What Does Every UF 100 Course Have in Common?
Each UF 100 course is designed to help you become a more active and expert learner as you investigate and communicate about important ideas that affect everyone.
In UF 100, you will further develop two complex skills that successful students continue to sharpen throughout college and life: critical inquiry and oral communication.
The Foundations of Intellectual Life
Foundations of Intellectual Life (University Foundations 100) is an academically challenging three credit course that offers entering students a combination of large general sessions (about 100 students) paired with small-format breakout discussion sections (about 25 students).
Explore college-level inquiry by investigating thematic topics connected to the world around us. Analyze information sources, engage in problem solving, develop presentations, and practice interpersonal communication.
The thematic topics for each section vary by semester. Discover the thematic topics for an upcoming semester by searching the course schedule in your myBoiseState student center.