Learning Communities

A Learning Community is a group of linked courses offered to promote a community of learners among students and instructors.  Interdisciplinary topics, themes, and assignments are coordinated among courses, by instructors of different disciplines.  To enroll in a Learning Community, students need to register for all the courses in a specific group.  In a Learning Community, intellectual exchanges take place when active interactions occur among and between students and faculty.

A Learning Community:

v Builds coherence among courses of different disciplines through common goals and topics.

v Provides shared innovative assignments and activities.

v Presents active and interactive learning opportunities.

v Builds a sense of community among students and instructors.

v Offers academic and personal support from the LISTO program.

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Fall 2007

Spring 2008