FYE Courses

First-years spend their first two blocks at CC immersed in a pair of fast-paced, writing-intensive courses typical of the Block Plan. In addition to sparking student interest in learning, FYE courses are aimed at refining skills like weighing evidence, managing contradictions, establishing connections, and expressing ideas orally and on paper.

2011-12 First-Year Experience Courses

For full course descriptions, prerequisites, and information about requirement fulfillment, please see a detailed list of these courses.

Anthropology

Introduction to Cultural and Hispanic Folklore of the Southwest (AN102/AN 243)
Mario Montano

Art (History, Studio)

Great Monuments in Western Art/Introduction to Drawing (AH100/103)
Rebecca Tucker, Kate Leonard

Art, Culture, and Society: Introduction to Asian Art / Great Monuments in Western Art (AH113/AH100)
Tamara Bentley, TBD Visiting Faculty

Asian Studies

Elementary Chinese/Chinese Language and Culture (CN-PA101/CN-PA250)
Hong Jiang

Japanese Culture/Contemporary Asian Cultures (JA-PA130/JA-PA250)
Joan Ericson

Civilization in East Asia (HY109/PA118 interdisciplinary - also history)
Eli Alberts

Chemistry

General Chemistry I / Criminalistics - An Introduction to Forensic Science (CH107/100)
Ted Lindemann, Murphy Brasuel

Classics

Introduction to Classical Literature and Archaeology: Sights and Sounds of the Greeks and Romans (CL115)
Marcia Dobson, Sanjaya Thakur

Comparative Literature

Introduction to Comparative Literature: Literary Metamorphosis (CO100)
Lisa Hughes, William Davis

Drama/Dance

History of Performance (DR/DA100)
Tom Lindblade, Ryan Platt

English

Tradition and Change in Literature: Ars Amatoria - Love, Society, and Literature (EN203/FE133)
Steven Hayward, Katherine Carlstrom

Masterpieces of Literature: Greeks to Moderns (EN207)
Kyle Torke

African Literature/Africa and the Cinema (EN280/FS205)
Lillian Osaki, Adrienne Seward

Words in Time: Introduction to Poetry and History of the English Language (FE133)
Re Evitt

See also crosslisted English classes under Political Science.

Feminist and Gender Studies

Introduction to Feminist & Gender Studies/History of Modern Feminism (FG100/FG206 and HY200 interdisciplinary - also history)
Heidi Lewis, Donna Drucker

General Studies (FYE Classics)

Freedom and Authority (GS101/122)
Dennis McEnnerney

Renaissance Culture: Embodying the Renaissance / How They Did It: Patronage and Product in the Renaissance (GS120)
Richard Hilt/Carol Neel, Owen Cramer/Michael Grace

Time in the West (FE133/GS222)
Sanjaya Thakur, Marlow Anderson

Geology

Mathematics and Geology of the Great American Desert (NS160 interdisciplinary - also mathematics)
Amelia Taylor, Megan Anderson

History

Civilization of the West (HY105)
Kris Pangburn

See also crosslisted history classes under Asian Studies, Feminist and Gender Studies, and Political Science.

Mathematics

Calculus and Chaos: Mathematical Chaos / Calculus I and II Accelerated Review (MA110/MA127)
Jane McDougall, Andrea Bruder

See also crosslisted mathematics classes under Geology.

Music

World Music (MU104)
Victoria Levine

Emotion and Meaning in the Music of Western Civilization (MU227)
Michael Grace, Ofer Ben-Amots

Philosophy

History of Modern Philosophy (PH201)
Ivan Mayerhofer

Physics

Scientific Revolutions: The Copernican Revolution / Relativity (PC123/124)
Shane Burns, Richard Hilt

Political Science

Concepts of Freedom from Ancient to Modern Times (PS115/EN115/GS101 interdisciplinary - also English)
Tim Fuller, John Simons

Fundamental Debates on the Common Good (PS150)
Eve Grace

The Search for Islamic Order: Yesterday and Today (HY200/PS203 interdisciplinary - also history)
Robert Lee

Religion

Religious Responses to the Challenge of Suffering (RE200)
David Gardiner, Dan Shaw

Russian

Russia: Language, Literature, and Film (RU101/RU200)
Alexei Pavlenko

Sociology

Thinking Sociologically/Sociology of Family (SO100/235)
Gail Murphy-Geiss

Southwest Studies

The Southwest: An Introduction (SW175)
Eric Perramond, Santiago Guerra

Spanish

Spanish: Cultural Context, Oral Practice, and Written Expression (SP304/305)
Salvatore Bizzaro