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Course Development

Faculty interested in teaching in Freshman Inquiry (FRINQ) or developing a new FRINQ course should contact University Studies and review the course development process. All FRINQ courses must address University Studies goals and define specific content objectives.

University Curriculum Committee-approved course proposals for FRINQ:

Current Courses

Course Name
 
Year Proposed
 
Years Taught
Faculty Authors

The Columbia Basin

1999

1999-present

Toeutu Faaleava, Greg Jacob, Robert Keeler, Barry Messer, Julie Smith

The Constructed Self: Me, Us, and Them

2003

2003-present

Sussan Ameri, Leslie Batchelder, Becky Boesch, Teresa Taylor

Design and Society
2004
2004-present
Carol Hasenberg, Sukhwant Jhaj, Betsy Natter, Mark Trowbridge
On Democracy 2005 2005-present Chris Carey, Ann Marie Fallon, Chuck White
Power and Imagination 2006 2006-present Evguenia Davidova, Alan MacCormack, Sarah Wolf Newlands, Anmarie Trimble

 

Ways of Knowing

 

2007

 

2007-present

Joel Bettridge, J.R. Estes, Margaret Everett, Ann Marie Fallon, Jeff Gerwing, Ben Perkins, Chuck White


2005


2005-present

Thomas Fisher, Maude Hines, Cherry Muhanji, Jamie Ross, Jack Straton

Past Courses

Course Name
Year Proposed
Years Taught
Faculty Authors

Chaos and Community

1999

1999-2006

Tom Biolsi, David Holloway, Alex Ruzicka, Charles White

Entering the Cyborg Millennium

1999

1999-2004

Yves Labissiere, Paul Latiolais, Margot White

Faith and Reason

1999

1999-2002

Martha Balshem, Don Hartsock, Chip Long, Michael Reardon

Forbidden Knowledge: the Sacred and the Profane

2003

2003-2006

Grace Dillon, Philip Jenks, Antonia Levi

Human Nature

1999

1999-2000

Richard Beyler, Becky Boesch, Anne McClanan, Michael A. Toth

Human Nature (revised)

2000

1999-2001

Richard Beyler, Becky Boesch, Anne McClanan, Michael A. Toth

Knowledge, Art and Power

1999

1999-2000

Scott Parker, Shelley Reece, Jamie Ross, Mark Trowbridge

Knowledge, Art and Power (revised)

2000

1999-2001

Scott Parker, Shelley Reece, Jamie Ross, Mark Trowbridge

Many Places of Portland

1999

1999-2000

Sharon Carstens, Georg Grathoff, Barry Messer, Doug Sherman

Meaning and Madness at the Margins

2002

2002-present

Evguenia Davidova, Tim Hagge, Eric Lewis, Alan MacCormack, Anmarie Trimble

Metamorphosis

1999

1999-2000

Ellen Broido, Grace Dillon, Barbara Guetti, Teresa Taylor

Metamorphosis (revised)

2000

1999-2006

Ellen Broido, Grace Dillon, Barbara Guetti, Teresa Taylor

Pathways to Sustainability and Justice

2003

2003-2006

Jeffrey Gerwing, Jack Straton, Barry Messer, Victoria Parker

Power of Place

2001

2001-2003

Georg Grathoff, Anne McClanan, Linda Walton

Sex, Mind, and the Mask

2003

2003-2005

Thomas Fisher, Cherry Muhanji, Scott Parker, Jamie Ross

System Earth

2005

2005-present

J.R. Estes, Jeff Gerwing, Ben Perkins, Dave Ritchie