FCI 1000-03 - FOUND CRITICAL INQ (Justice and Inequality)

Academic Period:

Fall 2025

Section:

FCI 1000-03 - FOUND CRITICAL INQ (Justice and Inequality)

Title:

FOUNDATIONS OF CRITICAL INQUIRY

Meeting Patterns:

Mon/Wed | 9:45 - 11:15

Locations:

Tomasso Hall 107 Can be several values or empty

Start Date:

Monday, August 25, 2025 Date format can be changed

End Date:

Friday, December 12, 2025 Date format can be changed

Instructor Name:

Kristofer Petersen-Overton

Instructor Email:

kpetersenoverton@babson.edu

Academic Unit:

H&S - History and Society

Academic Level:

Undergraduate

Maximum Credits:

4

Delivery Mode:

In-Person

Allowed Grading Bases:

Graded

Section Status:

Closed

Enrollment Count:

30

Section Capacity:

30

Description:

FCI1000 Foundations of Critical Inquiry 4 Credits   The Foundations of Critical Inquiry course, a theme-based course of study at the 1000 level, engages an interdisciplinary style of reasoning, interpreting, and understanding. As an introduction to the liberal arts, the course examines the processes by which individuals and societies create meaning. While there is a selection of themes through which this is explored, each course pays special attention to issues of identity and systems of power. This space for critical inquiry also allows students to reflect on their own agency. Currently, students may choose one of the following themes:  Justice and Inequality Memory and Forgetting  Nature and Environment  Self in Context Click Here for a more detailed description. Prerequisites: None

HTML Description:

FCI1000 Foundations of Critical Inquiry
4 Credits
 

The Foundations of Critical Inquiry course, a theme-based course of study at the 1000 level, engages an interdisciplinary style of reasoning, interpreting, and understanding. As an introduction to the liberal arts, the course examines the processes by which individuals and societies create meaning. While there is a selection of themes through which this is explored, each course pays special attention to issues of identity and systems of power. This space for critical inquiry also allows students to reflect on their own agency. Currently, students may choose one of the following themes: 

• Justice and Inequality

• Memory and Forgetting 

• Nature and Environment 

• Self in Context

Click Here for a more detailed description.

Prerequisites: None

Format:

In-Person Can be several values or empty

Session:

Full Session Can be several values or empty

Elective:

Can be several values or empty

Program:

Foundation Liberal Arts (UGrad), , Can be several values or empty