Rethinking Student Success

What are Learning Communities?

Learning Communities are an exciting way to help you to succeed in college. In learning communities, two or more courses are linked together to focus on a common theme or concept. Teachers coordinate lessons, the amount of homework, and test dates so that you will not be overwhelmed by competing course demands. They emphasize teamwork and encourage all students to actively participate in learning. Students will receive a separate grade for each course. In addition, students will have the opportunity to work with supplemental instructors outside the classroom as needed.

The primary goal of learning communities is to support you during your first year in college by empowering you with the tools necessary to succeed academically. The same students participate in all the courses within the learning community and help each other, making it easier to develop friendships.

Please note: When a student enrolls in a group of two or more courses as part of a learning community, he or she MUST MEET THE PREREQUISITE(S), if there are any, for EACH course in the combination. Students enrolled in one section of a course that is part of a learning community must be enrolled in all other courses in that group. Labs must be taken with lecture. If one course is dropped, the student MUST and WILL BE DISENROLLED from all other courses in the learning community. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS POLICY.

FYI Learning Communities – Spring 2007

Section #	Course	Time	Day	Room	Instructor
Community 1
1993	English 84R	8-9:20a Arrange 2 hours	T Th	Drschr 221 Drschr 312	Markarian E A
2005	English 84W	9:30-10:50a Arrange 1 hour	T Th	Drschr 221 Drschr 308	Markarian E A
Community 4
1932	English 23	9:30-10:50a Arrange 2 hours	M W	Drschr 218 Drschr 312	Todd G T
1886	English 21A	11:15 - 12:35p	MW	Drschr 218	Todd G T
1544	Couns 12	12:45 - 1:50p	MW	MC 14	Nella M C
1549	Couns 16	12:45 - 1:50p	MW	MC14	Nella M C
Community 5
1961	English 81A	9:30a -10:50a 11:00a-11:50a	T Th T Th	HSS 207 Drschr 308	Campbell L A
1977	English 83A	8:00a - 9:20a Arrange 2 hours	T Th	HSS 207 Drschr 312	Campbell L A
1569	Couns 20	12:45p - 2:05p	T Th	MC 6	Anderson H W
Community 6
1975	English 83A	8:00a - 9:20a Arrange 2 hours	MW	HSS 207 Drsch 312	Pak M
1959	English 81A	9:30a -10:50a 11:00a-11:50a	MW MW	HSS 207 Drschr 308	Pak M
Community 7
1250	Business 1	12:45p - 2:05p	TTh	Bus 207	Veas S
1923	English 21B	2:15p - 3:35	TTh	LA 239	Geraghty E A
Community 8
2389	Kin PE 58 A	9:30a -10:50a	T Th	Gym 4	Roque E M
2534	Math 84	8:00a - 9:20a Arrange 1 hour	T Th	MC 67	Green T R
Community 9
2055	ESL 21A	9:30a -10:50a	T Th	ESL 123	Jaffe SR
3012	Speech 1	12:45p - 2:05p	T Th	LS 105	Grass Hemmert N L

TO REGISTER FOR A LEARNING COMMUNITY OR TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE COME TO THE WELCOME CENTER (CAYTON 110). LEARNING COMMUNITIES CAN ONLY BE ADDED AT THE WELCOME CENTER. THANK YOU!

Past Learning Communities

The Reading- Writing Connection

(recommended for Black Collegians and Adelante Students)

1954 Eng 83A Reading (Markarian) T Th 8:00 - 9:20 am PE 140

1938 Eng 81A Writing (Markarian) T Th 9:30 - 10:50 am PE 140

Writing Lab 11:00 to 11:50 am Drshr 308

Career Stories and Tools for College Success

1533 Counseling 20 (Hanson) T Th 8 – 9:20 am MC 14

1915 Eng 23 Reading (Todd) T Th 9:30 – 10:50 am Drshr 215

1881 Eng 21A Writing (Todd) T Th 12:45 – 2:05 pm Drshr 213

Public Speaking in the 21st Century:
Using the Library to Prove Your Point

2986 Speech 1 (Kraut) MW 11:15 to 12:35 LS 105

2370 Library 1 (Womack) W12:45 to 1:50 Lib 192

The Math Bridge

2506 Math 81 (weeks 1-8) (Robles) MW 10:45am -1:50 pm SM Air 213

2522 Math 84 (weeks 9-16) (Robles) MW 10:45am -1:50 pm SM Air 213

1550 Counseling 20 (Lewis) MW 2:15-3:35 SM Air 216

If you have questions, please call The WELCOME CENTER ext. 8101