 111 FIGs Seminar
FIGs 24 is recommended for students with strong interests in Jewish studies, including prospective majors in Jewish studies and other humanities and social sciences, journalism, business, SPEA, social work, and secondary education.
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