College of Communication FIGs

Making the transition to university life can be confusing and stressful. In the College of Communication, students who participate in the First-year Interest Group program find their freshman year to be informative, enlightening, and fun.

Each FIG in the College of Communication is carefully designed using courses that will count toward any student’s degree, even if they enroll in a FIG that includes a communication course that is not from his or her major. To figure out which FIG is right for you, talk to your academic advisor or call 512-471-1553.

For a PDF version of the Communication FIG clusters listed below, please download our College of Communication brochure.

A New Perspective

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
ADV	319	Psychology of Advertising
ARH	301	Introduction to Visual Arts
PSY	30	Introduction to Psychology

Chill, America

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
RTF	305	Introduction To Media Studies
AMS	310	Introduction To American Studies
GRG	301K	Weather and Climate

Comm Chat

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
RTF	305	Introduction To Media Studies
GRG	301K	Weather and Climate
SOC	302	Intro to the Study of Society

Comm Free

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
RTF	305	Introduction To Media Studies
CMS	306M	Professional Communication Skills
AMS	310	Introduction to American Studies

Comm Out Loud

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
PSY	301	Introduction to Psychology
CMS	306M	Professional Communication Skills
P S	303	Intro Phys Sci I: Mech & Heat

Comm This Way

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
P R	305	Fundamentals Of Public Relations
ARH	301	Introduction To Visual Arts
P S	303	Intro Phys Sci I: Mech & Heat

Comm Together

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
RTF	305	Introduction to Media Studies
SOC	302	Intro to the Study of Society
ADV	315	History and Development of Advertising

Comm-N-Sense

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
CMS	306M	Professional Communication Skills
PS	303	Introduction to Physical Science
ARH	301	Introduction To Visual Arts

Common Ground

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
CMS	306M	Professional Communication Skills
ARH	301	Introduction To Visual Arts
BIO	301M	Ecology, Evolution, & Society

Freud, Film & Fun

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
RTF	305	Introduction To Media Studies
T D	303	Fundamentals of Acting
PSY	301	Introduction To Psychology

Got Culture?

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
RTF	305	Introduction to Media Studies
SOC	302	Introduction to the Study of Society

HollyWeird

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
UGS	303	Modernity, Anxiety & the Art of Uncanny
RTF	305	Intro to Media Studies
RTF	314	Development of the Motion Picture

Image Makers

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
ADV	319	Psychology Of Advertising
ARH	301	Introduction to Visual Arts

Information Highway

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
P R	305	Fundamentals Of Public Relations
ARH	301	Introduction To Visual Arts
UGS	303	Visible Speech

Journies

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
J	301F	Fundamental Issues In Journalism
P S	303	Intro Phys Sci I: Mech & Heat
UGS	303	African Americans in Sport

Modern Times

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
CSD	308K	Perspectives on Deafness
PSY	301	Introduction to Psychology

Newsies

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
J	301F	Fundamental Issues in Journalism
BIO	301M	Ecology, Evolution, & Society
PSY	301	Introduction To Psychology

Once Upon a Time…

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
UGS	303	Exiled to Hollywood: Immigrant in the Movie Machine
RTF	314	Development of Motion Picture
RTF	305	Intro to Media Studies

Pathway

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
CSD	308K	Perspectives of Deafness
T D	301	Introduction To Theatre

Musicology

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
RTF	305	Introduction To Media Studies
MUS	307	History of Rock Music
SOC	302	Introduction to the Study of Society

Society and Culture

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
ADV	319	Psychology of Advertising
ARC	308	Architecture and Society
GRG	305	This Human World

Speak Up

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
CMS	306M	Professional Communication Skills
PSY	301	Introduction to Psychology
TD	301	Introduction to Theatre

Trend Setters

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
ADV	315	History and Development of Advertising
PS	303	Introduction to Physical Science I
UGS	303	Organization Corruption and Control

Word Power

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
J	301F	Fundamental Issues in Journalism
PS	303	Introduction to Physical Science I
UGS	303	Visible Speech

Write On!

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
J	301F	Fundamental Issues In Journalism
SOC	302	Intro To The Study Of Society
M	302	Introduction to Math

The Write Stuff

UGS	018	First-Year Interest Group SMNR-COMM
J	301F	Fundamental Issues In Journalism
UGS	303	Crime Fiction in the Americas
T D	301	Introduction To Theatre