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Innovation in Society, BA

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Catalog Year: 2026 - 2027 General Studies Gold
Degree: Bachelor of Arts, BA
Plan Code: FIFISBA
120
minimum credit hours
45
Upper division minimum
credit hours

Curriculum Checksheet

Requirement Minimum Grade Credit Hours
Core Requirements
FIS 111 Welcome to the Future (CIVI)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
C 3
FIS 201 Innovation in Society (HUAD)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
C 3
FIS 305 Managing Knowledge and Change in Organizations
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
C 3
FIS 307 Futures and Foresight Methods (SOBE)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
C 3
FIS 407 Advanced Futures and Foresight Methods
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
C 3
FIS 450 Prototyping Futures
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
C 3
FIS 452 Worldbuilding and Imagination
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
C 3
FIS 480 Futures and Foresight Studio
OR FIS 493 Honors Thesis
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
C 3

FIS 480 may be substituted with a capstone-like course or independent study course with a faculty mentor. The substituted course must be at least three credit hours. It must include demonstration of professional conduct and leadership; development and evaluation of applications and strategies; and written/oral communication of complex ideas to diverse audiences. Substitution must be approved in advance. See an academic advisor for more information.

Upper Division FIS Elective
9 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
C 9
Creativity, Communication, and Culture Electives

Students must select 15 credit hours of creativity, communication, or culture electives from this list of prefixes, based on their professional or career interests. Students are encouraged to use their electives coherently, e.g., to improve their creative capabilities, their communication skills, or a particular area of language and culture in which they are interested in working professionally. Students are encouraged to discuss their elective plans with the program director or a faculty member in the program. Students cannot use the same courses to satisfy both the Creativity, Communication, and Culture Electives requirement and the Related Area Electives requirement.

15 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
C 15
Related Area
6 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
C 6
ASU 101 or College-Specific First-Year Seminar
ASU 101 or college-specific equivalent First-Year Seminar required of all first-year students.
CGF 101 First-Year Student: Introduction to ASU and Your Academic Community
1 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
C 1
First-Year Composition
ENG 101 First-Year Composition AND ENG 102 First-Year Composition
OR ENG 105 Advanced First-Year Composition
OR ENG 107 First-Year Composition AND ENG 108 First-Year Composition
6 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
C 6
Notes

All baccalaureate degree students must fulfill university graduation requirements, including a minimum of 120 credit hours, with at least 45 credit hours in upper-division courses.

All undergraduate students must complete General Studies requirements.

Mathematics Placement Assessment score determines placement in first mathematics course.

Students should work with their academic advisor, and consider course prerequisites, in order to complete all degree requirements in four years.
Related Area options may require prerequisite courses. Students must meet all prerequisite requirements or select a different option.
General Studies designations listed next to courses were valid for the 2026 - 2027 academic year. Please refer to the course catalog for current General Studies designations at time of class registration. General Studies credit is applied according to the designation the course carries at the time the class is taken.
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