There are no additional fees for joining a Learning Community, nor does it require all your time. You will take classes outside your community, room with students outside the program and become involved in other parts of campus life. However, when you have questions, need to get in a study group or want to grab lunch, you will always know someone to call.
You will sign up when you register for classes during your Bobcat Student Orientation .
The majority of our Learning Communities are NOT residentially based, which means that you can live anywhere on campus.
Some of our college-based Learning Communities ARE residentially based and/or have a residential option, and some college-based Learning Communities are non-residential.
For Fall 2023, the Chaddock + Morrow College of Fine Arts Communities have a residential option.
During orientation you will be given one call number to use to register for the community of your choice. That one call number will enroll you in two or three courses, the UC 1900 Learning Community Seminar course as well as the classes that are associated with your learning community.
Our residence halls are quite large and even if a Learning Community is residentially based or has a residential option, the students in the Learning Communities are spread out over the entire building so that you can get to know other students as well. The majority of the students in the residence halls are NOT in residentially-based Learning Communities.
Yes. During orientation, you will meet with an academic advisor who will discuss the coursework that would best match your interests and complement the Learning Community classes that you intend to take.
You can still sign up for this Learning Community. Be sure the University has a copy of your transcript. During orientation, the Learning Community director can make adjustments to your Learning Community cluster. We don't want to penalize a student for thinking and planning ahead!
Yes. Students must take all courses that are offered with their community.
The only exception is for those courses in which a student has AP, CC+, or other college credit.
The seminar course is the hub of the community and is taught by the students’ Learning Community instructor. There is also a Learning Community Leader (peer mentor, LCL) who is the instructor’s assistant for each community.