Joining a First-Year Interest Group (FIG) during fall term is one of the easiest ways to transition to college while staying on track to graduate on time. The philosophy of the FIG program is to help students build an academic home comprised of other first-year students with similar interests, an upper classman peer mentor (FIG Assistant), and a faculty mentor who help the students make connections all across campus.
Each FIG is a unique package of classes organized around an academic theme. To make finding the right FIG for you easier, we place our FIGs into broader categories to help you explore your options.
FIGs in the Becoming Human category ask what it means to be human and attempt to answer this question by using science. By selecting a FIG in this category, you will have the opportunity to engage with scientific research by visiting one of the many labs on campus, you may get to explore wildlife by taking fieldtrips to the Primate Research Center in Portland or Cascade Raptor’s Center in Eugene, and you may also get a chance to begin conducting your own scientific research as part of a FIG project!
The FIGs in the Becoming Human theme are:
For a full list of the 2018 FIG options click here: https://fyp.uoregon.edu/2018-fall-fig-options
Advanced registration for FIGs begins May 15th at 4 PM on Duckweb