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A First-year Interest Group (FIG) is a small community of incoming first-year students that take a group of classes together during their first quarter at the University of Washington.

The FIG program began in 1987 as a means of creating small, intentional learning communities within the large university setting. Over its 30+ year history, it has become a cornerstone experience for new students to support their transition to the UW. FIGs are offered during the first quarter on campus and have clusters of classes linked to a GEN ST 199 seminar course facilitated by peer instructors.        

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Make sure to attend office hours! Attending office hours is always the most direct way for the professor/TA to know more about us, and especially if you are too shy to ask questions in a big class, office hours is the best opportunity to solve your curiosity.

—Stephanie Weng (She/Her), FIG Leader

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