Faculty will cooperate in planning the courses so that major assignments, tests, and so on are coordinated. The courses will share common content based on the FIG's theme. Most faculty will also employ active learning techniques in addition to lectures. Some FIGs may provide opportunities for experiential learning through off-campus activities. Since almost all FIG courses are special sections of our regular general education courses, they will cover those specific content areas unique to that course.
FIGs cost no more than other courses.
You register for your chosen FIG in a block of three courses. As a block of interrelated courses, students will be encouraged to remain enrolled in all three courses within the cluster. Once the semester begins, you will need approval of the instructor and the chair of the General Education Council to drop a course within the cluster. This FIG will ask some of the biggest questions. Astronomy will show us the geometry and history of our place, philosophy will suggest some possible answers, and we will explore our imagination of origins through literature.