Academic Team:
Chris Bell (cbell3@uoregon.edu)
FIG Seminar Instructor
Larissa Rudnicki (lrudnick@uoregon.edu)
FIG Seminar Instructor
Olivia
FIG Assistant
Meet your FIG Instructors and Assistant!
Courses in the FIG:
UGST 109 FIG Seminar
TIME | BUILDING | CRN | 1 Credit
This course invites first-year students to come to deeply explore the place where they will soon be landing. It is a not-on-your-tour introduction to University of Oregon through the understanding of the meaning of place. This interdisciplinary course examines the forces that shaped the campus and how they are reflected in the physical environment around us. Drawings from a range of sources -- including historical archives, oral histories, literature, material culture and the built environment – this course will provide you with a framework for your time at the University, in Oregon, and as an active participant in the continuum of history. Classes will feature a mix of lecture, discussion, and hands-on activities. Students will read from various relevant texts, prepare written responses, participate in and lead class discussions, and have a final campus team scavenger hunt. We aim to get all over campus, primary source materials at the UO archives, and bring your appreciation what it means to be a Duck to a whole new level!
ANTH 145 Principles of Archaeology
Science (>3)| Tuesday/Thursday| 12:00-13:20 | 180 PLC | 10279 | 4 Credits
+Lab | Friday | 11:00-11:50 | 10282 |
This course is an introduction to the history of archaeology and its methods and theories. As we progress through the term, we will discuss how archaeology developed as a discipline and ways in which archaeological investigation is conducted and applied in the field. Students will become familiar with the modern methods that archaeologists use to locate, preserve, and manage cultural resources, theories that drive archaeological interpretation, and how studies of prehistory have enriched our understanding of humans through space and time.
LA 260 Understanding Landscapes
Arts & Letters (>1) | 16:00-17:50 | 182 LIL | 12936 | 4 Credits
This course presents a richly illustrated overview of the relationships between human cultures and their vernacular and designed landscapes. Students study a broad range of gardens, parks, memorials, and civic landscapes. These places exemplify both the distinctive characteristics of many world cultures and themes found in the creation of special multi-cultural landscapes. Gardens are studied as metaphors for the human cultural ideas they seek to express and nurture. Students learn about the structure and pattern of designed landscapes, the history of environmental policies and values that affect them, and the ways that landscape designs are understood and described. Students do class projects, such as making models or simple drawings of gardens, but need not have any prior art experience to take the class.