Some students enter the UO looking for academically rigorous opportunities as soon as they step on campus. Challenge FIGs are designed with such eager and ambitious students in mind. The courses in the Challenge FIGs are at the introductory level, but because they are often smaller in size, faculty can engage students in deeper analysis of material than would be possible in a large lecture course. Another way the objectives of a Challenge FIG are met is by asking students to get a head start on course material with a shared summer reading selected by the College Connections faculty.
| Animal Behavior CHALLENGE |
| ANTH |
171 |
Introduction Monkeys and Apes (SC) |
| BI |
132 |
Introduction to Animal Behavior (SC) |
| ANTH |
199 |
College Connections |
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| Hidden History RESIDENTIAL CHALLENGE |
| HIST |
201 |
United States History (SSC) |
| ENG |
250 |
Introduction to Folklore |
| HIST |
199 |
College Connections |
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| Honors Science RESIDENTIAL CHALLENGE |
| CH |
224H |
Honors General Chemistry (SC) |
| CH |
237 |
Advanced General Chemistry Lab |
| CH |
199 |
College Connections |
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| Intersections of Expression CHALLENGE |
| COLT |
101 |
Introduction to Comparative Literature (AL, IP) |
| ARH |
204 |
History of Western Art I (AL) |
| COLT |
199 |
College Connections |
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| Molecules and Medicine RESIDENTIAL CHALLENGE |
| CH |
221 |
General Chemistry (SC) |
| CH |
227 |
General Chemistry Lab |
| BI |
199 |
College Connections |
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| Nomads and Empires CHALLENGE |
| HIST |
104 |
World History (SSC, IC) |
| REL |
101 |
World Religions: Asian Traditions (AL, IC) |
| HIST |
199 |
College Connections |
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| Stories We Tell CHALLENGE |
| SCAN |
251 |
Text and Interpretation (AL) |
| PHIL |
101 |
Philosophical Problems (AL) |
| SCAN |
199 |
College Connections |
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| War and Peace RESIDENTIAL CHALLENGE |
| RUSS |
204 |
Introduction to Russian Literature (AL, IC) |
| HIST |
240 |
War in the Modern World I (SSC) |
| RUSS |
199 |
College Connections |
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