{"id":12,"date":"2013-03-19T12:48:03","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T16:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T11:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T15:42:19","slug":"courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Fall 2026 Courses<\/h3>\n<p>A total of 44 FYS courses comprise the FYS program in 2026. FYS courses reflect the academic mission of the college and they are designed to provide students with a strong foundation for life-long learning and achievement through interdisciplinary and experiential learning, and international and intercultural understanding.<\/p>\n<h3>FYS Courses by Topic and Section ID<\/h3>\n<h4>Business &amp; Politics<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-two\/?INTD-101-08=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-08\u00a0 Investment Literacy and the Power of Compound Interest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-three\/?INTD-101-17=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTD 101-17\u00a0 Economics, Business, and You<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-five\/?INTD-101-32=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-32\u00a0 Diplomacy and Discord: Cooperation and Conflict in Contemporary Global Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/page-five?INTD-101-33=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTD 101-33\u00a0 An Introduction to Investing and the Stock Market<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-five\/?INTD-101-35=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-35\u00a0 World Affairs in the Digital Age<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/page-six\/?INTD-101-42=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTD 101-42\u00a0 Historical and Practical Considerations of Economics and Finance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Creativity &amp; Innovation<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-two\/?INTD-101-09=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-09\u00a0 Exploring the Intersection of AI, and Creativity in the 21st Century<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/page-two\/?INTD-101-14=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTD 101-14\u00a0 Signs, Symbols, Signification<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-four\/?INTD-101-24=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTD 101-24\u00a0 Creativity and Entrepreneurship<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-four\/?INTD-101-25=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-25\u00a0 Eco Arts: Creative Expression &amp; Environmental Mindfulness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-five\/?INTD-101-29=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-29\u00a0 Building Confidence for Communication and Creativity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Culture &amp; Place<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-one\/?INTD-101-05=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTD 101-05\u00a0 Classroom to Community: Learning for Social Impact<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-two\/?INTD-101-10=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-10\u00a0 New Yesterdays: Nostalgia in the Digital Age<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-two\/?INTD-101-11=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-11\u00a0 Gender and Society: Transnational Perspectives<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-three\/?INTD-101-18=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-18\u00a0 Exploring the Â鶹´«Ã½ugh Munsee Nation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-three\/?INTD-101-19=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-19\u00a0 Appreciating Museums as Spaces for Learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/page-three\/?INTD-101-22=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTD 101-22\u00a0 Power, Protest, and Social Movements<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-four\/?INTD-101-23=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTD 101-23\u00a0 Over the Rainbow: LGBTQ+ Pasts and Futures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/page-six\/?INTD-101-40=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTD 101-40\u00a0 Culturally Yours<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Leadership &amp; Education<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-one\/?INTD-101-03=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-03\u00a0 Evolving Technologies in Education: From Internet Access to AI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-one\/?INTD-101-06=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-06\u00a0 Amplify Your Impact: Voice, Purpose, and Possibility<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-two\/?INTD-101-12=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-12\u00a0 Finding Your Voice: Leadership and Communication<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-two\/?INTD-101-13=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-13\u00a0 Leadership and Management in the Arts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-six\/?INTD-101-37=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-37\u00a0 How They Learn: The Art and Science of Reaching Every Student<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Media &amp; Communication<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/page-one\/?INTD-101-07=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTD 101-07\u00a0 An Introduction to Modern-Day Journalism: Facts, Fiction and Everything In Between<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-four\/?INTD-101-26=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-26\u00a0 The Ethics of Star Trek<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-six\/?INTD-101-41=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-41\u00a0 Framing the World: Mobile Photography Between Art and Activism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-six\/?INTD-101-44=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTD 101-44\u00a0 Writing Creatively with Social Media<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Science &amp; Society<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-one\/?INTD-101-01=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTD 101-01\u00a0 Severe Weather &#8211; Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, and Hurricanes <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-one\/?INTD-101-10=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-04\u00a0 Building, Modeling, Solving: Tech-Driven Research with Campus Partners<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-three\/?INTD-101-20=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-20\u00a0 Arguments For and Against Alternative Medicine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/page-four\/?INTD-101-28=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTD 101-28\u00a0 A Brief History of Inventions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-five\/?INTD-101-34=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-34\u00a0 Issues in Healthcare: Exploring a Career as a Medical Professional<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-six\/?INTD-101-36=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-36\u00a0 Issues in Healthcare: Exploring a Career as a Medical Professional<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-six\/?INTD-101-38=open\">INTD 101-38\u00a0 Constipated is not Constipado: The Relevance of World Languages in Health Care<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Words &amp; Images<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-one\/?INTD-101-02=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTD 101-02\u00a0 Navigating College: Finding Community on Campus through Oz and Earthseed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-three\/?INTD-101-16=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTD 101-16\u00a0 Film: A Critical Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/page-three\/?INTD-101-21=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTD 101-21\u00a0 The Adaptation Algorithm: Literature, Media, and Culture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-four\/?INTD-101-27=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTD 101-27\u00a0 The Medium is the Message<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-five\/?INTD-101-30=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-30\u00a0 Coming of Age on Film<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-five\/?INTD-101-31=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-31\u00a0 What Does a Modern Cinderella Look Like?: Fairy Tales, Then and Now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-six\/?INTD-101-39=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTD 101-39\u00a0 Representations of Oppression in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Honors Sections of FYS<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>*Note: These sections are restricted to students already enrolled in the Honors Program.<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-eight\/?HNRS-101-01=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HNRS 101-01\u00a0 Reasoning in an Unreasonable World<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-eight\/?HNRS-101-02=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HNRS 101-02\u00a0 Once Upon a Time: An Exploration of the Fairy Tale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-eight\/?HNRS-101-03=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HNRS 101-03\u00a0 Machine Dreams: Technology and American Culture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-eight\/?HNRS-101-03=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HNRS 101-04\u00a0 How Poetry Can Change Your Life<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"divider\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/rcnjrd\/images\/icons\/ramapo-arch-icom_rule.png\" alt=\"Ramapo\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fall 2026 Courses A total of 44 FYS courses comprise the FYS program in 2026. 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