{"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":"2025-06-29T14:20:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T18:20:37","slug":"courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Fall 2025 Courses<\/h3>\n<p>A total of 47 FYS courses comprise the FYS program in 2025. 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>Culture &amp; Place<\/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 &#8211; Machine Dreams: Technology and American Culture<\/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 &#8211; Stories We Tell: Narratives of Identity, Resistance, Change<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-three\/?INTD-101-15=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-15 &#8211; Exploring the Ramapough Munsee Nation<\/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 &#8211; Appreciating Baseball<\/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 &#8211; K-Pop and Its Global Influence<\/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 &#8211; Exploring America&#8217;s Regions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Words &amp; Images<\/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 &#8211; How Poetry Can Change Your Life<\/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 &#8211; Film: A Critical Analysis<\/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 &#8211; The Adaptation Algorithm<\/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 &#8211; The Medium is the Message<\/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 &#8211; Stories: What, Why, And How<\/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 &#8211; World Building Through Film<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-six\/?INTD-101-45=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-45 &#8211; The History of Everything<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Creativity &amp; Innovation<\/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 &#8211; Exploring Music<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/page-one\/?INTD-101-07=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTD 101-07 &#8211; The Art of Storytelling<\/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 &#8211; Exploring the Intersection of AI and Creativity in the 21st Century<\/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 &#8211; Exploring Music<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-six\/?INTD-101-38=open\">INTD 101-38 &#8211; Creativity and Entrepreneurship<\/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 &#8211; EcoArts: Nurturing Your Inner Eco-Warrior<\/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 &#8211; Art &amp; Activism: The Politics of Memory, Place, and Authority<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Media &amp; Communication<\/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 &#8211; Writing Creatively with Social Media<\/a><\/li>\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 &#8211; Writing Creatively with Social Media<\/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 &#8211; Stories We Tell: Narratives of Identity, Resistance, Change<\/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 &#8211; True Crime Journalism and the Ethics of Storytelling<\/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 &#8211; The Ethics of Star Trek\u00a0\u00a0<\/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-101-02=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTD 101-02 &#8211; Extreme Weather: Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, and Hurricanes<\/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 &#8211; Science and Misinformation<\/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 &#8211; Arguments For and Against Alternative Medicine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-four\/?INTD-101-22=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-22 &#8211; A Brief History of Inventions<\/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 &#8211; The Digital Frontier: Exploring AI, Cybersecurity, and the Future of Computing<\/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 &#8211; Issues in Health Care: Exploring a Career as a Medical Professional<\/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 &#8211; Arts, Health, and Well-Being: A Humanistic Approach<\/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 &#8211; Issues in Health Care: Exploring a Career as a Medical Professional<\/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 &#8211; Science and Misinformation<\/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 &#8211; &#8220;Constipado&#8221; is not &#8220;constipated&#8221;: A Beginners&#8217; Introduction to Spanish for Health Care and Human Services<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Business &amp; Politics<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/first-year\/courses\/page-one\/?INTD-101-06=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-06 &#8211; An Introduction to Investing and the Stock Market<\/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 &#8211; U.S. Rights and Liberties: Contexts and Threats<\/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 &#8211; Economics, Business, and You<\/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 &#8211; Introduction to Business<\/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 &#8211; Leadership and Management in the Arts<\/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-101-04=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTD 101-04 &#8211; Why School? Reflecting on the Purpose of Education\u00a0<\/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 &#8211; Exploring a Career as a Teacher<\/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 &#8211; Introduction to Leadership Theories &amp; Practice<\/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 &#8211; Community Engaged Learning<\/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 &#8211; Intelligence: Who Gets to Decide?<\/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 &#8211; Arts and Crisis<\/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 &#8211; Power and Place in A New York City Suburb<\/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 &#8211; The History of Everything<\/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 2025 Courses A total of 47 FYS courses comprise the FYS program in 2025. 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