Academic Team:
Frances White (fwhite@uoregon.edu)
First-Year Experience Seminar Instructor
Lorien Sweet (lsweet@uoregon.edu)
FIG Assistant
9 credits
UGST 109 First-Year Experience Seminar - 1 credit
CON 203: F 2 - 2:50 PM
CRN: 15012
ANTH 171 Introduction to Monkeys and Apes - 4 credits
Lecture
LA 177: MW 4 - 5:20 PM
CRN: 10137
Discussion
CON 368: R 11 - 11:50 AM
CRN: 10140
BI 121 Introduction to Human Physiology- 4 credits
Lecture
WIL 100: TR 8:30 - 9:50 AM
CRN: 10635
Discussion
KLA 33: R 4 - 4:50 PM
CRN: 10637
About the FIG:
Animal Behavior draws connections between the biological approach to studying the animal behavior with the anthropological focus on primates, our own complicated relationships with animals, and critically thinking about how important animals are to people. Examining the ethical treatment of animals in captivity and the importance of conservation in the wild, as well as a field trip to see primates, are central elements in this FIG. The FIG Seminar is a time to engage with both Dr. White and your FIG assistant about the topics you are learning in class, as well as concerns you have about your academic career in general.
Deep-Dive FIG: Please note this FIG attends multiple mandatory field trips. This course has been vetted by First Year Programs to ensure first-term students can achieve success.
ANTH 171 Introduction to Monkeys and Apes - CoreEd or major satisfying course
This course examines our closest relatives, the Primates (prosimians, monkeys and apes) in an evolutionary context. Humans are more closely related to nonhuman primates than they are to any other group of animals. We share in common with them an array of important adaptive features such as high intelligence, complex communication systems, diverse feeding adaptations and diets, and a reliance on social groups. Understanding of the ecology, behavior, and evolution of non-human primates helps anthropologists to identify and interpret those features that unite us with the Primate Order. Throughout this course, we will look at evolutionary features that define and shape the Order Primates. We will also learn the taxonomy and evolutionary history of the primates, and evaluate the ways in which anatomy and ecology shape primate behavior. Lectures will include information from studies of primates in their natural habitats, and discussions will be oriented to both evolutionary and ecological perspectives.
BI 121 Introduction to Human Physiology - CoreEd or major satisfying course
Human physiology is simply the study of "what makes us tick." In studying this fascinating and ever-expanding area together, we will rely upon the central-linking theme of homeostasis (balance in the fluid outside of cells) and work to maximize practical application to real-life settings. We will explore the relationships and uniquenesses of structure (anatomy) and function (physiology), and will participate in anatomy & physiology and histology (microscopic anatomy) laboratories. We'll study some basics of cell structure, function and genetics, and examine a special section on nutrition and digestion, which includes a unique dietary analysis lab and discussion of recently popular low-carbohydrate diets.