{"id":9198,"date":"2023-03-28T13:32:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T17:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/?page_id=9198"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:11:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:11:36","slug":"course-catalog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/components\/first-year-seminar\/course-catalog\/","title":{"rendered":"First-Year Seminar Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">First-Year Seminar Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/components\/first-year-seminar\/course-catalog\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Course Catalog<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/first-year-seminar-faculty\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Faculty<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-first-year-seminar-course-catalog\">First-Year Seminar Course Catalog<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Our First-Year Seminars span many topics. To help guide in your exploration, we\u2019ve categorized FYS courses into interest sets. You can explore all FYS 101 and HN 110 course options on this site. To find out which courses are open at registration time, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/oTY6rGg2K-4?si=UxBsK6I6s2LcuBLo\">check out this short video<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some FYS courses fulfill Indianapolis Community Requirement. There are also specific FYS courses available for those students accepted into the Honors Program\u2014it is a requirement for students in the Honors Program to complete an Honors-specific FYS course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"link-list layout-links\" >\n    <div class=\"link-list__container link-list__grid-default\">\n                        <div class=\"list-list__linkWrapper link-list__grid-default\">\n                                <ul class=\"wysiwyg__ctaLinks\">\n                                                        <li>\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/components\/first-year-seminar\/course-catalog\/#icr\" class=\"button-link-right button-link-right--color-blue-bright\" >Indianapolis Community Requirement<\/a>\n                                <\/li>\n                                                        <li>\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/components\/first-year-seminar\/course-catalog\/honors-courses\/\" class=\"button-link-right button-link-right--color-blue-bright\" >Honors First-Year Seminar options<\/a>\n                                <\/li>\n                                                        <li>\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/components\/first-year-seminar\/course-catalog\/first-year-seminar-course-list\/\" class=\"button-link-right button-link-right--color-blue-bright\" >See Full List of Courses<\/a>\n                                <\/li>\n                                            <\/ul>\n                                \n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"callout-two-column-billboard alignfull   alignfull\" id=\"categories\">\n\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__wrapper container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__cards-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__cards\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-img-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img srcset='https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/08093304\/Class_Catagories_all3-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/08093304\/Class_Catagories_all3-768x473.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/08093304\/Class_Catagories_all3-1024x630.png 1024w, ' alt='FYS Course Topic: The Creative Brain' class='callout-two-column-billboard__card-img' width='7200' height='4433' \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/components\/first-year-seminar\/course-catalog\/the-creative-brain\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button-solid button-link-right--color-white  t-p1\">\n\t\t<span class=\"button-solid__label\">Browse Courses<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-img-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img srcset='https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/08093304\/Class_Catagories_all4-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/08093304\/Class_Catagories_all4-768x473.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/08093304\/Class_Catagories_all4-1024x630.png 1024w, ' alt='FYS Course Topic: Health and Science' class='callout-two-column-billboard__card-img' width='7200' height='4433' \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/components\/first-year-seminar\/course-catalog\/health-and-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button-solid button-link-right--color-white  t-p1\">\n\t\t<span class=\"button-solid__label\">Browse Courses<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-img-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img srcset='https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/08093304\/Class_Catagories_all2-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/08093304\/Class_Catagories_all2-768x473.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/08093304\/Class_Catagories_all2-1024x630.png 1024w, ' alt='FYS Course Topic: Identity - Purpose and Self' class='callout-two-column-billboard__card-img' width='7200' height='4433' \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/components\/first-year-seminar\/course-catalog\/identity-purpose-and-the-self\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button-solid button-link-right--color-white  t-p1\">\n\t\t<span class=\"button-solid__label\">Browse Courses<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-img-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img srcset='https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/08093304\/Class_Catagories_all5-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/08093304\/Class_Catagories_all5-768x473.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/08093304\/Class_Catagories_all5-1024x630.png 1024w, ' alt='FYS Course Topic: Making a Difference' class='callout-two-column-billboard__card-img' width='7200' height='4433' \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/components\/first-year-seminar\/course-catalog\/making-a-difference\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button-solid button-link-right--color-white  t-p1\">\n\t\t<span class=\"button-solid__label\">Browse Courses<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-img-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img srcset='https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/08093304\/Class_Catagories_all7-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/08093304\/Class_Catagories_all7-768x473.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/08093304\/Class_Catagories_all7-1024x630.png 1024w, ' alt='FYS Course Topic: Nature, Sustainability, and the Earth' class='callout-two-column-billboard__card-img' width='7200' height='4433' \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/components\/first-year-seminar\/course-catalog\/nature-sustainability-and-the-earth\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button-solid button-link-right--color-white  t-p1\">\n\t\t<span class=\"button-solid__label\">Browse Courses<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-img-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img srcset='https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/08093304\/Class_Catagories_all6-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/08093304\/Class_Catagories_all6-768x473.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/08093304\/Class_Catagories_all6-1024x630.png 1024w, ' alt='' class='callout-two-column-billboard__card-img' width='7200' height='4433' \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/honors-courses\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button-solid button-link-right--color-white  t-p1\">\n\t\t<span class=\"button-solid__label\">Browse Courses<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-img-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img srcset='https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/08091012\/First-generation-students-graphic-design-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/08091012\/First-generation-students-graphic-design-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/08091012\/First-generation-students-graphic-design-1024x683.png 1024w, ' alt='Image that says \"First-Generation Students\"' class='callout-two-column-billboard__card-img' width='1536' height='1024' \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFirst-Generation Students\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For the 2026\u20132027 academic year, Butler is piloting two First-Year Seminar sections designed for students who have identified as first-generation college students on the Common Application. If that\u2019s you, you\u2019ll have the option to enroll in one of these sections, depending on availability at the time you register. Participation is completely optional, and most first-generation students will take other FYS sections across a wide range of topics.<\/p>\n<p>These pilot sections offer the same academic experience, expectations, and course content as all other First-Year Seminars. The difference is in the shared classroom experience: bringing together students who may be navigating similar questions about college life, and creating space for connection with peers and a faculty member in that context. At the same time, it\u2019s important to know that you won\u2019t be behind or miss out if you\u2019re not in one of these sections. Butler offers strong support for first-generation students throughout campus, and every FYS is designed to help you build relationships, explore ideas, and start your college journey well.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"callout-two-column-billboard__card-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/components\/first-year-seminar\/course-catalog\/first-generation-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button-solid button-link-right--color-white  t-p1\">\n\t\t<span class=\"button-solid__label\">Browse Courses<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"callout-two-column-two-buttons sketches__app alignfull\"\n\t\t style=\"background-color: var(--color-theme-none);\" id=\"icr\">\n\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-two-buttons__wrapper container grid-default\">\n\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-two-buttons__text\" style=\"--callout-innerblocks-text-color: var(--color-theme-primary);\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p class=\"callout-two-column-two-buttons__heading t-d4\">Indianapolis Community Requirement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within each category, you will see the seminars which can fulfill your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/components\/indianapolis-community-requirement\/\">Indianapolis Community Requirements (ICR)<\/a>. ICR is a part of Butler\u2019s Core Curriculum. In your ICR, you will spend twenty hours outside the conventional classroom. It might be in a school, a business, a non-government agency, a charity, a think-tank, or somewhere else. 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