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.
Fall 2012 First-Year Experience Courses
For full course descriptions, prerequisites, and information about requirement fulfillment, please see a detailed list of these courses.
Art History
AH 113 / CN 250: East Asian Art and Cinema
Anthropology
AN 103 / AN 211 Mesoamerica: Introduction to Archaeology and The Culture Area
Biology
BY 101: "Introduction to Microbiology: the physiology and molecular biology of microbes"
Chemistry
CH 100 / CH 107: The Chemistry of Food: A molecular investigation into kitchen chemistry
Classics
CL 115: An Introduction to Classical Literature and Archaeology: Sounds and Sights of the Greeks and Romans
Comparative Literature
CO 100: Introduction to Comparative Literature: Literary Metamorphoses
Theatre and Dance
DR 100: History of Performance
English
EN 280: English, Topics: African Literature and General Studies and GS234: African Literature
EN 203: Tradition and Change in Literature: Monstrosity
EN 203: Tradition and Change: The Voyage Out and the Voyage Back
EN 203 and FE 133: Tradition and Change in Literature: Ars Amatoria: Love, Society, and Literature
Feminist and Gender Studies
FG 110: Introduction to Feminist & Gender Studies
General Studies
GS 101-1222: Freedom and Authority
Film and New Media Studies
GS 222 / FS 218: Real Media: Theory, History, and Practice
Geology
GY 100 140: Rocks, Ruins, and Catastrophes: The Physical Geology of Natural Disasters
GY 140: Introduction to Physical Geology
History
HY 105 / FE 105: Civilization in the West: Cultures of the Book
FE 133 / HY 131: Civilization in the Middle East
Japanese
JA / PA 101 and JA/PA 130
Mathematics
MA 151: The World of Numbers: From Euclid to the Information Age
MA 110: Mathematical Exploration: The Calculus of Chaos
Music
MU 104: World Music
MU 182: Emotion and Meaning in Music
Philosophy
PH 201: History of Modern Philosophy
Physics
PC 123 / PC 124: Scientific Revolutions
Political Science
PS 101 / MU 227: Great Ideas in Politics and Music
PS 115: Concepts of Freedom from Ancient to Modern Times
Psychology
PY 100: Introduction to Psychology: Bases of Behavior (cross listed with FG 182 10131 and ES 182 10130)
Religion
RE 200: Demons, Deities, Devas, and Dakinis
Russian
RU 101 / RS 200: "Russia: Language, Literature, and Film”
Sociology
SO 100 / SO 235: Thinking Sociologically/Sociology of Family
Spanish
SP 304 / SP 305
Studies in Humanities
HS 120: Renaissance Culture
Southwest Studies
SW 175: The Southwest, an Introduction